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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Maybe The State shouldn't be in the business of killing people...

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1.7 MILLION months of child care! but no, we get a ballroom and arch...

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 20/09/2026

Infant care is incredibly expensive to provide—but one solution could reduce the burden on both states and parents, Kendra Hurley writes:

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The Biggest Obstacle to Universal Child Care: Babies

Infant care is incredibly expensive to provide. But one solution could reduce the burden on both states and parents.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

While there is definitely some merit to the idea of paying parents to stay home (paid family leave anyone?!) this is not the way to do it at a time when several states have frozen child care subsidy enrollment due to lack of funding www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u...

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Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Cornyn and Tillis folding on Blanche is the most predictable thing ever. They are cowards. The minute Blanche is confirmed, there’s nothing stopping him from reneging on this weaponization fund deal they’ve made. Vote for Democrats if you want a Congress that might actually stand up to this fascist.

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This treatment of Fauci is so shameful. He did a great job against a horrific plague and despite a mendacious president and fearmongerers and grifters. What happens when there's another global emergency. Do we think civil servants and experts will rise to help save us when they are so treated?

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Peggy Flanagan @peggyflanagan.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

To date, immigration officials have shot and killed 11 people, including two Minnesotans. Across the country, they operate with no respect for human life, the law, or consequences. There's no reforming this agency. Rip it apart.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It will be nice one day to have a President who doesn’t manage to be a complete and utter embarrassment in multiple ways each and every day.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

More of this. Call out the corruption.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Worth the read. The sort of clear description of the craziness we are leaving with in the US, as maybe only a foreign outlet can capture.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Great to hear @warren.senate.gov at the @americanprogress.bsky.social CAP IDEAS conference talking about the child care market failure, child care as infrastructure and the need to invest in the ECE workforce.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

For too many families in America, child care is either unaffordable or inaccessible. The cost of child care drives 134,000 families into poverty every year. They deserve solutions, not federal cuts making the crisis worse.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

46% of kids under 6 live in a licensed child care desert. That’s modest progress from the 51% in 2018, but millions of families are still without access. Explore the deserts in your community with our new map 📍 www.americanprogress.org/feature/ch…

Interactive map of U.S. child care deserts on mobile and webpage.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Check out @americanprogress.bsky.social updated Child Care Deserts report. Nearly 50% of children <6 still lack access to child care. Lots of great data in this report + a cool interactive to see if you live in a child care desert. Kudos to @haileygibbs.bsky.social @kcpeeks.bsky.social and team!

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

the $200 billion dollar Pentagon request for the Iran war could fully fund universal child care in the United States #priorities

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

As a fan, I find this so frustrating and just more evidence of sports league's focus on profits over fan experience. "a Yankees fan will need access to eight networks for the full 162-game slate, plus potentially two more if the Yankees make the playoffs." www.nytimes.com/athletic/714...

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Yankees’ Netflix debut is latest example of sports’ complicated TV landscape

Fans have never had more access to live sports on TV. But it comes with costs, like navigating a maze of networks and new subscription fees.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Interesting reporting of NAEYC's recent survey results in the @upshot.nytimes.com. Child care providers are facing increasing costs, and decreasing revenue. The child care crisis is only going to get worse if state and federal governments dont step up: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/u...

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Why Does Child Care Seem Less Affordable Than Ever?

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Mike Nellis @mikenellis.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Every single Republican president in my lifetime has launched an illegal war and crashed the economy—every single fucking one of them. Trump is no different.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Yes! This is a huge problem here in Tompkins County where not only can new families not enroll, but existing families risk losing their subsidy if they are up for renewal.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is crazy. Why would anyone want to come to the US while this regime is in charge?

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/06/m... “It has always been injustice against people of color,” Stumon said. “So for me, if they’re around here — and I’m just going to say it — if they would kill a white man, I have no chance as a Black woman.”

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Minnesota child care providers try to make ends meet as immigrant families keep kids home • Minnesota Reformer

Two weeks into January, the director of a St. Paul child care center called a family to ask why their daughter had been absent on-and-off since late last year. “We reached out to just see, ‘Hey, what...

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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Welcome to the Divided States of Oligarchy Elon Musk Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2026: $852 billion Jeff Bezos Wealth 2012: $18 billion 2026: $265 billion Mark Zuckerberg Wealth 2012: $44 billion 2026: $249 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2009: $7.25 an hour 2026: $7.25 an hour

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Ep. 2 of BridgeCare's Child Care Matters Podcast digs into the complex mix of child care funding streams, and the growing disconnect between what families can afford to pay and how much it costs to provide quality care. And it features me :) Check it out here: getbridgecare.com/podcast/epis...

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Episode 2 - Follow the Money

Child Care Matters: Built to Break - Season 1, Episode 2. In this episode, we follow the money from the federal level down to parents and providers.

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Jim Russell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. @jazzyrussell.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office. Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.

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Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Holy shit. He was filming. He went over to help a lady that ICE shoved down. Agents engaged him. His hands were on the pavement when he was shot. He never had his hand on a weapon. Cold blooded murder.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

How many executions will it take until half the country decides enough is enough? 🤬🤬🤬😢

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Margarita @margarita.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Incapable of understanding how "abolish ICE" was silly but arresting 5 year olds is public policy

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

Unconscionable. What are we doing, America??

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Yes, being a dictator does make things easier than the messiness of democracy. FFS. Is there any step that is too far for republicans before they call this guy out.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Im not sure what another 3 years of this looks like. Even if more checks and balances are in place after the midterms, that only works in a functioning government, which we dont currently seem to have...

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Thorpe Langton @mspdawg.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

You can tell the administration is serious about rooting out fraud in Minnesota by the fact they just forced all of the prosecutors working those fraud cases to resign.

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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 13/01/2026

As the old saying goes, everyone—whether Democrat, Republican, or independent—relies on someone who relies on childcare.

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How Trump Is Harming Federal Childcare Funding

A court shut down his five-state freeze—for now—but his “defend the spend” policy is still a recipe for chaos.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Some good news to end the week.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

"We had whistles. They had guns." This tragedy made all the worse by the lies this administration has been spreading about Renee Good.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

The freeze on child care funding will have a devastating impact on child care providers, children, and families across the country. Use this resource from @childcareforeveryfamily.org to contact your member of Congress: childcareforeveryfamily.org/action/

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CHILD CARE ACTION CENTER – Child Care For Every Family Network

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 08/01/2026

“'The guy, I’m telling him like, "Please step off the school grounds," and this dude comes up and bumps into me and then tells me that I pushed him, and he knocked me down,' an official at Roosevelt High School said. 'They don’t care. They’re just animals. I’ve never seen people behave like this.'"

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Minneapolis schools cancel classes after Border Patrol clash disrupts dismissal at Roosevelt

Minneapolis schools closed for the week citing safety concerns after an encounter involving armed Border Patrol agents near Roosevelt High School.

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 07/01/2026

If the United States Constitution doesn’t protect you from a federal agent shooting you in the face for the “crime” of turning your car around, it doesn’t exist. ICE has become a paramilitary force with zero oversight and a Secretary in Kristi Noem who encourages the chaos. ENOUGH.

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

A reminder - before Trump, MAGA, Musk and Fox rewrote history - that this is what the entire country agreed had happened five years ago today:

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

This is going to have big impacts on child care providers’ ability to keep their doors open. And the idea that the administration can review data quickly to check authenticity and keep mine flowing is farcical when DOGE cut half the regional offices!

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Captain Mark Kelly @captmarkkelly.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Four generations of my family have served our country. Service is in my blood. The President wouldn’t know anything about that.

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Simon Workman @simonjw16.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

From the world’s policeman to the world’s thief and bully. What an absolute disgrace.

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Deena Winter @deenawinter.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I went to all 10 of the daycares Nick Shirley featured in his viral video. I got inside 4 and found children. Lots of children: www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...

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We went to some of the day cares Nick Shirley did. Here’s what we found.

Some of the 10 day cares the YouTube content creator blasted for having “no children” invited reporters in to see for themselves.

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