Shoshana Hershkowitz

A hot day in June four years ago, where I marched alongside @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social, not realizing I was next to NYC's future mayor.

Incredible #NoKings rally in Port Jefferson Station! Great work by the organizers, and a huge crowd, rain and all! Honored to speak to the crowd and sing together.

With the horrific news coming out of Minnesota, it's clear that we must continue to work for the America deserve.

There is enough for all of us. There is a path to freedom, security, and dignity for all of us. Because none of us are safe and free until all of us are safe and free

Don't allow perpetrators of violence and hate, whether they are our government leaders, or killers on the street, sway our commitment to a better world that brings us together. Don't let them tear us apart and against one another.

And I will stand up against hate and the scourge of gun violence, not just for my children and community, but for everyone. Because in the America and the world that I want to live in, there are no other people's children.

I'm going to keep fighting for a better country and a better world, not just for me and mine, but for all of us. I'm going to keep advocating for peace, freedom and dignity for every person, including Palestinians.

Stealing from the poor and working class to fund oligarchy.
The twin scourges of hate and gun violence.
This is America.

Waking up to the headlines this morning of the GOP bill that guts the social safety net to give tax breaks to billionaires, and then reading about the murder of two Jews at the American Jewish Committee in DC, is basically just a capstone of the trauma that it is to be an American right now. 🧵

Here's me calling Congressman Nick LaLota to say #handsoff Medicaid!
Use these district-specific fact sheets to provide details on Medicaid where you live, and make your call! www.medicaidmattersny.org/federal-issues

We've been fighting for funding for child care assistance programs and funding for the child care workforce. New York is a wealthy state. Everyone deserves affordable child care and the educators caring for kids deserve a living wage.

This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.

It was an honor to join so many amazing people at one of several #handsoff rallies in Suffolk County! Let's keep showing up, speaking out, and standing up for justice together!

New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order (Gift Article) New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.

This is how it's done! Columbia University, take note. You could learn a thing or two from public schools.
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Proud to stand with parents and early childhood educators to call on leaders to #FundChildCareNY.
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Proud to speak about protecting children and families at the People's Town Hall in Suffolk County yesterday!

Not much to see. Just me holding up a giant inflatable baby.

Child care advocates plead New York to address funding shortage There appears to be significant movement on at least one of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s top demands: a bell-to-bell cell phone ban in schools.

Lawmakers, child care providers, parents, advocates, kids, and a giant inflatable baby assembled in the Capitol yesterday to plead with @govkathyhochulny.bsky.social @leaderasc.bsky.social @speakercarlheastie.bsky.social to #FundChildCareNY
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I don't know about you, but I'm thinking that this is a lot to go through for cheaper eggs. It's almost like it was never about eggs at all.

When I was a Hill staffer in 2009, a Dem trifecta was trying to pass universal healthcare. In response, Senate GOP released a memo detailing all of the tactics they in the minority could use to delay the effort as much as possible. I'm recirculating that 2009 GOP memo here. Take inspiration from it.

MAGAs 7 Deadly Sins—So Far—And How to Fight Back How MAGAs are undermining every aspect of our Republic as they march the United States towards fascism—and the actions we must take to stop them

I answer the critically important question, "HOW DO WE SLOW DOWN TRUMP?"

Here are 7 meaningful things we can do to fight back.

There's no quick fix, but with collective efforts, we can make progress. And yes, it requires Dem Leadership to Wake the ---- UP.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/magas-7-de...

Louder, Martin. So the Democratic Party can hear you.

If Senate Dems were serious about getting under @leezeldin.bsky.social 's skin, they should have called me for tips. No one worked harder to hold him accountable in NY-01 than me.

There is no path to universal child care that doesn't justly compensate the child care workforce.

People over party. Joy over despair. And as my political hero (who I wish would have been president so I could hold him accountable) @sanders.senate.gov said, "Not me. Us."

Don't deny yourself joy. Joy is what keeps you here for the long haul. Do the things and be with the people that make you feel a sense of joy, even in difficult times. Minimize or cut out what isn't necessary. Doing this will help you to show up when it's hard and painful and absolutely necessary.

Last but not least, invest in yourself. What's coming is bad, no doubt. But what I've learned is that no political party, no politician is coming to save you. So it's on each of us to look out for each other and also take care of ourselves.

Invest in people you love in the coming months and years. Invest in causes you care about. And if a political candidate happens to come along that inspires you, volunteer for their campaign, but don't forget to hold them accountable once they're in office.

You do have to engage politically to do that, and advocate with elected officials. But what I've learned after being burned several times is that I will not give my labor and time away to a political candidate or elected official who won't give something in return.

My priority is making sure that the most vulnerable people I know make it through what's coming. My priority is standing up for issues that matter to me, continuing to push to move the needle for economic, social, racial, and environmental justice, because that will make all of us less vulnerable.