Mary Alice McCarthy
@maryalicemcc.bsky.social
New America, Center on Education & Labor; DOL & ED; Political Scientist; Mom to Frida; Cards fan; UNC Grad (go Heels); Eastern Market regular; and a few more things..
Every single word… www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
Opinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness
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October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Every single word… www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...
I’m all for economic populism, but I’m getting very tired of consultants telling me that my civil rights are “cultural issues” that need to be put aside. (Also tired of the “Bill Clinton ran a great populist campaign” line. He didn’t govern like one, so who cares?)
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Opinion | Democrats Are in Crisis. Eat-the-Rich Populism Is the Only Answer.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I’m all for economic populism, but I’m getting very tired of consultants telling me that my civil rights are “cultural issues” that need to be put aside. (Also tired of the “Bill Clinton ran a great populist campaign” line. He didn’t govern like one, so who cares?)
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The Trump administration claims to support expanding apprenticeship and access to good jobs - just not for women....
Great piece by @monicapotts.bsky.social via @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @newamerica.org #cte #wkdev
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Great piece by @monicapotts.bsky.social via @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @newamerica.org #cte #wkdev
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Trump Is Making It Harder for Women to Work in Construction
For the past few years, valuable government programs have helped women gain access to well-paying jobs traditionally held by men. That all changed when this administration took over.
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September 17, 2025 at 7:40 PM
The Trump administration claims to support expanding apprenticeship and access to good jobs - just not for women....
Great piece by @monicapotts.bsky.social via @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @newamerica.org #cte #wkdev
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Great piece by @monicapotts.bsky.social via @thenewrepublic.bsky.social @newamerica.org #cte #wkdev
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Some thoughts for me on this #Labor Day. It’s impossible to overstate how much #Trump has betrayed workers…: stripping union rights, gutting wage protections, and firing career civil servants isn’t pro-worker—it’s a war on labor.
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A Labor Day Look at Trump’s Harm to U.S. Workers
Mary Alice McCarthy reflects on Trump’s attacks on workers and how solidarity is key this Labor Day to achieving economic justice.
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September 1, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Some thoughts for me on this #Labor Day. It’s impossible to overstate how much #Trump has betrayed workers…: stripping union rights, gutting wage protections, and firing career civil servants isn’t pro-worker—it’s a war on labor.
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Well done NY Times Editorial! (and I don’t say that often these days…).
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Video: Opinion | If You Fly Economy, You’re Paying for Someone Else to Fly Private
The Times editorial board argues that Congress must change the Federal Aviation Administration’s funding structure.
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August 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Well done NY Times Editorial! (and I don’t say that often these days…).
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“These fuckers can’t be shamed.”https://newrepublic.com/article/198936/texas-maps-gop-end-democracy via @newrepublic.com
Texas Is the Dry Run for the GOP’s Dismantling of Electoral Democracy
As Lone Star State Republicans prepare to do Trump’s bidding, expect the GOP’s gerrymandering war to expand.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“These fuckers can’t be shamed.”https://newrepublic.com/article/198936/texas-maps-gop-end-democracy via @newrepublic.com
How is this happening….
CEO pay climbs ahead of Trump tax windfall for wealthy
CEO pay climbs ahead of Trump tax windfall for wealthy
July 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How is this happening….
CEO pay climbs ahead of Trump tax windfall for wealthy
CEO pay climbs ahead of Trump tax windfall for wealthy
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden newrepublic.com/article/1953... via @newrepublic.com
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden
Party elites are considerably more responsible for their woeful state of affairs than the former president.
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May 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The Democrats Are Having a False Reckoning Over Joe Biden newrepublic.com/article/1953... via @newrepublic.com
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
May 22, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Revealed: UnitedHealth secretly paid nursing homes to reduce hospital transfers
Healthcare is not welfare!!!! What a bunch of ghouls… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Opinion | Trump Leadership: If You Want Welfare and Can Work, You Must
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May 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Healthcare is not welfare!!!! What a bunch of ghouls… www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Excellent summary of how Democrats (ongoing) failure to grapple with the consequences of neoliberalism enabled Trump’s rise… www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Forced Amnesia | Fintan O’Toole
In Hillbilly Elegy, his best-selling 2016 memoir of “a family and a culture in crisis,” J.D. Vance, now vice-president of the United States, gives an
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May 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Excellent summary of how Democrats (ongoing) failure to grapple with the consequences of neoliberalism enabled Trump’s rise… www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on workers, full stop. Great explainer by @jensherer.bsky.social and Daniel Cost at @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/the-unl...
The unlawful abduction and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia puts all workers in peril
The Trump administration’s unlawful removal of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to a prison in El Salvador—and willful defiance of court orders to facilitate his return—are demonstrating a flagrant disreg...
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May 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Attacks on immigrants are attacks on workers, full stop. Great explainer by @jensherer.bsky.social and Daniel Cost at @epi.org www.epi.org/blog/the-unl...
Please join us - we’ve got a great lineup of speakers - #SenatorChrisMurphy, Eric Bunn of #AFGE, Anne Pfrimmer of @seiu.org , Smiley of #JobswithJustice, Rebecca Dixon of @nelp.org, and more… @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social
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Not Working for Workers: The First 100 Days of the Trump Administration
Join the Good Jobs Collaborative for a discussion with Senator Chris Murphy that will explore the Trump administration's actions toward workers, as well as how Democrats can regain the trust of workin...
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April 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Please join us - we’ve got a great lineup of speakers - #SenatorChrisMurphy, Eric Bunn of #AFGE, Anne Pfrimmer of @seiu.org , Smiley of #JobswithJustice, Rebecca Dixon of @nelp.org, and more… @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, @seiuhcmnia.bsky.social
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How have the first 100 days of the Trump Administration gone for workers? Please join us for a great conversation on April 29th at @newamerica.org featuring Senator Chris Murphy, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, Jamelle Bouie, @jamellebouie.net and Erica Smiley from Jobs With Justice.
April 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
How have the first 100 days of the Trump Administration gone for workers? Please join us for a great conversation on April 29th at @newamerica.org featuring Senator Chris Murphy, @chrismurphyct.bsky.social, Jamelle Bouie, @jamellebouie.net and Erica Smiley from Jobs With Justice.
“Politics isn’t really about left or right, it’s about who you fight for and what you fight against. American workers are desperate for someone who will be on their side…” Exactly… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
Opinion | Sherrod Brown: Trump’s Tariffs Do Nothing for Workers
Democrats should not confuse Trump’s tariff disaster for a trade policy that helps workers.
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April 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
“Politics isn’t really about left or right, it’s about who you fight for and what you fight against. American workers are desperate for someone who will be on their side…” Exactly… www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/o...
Thank you Senator Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov. My heart is aching for this poor man. Please bring him home to his family where he belongs…
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Democratic senator heads to El Salvador to try to visit Kilmar Ábrego García
Chris Van Hollen warns of ‘constitutional crisis’ and says he hopes to report back to family on Maryland man’s condition
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April 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Thank you Senator Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov. My heart is aching for this poor man. Please bring him home to his family where he belongs…
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Once again, #ElonMusk’s claims about government waste & fraud are less than they seem. Thanks to Andrew Stettner at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, and formerly of #DOL for setting the record straight. @newamerica.org
Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say
Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say
April 16, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Once again, #ElonMusk’s claims about government waste & fraud are less than they seem. Thanks to Andrew Stettner at @tcfdotorg.bsky.social, and formerly of #DOL for setting the record straight. @newamerica.org
Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say
Doge unemployment ‘fraud’ discoveries are old finds from Biden era, experts say
Great analysis from @groundwork.bsky.social
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report
April 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Great analysis from @groundwork.bsky.social
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report
Top US companies spent three times as much on buybacks than on taxes after Trump tax cuts – report
Reposted by Mary Alice McCarthy
As @uaw.org President Shawn Fain said, President Trump is trying to gut unions and essential services to give him and his billionaire friends a tax cut.
To every single person who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
To every single person who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
March 31, 2025 at 6:51 PM
As @uaw.org President Shawn Fain said, President Trump is trying to gut unions and essential services to give him and his billionaire friends a tax cut.
To every single person who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
To every single person who cares about the fundamental freedom of all workers, now is the time to be even louder.
Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos newrepublic.com/post/192844/... via @newrepublic.com
Trump Memo Reveals Plan to Throw Social Security Into Chaos
An internal document from the Social Security Administration warned staff there would be a “strain” on resources.
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March 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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I keep hearing that we can’t build things in America any more because of pesky environmental laws - and yet, we have an #abundance of toxic, polluting crypto mines popping up around the country… What gives?
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What It’s Like to Live in a Small Town Polluted by a Cryptomine
Across the U.S., rural towns are engaged in bitter battles against noise and air pollution from cryptomines. These will only get more common now that President Trump’s Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and ot...
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March 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I keep hearing that we can’t build things in America any more because of pesky environmental laws - and yet, we have an #abundance of toxic, polluting crypto mines popping up around the country… What gives?
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Reposted by Mary Alice McCarthy
Gutting the Department of Education is a direct attack on public education, educators, school staff, parents and students. This move threatens to deepen inequities and undermine the quality of public education nationwide.
March 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Gutting the Department of Education is a direct attack on public education, educators, school staff, parents and students. This move threatens to deepen inequities and undermine the quality of public education nationwide.
Wow - that’s a headline you never want to see…
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence
On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Wow - that’s a headline you never want to see…
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...
Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/u...
I already miss Kevin Drum (not to mention the kitties). Always a voice of clarity - and courage. In Honor of Kevin Drum: TNR Friday Cat Blogging newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com
In Honor of Kevin Drum: TNR Friday Cat Blogging
The pioneering liberal blogger was widely known for celebrating his cats every Friday. Today, in his honor, we do the same.
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March 14, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I already miss Kevin Drum (not to mention the kitties). Always a voice of clarity - and courage. In Honor of Kevin Drum: TNR Friday Cat Blogging newrepublic.com/article/1927... via @newrepublic.com
It is absolutely insane that this man is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s criminal… www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...
Kennedy Links Measles Outbreak to Poor Diet and Health, Citing Fringe Theories
In a recent interview, the health secretary also suggested that the measles vaccine had harmed children in West Texas, center of an outbreak.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It is absolutely insane that this man is the Secretary of Health and Human Services. It’s criminal… www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/h...