A few initial thoughts on the President’s FY27 budget. Big picture: Today’s budget isn’t a serious plan to address real issues facing families and the nation and isn’t worthy of the American people.
I'm starting to think the cabinet is not the problem.
it’s simply too vulnerable to nacho theft from the fans sitting behind/above you. at $1 a nacho, i’m not risking it
A new proposal from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) would create caps on the maximum Social Security benefit, raising serious issues. In this short piece I examine the proposal. www.urban.org/urban-wire/s...
There’s an unprecedented power grab unfolding in the US.
An authoritarian coalition led by Trump & a network of oligarchs.
Far from chaotic, each move is part of a wider strategy.
Here’s how to understand & fight back. 🧵
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The richest country on earth, with among the highest per capita incomes and GDPs...
Today marks the 16th anniversary of the #ACA. The law covers record numbers of people in #Medicaid and the marketplaces, bans insurer discrimination against people with health conditions, and helps millions afford their health costs. Unfortunately this is all now at risk.
Must read by @kristencrowell.bsky.social of @fobaction.bsky.social : www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
House lawmakers are considering an anti-immigrant bill (H. R. 1958) that would put people with lawful immigration statuses at risk of deportation - potentially resulting in separation from their loved ones—due to a mistake and/or confusion related to public benefit processes.
Sen. Booker’s centerpiece proposal is a very costly expansion of the standard deduction that flows high up the income scale, but also includes critical provisions for supporting low-income families w/ kids and people working for very low pay, as well as sound offsets. x.com/DavidABergst...
This morning, @warren.senate.gov, Rep. Adelita Grijalva, and Rep. Jame Moylan introduced the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act alongside experts and advocates.
If passed, it would reduce poverty among SSI recipients by 60 percent.
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trump is calling for banning congressional stock trading, but he leaves out the key detail: the reason there's a standstill right now is democrats want it to apply to trump and the white house, but trump issued a veto threat over that.
CBPP's Samantha Waxman on today's Senate vote to overturn parts of D.C.'s tax law (via X): x.com/waxmansd/sta...
(1/2) New Census data confirms: U.S. renters are now paying a median of $1,413/month— a $100 inflation-adjusted increase from five years ago—while homeowner costs stayed flat. This rental housing crisis demands multi-pronged approaches that consider both supply and demand.
Indivar Dutta-Gupta (@indivar.bsky.social)’s paper, published as part of the USJF Research series, explores what the U.S. can learn from Japan’s housing system—highlighting affordability, low homelessness, and policy lessons on zoning, housing supply, and income supports. us-jf.org/en/news/usjf...
SCOOP: Nursing home companies donated $4.8M to Trump's super PAC in Aug-Sept.
Their executives landed a lunch in Aug. with Trump at his NoVa golf club where they asked him to revoke a rule to increase staffing to prevent patient neglect.
His administration revoked the rule a few months later.
Not just appropriate, but *essential* that the Senate not continue funding the deadly status quo allowing killing with impunity and that it stops surrendering its power of the purse.
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“The government needs to decide what its priorities are: ginning up deportation stats or prosecuting alleged criminals.”
Feds bring woman to U.S. to face charges, then say she’s here illegally - The Washington Post share.google/4WFVab0IQwYT...
Ambulance companies often negotiate with patients over large bills. “But you shouldn’t have to work so hard for it,” says an Ohio mom who was billed $9,250 for her toddler’s transport between hospitals.
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We’re investigating to expose potential government-funded payments to former senior Trump officials Michael Flynn and Stefan Passantino.
The American people deserve to know if public power is being used to financially benefit people with ties to the president.
This week, the Trump administration announced plans to reinstate the “public charge” rule, which is designed to scare immigrants away from seeking public assistance, including help from SNAP.
We opposed this rule in 2019, and we will continue to fight this harmful proposal every step of the way.
The public has supported raising taxes on the ultrarich and corporations for years, but policymakers have failed to act.
→ Raising taxes on the rich makes good economic and political sense.
EPI’s latest report from @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social 1/
The VP could not possibly be more incorrect. The evidence is clear that immigrants REDUCE housing costs: "Cracking Down, Pricing Up: Housing Supply in the Wake of Mass Deportation" by Troup Howard, Mengqi Wang, Dayin Zhang :: SSRN share.google/xYBZFxX0zHzr...
The Trump Admin's shameful attacks on kids with disabilities are happening on every front: legislation (OBBB), regs, and RIFs. The Social Security Administration's new proposed rule to limit SSI eligibility is yet another example. 1/ firstfocus.org/update/recen...
