Molly Weston Williamson
@mollyww.bsky.social
Senior Fellow at CAP, fighting for #PaidLeaveForAll. Lawyer, mom, wonk, advocate, not necessarily in that order. Philly-based, KY-raised. Personal account.
The Trump Administration has pushed out thousands of staff members from the Social Security Administration, harming claimants and customer service around the country. New from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Social Security Administration Is Bleeding Staff
New data show rapidly shrinking staff numbers at the Social Security Administration, reducing the agency’s ability to serve older adults, people with disabilities, and other claimants.
www.americanprogress.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:27 PM
The Trump Administration has pushed out thousands of staff members from the Social Security Administration, harming claimants and customer service around the country. New from me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
‘I don’t have words’: 2 more kids from Liam Ramos’ Columbia Heights school taken into ICE custody
The children were taken into ICE custody after their mother was detained at a court appointment. School leaders say the mother asked them to bring the kids to the detention center because there were n...
www.mprnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 2:39 AM
“We had to deliver them to a detention center,” principal Jason Kuhlman said about the second grader and fifth grader.
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The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
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The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Trump Administration is abandoning plans for the biggest-ever cut to Social Security Disability Insurance, which would have hit older workers hardest.
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
The rule would have devastated up to 1.5 million workers' financial stability, retirement security & access to health care.
wapo.st/4o48J24
Nearly 1.2 million disabled Americans are self-employed. For many, expiring enhanced premium tax credits threaten health care access and affordability. New from me, @seemiaroll.bsky.social, & @nzmurphy.bsky.social for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
ACA Premium Spikes Will Derail Disabled People’s Careers
The expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits threatens the economic stability and health coverage of self-employed Americans with disabilities.
www.americanprogress.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nearly 1.2 million disabled Americans are self-employed. For many, expiring enhanced premium tax credits threaten health care access and affordability. New from me, @seemiaroll.bsky.social, & @nzmurphy.bsky.social for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
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New @americanprogress.bsky.social I find that 4.4 million small business owners and self-employed people face a $1,500 mean tax hike this year.
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New @americanprogress.bsky.social I find that 4.4 million small business owners and self-employed people face a $1,500 mean tax hike this year.
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
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With inflation on everyone’s minds, it’s a good time to recognize one of Social Security’s most valuable features: Its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which will be announced tomorrow. 🧵
October 23, 2025 at 11:33 AM
With inflation on everyone’s minds, it’s a good time to recognize one of Social Security’s most valuable features: Its annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), which will be announced tomorrow. 🧵
The Trump Administration is planning a proposal to prevent too many people, especially older adults, from qualifying for Social Security disability benefits they need.
New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Plans To Covertly Cut Social Security Disability Benefits
An upcoming regulatory proposal would change the rules of Social Security disability programs to make it harder to qualify, particularly harming older adults.
www.americanprogress.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The Trump Administration is planning a proposal to prevent too many people, especially older adults, from qualifying for Social Security disability benefits they need.
New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
New from @seemiaroll.bsky.social & me for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
90 years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act, creating protections Americans have built lives and livelihoods on for generations. But this crucial law has had a missing piece since its creation: paid leave. A 🧵 (1/7):
August 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
90 years ago today, President Franklin Roosevelt signed into law the Social Security Act, creating protections Americans have built lives and livelihoods on for generations. But this crucial law has had a missing piece since its creation: paid leave. A 🧵 (1/7):
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The Department of Child Snatching
A chart didn't make it into the piece — ICE has arrested >1,000 toddlers since 2023
July 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Department of Child Snatching
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Biden’s FCC passed rules to make phone calls from prison cheaper, to help keep people connected to their families.
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
An incarcerated writer on what this means for people behind bars, in a must read, icymi: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
An incarcerated writer on what this means for people behind bars, in a must read, icymi: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
Priced Out of Phone Calls Home - Bolts
The FCC blocked Biden-era limits on the exorbitant rates and fees charged by prison telecom companies, leaving incarcerated people and their families to fight for state-level reforms.
boltsmag.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Biden’s FCC passed rules to make phone calls from prison cheaper, to help keep people connected to their families.
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
An incarcerated writer on what this means for people behind bars, in a must read, icymi: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
Trump's FCC has now blocked that change.
An incarcerated writer on what this means for people behind bars, in a must read, icymi: boltsmag.org/north-caroli...
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After Social Security arbitrarily cut thousands of staff, the only way to “fix” anything is moving them from one critical area to another—most recently, abruptly shifting 1K staff from local offices to the 800 number.
But it’s not a real fix at all…it only creates new problems.
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But it’s not a real fix at all…it only creates new problems.
wapo.st/44nQiPx
Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line
The agency, which serves 73 million beneficiaries, has struggled to improve customer service amid cutbacks, long wait times and a crashing website.
wapo.st
July 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
After Social Security arbitrarily cut thousands of staff, the only way to “fix” anything is moving them from one critical area to another—most recently, abruptly shifting 1K staff from local offices to the 800 number.
But it’s not a real fix at all…it only creates new problems.
wapo.st/44nQiPx
But it’s not a real fix at all…it only creates new problems.
wapo.st/44nQiPx
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It’s ugly and it’s deadly. But hey, as long as the rich get richer, right?
Congress Traded Your Pap Smear for a Billionaire’s Tax Break
Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill," argues Kierra Jones, is part of "conservatives’ political crusade to ban abortion and gender-affirming care, and to deprive Americans of their reproductive and bodily aut...
www.teenvogue.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
It’s ugly and it’s deadly. But hey, as long as the rich get richer, right?
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The Social Security Administration put out a statement celebrating a bill that would lead to faster insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund
July 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The Social Security Administration put out a statement celebrating a bill that would lead to faster insolvency of the Social Security Trust Fund
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A disgraceful story. The absolute disregard and hostility the power centers of our country exhibit towards young people is part of the story of this time.
And the NYT caught the car on affirmative action. So now begins the process of retroactively excavating race-conscious admissions. Awful.
And the NYT caught the car on affirmative action. So now begins the process of retroactively excavating race-conscious admissions. Awful.
You know, when I heard that all of our personal data had been hacked, I didn't expect the first major use of it to be the NYT trying to fuck over Zohran but maybe I'm naive www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/n...
Mamdani Identified as Asian and African American on College Application
www.nytimes.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A disgraceful story. The absolute disregard and hostility the power centers of our country exhibit towards young people is part of the story of this time.
And the NYT caught the car on affirmative action. So now begins the process of retroactively excavating race-conscious admissions. Awful.
And the NYT caught the car on affirmative action. So now begins the process of retroactively excavating race-conscious admissions. Awful.
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Also: the OBBBA would accelerate both Social Security & Medicare's trust fund reserve depletion by a year.
They are touching Social Security, Medicare, AND Medicaid.
www.crfb.org/blogs/obbba-...
They are touching Social Security, Medicare, AND Medicaid.
www.crfb.org/blogs/obbba-...
July 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Also: the OBBBA would accelerate both Social Security & Medicare's trust fund reserve depletion by a year.
They are touching Social Security, Medicare, AND Medicaid.
www.crfb.org/blogs/obbba-...
They are touching Social Security, Medicare, AND Medicaid.
www.crfb.org/blogs/obbba-...
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As Lily, 24, said: "There could be a time in my life where I have to make the decision between staying home to care for my daughter when she is sick and making money to put a roof over her head and food in her mouth.”
Young Workers Least Likely To Have Parental Leave, Sick Days—Report
The U.S. is a global outlier in paid time off. And the youngest members of the workforce are the least likely to get the paid leave they need. Experts say it could spell disaster for their careers—and...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
As Lily, 24, said: "There could be a time in my life where I have to make the decision between staying home to care for my daughter when she is sick and making money to put a roof over her head and food in her mouth.”
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Pssst . . . it costs about the same amount to shore up Social Security's finances as it does to make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
But Congressional Republicans are on the verge of shoveling trillions at the wealthiest, while leaving a shortfall in the program we ALL need and love.
But Congressional Republicans are on the verge of shoveling trillions at the wealthiest, while leaving a shortfall in the program we ALL need and love.
June 30, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Pssst . . . it costs about the same amount to shore up Social Security's finances as it does to make the Trump tax cuts permanent.
But Congressional Republicans are on the verge of shoveling trillions at the wealthiest, while leaving a shortfall in the program we ALL need and love.
But Congressional Republicans are on the verge of shoveling trillions at the wealthiest, while leaving a shortfall in the program we ALL need and love.
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Women already do 2/3 of the unpaid care in the US, equating to $683 billion a year in unpaid care work. infogram.com/1pdd7xxy9p5x...
June 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Women already do 2/3 of the unpaid care in the US, equating to $683 billion a year in unpaid care work. infogram.com/1pdd7xxy9p5x...
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New @americanprogress.bsky.social data: half of LGBTQI+ people have called on chosen family for care, along with a third of non-LGBTQI+ people. We need #PaidLeaveForAll that includes all families.
More from @mollyww.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
More from @mollyww.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
LGBTQI+ People Are Working, Healing, and Caring in a Country Without Guaranteed Paid Leave
New Center for American Progress survey results show LGBTQI+ Americans are trying to balance work, health, and caregiving, despite gaps in supports such as paid leave.
www.americanprogress.org
June 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New @americanprogress.bsky.social data: half of LGBTQI+ people have called on chosen family for care, along with a third of non-LGBTQI+ people. We need #PaidLeaveForAll that includes all families.
More from @mollyww.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
More from @mollyww.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
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New for @teenvogue.com: Republicans love to talk about how much they care about the American worker, but the Trump admin’s anti-worker, anti-regulatory, anti-science agenda is putting millions of workers in danger—and more of them are going to die because of it www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
The Trump Administration Is Making All of Our Jobs More Dangerous
That’s very bad news in a country where a worker died on the job every 99 minutes in 2023.
www.teenvogue.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
New for @teenvogue.com: Republicans love to talk about how much they care about the American worker, but the Trump admin’s anti-worker, anti-regulatory, anti-science agenda is putting millions of workers in danger—and more of them are going to die because of it www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
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This is my favorite stat: 50% of us called on chosen family for support. Our communities are strong and keep us going. 💜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💜
June 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is my favorite stat: 50% of us called on chosen family for support. Our communities are strong and keep us going. 💜🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈💜
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@mollyww.bsky.social latest look at caregiving and leave for LGBTQI+ folks is a must-read today. www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
LGBTQI+ People Are Working, Healing, and Caring in a Country Without Guaranteed Paid Leave
New Center for American Progress survey results show LGBTQI+ Americans are trying to balance work, health, and caregiving, despite gaps in supports such as paid leave.
www.americanprogress.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
@mollyww.bsky.social latest look at caregiving and leave for LGBTQI+ folks is a must-read today. www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
New survey data shows LGBTQI+ people are more likely to take time off work for health or caregiving needs than non-LGBTQI+ people, despite being less likely to work in ways that provide paid leave. My latest for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
LGBTQI+ People Are Working, Healing, and Caring in a Country Without Guaranteed Paid Leave
New Center for American Progress survey results show LGBTQI+ Americans are trying to balance work, health, and caregiving, despite gaps in supports such as paid leave.
www.americanprogress.org
June 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
New survey data shows LGBTQI+ people are more likely to take time off work for health or caregiving needs than non-LGBTQI+ people, despite being less likely to work in ways that provide paid leave. My latest for @americanprogress.bsky.social www.americanprogress.org/article/lgbt...
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Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?
June 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Shouldn’t the NY Times headline note that this new policy breaks the law?