I’m heartbroken that yet another school has been torn apart by gun violence. And I’m sickened that we haven’t been able to pass common-sense gun safety laws.
I’m going to keep fighting in every way I can to defend abortion rights.
My 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Lee, was the first person who ever told me I could be a teacher, too. She changed my whole world. I got to live my dream, and now, I’m standing with all the educators making it possible for students to dream big. #TeacherAppreciationWeek
I joined activists on the steps of the Supreme Court yesterday to say we are not going back. We are in this fight all the way for abortion rights.
I joined activists on the steps of the Supreme Court yesterday to say we are not going back. We are in this fight all the way for abortion rights.
If you’re angry, and if you can take action with a donation today, chip in to support @JCisnerosTX_ in her primary against the last House Democrat who opposes abortion rights (link to donate in my bio). Her election is in 20 days. She can win if we fight by her side.
Bruce watches our grandson Atticus as he wrestles with the getting the bag open. He gently reminds the boy to get a level—not a heaping—spoonful of beans. He smiles when AMann dumps the beans into the grinder without spilling a single one.
Every step along the way Bruce is patient. Making coffee The Bruce Mann Way takes time, and over the past several years, he and our grandson have evolved their routine.
Morning coffee has been a part of their time together since the days when Bruce lifted toddler Atticus onto the kitchen counter and the child’s sole job was to push the button to start grinding the beans. Through the years, Atticus has taken on more of the work; now he’s just short of pouring the boiling water.
I hope that when Atticus is grown, he will remember morning coffee. I also hope he will have learned something about the patient care that reflects deep love.
Patience does not come naturally to Bruce. He is a Boston driver—no patience there. He switches off mediocre movies. He starts class precisely on time—late-comers beware. But he is patient where it counts. Patient with grandchildren. Patient with dogs. Patient with me.
Today is Bruce’s birthday—and I have the chance to say very impatiently that I love him. Happy birthday, Sweetie.
Bruce watches our grandson Atticus as he wrestles with the getting the bag open. He gently reminds the boy to get a level—not a heaping—spoonful of beans. He smiles when AMann dumps the beans into the grinder without spilling a single one.
Every step along the way Bruce is patient. Making coffee The Bruce Mann Way takes time, and over the past several years, he and our grandson have evolved their routine.
Morning coffee has been a part of their time together since the days when Bruce lifted toddler Atticus onto the kitchen counter and the child’s sole job was to push the button to start grinding the beans. Through the years, Atticus has taken on more of the work; now he’s just short of pouring the boiling water.
I hope that when Atticus is grown, he will remember morning coffee. I also hope he will have learned something about the patient care that reflects deep love.
Patience does not come naturally to Bruce. He is a Boston driver—no patience there. He switches off mediocre movies. He starts class precisely on time—late-comers beware. But he is patient where it counts. Patient with grandchildren. Patient with dogs. Patient with me.
Today is Bruce’s birthday—and I have the chance to say very impatiently that I love him. Happy birthday, Sweetie.
Call it out. And fight back.
After my daddy had a heart attack, he couldn’t work for a while. Bills piled up. One day, I walked into my parents’ bedroom. My mother’s face was red and puffy. A dress was laid out over the bedspread—the dress that only came out for weddings, graduations, and funerals.
“We are not going to lose this house,” she kept saying. She’d never worked outside the home. She was terrified. But she knew what she had to do. She put on that dress, walked down the street to Sears, and got a minimum wage job that saved our house and saved our family.
This #MothersDay, I’m thinking of my mother’s courage. I’m thinking of all the mamas fighting for their families. And I’m thinking of all the ways the deck is stacked against them:
Today, the minimum wage won’t keep a mama and her baby out of poverty. That is wrong, and that is why I’m in this fight to raise the minimum wage and put more power in the hands of working people—which includes strengthening unions.
Most women who get abortions are already mothers. Many are working multiple jobs that don’t pay enough to support their children. Abortion bans make it even harder for those families to make ends meet. We need reproductive justice for all.
Without quality, affordable child care, mothers have been shoved out of the workforce in this pandemic. They will feel the consequences—in lost earnings, in lower Social Security benefits—for the rest of their lives. We need universal child care.
So, look: I don’t want to hear Republicans talking about how much they love mothers today unless they’re going to do something—anything—to value mothers tomorrow.
Spring has arrived at Fresh Pond and so has Bailey
Getting sticker shock and wondering what’s to blame? Here are three myths about inflation that corporations like to hide behind—and my plan to fight back.
I came to Wisconsin to say we need @TheOtherMandela in the U.S. Senate. This team is ready to send him there!
I came to Wisconsin to say we need @TheOtherMandela in the U.S. Senate. This team is ready to send him there!
Let’s vote on a bill to protect Roe v. Wade. NOW. Let’s get everyone on the record—and let’s hold people accountable.
When I see Elon Musk buying Twitter, I see that we need to make two big changes:
Shame on Kevin McCarthy.
Let’s remember where our economy was a year ago. Let’s remember how Republicans didn’t lift a finger to support working people or save small businesses. And let’s not expect anything different if they take back power.
Here’s the way I see it: public health decisions should be made by public health officials—not by a single judge sitting off by herself somewhere in Florida.
Today would be a great day for President Biden to use his existing executive authority to #CancelStudentDebt.
We had a great Meet and Greet in Chatham yesterday. We talked about canceling student debt, improving transportation infrastructure across the Cape, tackling climate change, and protecting Cape Cod Bay from nuclear waste.
We had a great Meet and Greet in Chatham yesterday. We talked about canceling student debt, improving transportation infrastructure across the Cape, tackling climate change, and protecting Cape Cod Bay from nuclear waste.
We had a great Meet and Greet in Chatham yesterday. We talked about canceling student debt, improving transportation infrastructure across the Cape, tackling climate change, and protecting Cape Cod Bay from nuclear waste.
