Olivia Golden
@ogolden-policy.bsky.social
Nonprofit & public sector leader, passionate about children and families, racial and economic justice, protecting immigrant families, supporting organizations and leaders seeking to advance these goals. Former HHS Asst Sec, DC CFSA Dir, nonprofit ED.
Thank you @crampell.bsky.social for sharing this widely. And thank you @aclu.org for the work of your amazing lawyers & thank you to courageous plaintiffs for this important litigation.
According to a new court filing, the Trump administration has a six-page list of banned words that Head Start locations are forbidden from using when describing their programs.
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
Among the censored words: "disability," "race," "women," "trauma," "Gulf of Mexico." Short thread with the full list. 🧵
December 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Thank you @crampell.bsky.social for sharing this widely. And thank you @aclu.org for the work of your amazing lawyers & thank you to courageous plaintiffs for this important litigation.
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ICYMI yesterday's great decision by Judge Howell.
Major decision. In D.C., ICE/CBP can no longer arrest immigrants without a warrant unless they find individualized probable cause of a flight risk.
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"Viewing all immigrants potentially subject to removal as criminals is, as a legal matter, plain wrong." www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
December 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
ICYMI yesterday's great decision by Judge Howell.
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We stand united against all 13 anti–DC Home Rule bills in Congress.
DC is home to more than 700,000 residents who pay taxes, run businesses, and serve in the military. Like all Americans, we deserve the right to set our own local laws.
Congress should reject this unprecedented federal overreach.
DC is home to more than 700,000 residents who pay taxes, run businesses, and serve in the military. Like all Americans, we deserve the right to set our own local laws.
Congress should reject this unprecedented federal overreach.
November 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
We stand united against all 13 anti–DC Home Rule bills in Congress.
DC is home to more than 700,000 residents who pay taxes, run businesses, and serve in the military. Like all Americans, we deserve the right to set our own local laws.
Congress should reject this unprecedented federal overreach.
DC is home to more than 700,000 residents who pay taxes, run businesses, and serve in the military. Like all Americans, we deserve the right to set our own local laws.
Congress should reject this unprecedented federal overreach.
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There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
There have been at least 154 cases in which federal district courts have issued preliminary relief against a Trump administration policy.
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Those rulings have come from 121 *different* judges appointed by seven presidents (including 15 appointed by Trump) sitting in 29 district courts in 10 circuits:
Congratulations to @dcfpi.bsky.social & DC partners, and thank you to the DC Council! A very important step.
The DC Council voted Tuesday to unlink portions of the local tax code from the federal one, a move that prevents the District from losing nearly $700 million over a 5-year period. This is a big win for tax justice in the District!
https://loom.ly/zpoq3Mc
https://loom.ly/zpoq3Mc
With federal tax cuts ahead, D.C. lawmakers aim to preserve revenue, fund new tax credits
The city was set to see a huge hole blown in its revenue in conjunction with federal tax cuts. D.C. will de-couple some rates and fund anti-poverty programs instead.
wamu.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Congratulations to @dcfpi.bsky.social & DC partners, and thank you to the DC Council! A very important step.
I had missed @petridishes.bsky.social so much & didn't know where she had gone from the WP. So happy to see her work again!
Mike Johnson: It’s True. I Am Tuning Out The News Cycle To Focus On Self-Care
Mike Johnson: I Am Tuning Out the News Cycle to Focus on Self-Care
Don’t ask me about the news. I am protecting my mental space.
www.theatlantic.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I had missed @petridishes.bsky.social so much & didn't know where she had gone from the WP. So happy to see her work again!
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On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
We're Norman Rockwell's family. Trump's DHS has shamefully misused his work. | Opinion
As Norman Rockwell's family, we know he'd be devastated to see the Department of Homeland Security's unauthorized misuse of his work.
www.usatoday.com
November 2, 2025 at 1:03 PM
On DHS’s unauthorized use of Norman Rockwell’s paintings across social media, an op-ed from our family today in @usatoday.com www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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Today, a court ruled that USDA acted unlawfully by completely suspending SNAP food assistance for November.
A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds.
No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.
A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds.
No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.
Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown
Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Today, a court ruled that USDA acted unlawfully by completely suspending SNAP food assistance for November.
A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds.
No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.
A separate court also ordered USDA to continue funding SNAP using its contingency funds.
No family should go hungry when the agency has billions in contingency funds for this very purpose.
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Several of the wasteful and poorly targeted tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be replicated in the local tax code unless the DC Council approves this emergency bill, which would protect $658 billion in local funds that can be used to support residents in need.
Update: The council *will* consider an emergency bill to decouple the city from some federal tax provisions on Tuesday. Below are the relevant provisions that D.C. would decouple on. Now, note that there's been no public discussion to date about this.
October 31, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Several of the wasteful and poorly targeted tax cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will be replicated in the local tax code unless the DC Council approves this emergency bill, which would protect $658 billion in local funds that can be used to support residents in need.
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The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
NEW: We just filed a lawsuit alongside 25 states to restore SNAP food assistance during the federal shutdown.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
141,000 DC residents rely on SNAP to afford their meals — including 47,000 children and 24,000 seniors.
We will do everything in our power to prevent DC families from going hungry.
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The SNAP fight is actually a recapitulation of the entire purpose of the shutdown.
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
There's a contingency fund, Trump is required to spend it, but he's not, usurping Congress's power of the purse, essentially so he can do it again with normal appropriations whenever he wants
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Also hanging in the balance due to govt shutdown: federal heating aid.
Funds for LIHEAP, a free program that helps eligible households pay winter heating bills, traditionally get disbursed Nov. 1 and are used to heat homes through at least March 15
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...
Funds for LIHEAP, a free program that helps eligible households pay winter heating bills, traditionally get disbursed Nov. 1 and are used to heat homes through at least March 15
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...
Nearly 25,000 Berkshire residents at risk of losing heat if government shutdown continues
If the government shutdown continues into November, more than 8,000 Berkshire residents that rely on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program could lose heating. "Congress has to act right
www.berkshireeagle.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Also hanging in the balance due to govt shutdown: federal heating aid.
Funds for LIHEAP, a free program that helps eligible households pay winter heating bills, traditionally get disbursed Nov. 1 and are used to heat homes through at least March 15
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...
Funds for LIHEAP, a free program that helps eligible households pay winter heating bills, traditionally get disbursed Nov. 1 and are used to heat homes through at least March 15
www.berkshireeagle.com/news/local/b...
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The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Trump Administration Is Legally Required to Provide SNAP in Shutdown, Contrary to Its Claims
Secretary Rollins’ claim that the Trump Administration is unable to deliver November SNAP benefits during a shutdown is unequivocally false. The Administration is legally required to use contingency r...
www.cbpp.org
October 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The Administration is legally required to use contingency reserves to fund November benefits for the 1 in 8 Americans who need #SNAP to afford groceries, despite USDA Sec. Rollins’ claim that the Administration is unable to do so. My statement: www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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Nearly 140,000 DC residents will be cut off from food assistance at the end of the month unless the Trump administration releases contingency funds amid the government shutdown.
The USDA will run out of funding for #SNAP on Nov 1, but billions remain in the contingency fund. The Administration can and should release those funds immediately to ensure 40 million people can afford food next month. www.cbpp.org/blog/the-tru...
The Trump Administration Can and Should Take Available Steps to Ensure SNAP Participants Get November Food Benefits
Nearly two-thirds of the funds needed for a full month of benefits are available in SNAP’s contingency fund and must be used when regular funding for SNAP runs short. The Administration must release t...
www.cbpp.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Nearly 140,000 DC residents will be cut off from food assistance at the end of the month unless the Trump administration releases contingency funds amid the government shutdown.
Jamelle Bouie is always worth reading but especially appreciated the dose of hope and optimism at the end. #NoKings No Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
Opinion | No Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Jamelle Bouie is always worth reading but especially appreciated the dose of hope and optimism at the end. #NoKings No Kings Means No Kings. No Wonder Trump Hates It. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
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Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
ICE's military raids and masked kidnappings are resonating deeply/negatively in the cultural spaces we keep hearing Dems need to reach: Manosphere, Joe Rogan, country music, disengaged voters. That's rare and it gives Dems a big opening to engage.
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
Thoughts on this:
newrepublic.com/article/2018...
October 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Wow. New Economist poll finds only 34% of Americans say ICE's use of force has been justified, vs 51% who say it's been excessive. And they oppose agents wearing masks by 52-35.
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
Yep, ICE is becoming a pariah agency, and that's gaining deep penetration in the culture:
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
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This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
October 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
This from the great @sulliview.bsky.social on the media's anemic (or non-) coverage of the massive No Kings movement is such a great point
Please join me and so many others on Saturday October 18 as we stand together against lawlessness and for American democracy. See you there!
October 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Please join me and so many others on Saturday October 18 as we stand together against lawlessness and for American democracy. See you there!
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Erica Williams, the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, called the bill “an extreme act of federal interference in local affairs.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
MSN
www.msn.com
October 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Erica Williams, the executive director of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute, called the bill “an extreme act of federal interference in local affairs.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/o...
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“I am confident the courts will see this blatant political attack for what it is, but even so, the precedent this is setting is deeply troubling.”
More in the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund statement nwlcactionfund.org/2025/10/09/n...
More in the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund statement nwlcactionfund.org/2025/10/09/n...
NWLC Action Fund Statement on DOJ Indictment of Letitia James - National Women's Law Center Action Fund
Washington, DC – Fatima Goss Graves, president of the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) Action Fund, released a statement following news that Donald Trump’s Department of Justice indicted New York At...
nwlcactionfund.org
October 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“I am confident the courts will see this blatant political attack for what it is, but even so, the precedent this is setting is deeply troubling.”
More in the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund statement nwlcactionfund.org/2025/10/09/n...
More in the National Women’s Law Center Action Fund statement nwlcactionfund.org/2025/10/09/n...
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MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.
NEW: A federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order barring Chicago-area fed agents from several violent actions they’ve taken against journalists, activists and “religious practitioners” protesting ICE — including Rev. Black, a plaintiff in the case. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...
October 9, 2025 at 6:11 PM
MAJOR new restrictions on federal government use of riot control weapons -- and even requiring them to display identification in many circumstances. I expect a very rapid appeal and request for a stay from the 7th Circuit.
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Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Pritzker is also furious: “Should National Governors Association leadership choose to remain silent, Illinois will have no choice but to withdraw from the organization.”
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These stories of resistance in all its forms, grassroots, institutional, personal, cultural & of hope that emerges not from naive optimism but from the daily choice to act, build, push back, or hold the line.
October 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
These stories of resistance in all its forms, grassroots, institutional, personal, cultural & of hope that emerges not from naive optimism but from the daily choice to act, build, push back, or hold the line.