Hailey Gibbs, PhD
@haileygibbs.bsky.social
Associate Director, Early Childhood Policy @americanprogress.bsky.social
here for the people | ward 6 | my opinions & vibes
here for the people | ward 6 | my opinions & vibes
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NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani speaks to the city-wide impact of the Trump administration's cuts to SNAP.
November 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani speaks to the city-wide impact of the Trump administration's cuts to SNAP.
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The Trump administration has made it clear: it wants to take food away from hungry families—it'll even go to court over it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The Trump administration has made it clear: it wants to take food away from hungry families—it'll even go to court over it.
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🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
🚨🚨🚨 The jury has reached a verdict. Sean Dunn, aka the DC Sandwich Guy, has been found NOT GUILTY of assault.
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The Trump administration's failure to fund SNAP benefits will have devastating impacts on families' budgets and local economies. SNAP supports households getting food on tables, generates 100,000s of jobs, and every dollar returns $1.50 to the local economy.
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
SNAP Cuts Are Likely To Harm More Than 27,000 Retailers Nationwide
A new analysis shows that 27,000 retailers in areas with the highest shares of SNAP participants would be the most likely to bear the brunt of proposed drastic cuts to food assistance.
www.americanprogress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump administration's failure to fund SNAP benefits will have devastating impacts on families' budgets and local economies. SNAP supports households getting food on tables, generates 100,000s of jobs, and every dollar returns $1.50 to the local economy.
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
AMAZING to see @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social run & win on universal #childcare the same week NM began implementing the 1st statewide universal child care program. The future of child care in America is universal, comprehensive, & it meets families where they are. Excited to see where we go from here.
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
AMAZING to see @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social run & win on universal #childcare the same week NM began implementing the 1st statewide universal child care program. The future of child care in America is universal, comprehensive, & it meets families where they are. Excited to see where we go from here.
"Layoffs, budget cuts, and policy changes are all a part of the Trump administration’s direct attacks on disabled students and children and will cause long-term negative impacts."
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration’s Recent Special Education Layoffs Will Have Major Long-Term Impacts on Disabled Children and Students
The Trump administration unlawful layoffs during the federal shutdown, in coordination with its policy changes and budget cuts, are intended to lead to closure of the Department of Education, leaving ...
www.americanprogress.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Layoffs, budget cuts, and policy changes are all a part of the Trump administration’s direct attacks on disabled students and children and will cause long-term negative impacts."
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Federal judge has to tell the President he can't starve his own citizens to arm twist opposition party into gutting health care access for same citizens
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...
SNAP benefits must continue despite shutdown, judge tells Trump administration
The Justice Department argued that the food stamp program, which feeds more than 40 million Americans, effectively did not exist anymore due to the shutdown.
www.cnbc.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Federal judge has to tell the President he can't starve his own citizens to arm twist opposition party into gutting health care access for same citizens
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/31/s...
corporatism is BAAAD
🔊🔊🔊 New report from @fellowwhopoints.bsky.social reveals how private-equity’s short-term focus on profit is reshaping U.S. health care, contributing to less competition, higher costs, and compromised care.
5 Consequences of Private Equity’s Expansion in Health Care Services
The rapid rise of private equity’s influence over health care providers such as hospitals, nursing homes, and physicians’ practices threatens competition, affordability, patient safety, and worker wel...
www.americanprogress.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
corporatism is BAAAD
"More babies live in poverty than any other age group." Looking at the 11/1 food assistance cliff, rising health care premiums, massive cuts to Medicaid, & uncertainty for Head Start programs nationwide, that number is only bound to grow.
Inaction is acceptance.
www.zerotothree.org/resource/ear...
Inaction is acceptance.
www.zerotothree.org/resource/ear...
Early Childhood Poverty: A Lasting Impact on Babies’ Health and Development
Early Head Start is the only federal program dedicated to the comprehensive development of pregnant women, infants and toddlers in families with low incomes.
www.zerotothree.org
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"More babies live in poverty than any other age group." Looking at the 11/1 food assistance cliff, rising health care premiums, massive cuts to Medicaid, & uncertainty for Head Start programs nationwide, that number is only bound to grow.
Inaction is acceptance.
www.zerotothree.org/resource/ear...
Inaction is acceptance.
www.zerotothree.org/resource/ear...
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Fantastic article by Harold Meyerson in @prospect.org on Montana’s “ingenious ballot measure” to negate the consequences of Citizens United.
As far as I know, this is the first time Dashiell Hammett has been invoked in any discussion of The Montana Plan.
As far as I know, this is the first time Dashiell Hammett has been invoked in any discussion of The Montana Plan.
Montanans Go After ‘Citizens United’ - The American Prospect
Montanans are putting forth an ingenious ballot measure that, while it wouldn’t legally overturn the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling that allowed corporations to buy elections, would negate its...
prospect.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fantastic article by Harold Meyerson in @prospect.org on Montana’s “ingenious ballot measure” to negate the consequences of Citizens United.
As far as I know, this is the first time Dashiell Hammett has been invoked in any discussion of The Montana Plan.
As far as I know, this is the first time Dashiell Hammett has been invoked in any discussion of The Montana Plan.
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As American families struggle with rising costs, President Trump and members of his family are raking in millions of dollars—and the number is only growing. Check out our new tracker to see how Trump is using the office of the presidency to his financial benefit: https://ampr.gs/47nd5eE
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
As American families struggle with rising costs, President Trump and members of his family are raking in millions of dollars—and the number is only growing. Check out our new tracker to see how Trump is using the office of the presidency to his financial benefit: https://ampr.gs/47nd5eE
why, when the destruction of our most sacrosanct democratic tenets is objectively the bigger problem, does this make me so fucking sad?
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
October 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
why, when the destruction of our most sacrosanct democratic tenets is objectively the bigger problem, does this make me so fucking sad?
Climate change is here. To support the early ed sector & protect children from the climate crisis, we must:
🏛️Promote state & local action
💲Invest in the early ed workforce
🗣️Develop comms tools to disseminate info
🍼Prioritize recovery efforts around children
www.americanprogress.org/article/chil...
🏛️Promote state & local action
💲Invest in the early ed workforce
🗣️Develop comms tools to disseminate info
🍼Prioritize recovery efforts around children
www.americanprogress.org/article/chil...
Child Care Professionals Are on the Front Lines as Climate Change Risks Children’s Health and Development
Amid a changing climate and federal rollbacks to disaster relief and preparedness, early educators face an increasingly untenable child care landscape that will require state and local action.
www.americanprogress.org
October 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Climate change is here. To support the early ed sector & protect children from the climate crisis, we must:
🏛️Promote state & local action
💲Invest in the early ed workforce
🗣️Develop comms tools to disseminate info
🍼Prioritize recovery efforts around children
www.americanprogress.org/article/chil...
🏛️Promote state & local action
💲Invest in the early ed workforce
🗣️Develop comms tools to disseminate info
🍼Prioritize recovery efforts around children
www.americanprogress.org/article/chil...
Reposted by Hailey Gibbs, PhD
Millions of people across the country took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday—are you part of the 3.5% that will demand change?
October 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Millions of people across the country took to the streets in No Kings protests on Saturday—are you part of the 3.5% that will demand change?
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You can see pretty clearly in this chart why the "K-shaped recovery" narrative was nonsense prior to roughly this year but is now very real.
New w/ @bencasselman.bsky.social: Wealthy Americans, buoyed by a booming stock market, are spending freely. Lower-income households, stung by inflation and a slowing labor market, are pulling back
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/b... @nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
You can see pretty clearly in this chart why the "K-shaped recovery" narrative was nonsense prior to roughly this year but is now very real.
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SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans will not go out as planned November 1 if the shutdown continues.
October 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans will not go out as planned November 1 if the shutdown continues.
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American cities under attack. Health care premiums are tripling. Veteran families are at risk of foreclosure. Grocery prices are skyrocketing. Adelita Grijalva has not been sworn in. The Epstein files are not yet released.
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
American cities under attack. Health care premiums are tripling. Veteran families are at risk of foreclosure. Grocery prices are skyrocketing. Adelita Grijalva has not been sworn in. The Epstein files are not yet released.
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The world is held together, it really is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few* people.” — James Baldwin
*few = an estimated 200k in DC alone #NoKings
*few = an estimated 200k in DC alone #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The world is held together, it really is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few* people.” — James Baldwin
*few = an estimated 200k in DC alone #NoKings
*few = an estimated 200k in DC alone #NoKings
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Republicans in Congress had multiple chances this year to keep your premiums low—and they said NO every single time.
October 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Republicans in Congress had multiple chances this year to keep your premiums low—and they said NO every single time.
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heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
heartbroken to learn the pope sympathizes with the poor. how can i continue to believe in god
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This is just the latest instance in which the Trump admin has used the shutdown to pause or strip money from Democratic-led cities and states. Before today, we counted about $28 billion in halted federal funds (and will be updating as we learn more)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Trump Targets Democratic Districts by Halting Billions During Shutdown
The Trump administration has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion primarily located in Democratic-led districts, according to an analysis by The New York Times.
www.nytimes.com
October 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is just the latest instance in which the Trump admin has used the shutdown to pause or strip money from Democratic-led cities and states. Before today, we counted about $28 billion in halted federal funds (and will be updating as we learn more)
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.
October 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.