Monique Morrissey
@moniquemorrissey.bsky.social
Labor economist at pro-worker Economic Policy Institute. Low tolerance for infighting. Otherwise happy to hear from you on this new-to-me site, especially if you make me laugh. Views my own. Daughter of a French-Canadian immigrant. No random DMs. (she/her)
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Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shuts down USAID and State Dept. seeks to absorb parts of the agency and eliminate the rest
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk and a team of his followers, entered the offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shuttering much ...
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ICYMI, @epi.org has two new resources for researchers and anyone tracking Trump actions:
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Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
November 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Of all the people to attack, a sitting US Senator, husband of a congresswoman who survived being shot in the head, a former Naval aviator who flew 39 combat missions and a freaking actual honest to god astronaut who’s been to space four times!
These are not bright guys.
These are not bright guys.
WaPo headline: “Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video”
So it’s now “controversial” to tell people to disobey illegal orders?
So it’s now “controversial” to tell people to disobey illegal orders?
November 24, 2025 at 9:33 PM
WaPo headline: “Pentagon says it will investigate Sen. Mark Kelly after controversial video”
So it’s now “controversial” to tell people to disobey illegal orders?
So it’s now “controversial” to tell people to disobey illegal orders?
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Political Prosecutions of former FBI Chief Comey, NY AG James
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday dismissed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) cases against FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, finding that the prosecutor President Donald Trump handpicked to bring charges against them had been unlawfully serving since September.
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Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.
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Yale Law galaxy brain
November 23, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yale Law galaxy brain
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Or an even greater reunion movie,
two men in a car with the words 10 years written on the bottom
ALT: two men in a car with the words 10 years written on the bottom
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November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Or an even greater reunion movie,
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In Trumpland the September jobs report was great, in the real world it was pretty bad. No sector other than healthcare is creating job cepr.net/publications...
The Economy After the September Jobs Report
The September jobs report shows weak job growth, higher unemployment, and a cooling labor market driven mostly by healthcare gains.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In Trumpland the September jobs report was great, in the real world it was pretty bad. No sector other than healthcare is creating job cepr.net/publications...
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As you're making the BIG grocery list this weekend, consider buying union-made. When you buy union, you're supporting:
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As you're making the BIG grocery list this weekend, consider buying union-made. When you buy union, you're supporting:
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
✨ Good jobs in U.S. communities
💵 Living wages
🩺 Good benefits
🦺 Safe working conditions
🫶 Dignity and respect for workers
These quality products are produced by union members 🧵
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maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump admin backs off idea to force SNAP users to reapply
Officials will rely on state standards that are already in place to ensure eligibility, despite USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ comments last week.
www.politico.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
maybe they can be shamed sometimes? www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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🚨 Big tech billionaire attempts to ban state regulation of AI are unpopular, dangerous, and not in the public interest.
These bans will make it easier for employers to discriminate, lower worker pay, steal creative work, spy on workers, retaliate and union bust. It doesn’t have to be this way →
These bans will make it easier for employers to discriminate, lower worker pay, steal creative work, spy on workers, retaliate and union bust. It doesn’t have to be this way →
How Banning State Regulation of AI Harms Workers — We Build Progress
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November 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM
🚨 Big tech billionaire attempts to ban state regulation of AI are unpopular, dangerous, and not in the public interest.
These bans will make it easier for employers to discriminate, lower worker pay, steal creative work, spy on workers, retaliate and union bust. It doesn’t have to be this way →
These bans will make it easier for employers to discriminate, lower worker pay, steal creative work, spy on workers, retaliate and union bust. It doesn’t have to be this way →
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I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm on the #EconJobMarket! I study how policies and childhood environments shape outcomes of low-income & vulnerable kids.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
In my JMP, I study the effects of allowing youth who would have aged out of foster care at 18 to stay until 21—offering support their peers not in foster care get from parents.
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Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
America’s unions urge Congress to oppose any provision in the National Defense Authorization Act that would ban states from enacting AI safety regulations and guardrails. Leaders should work for working people, not Big Tech. https://bit.ly/44ibCp1
November 21, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Big Tech tried to slip language into the Big, Ugly Bill earlier this year to ban states from regulating AI. Once people realized it was there, it failed 99-1.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
Now they're trying again in the must-pass defense bill (NDAA).
We've gotta kill it again.
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Updated US Lexicon:
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Updated US Lexicon:
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
Violently attacking Congress to stop election certification then getting convicted of seditious conspiracy by a jury with full due process = not sedition
Saying US troops made an oath to the Constitution and should ask a lawyer if they think an order may be illegal = sedition
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In a series of unhinged social media posts this morning, Trump also called it “punishable by DEATH” that six Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate released a joint video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.
November 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
In a series of unhinged social media posts this morning, Trump also called it “punishable by DEATH” that six Democratic lawmakers in the House and Senate released a joint video urging military service members to disobey unlawful orders.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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it’s always ‘best shovel for digging a grave in the dark” or some shit
November 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
it’s always ‘best shovel for digging a grave in the dark” or some shit
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THURSDAY, 10AM: I am absolutely thrilled to be joined by former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel for a conversation @brookings.edu about my new book, "The Price of Democracy." If you are in DC, join us --- or you can watch online!
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The price of democracy: The revolutionary power of taxation in American history | Brookings
Join the Governance Studies Program at Brookings for a discussion on Vanessa Williamson's new book, "The Price of Democracy: The Revolutionary Power of Taxation in American History."
www.brookings.edu
November 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
THURSDAY, 10AM: I am absolutely thrilled to be joined by former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel for a conversation @brookings.edu about my new book, "The Price of Democracy." If you are in DC, join us --- or you can watch online!
www.brookings.edu/events/the-p...
www.brookings.edu/events/the-p...
🚨A good surprise for a change!🚨
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Social Security scraps plan to limit disability benefits after uproar
The policy would have fundamentally altered who qualifies for the two federal disability programs by eliminating or limiting a person’s age as a factor to consider.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🚨A good surprise for a change!🚨
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Publicly beating up the Fed attempts to shift blame for the worsening economy away from POTUS.
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Trump on Jerome Powell: "I'd love to fire his ass. He should be fired. The only thing Scott [Bessent] is blowing it on is the Fed. The rates are too high, Scott. And if you don't get it fixed fast, I'm going to fire your ass."
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Publicly beating up the Fed attempts to shift blame for the worsening economy away from POTUS.
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This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
November 19, 2025 at 1:59 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 19, 1915. Utah executed IWW organizer Joe Hill for a murder he almost certainly did not commit. But he was an Wobbly and dispensable to society, especially in Utah, a starkly conservative western state outraged by the sheer existence of these radicals!!!
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Please join us at 9:00am EST on Wednesday, November 19th, for the relaunch of the Latinos for a Secure Retirement coalition and the launch of Seguro Social Adelante.
Sign up to watch the live stream here: actionnetwork.org/events/segur...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Please join us at 9:00am EST on Wednesday, November 19th, for the relaunch of the Latinos for a Secure Retirement coalition and the launch of Seguro Social Adelante.
Sign up to watch the live stream here: actionnetwork.org/events/segur...
Sign up to watch the live stream here: actionnetwork.org/events/segur...
Ah, this explains the jets I just saw. Total BS but at least they’re not heading (the wrong direction) to Venezuela or (the right direction) to Greenland.
Fox News describes Trump's greeting of MBS, which included a military flyover, as "a welcome like no other that we've seen at our White House for the leader of Saudi Arabia"
November 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ah, this explains the jets I just saw. Total BS but at least they’re not heading (the wrong direction) to Venezuela or (the right direction) to Greenland.
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Does anyone know the reason for today's jets in DC? I didn't get any NCR fly-over alerts for today. 1154am, 1151am, 1145am, &another set @ 1139am. Sets of 5 - 6 military jets flying over NW DC near 16th St Heights &Petworth neighborhoods. Very tight formations &fast. #DC #flyover #NCR #news
October 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM