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Sarah Diaz

@itssarah.bsky.social
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Maternal-child health advocacy and momming (human, cat, dog), mostly.

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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
USDA Secretary Rollins just told the Ag Approps subcommittee that WIC is "fully funded" in Trump's budget proposal. A mom who gets $10 to spend on fruit and veg for a child (for a month!) instead of the $26 she previously had might not agree.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I wrote this op ed last year when Trump's budget proposal included a ~70% cut to the WIC fruit and veg benefit. Last year, that proposal didn't make it through Approps, and WIC remained intact, so he's trying again this year. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Trump administration’s WIC cuts risk worsening food insecurity in California | Opinion
“These benefits nourish expecting parents and children and sustain small businesses, retailers and farms.”
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Nothing says Make America Healthy Again like trying (again) to cut the amount of fruits and vegetables that low-income pregnant people, infants and toddlers get, right?
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
My mom and dad both worked for USFS for most of my life, including on the Shasta Trinity National Forest and the Lassen National Forest, both of which are now slated to lose their research and development facilities. So glad they're retired, but so sad for their friends and community.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Had to go give a talk in Berkeley this morning, and can I just say, long live the Capitol Corridor! Driving to the Bay Area sucks, Amtrak 4 life.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 29/03/2026
Food policing poor families isn't a win for nutrition--it's a loss for dignity and joy. As Brea Perry and I find in our research (see reply), low-income parents buy food treats for their kids because they want their kids to feel happy and normal--and they can't afford to do so in bigger ways.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Imagine you're just working at some federal department like you've been doing for years, minding your business, and next thing you know the President is talking about not only not paying you, but also sounds like a mob boss about to take a hit out on you.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Working in maternal-child health and nutrition policy and having a spouse who is an environmental engineer in air quality and community environmental protection is just…a lot right now.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
WIC has had bipartisan support for 50 years, and has great outcomes to show. www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
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Trump administration’s WIC cuts risk worsening food insecurity in California | Opinion
“These benefits nourish expecting parents and children and sustain small businesses, retailers and farms.”
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Just got notified that my health insurance is dropping my healthcare provider effective July 1, and it will not be considered a qualifying event to choose another plan so that I can stay with my provider - I'll be randomly assigned a new provider. Doesn't seem like it should work that way?
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Long covid is now the most common chronic condition experienced by American children. That might have something to do with why chronic absenteeism has worsened across the country.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
See previous post about my kid wiping out a $6 lb of strawberries in one sitting. He’s older than WIC age, but even as a toddler, $10 in today’s food costs…maybe 3-4 days of produce?
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Make America Healthy Again, right guys?
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
My son ate a $6 lb of strawberries in one sitting yesterday after swim practice. SNAP benefits are $6 PER DAY. Feeding kids healthy food is prohibitively expensive and time-consuming sometimes/for some families, and it's out of touch to pretend it's not.
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Santa Clara County Democratic Party @sccdp.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Every California GOP House member voted to gut food assistance and healthcare and take on massive debt to please Trump and give more money to billionaires. David Valadao (CD 22) cast the deciding vote (it passed 215-214). In his district 87% of kids and 67% of all residents rely on Medicaid.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
turns out the GOP budget bill adds so much to deficits that it will automatically trigger cuts to Medicare (not just Medicaid). Older voters unlikely to be happy about this when word gets out democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-r...
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CBO Confirms GOP Budget Bill Triggers Medicare Cuts
Republican Plan Adds to the Deficit, Will Trigger Automatic Cuts Under Federal Law
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I'm from a county that only has two very small hospitals, few doctors providers, and over 20% of the population is covered by Medicaid. The idea that providers and services will remain in business and able to provide all the same care to non-Medicaid patients in the face of these cuts is wild.
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No Kid Hungry @nokidhungry.org · 13/05/2025
Last night, the Republican leadership of the House Agriculture Committee released its portion of the budget reconciliation bill. The proposal is designed to reach $230 billion in cuts to USDA programs, like SNAP.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 22/04/2025
🥗 Ending Head Start will impact you, even if you don't have kids. Here's why. from @ehaspel.bsky.social for Fast Company www.fastcompany.com/91320429/how...
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Here’s why Trump’s plan to gut Head Start will hurt you, even if you don’t have kids
There is no American family or business that would be untouched by the ripple effects of abruptly gutting childcare for more than 700,000 families.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
One of my first jobs after college was as a home visitor for Early Head Start in a very under-resourced frontier county. I can't even explain all the ways that families depended on the program. My heart breaks for my former coworkers and the families they serve alike. www.kqed.org/news/1203596...
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‘I Know the Power of Head Start’: Laid-Off Worker Fears for the Program’s Future | KQED
Head Start programs worry that the closure of a federal office in San Francisco could create delays in getting funding requests approved — and weaken their support system.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
A brief overview of all the ways Trump is destroying the services that keep American children alive and well. These include programs that feed kids, teach them the alphabet, provide them medical care, guarantee their rights and shield them from abuse. wapo.st/4jcUg2f
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Opinion | Donald Trump’s war on children
The administration is divesting from future generations. It will cost America dearly.
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No to RTO @notorto.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Attend the CA Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 hearing on April 22, 2025 and make a public comment: notorto.org/ca-assembly-... We need to pack the house and show that we are serious about NO to RTO!
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CA Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on State Administration: April 22, 2025 1:30 PM – No to RTO
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SEIU Local 1000 @seiu1000.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Facts: According to an April 29th 2024 request for audit by Assembly Member Josh Hoover, state telework “eliminated nearly 400,000 metric tons of carbon emissions, reduced traffic congestion, and saved workers hundreds of dollars per month in vehicle expenses." www.seiu1000.org/rto/
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
My mother, retired from the US Forest Service, received a notification today that future announcements regarding her federal 401k would be made via X. The link provided for the bulletin with more information was dead.
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 10/04/2025
You can find these graphs for ALL 435 HOUSE DISTRICTS (436 including DC) as well as for ALL 50 STATES here, along w/data sources & methodology. I'm even working on adding HIGH-DEF PDF versions for printing out to 24"x36" poster boards! acasignups.net/piecharts
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Pie Charts Galore! Medicaid, CHIP, ACA & Medicare enrollment by Congressional District
Over the past couple of months I've compiled a master spreadsheet breaking out enrollment in ACA plans (Qualified Health Plans & Basic Health Plans), Medicaid/CHIP coverage (both traditional & via ACA...
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Adam @impracticalfuture.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home phys.org/news/2025-04... #news #science #health #medicine #wfh #rto #business #workfromhome
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Politics aside, new research shows there are good financial reasons to back working from home
In the pre-industrial era, people often lived and worked in the same building. This removed the need to travel to work.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Tufts is my alma mater, and the video of a phd student being abducted this week was horrifying and gut wrenching, and somehow more shocking because it happened in a place I walked on the regular for years.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
But we'll keep handwringing and wondering why millennials aren't having more children.
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EdSource @edsource.org · 11/03/2025
Assembly Bill 65 would give California school employees full pay if they miss work because of a pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth and recover, and up to 14 weeks of paid leave for a pregnancy.
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UPDATE: Legislator, teachers union not giving up on paid pregnancy leave for educators
The latest education news updates from EdSource.
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Andrew Sheeler @andrewsheeler.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Beyond disappointed to see the war on Work From Home (WFH) being waged here in California. WFH makes workers happier and more productive, and saves employers (and taxpayers) money. Don't take my word for it. Read for yourself.
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The rise in remote work since the pandemic and its impact on productivity
The COVID-19 pandemic brought about dramatic changes in the work environment. Although 6.5 percent of workers in the private business sector worked primarily from home in 2019, the pandemic was the st...
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Also unserious about retention and generally fostering goodwill and job satisfaction among state employees.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
He may have been sweating bullets, but the guy from the district with the highest Medicaid coverage rate in California just voted yes on a bill that would cut healthcare services to 20 million people.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 21/02/2025
Restricting food choice in SNAP is paternalistic and wrong. I wrote about this recently. open.substack.com/pub/makethem...
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Who Sets the Menu for Low-Income Americans?
Restricting food choice in SNAP is dodging the real fight ahead
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your 35 wild and precious bills?
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 18/02/2025
The comment link is now live: please write in opposing this change to passport requirements to force transgender and nonbinary people to choose biological M or F on their passports. This is erasure. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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30-Day Notice of Proposed Information Collection: U.S. Passport Renewal Application for Eligible Individuals
The Department of State has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for approval. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we a...
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Close to 70% of Valadao's district is covered by Medi-Cal, and the child food insecurity rate in his district was over 25% in 2022.
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Food Research & Action Center @fracposts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Do you think you could get the nutrition you need on $6 a day? Sign up for #SNAPChallenge25 to find out. By taking part, you'll help raise awareness about hunger in America and show Congress why SNAP is a lifeline and must be protected. #HandsOffSNAP frac.org/snap-challen...
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I grew up with a mom who was a forester, and a dad who was a wildland firefighter, both with the US Forest Service, and I have never been more glad that they're both retired.
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End Child Poverty California powered by GRACE @endchildpovca.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
🚨”The scale of these impacts is unimaginable,” said Andrew Cheyne, managing director of public policy for GRACE/END child Poverty California. “We’re looking at cuts in education, public benefits, health care, child abuse prevention, in ways that would unravel CA.” calmatters.org/politics/202...
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This would be 'devastating': California sues to stop Trump's chaos-inducing funding freeze
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials respond.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Working for a small nonprofit that advocates for WIC, among other federal programs, and having a spouse who works for CalEPA has made for a really long week, and it's only Wednesday.
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Randy Rosso @fooddatanerd.com · 29/01/2025
🥗 instead of SNAP work requirements, offer support and services. UBI would help too. And affordable accessible child care. And housing.
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Sarah Diaz @itssarah.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
I read some really great books this year (and also indulged in re-reading some books I loved as a kid). If you are looking for an alternative to GoodReads that isn't owned by Amazon, check out StoryGraph!
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