MM de Silva
@mmdesilva.bsky.social
Communicator w/ @rooseveltinstitute.org, @rooseveltforward.org
(She/Her/Hers)
No pasarán.
(She/Her/Hers)
No pasarán.
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Social Security isn’t facing collapse—it’s facing a political choice. Today’s shortfall is tied to rising inequality and policy decisions after the Great Recession, not just demographics. Our Director of Stratification Economics @socio-steve.bsky.social explains:
January 23, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Social Security isn’t facing collapse—it’s facing a political choice. Today’s shortfall is tied to rising inequality and policy decisions after the Great Recession, not just demographics. Our Director of Stratification Economics @socio-steve.bsky.social explains:
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New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Lessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its Fundamentals
Lessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended.
rooseveltinstitute.org
January 21, 2026 at 3:52 PM
New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
So...how many precincts in Minneapolis and Saint Paul could hold an election today? Go on, reassure me that we'll have free and fair elections in November.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in Minnesota
In victory for Trump administration, appeals court has temporarily lifted injunction as JD Vance set to visit state
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 PM
So...how many precincts in Minneapolis and Saint Paul could hold an election today? Go on, reassure me that we'll have free and fair elections in November.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
"A big reason Trumpworld is unapologetic about Good...is to warn Americans showing solidarity with immigrants that they do so at their personal peril."
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this has ALWAYS been true. Solidarity will cost you, maybe even your life.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this has ALWAYS been true. Solidarity will cost you, maybe even your life.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s Dark
He thinks it lets him abuse his power however he wants. It’s up to the courts—and the American people—to show him otherwise.
newrepublic.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
"A big reason Trumpworld is unapologetic about Good...is to warn Americans showing solidarity with immigrants that they do so at their personal peril."
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this has ALWAYS been true. Solidarity will cost you, maybe even your life.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
My brothers and sisters in Christ, this has ALWAYS been true. Solidarity will cost you, maybe even your life.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
All you fascists bound to lose.
something big is happening
January 15, 2026 at 2:08 PM
All you fascists bound to lose.
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"ICE is different. It needs to be abolished because the agency is rogue, and, more pointedly, because it’d be exceedingly difficult to design an agency like ICE that wouldn’t go rogue eventually." Strong @brianbeutler.bsky.social take. www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
Abolish ICE—For Real This Time
Neither activists nor elected Democrats should repeat the mistakes of the past.
www.offmessage.net
January 12, 2026 at 7:05 PM
"ICE is different. It needs to be abolished because the agency is rogue, and, more pointedly, because it’d be exceedingly difficult to design an agency like ICE that wouldn’t go rogue eventually." Strong @brianbeutler.bsky.social take. www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...
"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | By Killing Renee Good, ICE Sent a Message to Us All
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience."
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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One very tough scenario for the Fed:
Labor force participation & prime-age EPOP are basically flat for the year, total EPOP down slightly
But these depend a lot on stale population projections
Labor market could be much tighter than hiring, wages & inflation suggest
Labor force participation & prime-age EPOP are basically flat for the year, total EPOP down slightly
But these depend a lot on stale population projections
Labor market could be much tighter than hiring, wages & inflation suggest
January 9, 2026 at 1:48 PM
One very tough scenario for the Fed:
Labor force participation & prime-age EPOP are basically flat for the year, total EPOP down slightly
But these depend a lot on stale population projections
Labor market could be much tighter than hiring, wages & inflation suggest
Labor force participation & prime-age EPOP are basically flat for the year, total EPOP down slightly
But these depend a lot on stale population projections
Labor market could be much tighter than hiring, wages & inflation suggest
And the two members giving her snaps are my fave fangirls.
For thr Nth time Rep. Lauren Underwood is who you think your fave is.
Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!
January 9, 2026 at 2:29 PM
And the two members giving her snaps are my fave fangirls.
When @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social ran for DC Council, her opponent sent a mailer attacking her for her defund stance. I had never seen a better endorsement.
"More than five years later, I still find the Democrats’ 2020 heel turn on policing to be one of the most despicable acts of political cowardice I have witnessed in my adult lifetime," writes @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-conseq...
The Consequences of Rejecting "Defund the Police"
Political cowardice is paid for in blood.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:30 PM
When @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social ran for DC Council, her opponent sent a mailer attacking her for her defund stance. I had never seen a better endorsement.
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they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
January 7, 2026 at 6:08 PM
they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.
ICE is accusing the woman who was shot to death by an ICE agent today in Minneapolis of "weaponizing her vehicle" and "attempting to run over our law enforcement officers in an attempt to kill them -- an act of domestic terrorism"
January 7, 2026 at 6:12 PM
The nerdery is both staggering and laudable.
Our #Econ5k group ran the shape of the Liberty Bell in downtown Philly as part of #ASSA2026. So much fun! Thanks @inaganguli.bsky.social @danielepaserman.bsky.social @owenozier.bsky.social Cynthia Bansak and Aurelia Lambert for joining!
January 6, 2026 at 6:00 PM
The nerdery is both staggering and laudable.
Anniversary of #FDR's 4 Freedoms speech and this feels really relevant: The fourth is freedom from fear – which...means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point ...[that] no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor – anywhere in the world.
January 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Anniversary of #FDR's 4 Freedoms speech and this feels really relevant: The fourth is freedom from fear – which...means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point ...[that] no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor – anywhere in the world.
As long as it feels threatening to Santa Monica's Millennial Goebbels, I'm happy to be out here married to a brown immigrant citizen, raising bilingual, mixed race kids with two passports.
In this thread @kevinmkruse.bsky.social digs up an amazing example of the bigotry wielded against people like Stephen Miller's ancestors. Similar to the stuff you see in the Department of Homeland Security's official twitter feed.
Must read piece from @gregsargent.bsky.social at @newrepublic.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As long as it feels threatening to Santa Monica's Millennial Goebbels, I'm happy to be out here married to a brown immigrant citizen, raising bilingual, mixed race kids with two passports.
Policía y la migra, la misma porqueria
Hmm. It’s really *interesting * that ICE are behaving similarly to the people who terrorized the twin cities during the George Floyd uprisings. Wonder what that’s about
December 11, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Policía y la migra, la misma porqueria
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George Retes is a U.S. citizen and Iraq war veteran. He was detained by ICE and held in solitary confinement for three days without explanation.
George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.
George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
George Retes is a U.S. citizen and Iraq war veteran. He was detained by ICE and held in solitary confinement for three days without explanation.
George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.
George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.
I'll say what this excellent take won't: @nwslsoccer.com is fucking this one up. Michelle has done so much for the game. The league should let her take us to the next level.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
NWSL said it would fight for Trinity Rodman. It’s only fighting with itself
One way or the other, the league will set a precedent with Rodman. The NWSL has the power to choose what that looks like.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I'll say what this excellent take won't: @nwslsoccer.com is fucking this one up. Michelle has done so much for the game. The league should let her take us to the next level.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
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Or **and hear me out**, we could do the boring, normal thing where we tax rich people and fund public programs that help everyone.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Or **and hear me out**, we could do the boring, normal thing where we tax rich people and fund public programs that help everyone.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.
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Find someone who looks at you like -
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Find someone who looks at you like -
‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
In the wise words of Liz Lemon: If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Lawrence Summers Has Come Back From Scandals. Will This Be His Last?
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In the wise words of Liz Lemon: If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Someone else here said it best - this is the gig economy gestapo
NEW: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. They're given addresses, vehicles, told to monitor the target. That information then goes back up to ICE. These are not licensed private investigators; members of the public
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
www.404media.co/contractor-p...
Contractor Paying Random People $300 to Physically Track Immigrants for ICE
“The more I listened to it, the more I’m like, something doesn’t sound right,” a person who was briefed on the pilot plans told 404 Media.
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Someone else here said it best - this is the gig economy gestapo
People over profits.
This story is honestly insane. Faraway investors buying up Detroit homes and turning them into crypto tokens; letting housing fall into disrepair, and evicting residents. This is what happens in an extraction economy.
Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
People over profits.
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Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
November 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people.
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg
As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset.
https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg