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Sharita Gruberg
@gruberg.bsky.social
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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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With community in NC raising money for the local food pantry to combat hunger from Trump’s shutdown
Photo of a group of people at a street festival listening to a man speaking on a podium with two other people next to him
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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In case you were wondering who needed to be told by a judge that trick or treaters aren’t a threat, it’s this guy.
Black and white photo of CBP chief Gregory Bovino
October 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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🚨🚨🚨Republicans shut down the government and are now ramming through 100 Trump noms.
With Brittany Panuccio in place, Stephen Miller will have the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission he needs to begin ending civil rights for workers as we know it.
#NoToPanuccio #BlockBerry
75 Million logo and text that says “Jonathan Berry wrote the Project 2025 labor plan. Now he is nominated to be the top lawyer at the Department of Labor. And Brittany Panuccio is Trump’s pick for the EEOC. If confirmed she’ll give him the power to turn back the clock on working women’s rights”
October 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Have had a great time repping the country’s 75 million working women at Trades Women Build Nations and hearing from all these badass women in the building trades.
Follow @the75million.bsky.social and join us here act.nationalpartnership.org/a/the-75-mil...
Photo of a booth at a conference with beanies, palm cards, pins, and a sign that say “the 75 Million” printed in green
September 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Meanwhile, in Canada
Slide with the Canadian flag that says “As of April 1, 2025, the Alberta Child Care Subsidy model changed for children up to kindergarten age to a flat fee of $326.25/month, or $15 a day, for full-time care and $230/month for part-time care in licensed daycare and family day homes. For preschools: families receive a reduction of up to $100 off monthly fees. The income-based subsidy remains in place for out-of-school care programs for children in kindergarten and grades 1-6.”
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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At Trade Women Build Nations hearing from women in the building trades about how #CareCantWait and how women in the trades need policies like #PaidLeave4All
Screen that says “childcare and family solutions for tradeswomen: addressing care economy challenges and advancing real-world strategies to support tradeswomen and their families”
September 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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She’s not waiting, she’s leading. Inspiring to be in community with these badass women at a time the Trump administration is threatening their industries, unions, and the apprenticeship programs and pathways to good jobs that got them here.
Conference hall full of women in union gear and screens showing NABTU president Sean McGarvey addressing the group
September 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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With this group of champions it’s not a matter of if we win but when we win. Grateful for the newest paid leave legislator dream team, @mcbride.house.gov #PaidLeave4All
September 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Forever grateful for our OG champion, @delauro.house.gov 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽
Rep DeLauro in front of a podium that says “paid leave now” surrounded by Rep Underwood, Rep McBride, Senator Gillibrand, Rep Neal
September 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Our committed original Senate sponsor @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social kicked things off. Grateful for her leadership
Senator Gillibrand surrounded by members of Congress at a podium that says “paid leave now”
September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Grateful to @wyden.senate.gov for telling grassroots advocates for paid family and medical leave that he has us every step of the way when it comes to Senate Finance #PaidLeave4All
Photo of Senator Wyden at a podium that says “paid leave now”
September 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Amazing lineup of champions at the reintroduction of the FAMILY Act which would provide all workers in America paid family and medical leave. Thank you @andykimnj.bsky.social for drawing attention to how important this bill is for people caring for aging parents AND raising children #PaidLeave4All
Photo of Senator Andy Kim at a podium that says “paid leave now” next to Senator Gillibrand, Rep DeLauro, and Senator Wyden
September 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Patrolling the DUCK POND. Would make a joke about fowl play but this is just so fucked
Numerous National Guard members patrolling the Southwest DC duck pond
September 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Just the National Guard surrounding a public library in SW DC
Picture of 4 of 8 National Guard members surrounding a brightly lit public library
September 10, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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In Virginia Beach with @cffe.bsky.social to for a community roundtable talk about why Social Security is so important for veterans
Picture of a meeting room decorated with signs that say “protect our checks” and “affordable Virginia”
August 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Trump to newborns of VA workers:
Image of a children’s book titled “Get Your Shit Together, Baby”
August 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Wharton put out a pretty clear graphic for the winners and losers from the Republican reconciliation bill. They are trying to shove this through before their constituents realize how badly their reps fucked them

budgetmodel.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/2025/...
Table showing policy “equivalent variations” of the reconciliation policy reforms by age and income. shows that households most affected by the cuts to Medicaid and SNAP—those in the bottom income quintile—experience the largest losses under this bill, averaging $27,500 in lifetime value for the working-age population. In contrast, working-age households in the top income quintile generally benefit from lower taxes, gaining an average of more than $65,000. Working-age households in the middle of the income distribution are largely unaffected, with an average lifetime gain of less than $500, as they face a chance of needing spending programs that have been reduced, but also benefit from some of the tax cuts. All future generations are projected to experience lifetime losses under the bill, ranging from $5,700 for high-income households to $22,000 for low-income households.
July 2, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Here to replenish my reserves with the hope and enthusiasm of young lawyers at #PPP25
Flyer for People’s Parity Project Unf*ck the Law conference
June 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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Happy Birthday WB!! Here’s to another 105 years of advocating for and protecting working women! I look forward to seeing what innovative and amazing work the Bureau takes on next. We need Congress to #SaveWB from the Trump Admin attempts to shut it down!
Red graphic with blue balloons that reads “ Happy 105th Birthday Women’s Bureau. Here’s to 105 More”
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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For context of just how scary this is, here’s what CBP considers the border zone in which they can board buses and trains in addition to setting up checkpoints and demand you show immigration documents (map from ACLU)

www.texastribune.org/2025/04/25/t...
Map of the US outlined in red that reads “nearly 2 out of 3 people live within the 100-mile border zone”
May 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Summary of last night’s Republican tax bill markup
Meme of a car labeled “Trump and the Republicans” choosing an exit labeled “giving huge tax breaks to billionaires” instead of the road labeled “lowering costs for working families”
May 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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You mean to tell me firing a team of highly specialized legal experts wasn’t a needed cost savings measure but just another example of shortsighted decision making by inexperienced and uninformed Muskrats?
Screenshot of Politico newsletter that says “USAID LAWYERS UP: USAID’s office of General Counsel is hiring attorneys with active secret clearances to fend off over 200 grievances from its own employees and conduct investigations into “general employee misconduct,” such as unauthorised disclosures to the media, our AMY MACKINNON writes in. Some of the employees who filed grievances include union members, foreign service officers and civil service employees, a job posting on a third party website notes. “If they have not already, these lawyers will need to familiarize themselves with federal employment rules, including grievance procedures,” reads the posting.”
May 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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Transphobes have interesting takes on fairness in student athletics
May 8, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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DMV! Come out Thursday, May 8 to thank the committed civil rights lawyers who chose to leave rather than be enlisted to execute Trump’s segregationist agenda. Please share!
Support DOJ’s civil rights lawyers May 8 at noon outside 150 M St NE. Thank you for fighting for us.
May 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Never forget
Screenshot of Atlantic article that says “The Family Research Council Gets Its First Chief of Staff Shannon Royce believes there's a "religious-liberty crisis" in the United States.” Screenshot of a Washington Post article headline “Josh Duggar apologizes amid molestation allegations, quits Family Research Council”
April 23, 2025 at 8:52 PM