Ricardo A. Sánchez
@ricardoasnchz.bsky.social
Sr. Advisor & Comms Director for @pressley.house.gov / @ayannapressley.bsky.social.
East Boston native and Boston Celtics fanatic. #mapoli
East Boston native and Boston Celtics fanatic. #mapoli
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NEW: @pressley.house.gov is calling on Eversource and National Grid to suspend utility shutoffs for federal workers & contractors in Massachusetts impacted by Republicans' government shutdown.
There are an estimated 45,000 federal workers in MA missing paychecks and unable to pay their bills.
There are an estimated 45,000 federal workers in MA missing paychecks and unable to pay their bills.
Amid shutdown, Rep. Pressley asks Eversource, Nat.Grid to keep lights on for federal employees
Amid shutdown, Rep. Pressley asks Eversource, Nat.Grid to keep lights on for federal employees
"A disruption in service will undoubtedly disrupt learning for kids, diminish resources for elders, and endanger the health and safety of entire families.” U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley said.
www.masslive.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW: @pressley.house.gov is calling on Eversource and National Grid to suspend utility shutoffs for federal workers & contractors in Massachusetts impacted by Republicans' government shutdown.
There are an estimated 45,000 federal workers in MA missing paychecks and unable to pay their bills.
There are an estimated 45,000 federal workers in MA missing paychecks and unable to pay their bills.
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It’s time! Make sure your voice is heard and vote on Tuesday, September 9th.
Thank you Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social 💜
Thank you Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social 💜
September 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
It’s time! Make sure your voice is heard and vote on Tuesday, September 9th.
Thank you Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social 💜
Thank you Congresswoman @ayannapressley.bsky.social 💜
NEW in @nbcnews.com:
@ayannapressley.bsky.social is demanding Fed Chair Powell address the rising Black women's unemployment rate and uphold the Fed's mandate of maximum employment for all.
“When the rest of the country gets a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
@ayannapressley.bsky.social is demanding Fed Chair Powell address the rising Black women's unemployment rate and uphold the Fed's mandate of maximum employment for all.
“When the rest of the country gets a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
Pressley urges Fed chair to address Black women's unemployment as the figure rises
The Massachusetts congresswoman said Black women’s employment is a “key metric of the health of the U.S. economy.”
www.nbcnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
NEW in @nbcnews.com:
@ayannapressley.bsky.social is demanding Fed Chair Powell address the rising Black women's unemployment rate and uphold the Fed's mandate of maximum employment for all.
“When the rest of the country gets a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
@ayannapressley.bsky.social is demanding Fed Chair Powell address the rising Black women's unemployment rate and uphold the Fed's mandate of maximum employment for all.
“When the rest of the country gets a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.”
www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/...
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“[Rümeysa Öztürk’s] only so-called crime is co-authoring an op-ed centering the humanity of all people.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @pressley.house.gov on the detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student arrested for writing an op-ed on Palestine.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @pressley.house.gov on the detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student arrested for writing an op-ed on Palestine.
May 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
“[Rümeysa Öztürk’s] only so-called crime is co-authoring an op-ed centering the humanity of all people.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @pressley.house.gov on the detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student arrested for writing an op-ed on Palestine.
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social speaks with @pressley.house.gov on the detainment of Rümeysa Öztürk, a Tufts University student arrested for writing an op-ed on Palestine.
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We're disappearing college students because their opinions are deemed threats to foreign policy as the Trump Administration is literally sharing classified information and military strikes on an unsecured Signal chat with journalists.
March 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
We're disappearing college students because their opinions are deemed threats to foreign policy as the Trump Administration is literally sharing classified information and military strikes on an unsecured Signal chat with journalists.
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This is a horrifying violation of Rumeysa's constitutional rights to due process and free speech.
She must be immediately released.
And we won't stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms.
She must be immediately released.
And we won't stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms.
A Tufts University graduate student has been detained by ICE
“The university had no pre-knowledge of this incident,” Tufts president Sunil Kumar wrote, “and did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
“The university had no pre-knowledge of this incident,” Tufts president Sunil Kumar wrote, “and did not share any information with federal authorities prior to the event.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody
A Tufts University international graduate student was reportedly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and remains in federal custody, according to an email sent by the university ...
www.wgbh.org
March 26, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is a horrifying violation of Rumeysa's constitutional rights to due process and free speech.
She must be immediately released.
And we won't stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms.
She must be immediately released.
And we won't stand by while the Trump Administration continues to abduct students with legal status and attack our fundamental freedoms.
Full house, standing ovations, and good dance moves at @ayannapressley.bsky.social's town hall in Roxbury today.
March 23, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Full house, standing ovations, and good dance moves at @ayannapressley.bsky.social's town hall in Roxbury today.
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Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
March 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Mahmoud Khalil should be at home with his pregnant wife.
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Instead, he's been illegally abducted & had his constitutional right to free speech & due process stripped.
We're demanding his immediate release and we cannot allow this abuse of power to go unchecked. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
Yes, we Beat LA.
March 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Yes, we Beat LA.
Impactful constituent services, it all starts here.
Doris was dealing with health issues & needed her fiancé’s support, as well as his safety from humanitarian challenges in Nigeria.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
March 2, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Impactful constituent services, it all starts here.
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Doris was dealing with health issues & needed her fiancé’s support, as well as his safety from humanitarian challenges in Nigeria.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
March 2, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Doris was dealing with health issues & needed her fiancé’s support, as well as his safety from humanitarian challenges in Nigeria.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
After contacting our office, we helped expedite her fiancé’s visa & they were reunited last month.
#MA7, we're here to help: Pressley.House.Gov or 617-850-0040.
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“I'm so tired of these billionaire boys and their grubby little hands grabbing at everything,” @pressley.house.gov told protestors outside Treasury last night.
“Hands off our data. Hands off our tax refunds. Hands off our SS checks. Hands off our Constitution. Hands off our democracy. HANDS. OFF!”
“Hands off our data. Hands off our tax refunds. Hands off our SS checks. Hands off our Constitution. Hands off our democracy. HANDS. OFF!”
February 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“I'm so tired of these billionaire boys and their grubby little hands grabbing at everything,” @pressley.house.gov told protestors outside Treasury last night.
“Hands off our data. Hands off our tax refunds. Hands off our SS checks. Hands off our Constitution. Hands off our democracy. HANDS. OFF!”
“Hands off our data. Hands off our tax refunds. Hands off our SS checks. Hands off our Constitution. Hands off our democracy. HANDS. OFF!”
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This is not normal.
No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements.
This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab. apnews.com/article/doge...
No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements.
This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab. apnews.com/article/doge...
USAID security leaders on leave after trying to keep Musk's DOGE from classified info, officials say
The Trump administration has placed two top security chiefs at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to turn over classified material to Elon Musk’s government-insp...
apnews.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is not normal.
No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements.
This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab. apnews.com/article/doge...
No one elected Musk—but Trump is letting him raid classified material and people's private financial information. A billionaire with his own motives and foreign entanglements.
This is a dangerous, unprecedented power grab. apnews.com/article/doge...
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It's #BlackHistoryMonth and Republicans want to censor our history and ignore the systemic oppression of Black folks.
But Black history is American history, and no amount of white-washing or erasure will change that.
But Black history is American history, and no amount of white-washing or erasure will change that.
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It's #BlackHistoryMonth and Republicans want to censor our history and ignore the systemic oppression of Black folks.
But Black history is American history, and no amount of white-washing or erasure will change that.
But Black history is American history, and no amount of white-washing or erasure will change that.
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Honored to continue serving on Financial Services & Oversight & Government Reform — two powerful venues for advancing economic relief & accountability.
With the Trump Admin poised to inflict harm on our communities, I'll keep fighting to hold bad actors accountable & center the people of the #MA7.
With the Trump Admin poised to inflict harm on our communities, I'll keep fighting to hold bad actors accountable & center the people of the #MA7.
January 25, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Honored to continue serving on Financial Services & Oversight & Government Reform — two powerful venues for advancing economic relief & accountability.
With the Trump Admin poised to inflict harm on our communities, I'll keep fighting to hold bad actors accountable & center the people of the #MA7.
With the Trump Admin poised to inflict harm on our communities, I'll keep fighting to hold bad actors accountable & center the people of the #MA7.
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"I don't know what God you serve, but the God I serve is one of love and mercy."
Thank you, @pressley.house.gov, for always speaking truth to power and fighting for grieving families. We do this work because of our faith, not in spite of it.
Thank you, @pressley.house.gov, for always speaking truth to power and fighting for grieving families. We do this work because of our faith, not in spite of it.
Once again we have ignorant, uninformed men — who think they know better than doctors & mothers — taking to the House floor to deny us our medical care.
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
The GOP want to criminalize doctors & deny parents a chance to hold their baby w/ a fetal diagnosis
YouTube video by Rep. Ayanna Pressley
youtube.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"I don't know what God you serve, but the God I serve is one of love and mercy."
Thank you, @pressley.house.gov, for always speaking truth to power and fighting for grieving families. We do this work because of our faith, not in spite of it.
Thank you, @pressley.house.gov, for always speaking truth to power and fighting for grieving families. We do this work because of our faith, not in spite of it.
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Once again we have ignorant, uninformed men — who think they know better than doctors & mothers — taking to the House floor to deny us our medical care.
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
The GOP want to criminalize doctors & deny parents a chance to hold their baby w/ a fetal diagnosis
YouTube video by Rep. Ayanna Pressley
youtube.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Once again we have ignorant, uninformed men — who think they know better than doctors & mothers — taking to the House floor to deny us our medical care.
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
This time with a bill that criminalizes our doctors & robs mothers of the chance to hold a baby w/ a fatal diagnosis.
youtube.com/shorts/jwuFs...
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Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
January 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wow. Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde fearlessly calls out Trump and Vance to their faces. This is heroic.
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
(posting in 3 parts due to Bluesky's 1 minute limit)
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📢Know Your Rights!
Communities across the country are dealing with the fear and threat of immigration raids.
To our immigrant neighbors and families, I am so sorry you are facing this cruelty and targeting, and our office is here as a resource.
Communities across the country are dealing with the fear and threat of immigration raids.
To our immigrant neighbors and families, I am so sorry you are facing this cruelty and targeting, and our office is here as a resource.
January 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
📢Know Your Rights!
Communities across the country are dealing with the fear and threat of immigration raids.
To our immigrant neighbors and families, I am so sorry you are facing this cruelty and targeting, and our office is here as a resource.
Communities across the country are dealing with the fear and threat of immigration raids.
To our immigrant neighbors and families, I am so sorry you are facing this cruelty and targeting, and our office is here as a resource.
Dr. King did tell us that organizing is our most powerful weapon,” Pressley told attendees. “And as we face the challenges of another Trump presidency, we will need radical love and your cooperative spirit now more than ever.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
Ayanna Pressley channels MLK Jr's legacy to call for resistance to Trump
Pressley was among several Mass. congresspeople who sat out the inauguration to attend local MLK day events.
www.wgbh.org
January 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Dr. King did tell us that organizing is our most powerful weapon,” Pressley told attendees. “And as we face the challenges of another Trump presidency, we will need radical love and your cooperative spirit now more than ever.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
The Celtics are officially going through it and it's not looking good ...
January 16, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The Celtics are officially going through it and it's not looking good ...
Happy to share that Team Pressley is hiring a Press Secretary for either the DC or Boston offices. #mapoli
Apply now if you want to join a fast-paced comms team and do some impactful storytelling on behalf of the Congresswoman for the MA-07:
pressley.house.gov/job-posting-...
Apply now if you want to join a fast-paced comms team and do some impactful storytelling on behalf of the Congresswoman for the MA-07:
pressley.house.gov/job-posting-...
Job Posting: Press Secretary - Ayanna Pressley
OFFICE of CONGRESSWOMAN AYANNA PRESSLEY SUMMARY: The Press Secretary works closely with the Communications Director to execute a fast-paced and...
pressley.house.gov
January 13, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Happy to share that Team Pressley is hiring a Press Secretary for either the DC or Boston offices. #mapoli
Apply now if you want to join a fast-paced comms team and do some impactful storytelling on behalf of the Congresswoman for the MA-07:
pressley.house.gov/job-posting-...
Apply now if you want to join a fast-paced comms team and do some impactful storytelling on behalf of the Congresswoman for the MA-07:
pressley.house.gov/job-posting-...
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Deeply honored to succeed Rep. Barbara Lee and join @degette.house.gov as Co-Chair of the @reprocaucus.bsky.social.
I’m more resolved than ever to protect, restore, and expand reproductive freedom for all.
Let’s get to work.
I’m more resolved than ever to protect, restore, and expand reproductive freedom for all.
Let’s get to work.
We are proud to welcome our new Co-Chair, @reppressley.bsky.social!
The former Chair of our Abortion Rights and Access Task Force and a leader in this movement, she will join Co-Chair @degette.house.gov to lead our fight for reproductive rights and justice.
Welcome, Co-Chair Pressley!
The former Chair of our Abortion Rights and Access Task Force and a leader in this movement, she will join Co-Chair @degette.house.gov to lead our fight for reproductive rights and justice.
Welcome, Co-Chair Pressley!
January 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Deeply honored to succeed Rep. Barbara Lee and join @degette.house.gov as Co-Chair of the @reprocaucus.bsky.social.
I’m more resolved than ever to protect, restore, and expand reproductive freedom for all.
Let’s get to work.
I’m more resolved than ever to protect, restore, and expand reproductive freedom for all.
Let’s get to work.
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4 years ago, a violent mob incited by Trump attacked our democracy.
And today, our democracy is still threatened by the harm he has promised to deliver in his next term.
We'll never stop pursuing accountability & telling the story of what happened that day.
My full statement:
And today, our democracy is still threatened by the harm he has promised to deliver in his next term.
We'll never stop pursuing accountability & telling the story of what happened that day.
My full statement:
January 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
4 years ago, a violent mob incited by Trump attacked our democracy.
And today, our democracy is still threatened by the harm he has promised to deliver in his next term.
We'll never stop pursuing accountability & telling the story of what happened that day.
My full statement:
And today, our democracy is still threatened by the harm he has promised to deliver in his next term.
We'll never stop pursuing accountability & telling the story of what happened that day.
My full statement: