Jeremy Barofsky
@jbarofsky.bsky.social
Associate Research Professor, Better Government Lab, Georgetown University, Interested in the economics of health and poverty; formerly @ideas42 @Brookings and @USCPrice Schaeffer Center, alum of @HarvardChanSPH & @BU
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A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
Army veteran says ICE agents detained him for hours without access to phone or his attorney
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
www.kare11.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 AM
A combat-wounded veteran's eight-hour detention by federal agents in Minneapolis raises concerns about due process in ICE facilities.
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I'll be discussing the role of immigration in the US workforce with a fantastic set of panelists on Jan 30!
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
Join us online on January 30 at 12pm ET for this panel of scientists to provide a demographic overview of the U.S. immigrant population. See the panelists and register here: buff.ly/elJ7uTd @fertmortmig.bsky.social @chloeneast.bsky.social
January 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
I'll be discussing the role of immigration in the US workforce with a fantastic set of panelists on Jan 30!
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
I'll talk about why anti-immigration policies make Social Security and Medicare solvency worse .... & why we shouldn't make decisions about humans based only on their fiscal impact
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Read Frank Foer's amazing essay on the civil servants we have lost
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Read Frank Foer's amazing essay on the civil servants we have lost
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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On that last point, in the decade before COVID, a full 82% of all ICE arrests occurred at local jails and prisons, where the "arrest" was just a custody transfer.
ICE's Fugitive Operations division, which did most "at-large" enforcement, had fewer than 750 officers as of January. Seriously.
ICE's Fugitive Operations division, which did most "at-large" enforcement, had fewer than 750 officers as of January. Seriously.
January 13, 2026 at 3:16 AM
On that last point, in the decade before COVID, a full 82% of all ICE arrests occurred at local jails and prisons, where the "arrest" was just a custody transfer.
ICE's Fugitive Operations division, which did most "at-large" enforcement, had fewer than 750 officers as of January. Seriously.
ICE's Fugitive Operations division, which did most "at-large" enforcement, had fewer than 750 officers as of January. Seriously.
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NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
January 9, 2026 at 12:55 AM
NEW: Data released by ICE shows that virtually the entire growth of detention in the last few months has been among people with no criminal record at all - no prior convictions (no matter how minor) and no pending criminal charges.
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ICYMI over the holiday break, here are a few must-read articles:
1. WaPo on how the Social Security Administration struggled to serve the public in the Trump era (gift link)
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1. WaPo on how the Social Security Administration struggled to serve the public in the Trump era (gift link)
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How Social Security has gotten worse under Trump
Customer service deteriorated by key measures as the agency enacted sweeping cuts in Trump’s second term, internal data and interviews show.
wapo.st
January 5, 2026 at 3:18 PM
ICYMI over the holiday break, here are a few must-read articles:
1. WaPo on how the Social Security Administration struggled to serve the public in the Trump era (gift link)
wapo.st/49EIN9l
1. WaPo on how the Social Security Administration struggled to serve the public in the Trump era (gift link)
wapo.st/49EIN9l
+1 and let's do this for health insurance too
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
December 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
+1 and let's do this for health insurance too
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This is part of a larger debate about targeting versus universal programs...administrative burden/incomplete uptake, stigma, and political viability.
Zohran Mamdani explains that thousands and thousands of New Yorkers are already eligible for free and reduce public transportation, but because of the bureaucratic hurdles they never get enrolled in the program.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
That's why he wants to just make the bus free.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is part of a larger debate about targeting versus universal programs...administrative burden/incomplete uptake, stigma, and political viability.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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For the first ~6 years of its existence, the big question around crypto currency was “what’s the use case”— @kashhill.bsky.social had a great 2013 “living on bitcoin” story that was defining.
But for the last year the answer has been clear: crypto’s best use case is fraud & political corruption
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But for the last year the answer has been clear: crypto’s best use case is fraud & political corruption
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December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
For the first ~6 years of its existence, the big question around crypto currency was “what’s the use case”— @kashhill.bsky.social had a great 2013 “living on bitcoin” story that was defining.
But for the last year the answer has been clear: crypto’s best use case is fraud & political corruption
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But for the last year the answer has been clear: crypto’s best use case is fraud & political corruption
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Workshop on administrative burdens in the Americas, October 28-30, 2026 in Mexico City. With @fnietomorales.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @thepeoplelab.bsky.social @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, Bloomberg Center, Colegio de México & CIDE. Support for travel costs available. CfP tinyurl.com/k2xz28fr
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Workshop on administrative burdens in the Americas, October 28-30, 2026 in Mexico City. With @fnietomorales.bsky.social @donmoyn.bsky.social @thepeoplelab.bsky.social @elizabethlinos.bsky.social, Bloomberg Center, Colegio de México & CIDE. Support for travel costs available. CfP tinyurl.com/k2xz28fr
We're at the point now where the 27th richest person in the world can be outrageously influential in politics - impacting the lives of millions of children - and yet be almost completely unknown. OTOH, this political force has the more-fun-than-usual name of Chris Yass.
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Meet the billionaire pushing taxpayer-funded school vouchers
How one of the richest people on the planet presses his pet issue: school choice
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December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We're at the point now where the 27th richest person in the world can be outrageously influential in politics - impacting the lives of millions of children - and yet be almost completely unknown. OTOH, this political force has the more-fun-than-usual name of Chris Yass.
wapo.st/4iOU6Ph
wapo.st/4iOU6Ph
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This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
For First Time in Decades, Child Deaths Will Rise This Year
Almost a quarter of a million more children around the world are projected to die in 2025 than in 2024.
www.wsj.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This fetid landmark, this historical stain on humanity is primarily due to the stunningly reckless obliteration of America's foreign assistance agency earlier this year.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
Led by the richest man on earth. In secret, on a weekend. With zero analysis or discussion of its catastrophic impacts.
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Home care workers are organizing against Trump administration changes that end their right to federal minimum wage and overtime.
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo...
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo...
Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Home care workers are organizing against Trump administration changes that end their right to federal minimum wage and overtime.
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo...
Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.
capitalandmain.com/home-care-wo...
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"Market supremacy has shrunk both our understanding of what a civic information economy ought to provide in a democracy, and our imagination about how to better guarantee the public access to reliable, diverse information."
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute
Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Market supremacy has shrunk both our understanding of what a civic information economy ought to provide in a democracy, and our imagination about how to better guarantee the public access to reliable, diverse information."
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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I believe Tyson's decision to shut down its Lexington plant instead of selling it is a PLOY to manipulate cattle and beef markets in violation of our antitrust laws. 🧵
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I believe Tyson's decision to shut down its Lexington plant instead of selling it is a PLOY to manipulate cattle and beef markets in violation of our antitrust laws. 🧵
Many folks On Here -- myself included -- complain about congressional passivity in the face of the Trump administration's myriad sins. But this story is a good example of how, sometimes, congressional resistance matters even when it is not directly observable. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump’s second term
The president has nearly doubled Joe Biden’s mark for nominees withdrawn from the Senate in the first year.
www.politico.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Many folks On Here -- myself included -- complain about congressional passivity in the face of the Trump administration's myriad sins. But this story is a good example of how, sometimes, congressional resistance matters even when it is not directly observable. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Record-setting personnel issues are marring Trump’s second term
The president has nearly doubled Joe Biden’s mark for nominees withdrawn from the Senate in the first year.
www.politico.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Many folks On Here -- myself included -- complain about congressional passivity in the face of the Trump administration's myriad sins. But this story is a good example of how, sometimes, congressional resistance matters even when it is not directly observable. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This morning I had the honor of helping lay out some panels of the #AIDS Memorial Quilt on the South Lawn of the White House. Seeing all these individual lives that were lost and knowing they are just a miniscule part of that great tapestry of loss is haunting.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This time last year, I was on the South Lawn of the White House helping to lay out the AIDS Memorial Quilt.
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
This year the White House did nothing and the State Department instructed empoyees and grant recipients to “refrain from publicly promoting World Aids Day through any communication channels”
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In 2020, my friend @jasndoc.bsky.social wrote a fictional dialog between R and STATA. In 2023 I said in a few years AI could make it into a stunning movie with spoken parts. It's here.
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_692d0b8c...
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_692d0b8c...
dggoldst on Sora
R (at the river Eure): We are statisticians. We come to take over statistical computing.
STATA corp: What CEO has sent you?
R: We have no master, we are all equal.
-Dudo de Sancto Quintino, late 10...
sora.chatgpt.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In 2020, my friend @jasndoc.bsky.social wrote a fictional dialog between R and STATA. In 2023 I said in a few years AI could make it into a stunning movie with spoken parts. It's here.
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_692d0b8c...
sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_692d0b8c...
Elon Musk's trillion $$ pay package evidently still pays out billions even if Tesla sales go down?!?!?! significantly. Good work if you can get it.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
Tesla struggles to course correct from sales skid
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has spent much of this year focused on the carmaker’s robotics pursuits and winning shareholder approval for his freshly minted $1 trillion pay package. In the meantime, the outloo...
www.reuters.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Elon Musk's trillion $$ pay package evidently still pays out billions even if Tesla sales go down?!?!?! significantly. Good work if you can get it.
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
www.reuters.com/business/aut...
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Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwbusiness.bsky.social risk management and insurance professor @justinsydnor.bsky.social explains why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising and the impacts of uncompensated care.
Justin Sydnor on rising costs for ACA health insurance plans
Justin Sydnor on why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising.
pbswisconsin.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Watch: 📺 🖥️ 💻 📱 @uwbusiness.bsky.social risk management and insurance professor @justinsydnor.bsky.social explains why the costs of Health Insurance Marketplace plans continue rising and the impacts of uncompensated care.
The concepts of the plan still be conceptualized.
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The concepts of the plan still be conceptualized.
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absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
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This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
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"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" -@seanjwestwood.bsky.social