Amanda Kreider
@amandakreider.bsky.social
assistant prof of health policy & management at pitt sph. health economist. studies medicaid, health insurance, long-term care, and immigration.
https://amandakreider.github.io
https://amandakreider.github.io
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big papers, particularly the NYT, just *love* stealing a story idea and re-reporting it without credit
here is my story about how Zohran's focus on community amid the loneliness epidemic helped young people connect their politics to an organizing infrastructure, that interviewed ZM, and does not use the NYT's framing of "they don't know how to make friends" :-) and also ran 4 days before NYT's lol
Zohran Mamdani's Establishment-Fighting Campaign Built Community for Young People
“What Mamdani has done is not only inspire and mobilize young people, but he has exposed the establishment and some of their calcified views of participation and inclusion.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
big papers, particularly the NYT, just *love* stealing a story idea and re-reporting it without credit
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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Mr. Isidro Perez was a 75-year-old Cuban man taken into ICE custody on 6/5/25 after being in the U.S. for 60 years. He had two drug possession convictions in the 80’s.
Mr. Perez was hospitalized from 6/17-6/25 and released. He died in ICE custody on June 26th.
Completely senseless.
Mr. Perez was hospitalized from 6/17-6/25 and released. He died in ICE custody on June 26th.
Completely senseless.
Cuban national dies in ICE custody
ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure, and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughou...
www.ice.gov
June 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Mr. Isidro Perez was a 75-year-old Cuban man taken into ICE custody on 6/5/25 after being in the U.S. for 60 years. He had two drug possession convictions in the 80’s.
Mr. Perez was hospitalized from 6/17-6/25 and released. He died in ICE custody on June 26th.
Completely senseless.
Mr. Perez was hospitalized from 6/17-6/25 and released. He died in ICE custody on June 26th.
Completely senseless.
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“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
With this budget, ICE alone would have nearly as large a detention operation as all 50 states' prison systems combined. Bigger budget than the Marine Corps. Police-state levels of spending
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
June 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“ICE gets a bigger budget than the Marine Corps” is a simple fact that should be communicated very widely because it clearly expresses how crazy and radical this is
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Oh no not moved a piece of campus furniture and then put it back…I wonder what other men in leadership were doing back in college???
June 30, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh no not moved a piece of campus furniture and then put it back…I wonder what other men in leadership were doing back in college???
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decided to turn cable news on to see if it’s true and it is: tv anchors really are just interrupting conversations with dems about this bill to ask about zohran mamdani
June 30, 2025 at 12:17 PM
decided to turn cable news on to see if it’s true and it is: tv anchors really are just interrupting conversations with dems about this bill to ask about zohran mamdani
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Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Chris Murphy: "This is the most deeply immoral piece of legislation I have ever voted on in my entire time in Congress."
Personal stories hit different - if you'd be affected by Medicaid cuts, please call and tell your Senators!
It's URGENT that we hit the phone lines this weekend re: the "Big, Beautiful" Senate bill, especially if you're a constituent of Sen. Paul (KY), Tillis (NC), Johnson (WI), Collins (ME), or Hawley (MO).
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
![This is a picture of a phone script for calling a Senator's office. It says:
"Hi, I'm [NAME], a constituent from [PLACE].
[If you're leaving a voicemail, be sure to leave your city, state, and zip code!! They simply won't care about your opinion as much if they can't confirm you're a constituent.]
I'm calling to urge Senator [NAME] to vote NO on the "Big Beautiful Bill" currently up for consideration in the Senate (, and to please also urge [HIS/HER] colleague Senator [NAME] to do the same.)
I have serious concerns about this legislation. The bill cuts Medicaid and SNAP to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy. These cuts will hurt our rural hospitals, and research shows Medicaid work requirements strip coverage from vulnerable people without increasing employment. In fact, CBO just estimated that the bill would cause nearly 12 million Americans to lose their health insurance while adding over $3 trillion to the debt.
The bill also shifts Medicaid costs to [YOUR STATE NAME], which could force cuts to services for older adults and people with disabilities.
Please urge Senator [NAME] to vote NO.
Can you share my concerns with [HIM/HER] and let me know [HIS/HER] position?
Thank you."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xv7xy54fbkoku5on6ttrhlpr/bafkreidx3rvnhe3nzzp3nv33gahmqfyh5jb2unlpg5w3evouzp44nhnffy@jpeg)
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Personal stories hit different - if you'd be affected by Medicaid cuts, please call and tell your Senators!
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Opinion | The progressive left means well, but they come across as painfully out of touch with reality. Here are some prescriptions for them that I jotted down in the charter gondola on the way to the Bezos wedding.
June 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Opinion | The progressive left means well, but they come across as painfully out of touch with reality. Here are some prescriptions for them that I jotted down in the charter gondola on the way to the Bezos wedding.
It's URGENT that we hit the phone lines this weekend re: the "Big, Beautiful" Senate bill, especially if you're a constituent of Sen. Paul (KY), Tillis (NC), Johnson (WI), Collins (ME), or Hawley (MO).
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
June 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's URGENT that we hit the phone lines this weekend re: the "Big, Beautiful" Senate bill, especially if you're a constituent of Sen. Paul (KY), Tillis (NC), Johnson (WI), Collins (ME), or Hawley (MO).
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If you aren't sure what to say, I've drafted a script.
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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Instead of piling on and sharing that op-ed that, for some reason, tries to put a silver lining on Trump's slashing of NIH funding, I'm sharing this @propublica.org piece that more accurately demonstrates the vastness of the damage being done to health research.
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Instead of piling on and sharing that op-ed that, for some reason, tries to put a silver lining on Trump's slashing of NIH funding, I'm sharing this @propublica.org piece that more accurately demonstrates the vastness of the damage being done to health research.
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“We can’t do anything,” Caroline Dias Goncalves' relative said. “We’re scared. We’re not in jail with her, but we feel like it.”
Her mom hasn’t stopped crying since she learned her daughter was being held and her dad is pacing constantly.
Her mom hasn’t stopped crying since she learned her daughter was being held and her dad is pacing constantly.
University of Utah student is being held at Colorado immigration detention center
A 19-year-old University of Utah was detained by immigration agents last week in Colorado and is now being held at an immigration center there. “We’re not in jail with her, but we feel like it," said the brother of Caroline Dias Goncalves.
www.sltrib.com
June 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
“We can’t do anything,” Caroline Dias Goncalves' relative said. “We’re scared. We’re not in jail with her, but we feel like it.”
Her mom hasn’t stopped crying since she learned her daughter was being held and her dad is pacing constantly.
Her mom hasn’t stopped crying since she learned her daughter was being held and her dad is pacing constantly.
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Just gonna leave this here.
www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
The worker sued privately. There were protests at the local Marriott. There were no consequences.
www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
The worker sued privately. There were protests at the local Marriott. There were no consequences.
June 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Just gonna leave this here.
www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
The worker sued privately. There were protests at the local Marriott. There were no consequences.
www.wweek.com/news/courts/...
The worker sued privately. There were protests at the local Marriott. There were no consequences.
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If Gen Z really wants to dunk on millennials, they should learn about Foursquare and go around saying stuff like, "I hear you're the mayor of this Panera Bread."
June 6, 2025 at 3:05 PM
If Gen Z really wants to dunk on millennials, they should learn about Foursquare and go around saying stuff like, "I hear you're the mayor of this Panera Bread."
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BREAKING: Trump just waived dozens of our nation's most important enviro laws to wall off the stunning San Rafael Valley, all while border crossings are at their lowest point in decades.
This is a death sentence for jaguars, ocelots & other wildlife.
I shot this footage out there last month:
This is a death sentence for jaguars, ocelots & other wildlife.
I shot this footage out there last month:
June 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
BREAKING: Trump just waived dozens of our nation's most important enviro laws to wall off the stunning San Rafael Valley, all while border crossings are at their lowest point in decades.
This is a death sentence for jaguars, ocelots & other wildlife.
I shot this footage out there last month:
This is a death sentence for jaguars, ocelots & other wildlife.
I shot this footage out there last month:
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Area Yes Men Stunned As Masterful Gambit Fails To Materialize
"Few of Musk’s associates expected this to last forever, but they are sad that it had come to this."
June 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Area Yes Men Stunned As Masterful Gambit Fails To Materialize
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the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
Whatever the immediate fallout of the scandal, what is going to stick around is the impression it gives, of hapless idiots doing ridiculous things. And I think that seriously reduces the appeal of capitulating to these jokers.
March 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
the speed at which these guys have broken everything has given a lot of folks who should know better the impression that they are an unstoppable force and the only option is to negotiate the terms of surrender
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
just because the clown car goes very fast does not mean it isn’t full of clowns
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
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Elon may have killed 320,000 people and counting, but he’s also into austerity, so kind of balances out
This thread, man. Yikes!
In a country with legal accountability for rich scofflaws.... therevolvingdoorproject.org/elon-musk-ig...
In a country with legal accountability for rich scofflaws.... therevolvingdoorproject.org/elon-musk-ig...
June 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Elon may have killed 320,000 people and counting, but he’s also into austerity, so kind of balances out
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Every 7.5 minutes, an American man thinks about the Roman Empire. Albeit now with an increasingly dreadful sense of recognition.
When Nobody Comes to Fix the Bridge - Truthdig
The decline and fall of a superpower, one piece of collapsed infrastructure at a time.
www.truthdig.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Every 7.5 minutes, an American man thinks about the Roman Empire. Albeit now with an increasingly dreadful sense of recognition.
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He and his husband were terrorized by homophobes who murdered him, in case you didn't know, which you very understandably might not given the headlines.
The exonerative voice was initially reserved for cops, but now it's applied to the IDF and even random hate criminals
June 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
He and his husband were terrorized by homophobes who murdered him, in case you didn't know, which you very understandably might not given the headlines.
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new SINNERS theory dropped
Me, reading about how ICE, under most circumstances, cannot legally enter your home without your consent:
"Ah, so like vampires."
"Ah, so like vampires."
June 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
new SINNERS theory dropped
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Musk isn't a visionary. He's a dipshit with a lousy sense of risk. Yes, the Sun will steadily brighten and in a billion years or so make it too hot for us to live here, but we're already making it too hot for us to live here right now. And Musk is siding with the people bent on making that worse.
It's so incredible to still see the left accused of moral relativism when every conservative column is just 'yes all of our leaders are bad but the people calling them bad sometimes exaggerate.'
June 4, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Musk isn't a visionary. He's a dipshit with a lousy sense of risk. Yes, the Sun will steadily brighten and in a billion years or so make it too hot for us to live here, but we're already making it too hot for us to live here right now. And Musk is siding with the people bent on making that worse.
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Using court documents to study whether sharing the same leaders make firms more likely to collude finds that collusion increases by a factor of 10 after the arrival of a common board member or executive, from Herrera-Caicedo, Jeffers, and Prager https://www.nber.org/papers/w33866
June 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Using court documents to study whether sharing the same leaders make firms more likely to collude finds that collusion increases by a factor of 10 after the arrival of a common board member or executive, from Herrera-Caicedo, Jeffers, and Prager https://www.nber.org/papers/w33866
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Didn't get the firefighter job simply because I told them I'm pro-fire. These purity tests are divisive and will get us nowhere
June 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Didn't get the firefighter job simply because I told them I'm pro-fire. These purity tests are divisive and will get us nowhere