A mom and widow who had benefits cut because of a mistake on a form. A home health aid making $13/hour who said food pantries are so overwhelmed, they couldn't help. A student who said SNAP access supported eating disorder recovery.
My reporting for @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social:
Democrats should develop an actionable agenda of democratic reform in case they return to power. This cannot be limited to institutional refoms, but must include reigning in the power and wealth of technofascist companies and individuals.
New, from me: Take the Palantir manifesto seriously, if not literally.
It reveals that our tech philosopher kings want public money, but without public accountability. This creates a dilemma for governments unaligned with its techno-fascist vision. 🧵
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Re-upping for tax day:
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society” according to Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
But time and money Americans spend on tax reporting is the price we pay for a dysfunctional government unwilling to invest in public interest capacity.
Yes! This is a great resource. Thanks for sharing it here!
Major news organizations including The New York Times and USA Today are blocking the Wayback Machine while using it as a tool for their reporting. Attacks on the Internet Archive jeopardize Internet freedom, free speech, and data integrity.
Remember the cyberattacks on the U.S. government in the early 2020s?
The Biden admin asked tech companies to help and got some “free” upgrades. The Trump admin is doing similarly with AI.
But our reporting shows there’s no such thing as a free lunch.
Making tenure count, for MSNOW I wrote about my employer, The University of Iowa, creating a center for intellectual freedom. It's a reactionary project built on decades of conservative propaganda about higher ed.
NEW: Vice President JD Vance follows fascists and antisemites on X. Several accounts joke about Holocaust denial, one has called himself a “fascist,” another a “national socialist,” and a third says Hitler was “the lesser evil.”
As @gilduran.com explains, the administration is supporting the creation of a “Network State” whose “Freedom Cities” evade labor, environmental, or economic regulations. www.thenerdreich.com/trump-target...
Fox News doc on lower fertility rate: "The problem is teens and young adults, from ages 15-19 the fertility rate is down 7%, and it's down 70% over the last two decades, meaning we're telling people that are young not have babies, to wait until they're in a more stable life situation"
A graphic with an image of a mom kissing her baby reads, “When families have access to high quality affordable care, paid family leave, flexible scheduling practices, and high-quality aging and disability care, they are able to make choices rooted in their needs.”
In their new report on stay-at-home-moms, @lfevalle.bsky.social, @kashenj.bsky.social, and SJ Glynn write, “A robust care economy would help moms take care of their families, while also ensuring they have the economic security families need to thrive.” tcf.org/content/comm...
Graphic that says "DC Firefighters Endorse Aparna" with IAFF Local 36's logo and a photo of Aparna
I am so honored to be endorsed by @dcfirefighters.bsky.social! 🚒
Firefighters and emergency medical workers work every day to protect our communities and I will fight for the wages, safety, and healthcare that they deserve.
Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
It’s not just Ms. Rachel.
The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention.
Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.
On Wednesday, Florida and Mississippi joined Utah and South Dakota in passing their own version of Trump's stupid SAVE America Act.
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Bless their hearts.
Investing in child care is a win, win, win:
A win for the babies.
A win for parents.
And a win for child care workers.
Some news: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is opening an on-site child care facility inside the Dinkins Municipal Building that will be free to city workers. It's a model for the universal child care program that is on track to hit full capacity by the end of his first term.
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In solidarity with all those standing up for our communities against the brutality of immigrant detention and ICE occupation, we're offering free ebooks of three crucial books about migrant justice and border abolition.
This photo by our @ashleymurray.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com shows the crowds that were packed around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in DC even before noon on Saturday #NoKings
Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.”
That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear
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No Kings protesters take to the National Mall in DC
📸: @jaredpoland.bsky.social
So the NYT is so committed to shitting on trans people that when the AMA tried to correct their reporting, they responded by saying they know more about the AMA's position than the AMA itself. That's zealotry.
Bar graph titled "Women are paid less than men at every education level" and subtitled "Average horly wages, by gender and education, 2025"
Women with an advanced degree are paid the same as men with just a bachelor's. And at every education level, women's hourly wages are about 20% lower than men's
Heritage saying they’ll use KOSA to censor trans people
The thing about the whole “social media addiction” campaign from Heritage and all the other far right fundamentalist groups, is that they’re openly bragging about how they’ll use these “kids online safety” legal precedents/laws to censor LGBTQ ppl off the internet
Tri-Share proponents argue it makes child care more affordable for middle-income families, gives employers a way to offer child care benefits, is cost effective for gov’t, and is palatable for Republican policymakers. But it does not build the supply of high-quality options
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At what point do we admit that Tri-Share is not successful? As @ehaspel.bsky.social writes, "I don’t mind the concept that Tri-Share is a policy laboratory — but if that’s the case, there’s a cost to continuing with an ineffective experiment.” familyfrontier.substack.com/p/challengin...
