Molly G. Martin
@mollygmartin.bsky.social
Thinks in a tank. WV / Indy / DC. Thoughts are mine, time is borrowed.
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December 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
BlueSky-ers looking for a way to make your year-end giving an investment in journalism, research, & policy solutions designed with/for communities: @newamerica.org needs friends like you. Check us out! Invest in democracy. We’re grateful for support at any level www.newamerica.org/our-funding/...
What we watch shapes us!
Care isn’t niche—it’s everyday life.
@vshabo.bsky.social and Lydia Storie of @caringacross.org highlight 10 standout 2025 shows—from "The Four Seasons" to "Adolescence" to "Black Mirror"—that portray caregiving with honesty.
📺 https://go.newamerica.org/10-top-moments-for-care-on-tv-in-2025-5
@vshabo.bsky.social and Lydia Storie of @caringacross.org highlight 10 standout 2025 shows—from "The Four Seasons" to "Adolescence" to "Black Mirror"—that portray caregiving with honesty.
📺 https://go.newamerica.org/10-top-moments-for-care-on-tv-in-2025-5
December 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
What we watch shapes us!
Oh noooo! Not our Indiana infrastructure…
December 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Oh noooo! Not our Indiana infrastructure…
Offensive, ineffective care theater. Period.
Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...
Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...
State employees can bring infants to work under new 'Family First' program
Gov. Braun has announced the "Family First Workplace," a new initiative that allows state employees to bring their infants up to six months old to work.
www.wthr.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Offensive, ineffective care theater. Period.
Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...
Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...
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Women in politics are often targeted with digitally altered content that sexualizes them without consent.
In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it.
💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5
In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it.
💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5
September 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Women in politics are often targeted with digitally altered content that sexualizes them without consent.
In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it.
💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5
In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it.
💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5
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IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.
Pretty sure I was promised bread with these circuses… *taps foot*
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pretty sure I was promised bread with these circuses… *taps foot*
Our @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social in conversation with Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team at the 15th anniversary of @opentechinstitute.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social in conversation with Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team at the 15th anniversary of @opentechinstitute.bsky.social
He’s not “just kidding.” It’s not funny. It’s not okay. Chicago*, we love you.
*and D.C. and L.A.
*and D.C. and L.A.
September 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
He’s not “just kidding.” It’s not funny. It’s not okay. Chicago*, we love you.
*and D.C. and L.A.
*and D.C. and L.A.
Your reading list for the week!
New America experts around the web:
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
1️⃣ @politicalreform.newamerica.org Maresa Strano for @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social bit.ly/3UN4HiJ
2️⃣ @educationwork.newamerica.org Rachel Fishman for @insidehighered.com bit.ly/4fwx7GY
3️⃣ Heela Rasool-Ayub for @aljazeera.com bit.ly/47schqb
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Your reading list for the week!
Working at a think tank is an interesting place to be right now. I wouldn’t trade it. But my @newamerica.org colleague Mark asks the right questions: how do we do this?
democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...
democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...
Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment
When the “war of ideas” meets the war on knowledge, how can ideas come out on top?
democracyjournal.org
August 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Working at a think tank is an interesting place to be right now. I wouldn’t trade it. But my @newamerica.org colleague Mark asks the right questions: how do we do this?
democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...
democracyjournal.org/arguments/th...
My beloved former employers at Lumina Foundation have launched a sustaining challenge.
Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU.
Please, give what you can. Thank you!
#Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters
donate.wfyi.org/wfyi/give?ut...
Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU.
Please, give what you can. Thank you!
#Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters
donate.wfyi.org/wfyi/give?ut...
August 13, 2025 at 2:53 PM
My beloved former employers at Lumina Foundation have launched a sustaining challenge.
Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU.
Please, give what you can. Thank you!
#Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters
donate.wfyi.org/wfyi/give?ut...
Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU.
Please, give what you can. Thank you!
#Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters
donate.wfyi.org/wfyi/give?ut...
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The thing about so-called 'creeping fascism' is that it doesn't actually creep. It's loud and overt. What's insidious is how quickly those loud, overt changes are normalized.
August 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Looking for a way to talk to everyone you know about the implications of the big bill? Look no further! #Medicaid #SNAP #Families #Bill #ReconciliationBill #NotSo #BigBeautifulBill
🆘 Congress’s big reconciliation bill puts vital programs like Medicaid and SNAP at risk, threatening the well-being of millions across the U.S.
@NewAmerica.org’s Family Economic Security and Well-Being programs consider the far-reaching consequences.
🔗 go.newamerica.org/family-feder...
@NewAmerica.org’s Family Economic Security and Well-Being programs consider the far-reaching consequences.
🔗 go.newamerica.org/family-feder...
July 2, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Looking for a way to talk to everyone you know about the implications of the big bill? Look no further! #Medicaid #SNAP #Families #Bill #ReconciliationBill #NotSo #BigBeautifulBill
ICYMI from @NewAmericaOrg last month and in case—as you’re hitting the phones this weekend—you need first-person stories on some of the families who will be navigating possible #Medicaid cuts. www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Cuts with Consequences
Cutting Medicaid puts infants, toddlers, and young children at risk.
www.newamerica.org
July 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
ICYMI from @NewAmericaOrg last month and in case—as you’re hitting the phones this weekend—you need first-person stories on some of the families who will be navigating possible #Medicaid cuts. www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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The evil bill is on its way to the House. Cancelled our events at home for the week and just got to DC. I’m getting ready to debate. Please help us stop this. Link below 👇🏾
indivisible.org/stopthecuts
indivisible.org/stopthecuts
STOP THE CUTS
indivisible.org
July 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The evil bill is on its way to the House. Cancelled our events at home for the week and just got to DC. I’m getting ready to debate. Please help us stop this. Link below 👇🏾
indivisible.org/stopthecuts
indivisible.org/stopthecuts
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Welcome to #DisabilityPrideMonth!
➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right.
And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.
➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right.
And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.
July 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Welcome to #DisabilityPrideMonth!
➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right.
And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.
➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right.
And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.
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If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
Trump threatens to arrest Mamdani and then adds, "a lot of people are saying he's here illegally"
July 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.
FTR, the phrase “for truly vulnerable people” does not make me feel better about this budget bill, as I’ve seen who some folks don’t consider “vulnerable.” Or “people.”
July 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
FTR, the phrase “for truly vulnerable people” does not make me feel better about this budget bill, as I’ve seen who some folks don’t consider “vulnerable.” Or “people.”
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Are you currently, or have you been, an appointed board member at a public university? If so, I'd like to talk to you for a story. Please DM me or email me at [email protected]
July 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Are you currently, or have you been, an appointed board member at a public university? If so, I'd like to talk to you for a story. Please DM me or email me at [email protected]
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The “Big Beautiful Bill” is a direct attack on students of color, first-gen college goers, and low-income families.
📉 Less aid.
💸 Higher costs.
🚫 Fewer opportunities.
📉 Less aid.
💸 Higher costs.
🚫 Fewer opportunities.
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The “Big Beautiful Bill” is a direct attack on students of color, first-gen college goers, and low-income families.
📉 Less aid.
💸 Higher costs.
🚫 Fewer opportunities.
📉 Less aid.
💸 Higher costs.
🚫 Fewer opportunities.
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💬 “This bill isn’t beautiful—it’s brutal.”
— Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO
— Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
💬 “This bill isn’t beautiful—it’s brutal.”
— Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO
— Denise Forte, EdTrust CEO