Todd Tucker
@toddntucker.com
Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. Fellow @ Harvard Kennedy School. PhD.
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The World Trade Organization Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
What was in this ruling, and what does it tell us about the persistent debate over how to integrate climate and trade concerns?
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NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: The World Trade Organization Sides with China + Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
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Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
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That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
February 9, 2026 at 3:46 AM
That Ring “search party” ad was unsubtle enough that even my 10yo watched it and was like “are they gonna use this for ICE?”
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Bad Bunny has done so much to bring Puerto Rican history and culture to the mainstream. Some of the ideas he’s exploring were also contained in an incredible jazz album from 2000, by saxophonist David Sánchez.
David Sanchez, 'Melaza' (2000) — PLAYING CHANGES
At the end of Playing Changes is a list: The 129 Essential Albums of the Twenty-First Century (So Far). I organized these by year, and then alphabetically by artist name. I'll be running them d...
www.playingchangesbook.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Bad Bunny has done so much to bring Puerto Rican history and culture to the mainstream. Some of the ideas he’s exploring were also contained in an incredible jazz album from 2000, by saxophonist David Sánchez.
Inside the emergency of the Federalist Union Network (or FUN), which is filling in gaps in public sector union organizing and strategizing that have accumulated over decades.
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
‘The Biggest Act of Union-Busting in U.S. History’: Trump’s War on Federal Workers
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Inside the emergency of the Federalist Union Network (or FUN), which is filling in gaps in public sector union organizing and strategizing that have accumulated over decades.
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
Plus, how influx of ICE workers is changing federal unions.
From @dankaufman70.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/m...
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Absolutely 100 percent unconstitutional.
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...
ICE mobile app scans protester's face, revokes her TSA PreCheck status
If you're protesting ICE, it might be a good idea to wear a mask.
www.sfgate.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Absolutely 100 percent unconstitutional.
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As promised, today @rooseveltinstitute.org releases a blog post previewing our topline findings from @jacklandry.bsky.social and my upcoming paper analyzing the impacts and costs of the SSI Restoration act of 2024!
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
How to Reduce Poverty Among SSI Recipients: Modeling the Impact of the SSI Restoration Act
Over the last year my colleague Jack Landry and I have been working to quantify the impacts and costs of a family of policy proposals meant to reform the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, a ...
rooseveltinstitute.org
February 5, 2026 at 5:08 PM
As promised, today @rooseveltinstitute.org releases a blog post previewing our topline findings from @jacklandry.bsky.social and my upcoming paper analyzing the impacts and costs of the SSI Restoration act of 2024!
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
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NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: The World Trade Organization Sides with China + Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
The World Trade Organization Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
What was in this ruling, and what does it tell us about the persistent debate over how to integrate climate and trade concerns?
rooseveltinstitute.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: The World Trade Organization Sides with China + Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
First autoworker contract in the South outside the Big Three. Go @uaw.org !
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
UAW leaders announce tentative contract for Volkswagen Chattanooga plant
The United Auto Workers announced it has won a tentative contract deal for employees at the Volkswagen Chattanooga plant in Tennessee.
www.cbsnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:48 AM
First autoworker contract in the South outside the Big Three. Go @uaw.org !
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news...
NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: The World Trade Organization Sides with China + Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
The World Trade Organization Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
What was in this ruling, and what does it tell us about the persistent debate over how to integrate climate and trade concerns?
rooseveltinstitute.org
February 5, 2026 at 7:03 PM
NEW from me @rooseveltinstitute.org: The World Trade Organization Sides with China + Rules Against Biden’s Clean Energy Law: Will It Even Matter?
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
Amidst the flooded zone of news in the last few weeks, this development slipped by virtually unnoticed.
Thread 🧵👇
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/the-wor...
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Americans still disapprove of the administration’s tariffs by a margin of 2-to-1.
A majority say tariffs will be bad for their families in the years ahead, while fewer than one in five expect any benefit.
That’s not surprising, given how chaotically they’ve been rolled out. 🧵
A majority say tariffs will be bad for their families in the years ahead, while fewer than one in five expect any benefit.
That’s not surprising, given how chaotically they’ve been rolled out. 🧵
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Americans still disapprove of the administration’s tariffs by a margin of 2-to-1.
A majority say tariffs will be bad for their families in the years ahead, while fewer than one in five expect any benefit.
That’s not surprising, given how chaotically they’ve been rolled out. 🧵
A majority say tariffs will be bad for their families in the years ahead, while fewer than one in five expect any benefit.
That’s not surprising, given how chaotically they’ve been rolled out. 🧵
On the new "Buy European" plan, via @alicemhancock.bsky.social:
"Some advantage has to be given to European companies that are betting on European jobs... Our factories pay for the wealth and the stability of the state.”
www.ft.com/content/b92a...
"Some advantage has to be given to European companies that are betting on European jobs... Our factories pay for the wealth and the stability of the state.”
www.ft.com/content/b92a...
The controversial plan to set ‘Buy European’ rules
Are the EU’s proposals to encourage manufacturing to stay in the region pragmatic or protectionist?
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:54 PM
On the new "Buy European" plan, via @alicemhancock.bsky.social:
"Some advantage has to be given to European companies that are betting on European jobs... Our factories pay for the wealth and the stability of the state.”
www.ft.com/content/b92a...
"Some advantage has to be given to European companies that are betting on European jobs... Our factories pay for the wealth and the stability of the state.”
www.ft.com/content/b92a...
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🚨New piece in Politics & Society! w/ @maxkiefel.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
February 5, 2026 at 1:26 PM
🚨New piece in Politics & Society! w/ @maxkiefel.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸
doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Breaking Reuters:
A team working for Tulsi Gabbard last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines.
The goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had hacked voting machines in Puerto Rico.
The probe did not produce any clear evidence of interference.
A team working for Tulsi Gabbard last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines.
The goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had hacked voting machines in Puerto Rico.
The probe did not produce any clear evidence of interference.
Exclusive: US spy chief's office investigated voting machines in Puerto Rico
A team working for President Donald Trump's spy chief, Tulsi Gabbard, last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines, said Gabbard's office and three sources familiar with the pre...
www.reuters.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Breaking Reuters:
A team working for Tulsi Gabbard last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines.
The goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had hacked voting machines in Puerto Rico.
The probe did not produce any clear evidence of interference.
A team working for Tulsi Gabbard last spring led an investigation into Puerto Rico's voting machines.
The goal was to work with the FBI to investigate claims that Venezuela had hacked voting machines in Puerto Rico.
The probe did not produce any clear evidence of interference.
It's a new day!
@rooseveltinstitute.org has an official DC office in the Golden Triangle neighborhood!
This is after over a decade as a New York org with a DC lurker presence in coffeeshops and workshare spaces. We'll be doing book talks, happy hours, and more. Stay tuned!
@rooseveltinstitute.org has an official DC office in the Golden Triangle neighborhood!
This is after over a decade as a New York org with a DC lurker presence in coffeeshops and workshare spaces. We'll be doing book talks, happy hours, and more. Stay tuned!
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 PM
It's a new day!
@rooseveltinstitute.org has an official DC office in the Golden Triangle neighborhood!
This is after over a decade as a New York org with a DC lurker presence in coffeeshops and workshare spaces. We'll be doing book talks, happy hours, and more. Stay tuned!
@rooseveltinstitute.org has an official DC office in the Golden Triangle neighborhood!
This is after over a decade as a New York org with a DC lurker presence in coffeeshops and workshare spaces. We'll be doing book talks, happy hours, and more. Stay tuned!
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So many of my @washingtonpost.com colleagues and @postguild.bsky.social siblings were laid off today.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Donate to Washington Post 2026 layoff fund, organized by Rachel Siegel
On Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, The Washington Post laid off hundreds of journalists. We ar… Rachel Siegel needs your support for Washington Post 2026 layoff fund
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February 4, 2026 at 7:01 PM
So many of my @washingtonpost.com colleagues and @postguild.bsky.social siblings were laid off today.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
Please help me support them through our GoFundMe.
An enormous loss for our community. The real day punk died?
Help keep hope alive by subscribing to Chris's Substack.
Help keep hope alive by subscribing to Chris's Substack.
I’ve been laid off by The Washington Post
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
Serving as this newspaper’s pop music critic for the past 16-plus years has been my privilege, my joy
Endless solidarity to my righteous colleagues, endless gratitude to our faithful readers
February 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
An enormous loss for our community. The real day punk died?
Help keep hope alive by subscribing to Chris's Substack.
Help keep hope alive by subscribing to Chris's Substack.
Very cool job alert.
The Democracy Revival Center is hiring a research director.
Care about how our political system is contributing to the decline of our democracy–and how it could be revived? Want to write, publish, and edit about it? This is for you!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Democracy Revival Center is hiring a research director.
Care about how our political system is contributing to the decline of our democracy–and how it could be revived? Want to write, publish, and edit about it? This is for you!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Democracy Revival Center: Director of Research
Democracy Revival Center, a project of Goodnation Foundation, is hiring a Research Director to help build out and lead core components of the organization’s new Research program. This role will synthe...
docs.google.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Very cool job alert.
The Democracy Revival Center is hiring a research director.
Care about how our political system is contributing to the decline of our democracy–and how it could be revived? Want to write, publish, and edit about it? This is for you!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Democracy Revival Center is hiring a research director.
Care about how our political system is contributing to the decline of our democracy–and how it could be revived? Want to write, publish, and edit about it? This is for you!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Pure spite.
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
A proposal from the Trump administration would restrict federal funding for cities that don't charge fares.
www.politico.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Pure spite.
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
DOT wants to prohibit free buses. That could be a problem for Mamdani in NYC.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The folks at Public Citizen are hiring for a research director for their @pcgtw.bsky.social international division. Give it a look!
publiccitizen.applytojob.com/apply/gkJ2jy...
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Research Director - Public Citizen - Career Page
Research Director
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February 2, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The folks at Public Citizen are hiring for a research director for their @pcgtw.bsky.social international division. Give it a look!
publiccitizen.applytojob.com/apply/gkJ2jy...
publiccitizen.applytojob.com/apply/gkJ2jy...
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Larry Summers, seen here somehow managing to have the worst gender politics in the room while in a one on one conversation with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN.
February 1, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Larry Summers, seen here somehow managing to have the worst gender politics in the room while in a one on one conversation with JEFFREY FUCKING EPSTEIN.
Deep dive into the FOIA process that provided the footage for Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor.
www.documentary.org/feature/publ...
www.documentary.org/feature/publ...
Public Records: How Geeta Gandbhir Transformed Police Evidence and Bodycam Footage Into ‘The Perfect Neighbor’
Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor is a blockbuster feature documentary constructed from police video evidence obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request
www.documentary.org
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Deep dive into the FOIA process that provided the footage for Netflix's The Perfect Neighbor.
www.documentary.org/feature/publ...
www.documentary.org/feature/publ...
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NEW📰: A constitutionally sound tax plan to make the ultrarich pay their fair share that:
✅ Targets extreme wealth
✅ Closes trust & inheritance loopholes
✅ Ties payments to cash events, making it enforceable
Read our latest from @bdgesq.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/4rk6wBM
✅ Targets extreme wealth
✅ Closes trust & inheritance loopholes
✅ Ties payments to cash events, making it enforceable
Read our latest from @bdgesq.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/4rk6wBM
January 29, 2026 at 2:00 PM
NEW📰: A constitutionally sound tax plan to make the ultrarich pay their fair share that:
✅ Targets extreme wealth
✅ Closes trust & inheritance loopholes
✅ Ties payments to cash events, making it enforceable
Read our latest from @bdgesq.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/4rk6wBM
✅ Targets extreme wealth
✅ Closes trust & inheritance loopholes
✅ Ties payments to cash events, making it enforceable
Read our latest from @bdgesq.bsky.social:
https://bit.ly/4rk6wBM
RFK floating a "friendly destination" for hospitals that source medical supplies domestically. Could include "targeted Medicare payment adjustments to help offset higher costs."
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January 29, 2026 at 2:07 PM
RFK floating a "friendly destination" for hospitals that source medical supplies domestically. Could include "targeted Medicare payment adjustments to help offset higher costs."
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So, uh, about getting alleys plowed and trash collected – well uh – “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” www.popville.com/2026/01/so-u...
So, uh, about getting alleys plowed and trash collected – well uh – “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” - PoPville
photo by Callan Swenson "Dear PoPville, Curious… who is responsible for plowing alleys? Would love to hear who I can reach out to to communicate that ours hasn’t been touched." DC's District Snow Team...
www.popville.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:29 PM
So, uh, about getting alleys plowed and trash collected – well uh – “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.” www.popville.com/2026/01/so-u...
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Poorly handled. One *might* have asked for a public commitment to rule out use of force to secure regime change. Even asking about whether the US will forswear using its coercive power to achieve regime change is answered by Helms-Burton and over 50 years of US policy, as Rubio says.
SCHATZ: Will you make a public commitment today to rule out US regime change in Cuba?
RUBIO: Oh, no. We would love to see the regime there change
RUBIO: Oh, no. We would love to see the regime there change
January 28, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Poorly handled. One *might* have asked for a public commitment to rule out use of force to secure regime change. Even asking about whether the US will forswear using its coercive power to achieve regime change is answered by Helms-Burton and over 50 years of US policy, as Rubio says.
GM is ending the Chevy Bolt EV, but is reshoring some production from China and Mexico due to Trump's tariffs.
www.motortrend.com/news/gm-kill...
www.motortrend.com/news/gm-kill...
GM Will Kill the Chevrolet Bolt EV (Again) by 2028, Says Report
GM just announced a revival and revisions to the affordable EV.
www.motortrend.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:19 PM
GM is ending the Chevy Bolt EV, but is reshoring some production from China and Mexico due to Trump's tariffs.
www.motortrend.com/news/gm-kill...
www.motortrend.com/news/gm-kill...