Julie Cassidy
@jc4policy.bsky.social
Senior policy analyst for #sdoh at Michigan League for Public Policy. Opinions my own. She/her/hers
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And also: don't wait for ICE to arrive to start building unions of care.
There are already people who need support in your community. Organizing to help them now means that they'll be better able to help others in the future, and that the union of care will be ready if/when ICE arrives.
There are already people who need support in your community. Organizing to help them now means that they'll be better able to help others in the future, and that the union of care will be ready if/when ICE arrives.
It's not just "stand up to ICE when you see them," it's building many vast networks of support and trust to
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on
- create safe spaces
- protect schools
- get kids TO school
- check on neighbors
- deliver groceries
- help pay the rent
- let people know of danger
- feed the helpers, too!
- and on and on
January 29, 2026 at 4:50 PM
And also: don't wait for ICE to arrive to start building unions of care.
There are already people who need support in your community. Organizing to help them now means that they'll be better able to help others in the future, and that the union of care will be ready if/when ICE arrives.
There are already people who need support in your community. Organizing to help them now means that they'll be better able to help others in the future, and that the union of care will be ready if/when ICE arrives.
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It’s precisely those refugees who filed the correct paperwork who are most likely to be targeted by the regime. The fact that their presence is documented makes it easy to use them to fulfill arrest quotas.
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
It’s precisely those refugees who filed the correct paperwork who are most likely to be targeted by the regime. The fact that their presence is documented makes it easy to use them to fulfill arrest quotas.
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
They ‘Had Done Everything Right.’ ICE Detained Them Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
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Evergreen: there has never been and never will be a credible Trump/Congressional GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
Our first look at Trump's "Great Healthcare Plan" — a grab bag of proposals that falls far short of the Affordable Care Act replacement he's long promised.
Trump launches ‘Great Healthcare Plan,’ touting grab bag of initiatives
The proposal, coming ahead of the midterm elections, falls far short of President Donald Trump’s promises to deliver a replacement for the Affordable Care Act.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Evergreen: there has never been and never will be a credible Trump/Congressional GOP plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Many disabled people rely on these services to survive
We routinely get price gouged for accessibility
Now we’re being actively experimented upon for minmaxing profit & loss
Many of us are at mutual aid levels of poverty & they do this
Instacart & Skip aren’t luxuries for everyone
We routinely get price gouged for accessibility
Now we’re being actively experimented upon for minmaxing profit & loss
Many of us are at mutual aid levels of poverty & they do this
Instacart & Skip aren’t luxuries for everyone
In May, Human Rights Watch released a report showing how gig platforms use opaque algorithms to erode workers' wages.
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Now a new investigation finds Instacart is running AI price experiments: charging different people different prices for the *same* groceries, sometimes by more than 23%.
Read this:
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Many disabled people rely on these services to survive
We routinely get price gouged for accessibility
Now we’re being actively experimented upon for minmaxing profit & loss
Many of us are at mutual aid levels of poverty & they do this
Instacart & Skip aren’t luxuries for everyone
We routinely get price gouged for accessibility
Now we’re being actively experimented upon for minmaxing profit & loss
Many of us are at mutual aid levels of poverty & they do this
Instacart & Skip aren’t luxuries for everyone
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Refusing to fund SNAP is ableism.
Cutting Medicaid is ableism.
Terminating ACA subsidies is ableism.
Slashing affordable housing is ableism.
This regime has a very clear eugenics agenda.
They’re targeting services they know disabled people rely on to survive.
We are not expendable.
Cutting Medicaid is ableism.
Terminating ACA subsidies is ableism.
Slashing affordable housing is ableism.
This regime has a very clear eugenics agenda.
They’re targeting services they know disabled people rely on to survive.
We are not expendable.
November 16, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Refusing to fund SNAP is ableism.
Cutting Medicaid is ableism.
Terminating ACA subsidies is ableism.
Slashing affordable housing is ableism.
This regime has a very clear eugenics agenda.
They’re targeting services they know disabled people rely on to survive.
We are not expendable.
Cutting Medicaid is ableism.
Terminating ACA subsidies is ableism.
Slashing affordable housing is ableism.
This regime has a very clear eugenics agenda.
They’re targeting services they know disabled people rely on to survive.
We are not expendable.
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The thing that's pissing me off the most is that "getting back SNAP" or backpay doesn't constitute a deal because those things were illegal. Making a "deal" about when and for whom laws exist is not it.
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The thing that's pissing me off the most is that "getting back SNAP" or backpay doesn't constitute a deal because those things were illegal. Making a "deal" about when and for whom laws exist is not it.
All while Trump is actively trying to slash funding for vouchers and destroy the "Housing First" approach--the very strategies at the center of U.S. success in reducing veteran homelessness by more than half since 2009, even achieving functional zero in some communities.
Trump: "We will not stop until we've ended the tragedy of homeless veterans once and for all. I'd see in New York where people that came into our country illegally would be put up in hotels and veterans would be sitting on the sidewalk. Many of the people that came in were put in from prisons."
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
All while Trump is actively trying to slash funding for vouchers and destroy the "Housing First" approach--the very strategies at the center of U.S. success in reducing veteran homelessness by more than half since 2009, even achieving functional zero in some communities.
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I'm scared because I know this was a litmus test to see how much cruelty they can get away with. If anyone thinks they will stop at SNAP -- you haven't been paying attention.
I have special diet requirements that make food pantries untenable. 💙♿
I have special diet requirements that make food pantries untenable. 💙♿
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I'm scared because I know this was a litmus test to see how much cruelty they can get away with. If anyone thinks they will stop at SNAP -- you haven't been paying attention.
I have special diet requirements that make food pantries untenable. 💙♿
I have special diet requirements that make food pantries untenable. 💙♿
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Did you know? The US has one of the highest child poverty rates of OECD countries.
The average child poverty rate across OECD countries is 12.2%
In the US, it’s over 20%
It’s partly why many children rely on SNAP
High rates of child poverty warrant a national conversation.
The average child poverty rate across OECD countries is 12.2%
In the US, it’s over 20%
It’s partly why many children rely on SNAP
High rates of child poverty warrant a national conversation.
October 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Did you know? The US has one of the highest child poverty rates of OECD countries.
The average child poverty rate across OECD countries is 12.2%
In the US, it’s over 20%
It’s partly why many children rely on SNAP
High rates of child poverty warrant a national conversation.
The average child poverty rate across OECD countries is 12.2%
In the US, it’s over 20%
It’s partly why many children rely on SNAP
High rates of child poverty warrant a national conversation.
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Food banks aren’t a substitute for SNAP.
Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve.
Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve.
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Food banks aren’t a substitute for SNAP.
Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve.
Food bank director, Jill Dixon explains that for every meal a food bank provides the SNAP program provides nine. If Republicans don’t negotiate with Democrats to keep SNAP benefits going after the Nov 1 deadline, Americans are going to starve.
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JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 AM
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
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Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Even as the anti-vax lobby erodes public trust, new evidence confirms that "immunizations against Covid-19, RSV, and influenza have shown consistent effectiveness & safety and are associated with a substantially reduced risk of hospitalization & severe disease"
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
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Today is the #SNAPDayOfAction, and we need you to join us and act now.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today.
October 29, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Today is the #SNAPDayOfAction, and we need you to join us and act now.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today.
42 million Americans are at risk of losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1st. USDA has a contingency fund but hasn't released it. Contact your Members of Congress today.
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Nearly 90% of the organizations providing Medicaid-funded community services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities had staffing shortages this year, according to a trade group for the providers.
www.axios.com/2025/10/29/d...
www.axios.com/2025/10/29/d...
Disability services staffing squeezed as Medicaid cuts loom
Staffing already is a long-standing problem for disability services providers.
www.axios.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Nearly 90% of the organizations providing Medicaid-funded community services for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities had staffing shortages this year, according to a trade group for the providers.
www.axios.com/2025/10/29/d...
www.axios.com/2025/10/29/d...
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The Americans receiving the most benefit from SNAP are children, the elderly, and the disabled. Most beneficiaries who signed up for SNAP have jobs.
Employers rely on SNAP to subsidize their low wages instead of paying a living wage.
Yet the RW continue to blame the poor for being poor.
Employers rely on SNAP to subsidize their low wages instead of paying a living wage.
Yet the RW continue to blame the poor for being poor.
George Lakoff's understanding of the conservative moral hierarchy is why this fascist regime is willing to take hungry kids off SNAP after cutting taxes for billionaires.
RW billionaires believe the rich deserve their wealth and the poor deserve their poverty.
RW billionaires believe the rich deserve their wealth and the poor deserve their poverty.
October 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The Americans receiving the most benefit from SNAP are children, the elderly, and the disabled. Most beneficiaries who signed up for SNAP have jobs.
Employers rely on SNAP to subsidize their low wages instead of paying a living wage.
Yet the RW continue to blame the poor for being poor.
Employers rely on SNAP to subsidize their low wages instead of paying a living wage.
Yet the RW continue to blame the poor for being poor.
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
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SNAP is a lifeline for food-insecure people and families, and it is also an indirect cash transfer to corporations, who get away with paying poverty wages bc they're able to outsource the social safety net to SNAP and other programs.
SNAP isn't about "people who don't work." It's about people who don't get paid enough to live.
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
Of the 40 or so million people who rely on food stamps:
* Two-thirds are children, seniors, or disabled
* Most working-age adults who receive SNAP are employed—but in jobs that pay poverty wages
October 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
SNAP is a lifeline for food-insecure people and families, and it is also an indirect cash transfer to corporations, who get away with paying poverty wages bc they're able to outsource the social safety net to SNAP and other programs.
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I'm really glad to see all the folks stepping up to try to resource the loss of SNAP but also billionaires could just pay taxes.
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I'm really glad to see all the folks stepping up to try to resource the loss of SNAP but also billionaires could just pay taxes.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
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"Approximately 339,100 jobs are projected to be lost in 2026, as loss of income forces health care providers & other businesses to reduce their workforces. Slightly less than half of these jobs (154,000) will be health care–related, while the rest (185,000) will be in other sectors of the economy."
Expiring ACA Premium Tax Credits Could Lead to Nearly 340,000 Jobs Lost Across the U.S. in 2026
Unless Congress acts quickly to extend the enhanced ACA marketplace premium tax credits, nearly 5 million people could lose health insurance coverage in 2026.
www.commonwealthfund.org
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
"Approximately 339,100 jobs are projected to be lost in 2026, as loss of income forces health care providers & other businesses to reduce their workforces. Slightly less than half of these jobs (154,000) will be health care–related, while the rest (185,000) will be in other sectors of the economy."
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Congress provided SNAP's multi-year contingency reserves for use "in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations."
Those funds are now needed to carry out program operations. This isn't rocket science.
Those funds are now needed to carry out program operations. This isn't rocket science.
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Congress provided SNAP's multi-year contingency reserves for use "in such amounts and at such times as may become necessary to carry out program operations."
Those funds are now needed to carry out program operations. This isn't rocket science.
Those funds are now needed to carry out program operations. This isn't rocket science.
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No one should feel stigmatized for utilizing a food bank.
100% of the stigma belongs to the people who have created a world where food banks are a necessity.
100% of the stigma belongs to the people who have created a world where food banks are a necessity.
October 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
No one should feel stigmatized for utilizing a food bank.
100% of the stigma belongs to the people who have created a world where food banks are a necessity.
100% of the stigma belongs to the people who have created a world where food banks are a necessity.