Sharita Gruberg
@gruberg.bsky.social
She/her. Economic Justice VP at National Partnership for Women & Families. Previously VP LGBTQI+ Research and Comms at CAP. Hyperfixated on cats, raccoons, and administrative law 🏳️🌈
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The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠
For @motherjones.com:
For @motherjones.com:
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The great @kieraevebutler.bsky.social and I took a look at the many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement today... including the claims that menopause causes divorce + death, & that the FDA is leading the charge against the "male-dominated medical profession" 🫠
For @motherjones.com:
For @motherjones.com:
Feels good to be proud of my alma mater
UNC-Chapel Hill's chancellor says the university will not sign on to a higher education compact from the Trump administration.
www.wunc.org/education/20...
www.wunc.org/education/20...
After faculty raise concerns, UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor says university will not sign Trump's higher ed compact
Lee Roberts called the "preferential treatment" proposal a clear infringement on academic freedom.
www.wunc.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Feels good to be proud of my alma mater
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Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
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November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Even as the Social Security Administration falsely claims that phone wait times are down to single-digit minutes, callers are recording dance routines to the hold music as they wait over two hours . . . equal parts adorable and horrifying!
parade.com/news/80s-sta...
parade.com/news/80s-sta...
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Bad employee-speech decision out of the 8th Circuit, holding that Home Depot could fire an employee who wrote BLM on their apron in the context of a workplace dispute about discrimination. (This is reversing a Biden-era NLRB decision) law.justia.com/cases/federa...
Home Depot U.S.A. v. NLRB, No. 24-1513 (8th Cir. 2025)
An employee at a Home Depot store in New Brighton, Minnesota, wrote “BLM” (Black Lives Matter) on their required work apron as a symbol of solidarity against prejudice and racism. This occurred in the...
law.justia.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Bad employee-speech decision out of the 8th Circuit, holding that Home Depot could fire an employee who wrote BLM on their apron in the context of a workplace dispute about discrimination. (This is reversing a Biden-era NLRB decision) law.justia.com/cases/federa...
“If you tilt some of the most commonly cited data points this way or that, you can just as easily argue on the behalf of a woman crisis as a man crisis—or, perhaps most accurately, for an ongoing multidirectional crisis affecting us all.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“If you tilt some of the most commonly cited data points this way or that, you can just as easily argue on the behalf of a woman crisis as a man crisis—or, perhaps most accurately, for an ongoing multidirectional crisis affecting us all.”
With community in NC raising money for the local food pantry to combat hunger from Trump’s shutdown
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
With community in NC raising money for the local food pantry to combat hunger from Trump’s shutdown
They actually use Me Too as an example of how women are ruining workplaces
I guess not being allowed to sexually harass people at work really killed the vibe.
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
They actually use Me Too as an example of how women are ruining workplaces
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It is extremely hard and brave to be a woman who wants to take away other people’s rights, including women’s, and for that I am feminist
JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT:
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
“Being a conservative woman in a law school, particularly, takes a lot of courage and independence, and in many ways shows more feminism than just falling into some predetermined vision of what a woman should be.”
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
It is extremely hard and brave to be a woman who wants to take away other people’s rights, including women’s, and for that I am feminist
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Nobody wants to work anymore
Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.
November 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Nobody wants to work anymore
Thinking of James Watson on Rosalind Franklin, whose work he stole, after yesterday’s NYT “debate” on women not belonging in the workplace
"[c]learly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. … The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
"[c]learly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. … The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thinking of James Watson on Rosalind Franklin, whose work he stole, after yesterday’s NYT “debate” on women not belonging in the workplace
"[c]learly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. … The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
"[c]learly Rosy had to go or be put in her place. … The thought could not be avoided that the best home for a feminist was in another person's lab."
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Must-read for NGO folks. “The current moment requires extraordinary vigilance from American civil society. The FTO system represents one of the most powerful tools in the federal government’s legal arsenal, deliberately designed to dismantle targeted organizations quickly and comprehensively.”
Designating Antifa as FTO Could Threaten Civil Liberties
Trump's plan to designate Antifa as an FTO has implications extending beyond anti-fascist activists to the architecture of US civil society.
www.justsecurity.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Must-read for NGO folks. “The current moment requires extraordinary vigilance from American civil society. The FTO system represents one of the most powerful tools in the federal government’s legal arsenal, deliberately designed to dismantle targeted organizations quickly and comprehensively.”
If Lindsay Lohan couldn’t get the country to convert, I doubt the mayor of NYC will 🤣
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If Lindsay Lohan couldn’t get the country to convert, I doubt the mayor of NYC will 🤣
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lol when they say DEI benefits White women particularly, they're not lying. Like at all.
TLDR: A 2024 study reports that in tech, white women are seen as having more "diversity value" because Black representation is costly for the PERCEPTION of organizations. #blacksky #tech
TLDR: A 2024 study reports that in tech, white women are seen as having more "diversity value" because Black representation is costly for the PERCEPTION of organizations. #blacksky #tech
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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It’s the same in DC. They make arrests so quickly before word can spread and crowds can gather so I really do not think almost anyone here realizes the scale. But at least 14 people that I know of were taken from my part of town yesterday alone.
Don’t think ppl understand the terror the Feds are unleashing on the streets of LA right now. Roving patrols targeting vulnerable individuals. It’s horrible.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
There’s no one coming to save us except ourselves.
The past week+ has been really intense in Los Angeles. We need all of the help, support, & attention we can get. Feds are literally roving the streets snatch & grabbing vulnerable individuals. It's horrific. We need to do more.
November 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
It’s the same in DC. They make arrests so quickly before word can spread and crowds can gather so I really do not think almost anyone here realizes the scale. But at least 14 people that I know of were taken from my part of town yesterday alone.
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It’s truly a loss today. First time since 1948, the government didn’t collect information on unemployment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isk...
Government Shutdown Delays US Jobs Data for Second Month
YouTube video by Bloomberg Podcasts
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November 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
It’s truly a loss today. First time since 1948, the government didn’t collect information on unemployment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6isk...
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A weird shutdown dynamic:
Hard Econ data has been pretty meh this year, but soft data has been awful
We used to joke it was all vibes, but it’s literally all vibes now, and the vibes are bad
Hard Econ data has been pretty meh this year, but soft data has been awful
We used to joke it was all vibes, but it’s literally all vibes now, and the vibes are bad
"greatest economy in the history of the world"
except the opposite
*UMICH PRELIM NOV. CONSUMER SENTIMENT FALLS TO 50.3; EST. 53
UMICH CURRENT CONDITIONS FALL TO RECORD LOW OF 52.3
except the opposite
*UMICH PRELIM NOV. CONSUMER SENTIMENT FALLS TO 50.3; EST. 53
UMICH CURRENT CONDITIONS FALL TO RECORD LOW OF 52.3
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
A weird shutdown dynamic:
Hard Econ data has been pretty meh this year, but soft data has been awful
We used to joke it was all vibes, but it’s literally all vibes now, and the vibes are bad
Hard Econ data has been pretty meh this year, but soft data has been awful
We used to joke it was all vibes, but it’s literally all vibes now, and the vibes are bad
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Trans hatred is an exciting message for (a) die-hard GOP voters and (b) a handful of wealthy pundits & consultants who wrongly call themselves "liberal." But it doesn't move normies and never will.
In 2022, GOP went all-in anti-trans in MI & PA and similarly got clocked by Whitmer & Shapiro.
In 2022, GOP went all-in anti-trans in MI & PA and similarly got clocked by Whitmer & Shapiro.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Trans hatred is an exciting message for (a) die-hard GOP voters and (b) a handful of wealthy pundits & consultants who wrongly call themselves "liberal." But it doesn't move normies and never will.
In 2022, GOP went all-in anti-trans in MI & PA and similarly got clocked by Whitmer & Shapiro.
In 2022, GOP went all-in anti-trans in MI & PA and similarly got clocked by Whitmer & Shapiro.
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HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
HAPPENING NOW: Judge McConnell is sharply rebuking the Trump administration for what he said was defying his order to make full SNAP payments by Nov. 5. He has ordered USDA to make the *full* payment to states by tomorrow.
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NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
![This case concerns an Executive Branch policy requiring
all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at
birth. The United States District Court for the District of
Massachusetts preliminarily enjoined the Government
from enforcing the policy, and the First Circuit declined to
stay the injunction pending appeal. The Government then
filed this stay application. Applying our familiar stay fac-
tors at this preliminary stage, we grant the application.
Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends
equal protection principles than displaying their country of
birth—in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to
a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential
treatment. And on this record, respondents have failed to
establish that the Government’s choice to display biological
sex “lack[s] any purpose other than a bare . . . desire to
harm a politically unpopular group.” Trump v. Hawaii, 585
U. S. 667, 705 (2018) (internal quotation marks omitted).
Nor are respondents likely to prevail in arguing that the
State Department acted arbitrarily and capriciously by de-
clining to depart from Presidential rules that Congress ex-
pressly required it to follow. See 22 U. S. C. §211a.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6h7b2i6ttw3l4t7pvbvxdith/bafkreiacrtgoecxjy5y7ojz7xzbun4c4nwutjcvqn4qb4p25ldpt6va5lu@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
NEW: On the shadow docket, the Supreme Court lets Trump resume misgendering trans Americans on their passports, claiming "the government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment." All three liberals dissent. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
He’s made immigrant parent expectations even more impossible to meet 🤣
Nobody tell my Mexican mom that Zohran Mamdani is younger than me and is mayor and married!
November 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
He’s made immigrant parent expectations even more impossible to meet 🤣
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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One of us has been rejected multiple times by the NYT Opinion pages
November 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
One of us has been rejected multiple times by the NYT Opinion pages
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"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."
Mayor Mamdani redefines what it means to hope
His victory has created a harsh contrast between the world we want and the world we have.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
"Hope is not blind optimism or uncritical belief in a political savior. Hope, to me, means the ability to imagine a better world is possible and then work to build it brick by brick. It is, as @prisonculture.bsky.social says, not an emotion but a discipline—one we must practice every single day."
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
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therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...