Hayley Brown
@hcbrown.bsky.social
Labor and Disability Researcher @ceprdc.bsky.social
Proud member @nonprofitunion.bsky.social
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Deportations actually _increase_ housing prices because they shrink the construction industry.
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
The reduction in new houses being built swamps effects from lower demand
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"SNAP benefits are a 'lifeline' -- especially for people with disabilities"
"20.4% of households containing at least one person with a disability rely on SNAP, versus 8.3% of those without" via @hcbrown.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social
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"20.4% of households containing at least one person with a disability rely on SNAP, versus 8.3% of those without" via @hcbrown.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social
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SNAP benefits are a ‘lifeline’ — especially for people with disabilities
For those with disabilities who rely on the aid, its uncertainty threatens not just nutrition, but independence.
19thnews.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"SNAP benefits are a 'lifeline' -- especially for people with disabilities"
"20.4% of households containing at least one person with a disability rely on SNAP, versus 8.3% of those without" via @hcbrown.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social
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"20.4% of households containing at least one person with a disability rely on SNAP, versus 8.3% of those without" via @hcbrown.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social
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NEW: Republicans are weaponizing food during the shutdown. 1 in 4 SNAP recipients has a disability—reflecting deep economic barriers that make it nearly impossible for disabled people to meet basic needs w/o support. Cutting SNAP cuts access to survival.🧵
SNAP Cuts Disproportionately Hurt People With Disabilities
Government shutdown threatens SNAP benefits, endangering millions—especially disabled Americans who rely on food assistance at over twice the national rate.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NEW: Republicans are weaponizing food during the shutdown. 1 in 4 SNAP recipients has a disability—reflecting deep economic barriers that make it nearly impossible for disabled people to meet basic needs w/o support. Cutting SNAP cuts access to survival.🧵
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The fight for better care for disabled folks and the need for better support for care workers, a low paying job, are often interlinked. This will unfortunately be a preventable example.
October 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
The fight for better care for disabled folks and the need for better support for care workers, a low paying job, are often interlinked. This will unfortunately be a preventable example.
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Thinking about how poor disabled and aging people may be impacted this is a multitude of ways–they may not be able to get food, and their care workers may not either (for those who have them), leading to less good support for disabled folks as starving people don't make the best workers.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
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October 26, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Thinking about how poor disabled and aging people may be impacted this is a multitude of ways–they may not be able to get food, and their care workers may not either (for those who have them), leading to less good support for disabled folks as starving people don't make the best workers.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to lead the fight against #LongCOVID. Instead, he gutted research, prevention, and care. Millions will suffer the consequences. Read the full analysis by @hcbrown.bsky.social:
Secretary Kennedy Doesn't Care About Long COVID Patients
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged to fight Long COVID — instead he cut research, blocked vaccines, and weakened public health protections.
cepr.net
September 5, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. promised to lead the fight against #LongCOVID. Instead, he gutted research, prevention, and care. Millions will suffer the consequences. Read the full analysis by @hcbrown.bsky.social:
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The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey isn’t perfect, but it’s vital for tracking federal workplace conditions. Scrapping it now—when we need agency data most—is alarming. I am very worried about our ability to get accurate personnel data for the next 4 years.
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After months of postponing, OPM opts to fully cancel 2025 FEVS
The cancellation comes after OPM indefinitely delayed FEVS earlier this year, due to the Trump administration’s “urgent” changes for federal employees.
federalnewsnetwork.com
August 17, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey isn’t perfect, but it’s vital for tracking federal workplace conditions. Scrapping it now—when we need agency data most—is alarming. I am very worried about our ability to get accurate personnel data for the next 4 years.
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Today, the fact that the airstrike that killed an Al Jazeera journalist and his crew whom Israel had smeared as a terrorist in advance hit next to a hospital is just the fourth or fifth most horrific detail, and yet the international response will be… what? More nothing.
August 10, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Today, the fact that the airstrike that killed an Al Jazeera journalist and his crew whom Israel had smeared as a terrorist in advance hit next to a hospital is just the fourth or fifth most horrific detail, and yet the international response will be… what? More nothing.
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In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-firi...
In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data
President Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer last Friday...
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August 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
In Firing the BLS Chief, Trump Escalates His Administration’s War on Data talkingpointsmemo.com/news/in-firi...
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Am Econ Assn speaks out about firing the #BLS Commish.
"It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as [better] data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor--not failure or bias."
"It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as [better] data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor--not failure or bias."
August 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Am Econ Assn speaks out about firing the #BLS Commish.
"It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as [better] data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor--not failure or bias."
"It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as [better] data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor--not failure or bias."
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NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
Bloodied Faces, Sobbing Children: Immigration Officers Smash Car Windows to Speed Up Arrests
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
projects.propublica.org
July 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
NEW: We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
ICE claims officers use a “minimum amount of force.”
You can judge for yourself.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social @mckenziefunk.com
This is a huge fucking deal and one more sign of how authoritarian this country has become.
It has been the honor of my life to serve as Commissioner of BLS alongside the many dedicated civil servants tasked with measuring a vast and dynamic economy. It is vital and important work and I thank them for their service to this nation.
August 2, 2025 at 4:16 AM
This is a huge fucking deal and one more sign of how authoritarian this country has become.
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Public transit is a public good—and it should be free.
That’s why @pressley.house.gov and I are reintroducing the Freedom to Move Act to make fare-free transit a reality and close the transit equity gap.
That’s why @pressley.house.gov and I are reintroducing the Freedom to Move Act to make fare-free transit a reality and close the transit equity gap.
July 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Public transit is a public good—and it should be free.
That’s why @pressley.house.gov and I are reintroducing the Freedom to Move Act to make fare-free transit a reality and close the transit equity gap.
That’s why @pressley.house.gov and I are reintroducing the Freedom to Move Act to make fare-free transit a reality and close the transit equity gap.
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It's terrible that so many local authorities primarily attempt to communicate to the public via Twitter and Facebook, even for emergency alerts.
A long read by @faineg.bsky.social
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A long read by @faineg.bsky.social
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We Have to Stop Using Facebook and X to Warn People About Disasters
In the early morning hours of July 4th, as the Guadalupe River reached catastrophic heights, city officials in Kerr County, Texas turned to an all-too familiar mechanism for getting the word out to ar...
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July 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It's terrible that so many local authorities primarily attempt to communicate to the public via Twitter and Facebook, even for emergency alerts.
A long read by @faineg.bsky.social
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/we-have-to-s...
A long read by @faineg.bsky.social
little-flying-robots.ghost.io/we-have-to-s...
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NOTE DEADLINE OF THE 16th!
The US Department of Energy s trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504 that will take effect July 15 unless “significant adverse comments” are received by June 16th.
Take action with @dredf.bsky.social: dredf.org/action-alert...
#disability #pwME #MECFS
The US Department of Energy s trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504 that will take effect July 15 unless “significant adverse comments” are received by June 16th.
Take action with @dredf.bsky.social: dredf.org/action-alert...
#disability #pwME #MECFS
Tell the Department of Energy to Stop Attacking Civil Rights and Section 504 - DREDF
Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund
dredf.org
June 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
NOTE DEADLINE OF THE 16th!
The US Department of Energy s trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504 that will take effect July 15 unless “significant adverse comments” are received by June 16th.
Take action with @dredf.bsky.social: dredf.org/action-alert...
#disability #pwME #MECFS
The US Department of Energy s trying to get rid of important rules of Section 504 that will take effect July 15 unless “significant adverse comments” are received by June 16th.
Take action with @dredf.bsky.social: dredf.org/action-alert...
#disability #pwME #MECFS
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.@ceprdc.bsky.social's @hcbrown.bsky.social: "Trump administration is using immigrant workers as a political distraction to keep working people from zeroing in on the real problem: the ultra-wealthy individuals & corporations who are concentrating power & hoarding resources" cepr.net/publications...
Solidarity Under Arrest: The Union Fight for Immigrant Workers in California
SEIU California President David Huerta’s arrest during an ICE raid underscores the labor movement’s commitment to defending immigrant workers and resisting political scapegoating under the Trump admin...
cepr.net
June 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
.@ceprdc.bsky.social's @hcbrown.bsky.social: "Trump administration is using immigrant workers as a political distraction to keep working people from zeroing in on the real problem: the ultra-wealthy individuals & corporations who are concentrating power & hoarding resources" cepr.net/publications...
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If you’re thinking, “wait a second, they have completely politicized this process and done so with zero transparency—how is that supposed to increase trust in vaccines?” You are correct. This is absurd. We are through the looking glass. This would be farcical if lives weren’t at stake.
“Kennedy's picks circumvented the usual CDC process for selecting members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, known as ACIP. In previous administrations, career agency officials — not political leaders — vetted potential experts before forwarding them to the department”
RFK Jr. taps allies and COVID vaccine critics among picks for CDC advisory panel. Here's who's on the list.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fired the previous roster of the CDC's vaccine advisers on Monday.
www.cbsnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 2:09 AM
If you’re thinking, “wait a second, they have completely politicized this process and done so with zero transparency—how is that supposed to increase trust in vaccines?” You are correct. This is absurd. We are through the looking glass. This would be farcical if lives weren’t at stake.
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Everyone I knew who covered disinformation got laid off, their bosses got bullied into firing them, or they changed their beats from actual Nazi harassment campaigns. It cannot be stressed the damage the paid-for Substack “free speech” guys did in the service of fascism and against real free speech.
i've been trying to see what the right wing platforms (even outside of X) are showing people regarding the protests in LA and i am not sure it can be overstated just how much the AI slop is being used to reinforce the idea that downtown is a post-apocalyptic war zone
June 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Everyone I knew who covered disinformation got laid off, their bosses got bullied into firing them, or they changed their beats from actual Nazi harassment campaigns. It cannot be stressed the damage the paid-for Substack “free speech” guys did in the service of fascism and against real free speech.
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Letting Wall Street sell high-risk, high-fee private investments to everyday Americans through their 401(k)s is a dangerous move and puts their hard-earned savings in danger. Retirement savings should be protected, not gambled. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Private Equity in 401(k)s Isn’t as Smart as It Seems
Why let retirement savers in when professional investors are looking to get out?
www.bloomberg.com
June 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Letting Wall Street sell high-risk, high-fee private investments to everyday Americans through their 401(k)s is a dangerous move and puts their hard-earned savings in danger. Retirement savings should be protected, not gambled. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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Vance is claiming that residents of Los Angeles protesting illegal and unconstitutional actions by ICE are a hostile foreign invasion that must be repelled by military force. Just so we’re clear.
anyway vance is currently tweeting about how this is all part of the great replacement or something and foreign nationals are currently occupying los angeles and that's why we're deploying the guard
June 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Vance is claiming that residents of Los Angeles protesting illegal and unconstitutional actions by ICE are a hostile foreign invasion that must be repelled by military force. Just so we’re clear.
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if the Democratic Party is not for labor unions, they’re the Republican Party
Josh Barro: "When I look at policies in New York that stand in the way of Abundance, very often if you look under the hood, you eventually find a labor union at the end that's the driver"
June 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
if the Democratic Party is not for labor unions, they’re the Republican Party
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fuck it! tired of this narrative! coming out tomorrow!
June 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
fuck it! tired of this narrative! coming out tomorrow!
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I have a radical view that we should evaluate our approach to Israel based on the government's stated policies instead of hypothetical theories about potential future decisions.
May 29, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I have a radical view that we should evaluate our approach to Israel based on the government's stated policies instead of hypothetical theories about potential future decisions.