Bryce Covert
@brycecovert.bsky.social
Journalist writing about the economy. Contributing writer at @thenation.com, @chjreportinghealth.bsky.social National Fellow, and member of @fspnwu.bsky.social. Send tips to brycecovert@protonmail.com or on Signal: brycecovert.25 she/her
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Bryce Covert
@brycecovert.bsky.social
· Dec 3
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“It is extremely stressful to be in a position of not being able to feed your child.” Parents told me what it's been like to go without benefits during the government shutdown: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
For Families on the Brink, Losing SNAP Benefits Has Led to Devastating Choices
With the government shutdown now the longest in history, the neediest Americans are forgoing food, medical care, and other essentials to survive.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“It is extremely stressful to be in a position of not being able to feed your child.” Parents told me what it's been like to go without benefits during the government shutdown: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Dean Fuleihan, who Mamdani has picked as first deputy mayor, held the same role under de Blasio and was the one who wrangled the money out of Albany that made universal pre-K possible gothamist.com/news/mayor-e...
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani picks Bill de Blasio veteran for top deputy
He named Dean Fuleihan as first deputy and Elle Bisgaard-Church as chief of staff.
gothamist.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Dean Fuleihan, who Mamdani has picked as first deputy mayor, held the same role under de Blasio and was the one who wrangled the money out of Albany that made universal pre-K possible gothamist.com/news/mayor-e...
When Democrats cave on reopening the government, this is the acute suffering they are saying has been for absolutely nothing
The government shutdown has deprived Americans of food stamps, LIHEAP and 25 Head Start programs. A lot of people rely on many of these programs at once. This is the suffering they've endured: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
For Families on the Brink, Losing SNAP Benefits Has Led to Devastating Choices
With the government shutdown now the longest in history, the neediest Americans are forgoing food, medical care, and other essentials to survive.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When Democrats cave on reopening the government, this is the acute suffering they are saying has been for absolutely nothing
The government shutdown has deprived Americans of food stamps, LIHEAP and 25 Head Start programs. A lot of people rely on many of these programs at once. This is the suffering they've endured: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
For Families on the Brink, Losing SNAP Benefits Has Led to Devastating Choices
With the government shutdown now the longest in history, the neediest Americans are forgoing food, medical care, and other essentials to survive.
www.thenation.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The government shutdown has deprived Americans of food stamps, LIHEAP and 25 Head Start programs. A lot of people rely on many of these programs at once. This is the suffering they've endured: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps
in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a
large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
*Women receive substantially lower "potential" ratings despite receiving higher performance ratings
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
*Differences in potential ratings account for half of the gender promotion gap
*Women’s lower potential ratings do not reflect future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
The first question caving Democrats need to answer is: "What if anything did Democrats gain from the past six weeks of the government shutdown?" Sen. Cortez Masto has absolutely no answer. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto talks about efforts to end the government shutdown
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada about the latest efforts in the Senate to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
www.npr.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The first question caving Democrats need to answer is: "What if anything did Democrats gain from the past six weeks of the government shutdown?" Sen. Cortez Masto has absolutely no answer. www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...
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Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
Yup, and the damage isn’t so much in the story as in the proof of weakness. Trump now knows he has new torture tools to make Dems do what he wants. It’s why at least one of the 7 capitulators oughta be run out of office now, mid session. Get that number down to 6. www.offmessage.net/p/16-thought...
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Yep:
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
"Caving as they were winning the fight, and as Trump abuses power to hurt regular people (withholding SNAP benefits, canceling flights) supposedly as 'punishment' for the shutdown, sets a nightmare precedent."
The Trump administration is trying so, so, so, so hard to make sure Americans don't get help buying food www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration tells states to ‘undo’ full SNAP benefits
New guidance from USDA on Saturday informs states to move ahead with partial food stamp payments only given the Supreme Court stay.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The Trump administration is trying so, so, so, so hard to make sure Americans don't get help buying food www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
GODDAMN FUCKING BATS 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
GODDAMN FUCKING BATS 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
Even while knowing that we as individuals can't replace a government benefit like SNAP, I am so incredibly moved watching my community come together to support people going without food stamps right now.
November 7, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Even while knowing that we as individuals can't replace a government benefit like SNAP, I am so incredibly moved watching my community come together to support people going without food stamps right now.
Trump is trying SO HARD not to feed hungry Americans
JUST IN: Trump administration files emergency stay motion at 1st Circuit, seeking to block judge's order to pay full SNAP benefits for November. DOJ says the ruling 'makes a mockery of the separation of powers.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
SNAPStayMotCA1110725.PDF
www.documentcloud.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Trump is trying SO HARD not to feed hungry Americans
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Tomorrow marks the first time the federal government has failed to release a jobs report two months in a row. Without these data, unemployment insurance claims provide the most up-to-date read on the labor market. As the shutdown drags on, continued UI claims by federal workers hits 30k.
#EconSky
#EconSky
November 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Tomorrow marks the first time the federal government has failed to release a jobs report two months in a row. Without these data, unemployment insurance claims provide the most up-to-date read on the labor market. As the shutdown drags on, continued UI claims by federal workers hits 30k.
#EconSky
#EconSky
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
"Only one of the posts features a non-White man, who is flanked by a White woman and a White man." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"Only one of the posts features a non-White man, who is flanked by a White woman and a White man." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The childcare cliff is here 19thnews.org/2025/11/stat...
States are quietly cutting child care funding — and families are out of options
Facing budget shortfalls due to the end of COVID funding, cuts to Medicaid and tariffs, states are turning to one place for cuts: child care.
19thnews.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The childcare cliff is here 19thnews.org/2025/11/stat...
The Trump administration is trying really, really hard not to send out food stamps benefits newrepublic.com/post/202805/...
Trump Officials Admit Math Error in Plan to Gut SNAP Funding
The Trump administration will fund the food stamp program more than initially planned, thanks to a fact-check on its math.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Trump administration is trying really, really hard not to send out food stamps benefits newrepublic.com/post/202805/...
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Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Bail Reform Has Made NYC Safer, Yet Another Study Confirms
You wouldn't know it from talking to most public officials, but the 2019 reforms drove recidivism down.
hellgatenyc.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Bail reform not only made New York more just, it also literally made it safer.
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
Too bad our elected leaders, public safety officials, and the overwhelming majority of the press are so deeply invested in a narrative entirely divorced from empirical reality.
hellgatenyc.com/bail-reform-...
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Schools near military bases, reservations and national parks – which rely on federal Impact Aid to make up for lost local tax dollars – are struggling as payments are stalled during the shutdown. They serve 8 million students. @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/fede...
Federal Aid Stalled for Schools Near Military Bases, Reservations, Parks
Imai and O’Brien: About 1,100 school districts near federal properties— with 8 million students — rely on Impact Aid to replace lost local taxes.
www.the74million.org
November 6, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Schools near military bases, reservations and national parks – which rely on federal Impact Aid to make up for lost local tax dollars – are struggling as payments are stalled during the shutdown. They serve 8 million students. @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/fede...
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I like to think that I personally ruined the workplace.
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I like to think that I personally ruined the workplace.
The shit that medicine gets away with during pregnancy that it could absolutely not get away with anywhere else
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The shit that medicine gets away with during pregnancy that it could absolutely not get away with anywhere else
The law says Trump must pay out full SNAP benefits prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The law says Trump must pay out full SNAP benefits prospect.org/2025/10/29/t...
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Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
Now that Zohran Mamdani won, how much of his agenda will he be able to accomplish? Here's my back-of-the-envelope estimation of what he can feasibly achieve and how. Short version: I actually think he can get a lot of it done.
November 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Now that Zohran Mamdani won, how much of his agenda will he be able to accomplish? Here's my back-of-the-envelope estimation of what he can feasibly achieve and how. Short version: I actually think he can get a lot of it done.
"Republicans had held a supermajority in the Senate since sweeping the state government in 2011." Wow.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Republicans had held a supermajority in the Senate since sweeping the state government in 2011." Wow.