First Focus Campaign for Children
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First Focus Campaign for Children is a bipartisan child advocacy group dedicated to improving U.S. public policy for kids. Sister org of @firstfocus.bsky.social. #Commit2Kids
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-a...
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids
Child advocates have often ignored or minimized the use of ballot measures and direct democracy as part of our playbook. It's past time to change that.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Children at the Ballot Box: Why Direct Democracy May Be a Game-Changer for Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/children-a...
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
#VoteKids #InvestInKids
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities
Proposed rules, reductions in force, threaten roughly 100,000 children who rely on Supplemental Security Income, plus others in need of support and
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November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Recent Actions by the Trump Administration Target Children with Disabilities firstfocus.org/update/recent-… by Chad Bolt and Lily Klam
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/a...
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current
Nevada’s child care crisis should warrant a special session rather than efforts to give public subsidies to film studies, advocacy groups say. “We don’t think this is the time where we need to be…
nevadacurrent.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
As governor, lawmakers mull special session agenda, child advocacy groups have some ideas • Nevada Current nevadacurrent.com/2025/11/07/a...
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
November 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Trump Admin must release the SNAP contingency fund today so that 16 million kids do not start going hungry tomorrow.
It’s that simple.
It’s that simple.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids
Federal spending on children has dropped to historic lows, but the steepest cuts are ahead.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Money Matters: The Nation’s Retreat from Kids brucelesley.substack.com/p/money-matt...
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
First Focus on Children released our annual report yesterday, Children's Budget 2025. The findings show a 30+% decline in the share of federal funding to children from 2021 to Trump's FY 2026 budget proposal.
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children
Noem's Department of Homeland Security is not targeting the "worst of the worst" as she claims: her agency is increasingly targeting the children of immigrants.
brucelesley.substack.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fear and Harm as Policy: How the Feds Are Traumatizing Children brucelesley.substack.com/p/fear-and-h...
Another important article by @mikehixenbaugh.com that highlights why we desperately need an independent Children’s Commissioner to investigate and put a stop to the cover-up and failure to protect children from child sexual and physical abuse by institutions in this country.
Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Pastor Mark Vega, a former Yankees chaplain, received reports of sex abuse in his church in 2019 and 2022. But rather than go to police, Vega came up with a plan to handle it internally by…
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October 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Another important article by @mikehixenbaugh.com that highlights why we desperately need an independent Children’s Commissioner to investigate and put a stop to the cover-up and failure to protect children from child sexual and physical abuse by institutions in this country.
This piece by @mikehixenbaugh.com highlights two critically important issues facing children:
1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in
This must be stopped. ✋
1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in
This must be stopped. ✋
Mike Hixenbaugh (@mikehixenbaugh.com)
Got to see where the filmed “Killers of the Flower Moon” and write this update on a story I started covering a little over a year to go.…
bsky.app
October 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This piece by @mikehixenbaugh.com highlights two critically important issues facing children:
1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in
This must be stopped. ✋
1) the threat people like Robert Morris pose to public education
2) the cover-up of sexual and physical child abuse that institutions in our country repeatedly engage in
This must be stopped. ✋
How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown brucelesley.substack.com/p/how-the-su...
How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown
Washington is back at the brink.
brucelesley.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
How the Supreme Court’s Shadow Docket Fuels Presidential Power and a Government Shutdown brucelesley.substack.com/p/how-the-su...
Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting
Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting
Beth Bourne, who has in the past come under fire for over-the-top anti-LGBTQ+ stunts, removed her pants and top at a Davis school board meeting.
open.substack.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Moms For Liberty Chapter Chairperson Takes Off Clothing At School Board Meeting
Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
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Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too
Jimmy Kimmel has often spoken for kids when other voices were missing.
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September 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Silencing Kimmel Hurts Kids, Too open.substack.com/pub/bruceles...
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Dr. John Kuhn speaks out in defense of his teachers, students, and schools as superintendent of Abilene ISD in Texas.
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A Superintendent Speaks Out from the Front Lines of Our Public Schools…
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September 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Dr. John Kuhn speaks out in defense of his teachers, students, and schools as superintendent of Abilene ISD in Texas.
Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – Chad Bolt - DC Journal - InsideSources dcjournal.com/republicans-...
Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – DC Journal - InsideSources
The White House has told Republican lawmakers to get out there and start selling the “One Big Beautiful Bill” as chock-full of family-friendly
dcjournal.com
September 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Republicans Say Their Big Bill Is Family Friendly. Not So Fast … – Chad Bolt - DC Journal - InsideSources dcjournal.com/republicans-...
Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs - WMNF 88.5 FM
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September 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Advocates warn child poverty could rise again after federal cuts to social programs - WMNF 88.5 FM
From Idaho to Texas to Florida: The Harm of Sweeping ‘Parental Rights’ Laws brucelesley.substack.com/p/from-idaho...
From Idaho to Texas to Florida: The Harm of Sweeping ‘Parental Rights’ Laws
Texas’s SB 12 proves what child advocates have long warned: sweeping parental control laws deny kids even the most basic protections.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
From Idaho to Texas to Florida: The Harm of Sweeping ‘Parental Rights’ Laws brucelesley.substack.com/p/from-idaho...
A caandidate runs for office in Iowa (Catelin Drey), runs on kids’ issues, and soundly defeats the culture wars playbook thrown at her.
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids! www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-io...
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids! www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-io...
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids!
A nice time!
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August 28, 2025 at 8:39 PM
A caandidate runs for office in Iowa (Catelin Drey), runs on kids’ issues, and soundly defeats the culture wars playbook thrown at her.
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids! www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-io...
Mom For Iowa Gonna Turn State Into Woke Hellhole Of Funded Schools With Books And Stuff ... For Kids! www.wonkette.com/p/mom-for-io...