Let's get a GOOD bill passed into law! 😍

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The hero we need

Pritzker: It’s time for us to be done with optimism about their motives. Time to stop wondering if you can trust the nuclear codes to people who don’t know how to organize a group chat. It’s time to stop ignoring the hypocrisy in wearing a big gold cross while announcing the defunding of children’s cancer research… Autistic kids and adults who are loving contributors to our society don’t deserve to be stigmatized by a weird nepo baby who once stashed a dead bear in his car. Our military service members don’t deserve to be told by a washed-up Fox TV commentator, who drank too much before being appointed Secretary of Defense, that they can’t serve their country simply because they are Black, gay, or a woman.

Dear god let this man cook.

The Department of Education, among other things, is what funds special education for children with disabilities.

Trump’s executive order will hurt kids and parents in virtually every school district in the country.

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

Today the @nytimes.com sought to whitewash its central role in laundering anti-trans falsehoods and turbocharging anti-trans attacks nationwide. My reporting showed that editorial leadership was aware of this depravity which is why this disingenuous piece can’t erase the scale of what they’ve done.

Policy Matters has released a summary of what we’re looking at in the State Budget and Proposals worth watching -

policymattersohio.org/news/2025/02...

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National Science Foundation suspends salary payments, leaving researchers unable to pay their bills An NSF online payment system remained down after the federal funding freeze was lifted, leaving early-career scientists scrambling to pay bills

“If the freeze is not stopped, I might lose my house."

Some NSF-funded postdocs are having trouble paying rent and credit card bills because their salaries were paused this week, even though the federal funding freeze memo was rescinded.

www.statnews.com/2025/01/30/t...

The State Department is blocking new passports for trans Americans The ACLU has warned that transgender people risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents if they apply to update their gender marker.

The ACLU has warned that transgender people risk losing access to their passport and supporting documents if they apply to update their gender marker.

This move could really impact low-income Ohioans. If this freeze extends to programs like SNAP, Child Care, and other public benefits programs, it could cut off access to people's ability to have their basic needs met.

There's still a lot we don't know, but this is genuinely a big deal.

If she can do it, we can all do it.

And, in case you’ve forgotten from the first go-round, two other points never to forget:
1. Trump and his aides often lie.
2. Trump and his appointees often screw things up.

A reminder

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?

Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.

Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!

Today I testified in opposition to the new Medicaid work requirement program, requiring folks to provide proof of work to get health insurance - a move that will remove 60,000+ Ohioans from Medicaid.

If you're interested in submitting public comment, you have until Jan 21st! Here's how:

Policy Matters Ohio’s Guide to the State Budget The money in Ohio’s budget belongs to all of us, and every Ohioan should have a voice in how we spend it. But budget language, documents, and processes can be mind-boggling, even for experts. That’s w...

You can check out a full guide to the state budget, how it works, and all of the terminology here: www.policymattersohio.org/research-pol...

Hi Ya'll! The Ohio Budget is coming and my job is about to get a lot more interesting.

Budget season officially begins February 3rd, but for most of January folks will be in prep mode. Here's a good overview of major issues to look out for:

What 2025 could look like in Ohio politics • Ohio Capital Journal A new General Assembly will begin tomorrow at the Ohio Statehouse. In 2025, Ohio will see a new two-year operating budget, a round of Congressional redistricting, a U.S. Senate appointment, and a…

A new General Assembly will begin tomorrow at the Ohio Statehouse. In 2025, Ohio will see a new two-year operating budget, a round of Congressional redistricting, a U.S. Senate appointment, and a possible attempt by lawmakers to overhaul the voter-passed marijuana law.

it feels like mid sized cities are the spaces where we have the most opportunity to push for change. small enough for organized groups to make an impact, big enough that that impact is felt elsewhere too.

Ohio is preparing to strip Medicaid from more than 60,000 people. Here’s what you should know. | Policy Matters Ohio | December 20, 2024 The state of Ohio recently submitted a proposal to require people between the ages of 19 and 55 to prove they are employed in order to be eligible for Medicaid coverage. They call the proposal a “work...

Good morning Ohio! If you care about Medicaid access in Ohio, you should know that the state is trying to make it harder to access. Here's what you should know and what you can do:

www.policymattersohio.org/blog/2024/12...

Ohio has the lowest eligibility for Publicly Funded Child Care in the country for kids 0 to 5.

For childcare to be considered affordable (per the HHS), a family with an infant and a toddler would have to make $250,385 — nearly four times Ohio's median household income of $65,720.

Thanks for this resource! Just sent my testimony in!

The last time Columbus updated its bike plan was 2008. Much of what was outlined in that plan never came to fruition—which is why we are urging city leadership to significantly increase funding for bike/ped infrastructure, have a designated bikeways team, and release a robust complete streets policy

Be gentle with your college students this Thanksgiving. This might impact the young people sitting at your dinner table.

I really love Rebecca Solnit! All of her work is great 🩷

I'm so grateful to know Sarah McBride and utterly embarrassed for our nation that she is facing such unmitigated hate. I also am constantly thinking about all that her presence is doing for trans people without her megaphone and am so sure that she is going to do Delaware — and all of us — proud.