AlBDC
@alanbdc.bsky.social
NOW: Roosevelt Institute, NELP Action board; THEN: CPC Center, CEPR & NPEU; ALWAYS: ATL, sneakerhead & long-suffering Hoyas fan
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Trump's economy is not looking very good these days cepr.net/publications... real spending on restaurants has declined at almost a 5.0% annual rate since he took office. That doesn't indicate people are feeling good about the economy.
Trumpcession Watch: Retail Sales Down and Exporting Countries Are Not Paying the Tariffs
Economic data is weakening under Trump’s erratic policies, with falling sales, rising import prices, and growing signs of a looming downturn.
cepr.net
June 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump's economy is not looking very good these days cepr.net/publications... real spending on restaurants has declined at almost a 5.0% annual rate since he took office. That doesn't indicate people are feeling good about the economy.
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Universal free public schools have done so much to enrich America in every sense of that word. The Trump administration is attacking our schools in myriad ways. We can’t allow this.
How Washington is stressing out American schools
Take a journey through our schoolhouse to see some of the headwinds facing K-12 education in America today.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Universal free public schools have done so much to enrich America in every sense of that word. The Trump administration is attacking our schools in myriad ways. We can’t allow this.
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The total amount of tax cuts for households that make over $1 million each year is actually roughly *double* the total tax cuts for the entire bottom half of America combined.
New JCT analysis of the House-passed budget reconciliation bill is out.
Under the GOP plan, more tax cuts go to millionaires than the entire half of America combined.
This graph shows just the tax side. Include the Medicaid & SNAP cuts (which we'll get from CBO soon), & it's a cut for the poorest.
Under the GOP plan, more tax cuts go to millionaires than the entire half of America combined.
This graph shows just the tax side. Include the Medicaid & SNAP cuts (which we'll get from CBO soon), & it's a cut for the poorest.
June 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The total amount of tax cuts for households that make over $1 million each year is actually roughly *double* the total tax cuts for the entire bottom half of America combined.
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Congress is WEEKS away from kicking more than 10 million people off their health insurance via $1 trillion in health care cuts.
It passed the House and is now in the Senate - which is planning to vote in a few weeks. Then back to the House to be re-passed.
We have only a few weeks to stop this.
It passed the House and is now in the Senate - which is planning to vote in a few weeks. Then back to the House to be re-passed.
We have only a few weeks to stop this.
June 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Congress is WEEKS away from kicking more than 10 million people off their health insurance via $1 trillion in health care cuts.
It passed the House and is now in the Senate - which is planning to vote in a few weeks. Then back to the House to be re-passed.
We have only a few weeks to stop this.
It passed the House and is now in the Senate - which is planning to vote in a few weeks. Then back to the House to be re-passed.
We have only a few weeks to stop this.
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The Trump-Musk fallout is just the surface.
Behind it is a dangerous reality: billionaires shaping government to their will, backed by record wealth accumulation.
In a new blog, @bilalb.bsky.social explains why billionaire power puts democracy at risk. rooseveltforward.org/2025/06/06/t...
Behind it is a dangerous reality: billionaires shaping government to their will, backed by record wealth accumulation.
In a new blog, @bilalb.bsky.social explains why billionaire power puts democracy at risk. rooseveltforward.org/2025/06/06/t...
June 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The Trump-Musk fallout is just the surface.
Behind it is a dangerous reality: billionaires shaping government to their will, backed by record wealth accumulation.
In a new blog, @bilalb.bsky.social explains why billionaire power puts democracy at risk. rooseveltforward.org/2025/06/06/t...
Behind it is a dangerous reality: billionaires shaping government to their will, backed by record wealth accumulation.
In a new blog, @bilalb.bsky.social explains why billionaire power puts democracy at risk. rooseveltforward.org/2025/06/06/t...
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FWIW, we are not going to be able to limit the right's speech, the answer is to increase the speech of everyone else. Here's my story www.thenation.com/article/soci...
December 27, 2024 at 2:12 AM
FWIW, we are not going to be able to limit the right's speech, the answer is to increase the speech of everyone else. Here's my story www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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we need a new funding mechanism that doesn't depend on the goodwill of billionaires cepr.net/health-insur... Also, Section 230 reform for Musk and Zuckerberg www.cepr.net/section-230-...
December 13, 2024 at 3:44 AM
we need a new funding mechanism that doesn't depend on the goodwill of billionaires cepr.net/health-insur... Also, Section 230 reform for Musk and Zuckerberg www.cepr.net/section-230-...
House GOP urging Pres Elect Trump to end free tax filing program, Direct File on day one subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024... (paywall, sorry)
December 11, 2024 at 2:51 PM
House GOP urging Pres Elect Trump to end free tax filing program, Direct File on day one subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2024... (paywall, sorry)
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We are thrilled to welcome @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social as Roosevelt’s next president and CEO. 🎉
Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
December 10, 2024 at 4:33 PM
We are thrilled to welcome @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social as Roosevelt’s next president and CEO. 🎉
Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
Her accomplished leadership in organizing, law & government service make her the right leader to champion Roosevelt’s vision of a better economy & democracy. rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...
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We tend to focus our ire on health insurance companies but hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies and, yes, doctors are all trying to make a profit. Medicare for all would mean the government using monopsony power to push prices down. That means doctors' pay too.
www.vox.com/policy/39003...
www.vox.com/policy/39003...
A big insurer backed off its plan to pay less for anesthesia. That’s bad.
What the fight between Anthem and anesthesiologists was really about.
www.vox.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM
We tend to focus our ire on health insurance companies but hospitals, labs, pharmaceutical companies and, yes, doctors are all trying to make a profit. Medicare for all would mean the government using monopsony power to push prices down. That means doctors' pay too.
www.vox.com/policy/39003...
www.vox.com/policy/39003...
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Well done to the excellent lawyers at Bredhoff for this bright spot.
In case you missed it, a Wisconsin judge this week struck down former Gov. Scott Walker's Act 10 law.
The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights.
This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.
The move will restore public sector workers' collective bargaining rights.
This is a moment of celebration and hope in these troubled times.
Dane County judge strikes down Act 10, restoring public employee union bargaining rights
Public employee collective bargaining rights have been restored by a Dane County judge, who ruled that several sections of Wisconsin's controversial law known as Act 10 are unconstitutional.
www.wpr.org
December 7, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Well done to the excellent lawyers at Bredhoff for this bright spot.
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This is a great thread. I would add that state and local governments can't just deficit finance a mountain of climate "carrots," so if anything useful is going to happen in the next 4 years it will have to include regs and/or taxes
All right, a quick 🧵. (Deluding myself into thinking they're going to be quick is part of the process.)
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
So, what is a good & complete federal climate policy? IMO, it's a stool with three legs:
1. Massive investments.
2. Regulatory reform. (Big bucket.)
3. A backstop price on carbon.
December 8, 2024 at 10:15 PM
This is a great thread. I would add that state and local governments can't just deficit finance a mountain of climate "carrots," so if anything useful is going to happen in the next 4 years it will have to include regs and/or taxes
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Right on schedule, consumer sentiment shifts, with the largest changes among Republicans
Trump is inheriting exceptionally strong economic conditions and the narrative may (incorrectly) become that he rescued the economy
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Trump is inheriting exceptionally strong economic conditions and the narrative may (incorrectly) become that he rescued the economy
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Republicans Are Feeling Good Again, Driving Up Consumer Sentiment
Democrats’ sentiment slips, but overall index ticks higher
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Right on schedule, consumer sentiment shifts, with the largest changes among Republicans
Trump is inheriting exceptionally strong economic conditions and the narrative may (incorrectly) become that he rescued the economy
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
Trump is inheriting exceptionally strong economic conditions and the narrative may (incorrectly) become that he rescued the economy
www.wsj.com/economy/cons...
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Democrats who supported Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter say it won’t be easy for the Trump admin to entirely abandon their approach to antitrust enforcement bc Biden’s team popularized the issue, making it part of the wider debate about inequality and corporate power.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
Antitrust Enforcers Prepare Final Blitz Against Big Tech
The Biden administration’s top antitrust officials plan to take more shots at the tech industry before leaving office, in a race to cap four years of aggressive enforcement.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:37 AM
Democrats who supported Lina Khan and Jonathan Kanter say it won’t be easy for the Trump admin to entirely abandon their approach to antitrust enforcement bc Biden’s team popularized the issue, making it part of the wider debate about inequality and corporate power.
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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NEW: GOP lawmakers, Trump allies look at changes to Medicaid, food stamps to offset cost of tax bill
Including work requirements, benefit formula changes, new eligibility restrictions
Tax bill could cost $3-5 trillion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Including work requirements, benefit formula changes, new eligibility restrictions
Tax bill could cost $3-5 trillion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation
As Republican leaders look for ways to offset the costs of a new set of tax cuts, social safety net programs are under discussion.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2024 at 4:20 PM
NEW: GOP lawmakers, Trump allies look at changes to Medicaid, food stamps to offset cost of tax bill
Including work requirements, benefit formula changes, new eligibility restrictions
Tax bill could cost $3-5 trillion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Including work requirements, benefit formula changes, new eligibility restrictions
Tax bill could cost $3-5 trillion
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Just landed here so might as well start off with high value memes
November 18, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Just landed here so might as well start off with high value memes