Taxpayer dollars move fast during trafficking stings.
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
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January 18, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Taxpayer dollars move fast during trafficking stings.
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Accountability moves slow—if it shows up at all.
We did the math so you don’t have to. www.swopbehindbars.org/blog/categor...
#FollowTheMoney #PolicyReceipts #SexWorkIsWork #AbolishTheSting #BudgetJustice
Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy!
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own. nonprofitquarterly.org/how-peoples-... @steve-npq.bsky.social
How People’s Budgets Advance Local Democracy: A Conversation with Celina Su | Nonprofit Quarterly | Civic News. Empowering Nonprofits. Advancing Justice.
Through city budgets, people make democratic governance meaningful. Across the country, people are cutting through technical barriers to make local budgets their own.
nonprofitquarterly.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Check out the new book "Budget Justice" by Celina Su & this interview about how community-controlled budgets are key to practicing democracy!
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
#BudgetJustice #SolidarityEconomy #EconomicDemocracy
The budget reveals the priority.Medicare: $13,185 per patient. An incarcerated person: $12,800+. IHS, a trust responsibility: $4,078. This is Congress's math. #IHS#FederalBudget #Medicare #Congress #HealthPolicy #StructuralExclusion #BudgetJustice #TrustResponsibility #PoliticalPriority
December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The budget reveals the priority.Medicare: $13,185 per patient. An incarcerated person: $12,800+. IHS, a trust responsibility: $4,078. This is Congress's math. #IHS#FederalBudget #Medicare #Congress #HealthPolicy #StructuralExclusion #BudgetJustice #TrustResponsibility #PoliticalPriority
The book vendor at Celina Su's event sold all their copies of #budgetjustice. Order from them here bookshop.org/p/books/budg...
Conversations after the talk w/ friends & colleagues old & new remind me how special the public & community scholarship communities are at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Conversations after the talk w/ friends & colleagues old & new remind me how special the public & community scholarship communities are at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities
On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities
bookshop.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The book vendor at Celina Su's event sold all their copies of #budgetjustice. Order from them here bookshop.org/p/books/budg...
Conversations after the talk w/ friends & colleagues old & new remind me how special the public & community scholarship communities are at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Conversations after the talk w/ friends & colleagues old & new remind me how special the public & community scholarship communities are at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
Double-dipping IRL & on Zoom so I can simultaneously follow Celina Su's book launch talk & the expert panel downstairs about Zohran Mamdani's election victory last week, both occurring at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social #budgetjustice
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Double-dipping IRL & on Zoom so I can simultaneously follow Celina Su's book launch talk & the expert panel downstairs about Zohran Mamdani's election victory last week, both occurring at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @gcsocialwelfare.bsky.social #budgetjustice
Celina Su #budgetjustice: Kesi Foster (Partners for Dignity & Rights) links budget justice & direct democracy to contemporary struggles against top-down data center development, where massive public $ subsidies & antidemocratic policies fuel resource extraction practices & ecological harms.
November 13, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Celina Su #budgetjustice: Kesi Foster (Partners for Dignity & Rights) links budget justice & direct democracy to contemporary struggles against top-down data center development, where massive public $ subsidies & antidemocratic policies fuel resource extraction practices & ecological harms.
Full house at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Skylight Room for this talk! #budgetjustice
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Full house at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Skylight Room for this talk! #budgetjustice
A low tax rate means nothing if your neighbors can’t drink the water or afford their medicine.
#CommunityFirst #BudgetJustice
#CommunityFirst #BudgetJustice
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A low tax rate means nothing if your neighbors can’t drink the water or afford their medicine.
#CommunityFirst #BudgetJustice
#CommunityFirst #BudgetJustice
It is not wasteful spending when it feeds kids or keeps elders warm in the winter. That is what government is for.
#HumanNeeds #BudgetJustice
#HumanNeeds #BudgetJustice
October 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It is not wasteful spending when it feeds kids or keeps elders warm in the winter. That is what government is for.
#HumanNeeds #BudgetJustice
#HumanNeeds #BudgetJustice
October 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers.
Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
July 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers.
Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers. Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
July 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
#NASW urges states to act after Congress passes harmful cuts hurting families & social workers. Protect Medicaid, SNAP & vital programs. We’ll keep fighting for policies that meet basic needs & dignity for all.
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
#SocialWork #BudgetJustice #FightPoverty #StopTheCuts
ℹ️ Complete report from the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
🔗https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-33-25/
#TaxSunset
#IndivisibleGulfCoast
#TheMoreWeKnow
#JCX3325 #BudgetJustice
🔗https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-33-25/
#TaxSunset
#IndivisibleGulfCoast
#TheMoreWeKnow
#JCX3325 #BudgetJustice
July 1, 2025 at 8:08 PM
ℹ️ Complete report from the Congressional Joint Committee on Taxation
🔗https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-33-25/
#TaxSunset
#IndivisibleGulfCoast
#TheMoreWeKnow
#JCX3325 #BudgetJustice
🔗https://www.jct.gov/publications/2025/jcx-33-25/
#TaxSunset
#IndivisibleGulfCoast
#TheMoreWeKnow
#JCX3325 #BudgetJustice
Keep up the pressure! The Senate is now pushing a budget reconciliation bill that slashes student loan forgiveness, Medicaid & SNAP.
Take Action now: tinyurl.com/528tatcn
#DefendSNAP #ProtectMedicaid #StudentDebtRelief #BudgetJustice #SocialWorkAdvocacy
#PeopleOverPolitics #ActNow
#PleaseShare
Take Action now: tinyurl.com/528tatcn
#DefendSNAP #ProtectMedicaid #StudentDebtRelief #BudgetJustice #SocialWorkAdvocacy
#PeopleOverPolitics #ActNow
#PleaseShare
July 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Keep up the pressure! The Senate is now pushing a budget reconciliation bill that slashes student loan forgiveness, Medicaid & SNAP.
Take Action now: tinyurl.com/528tatcn
#DefendSNAP #ProtectMedicaid #StudentDebtRelief #BudgetJustice #SocialWorkAdvocacy
#PeopleOverPolitics #ActNow
#PleaseShare
Take Action now: tinyurl.com/528tatcn
#DefendSNAP #ProtectMedicaid #StudentDebtRelief #BudgetJustice #SocialWorkAdvocacy
#PeopleOverPolitics #ActNow
#PleaseShare
🚨 History is calling—will we answer? 🚨
The warnings of Orwell, Atwood, and Snyder aren't just fiction—they're a roadmap to what happens when democracy crumbles.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/navyvete...
#DemocracyMatters #BudgetJustice #ImmigrationReform #ResistAuthoritarianism #SpeakTruthToPower
The warnings of Orwell, Atwood, and Snyder aren't just fiction—they're a roadmap to what happens when democracy crumbles.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/navyvete...
#DemocracyMatters #BudgetJustice #ImmigrationReform #ResistAuthoritarianism #SpeakTruthToPower
A Warning from History: Why We Must Act Now
Do we want to become persecuted for our thoughts in the future
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
🚨 History is calling—will we answer? 🚨
The warnings of Orwell, Atwood, and Snyder aren't just fiction—they're a roadmap to what happens when democracy crumbles.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/navyvete...
#DemocracyMatters #BudgetJustice #ImmigrationReform #ResistAuthoritarianism #SpeakTruthToPower
The warnings of Orwell, Atwood, and Snyder aren't just fiction—they're a roadmap to what happens when democracy crumbles.
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/navyvete...
#DemocracyMatters #BudgetJustice #ImmigrationReform #ResistAuthoritarianism #SpeakTruthToPower
Read the full statement from #OKPolicy.
#BudgetJustice #ProtectMedicaid #DefendSNAP #StopTheCuts #PeopleOverProfits #FundTheFuture #FederalBudget #CongressionalChaos
#BudgetJustice #ProtectMedicaid #DefendSNAP #StopTheCuts #PeopleOverProfits #FundTheFuture #FederalBudget #CongressionalChaos
Oklahoma Policy Institute condemns U.S. House passage of federal budget bill that harms vulnerable Oklahomans -
The Oklahoma Policy Institute expresses deep concern over the U.S. House of Representatives' narrow passage of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," which immediately threatens the well-being of countless...
okpolicy.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Read the full statement from #OKPolicy.
#BudgetJustice #ProtectMedicaid #DefendSNAP #StopTheCuts #PeopleOverProfits #FundTheFuture #FederalBudget #CongressionalChaos
#BudgetJustice #ProtectMedicaid #DefendSNAP #StopTheCuts #PeopleOverProfits #FundTheFuture #FederalBudget #CongressionalChaos
Our 3% raise is at risk and we need all hands on deck. Governor Newsom’s budget plan threatens to balance the state budget on the backs of workers. SEIU Local 1000 is fighting back, and we need you with us.
Get full event details at bit.ly/3Fq7Q3O
#SEIULocal1000 #UnionStrong #BudgetJustice
Get full event details at bit.ly/3Fq7Q3O
#SEIULocal1000 #UnionStrong #BudgetJustice
May 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our 3% raise is at risk and we need all hands on deck. Governor Newsom’s budget plan threatens to balance the state budget on the backs of workers. SEIU Local 1000 is fighting back, and we need you with us.
Get full event details at bit.ly/3Fq7Q3O
#SEIULocal1000 #UnionStrong #BudgetJustice
Get full event details at bit.ly/3Fq7Q3O
#SEIULocal1000 #UnionStrong #BudgetJustice
Why keep funding Westminster when our own communities are struggling? Maybe it’s time to cut our “foreign aid” to London.
#Westminster #BudgetJustice #ScotlandFirst #MoneyMatters
#Westminster #BudgetJustice #ScotlandFirst #MoneyMatters
May 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Why keep funding Westminster when our own communities are struggling? Maybe it’s time to cut our “foreign aid” to London.
#Westminster #BudgetJustice #ScotlandFirst #MoneyMatters
#Westminster #BudgetJustice #ScotlandFirst #MoneyMatters
$2.7T in debt so the rich get tax breaks—while our communities go without basics.
Markets panic, but we’ve been feeling the pain. Budgets are moral choices. This one says: profits > people.
📢 Organize. Speak out. Demand a people’s budget.
#PeopleNotProfits #BudgetJustice #News #USA
Markets panic, but we’ve been feeling the pain. Budgets are moral choices. This one says: profits > people.
📢 Organize. Speak out. Demand a people’s budget.
#PeopleNotProfits #BudgetJustice #News #USA
May 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
$2.7T in debt so the rich get tax breaks—while our communities go without basics.
Markets panic, but we’ve been feeling the pain. Budgets are moral choices. This one says: profits > people.
📢 Organize. Speak out. Demand a people’s budget.
#PeopleNotProfits #BudgetJustice #News #USA
Markets panic, but we’ve been feeling the pain. Budgets are moral choices. This one says: profits > people.
📢 Organize. Speak out. Demand a people’s budget.
#PeopleNotProfits #BudgetJustice #News #USA
Food assistance isn’t waste. Veterans aren’t fraud.
If your budget treats basic dignity like a liability, the problem isn’t the programs — it’s your priorities.
Thank you, Rep. Raskin, for saying it plainly.
#ProtectSNAP #SupportVeterans #BudgetJustice
If your budget treats basic dignity like a liability, the problem isn’t the programs — it’s your priorities.
Thank you, Rep. Raskin, for saying it plainly.
#ProtectSNAP #SupportVeterans #BudgetJustice
May 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Food assistance isn’t waste. Veterans aren’t fraud.
If your budget treats basic dignity like a liability, the problem isn’t the programs — it’s your priorities.
Thank you, Rep. Raskin, for saying it plainly.
#ProtectSNAP #SupportVeterans #BudgetJustice
If your budget treats basic dignity like a liability, the problem isn’t the programs — it’s your priorities.
Thank you, Rep. Raskin, for saying it plainly.
#ProtectSNAP #SupportVeterans #BudgetJustice
Our May DWK meeting was fire! Rosa Lopez & Ashe Huang from @ACLU_SoCal gave us a deep dive into budget justice—how city & county budgets work, where $$ really goes, and how we can influence the process.
Also—our Mom Kit Drive? Huge success.
DWK shows up!
#BudgetJustice #ACLU #DWK
Also—our Mom Kit Drive? Huge success.
DWK shows up!
#BudgetJustice #ACLU #DWK
May 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Our May DWK meeting was fire! Rosa Lopez & Ashe Huang from @ACLU_SoCal gave us a deep dive into budget justice—how city & county budgets work, where $$ really goes, and how we can influence the process.
Also—our Mom Kit Drive? Huge success.
DWK shows up!
#BudgetJustice #ACLU #DWK
Also—our Mom Kit Drive? Huge success.
DWK shows up!
#BudgetJustice #ACLU #DWK
The U.S. just greenlit billions in arms while threatening cuts to Medicaid & SNAP. This isn't security—it’s cruelty. @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov, we demand better. Fund people, not war. #PeopleOverPentagon #BudgetJustice #NoMoreArmsDeals
April 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The U.S. just greenlit billions in arms while threatening cuts to Medicaid & SNAP. This isn't security—it’s cruelty. @schiff.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov, we demand better. Fund people, not war. #PeopleOverPentagon #BudgetJustice #NoMoreArmsDeals