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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WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
WHOA. The FBI was/is spying on a Signal chat for a New York immigration court watch group, claiming they were “anarchist violent extremist actors.”
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Your reminder that the government is watching and don’t say anything in a big group chat you wouldn’t say on TV.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Never been more proud of my hometown
November 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Never been more proud of my hometown
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I hate that in local news, sometimes the most common type of disability story will be the very, VERY rare cases of disability fraud.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I hate that in local news, sometimes the most common type of disability story will be the very, VERY rare cases of disability fraud.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
Disabled people live interesting lives and are impacted by so many things, yet the focus is on these rare events.
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NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
What you get when you put a reality tv star in charge of America’s transportation infrastructure 🙃
Trump's Transportation Secretary on how to improve air travel:
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
"People dress up like they're going to bed when they fly... We want to push people as we come into a really busy travel season, help people out, be in a good mood, dress up"
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What you get when you put a reality tv star in charge of America’s transportation infrastructure 🙃
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The typical joke is that they don’t have a health care plan and they’ll never have one.
But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.
But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The typical joke is that they don’t have a health care plan and they’ll never have one.
But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.
But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.
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The data also show alarming developments in Black women’s employment. Black women’s unemployment rate skyrocketed to 7.5% in September, driven by Black women joining the labor market but not finding jobs. 4/9
November 20, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Savoring this update on a battle that we worked so hard to win. It means dignity—not destitution—for up to 1.5 million older workers who become disabled & for their families, too.
Keep hoping, keep fighting, and celebrate every victory. 🎉
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Keep hoping, keep fighting, and celebrate every victory. 🎉
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Savoring this update on a battle that we worked so hard to win. It means dignity—not destitution—for up to 1.5 million older workers who become disabled & for their families, too.
Keep hoping, keep fighting, and celebrate every victory. 🎉
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
Keep hoping, keep fighting, and celebrate every victory. 🎉
www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...
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"Paid leave strikes at the heart of what families care about the most: their financial security and their health," says @inimai.bsky.social at @washingtonpost.com's Global Women's Summit.
November 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Paid leave strikes at the heart of what families care about the most: their financial security and their health," says @inimai.bsky.social at @washingtonpost.com's Global Women's Summit.
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This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
US citizen Maria Greeley, a Latina who was adopted, was walking home from work downtown when masked agents zip tied her. They said she “doesn’t look like a Greeley.” This is how the government treats people under current deportation policies.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This practice was endorsed by a Supreme Court Justice.
#KavanaughStop
#KavanaughStop
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I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
It's a rolling layoff world
These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.
www.axios.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
All eyes on Missouri where Republicans are taking every opportunity to ignore voters
Missouri’s referendum on minimum wage and paid sick leave last year won by a margin of 58 to 42 percent statewide. Under a proposal advanced by the GOP, it would have failed because it didn’t win more than 50 percent in every congressional district.
Under this GOP Measure, All of Missouri’s Recent Popular Initiatives Would Have Failed
Lawmakers just advanced a constitutional amendment to drastically raise the bar for approving citizen ballot measures. Voters get to weigh in on the scheme next year.
boltsmag.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
All eyes on Missouri where Republicans are taking every opportunity to ignore voters
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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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parade.com
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.”