Lauren Bauer
@laurenhlb.bsky.social
Fellow | Economic Studies | @brookings.edu
Associate Director | @hamiltonproject.org
Board | @mazonusa.bsky.social
www.hamiltonproject.org
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Associate Director | @hamiltonproject.org
Board | @mazonusa.bsky.social
www.hamiltonproject.org
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Old asymmetry and future asymmetry
December 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Old asymmetry and future asymmetry
Reposted by Lauren Bauer
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Look, women no longer do shit for free is actually at the root of a lot of social disruption. The question is whether you think the solution is women going back to being unpaid and unprotected by their own labor.
Reposted by Lauren Bauer
This means the order that full SNAP benefits for November be paid out now remains blocked by the Supreme Court through the end of Thursday.
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
This means the order that full SNAP benefits for November be paid out now remains blocked by the Supreme Court through the end of Thursday.
Thread from @davidasuper.bsky.social (follow him!) with legal analysis on last night's USDA memo calling for states to claw back SNAP benefits or else. Worth reading in full:
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bsky.app/profile/davi...
More chaos and cruelty in SNAP. A short 🧵. On Thursday, a federal judge in Rhode Island ordered USDA to issue full SNAP benefits for November by Friday, using unneeded extra funds in the child nutrition account. Several states responded by starting work on issuing full benefits. 1/
November 9, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Thread from @davidasuper.bsky.social (follow him!) with legal analysis on last night's USDA memo calling for states to claw back SNAP benefits or else. Worth reading in full:
bsky.app/profile/davi...
bsky.app/profile/davi...
If they try to juice PERs in this episode, states might let them to get into the AK hold harmless group….
November 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If they try to juice PERs in this episode, states might let them to get into the AK hold harmless group….
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Not quite the issue - states who issued full benefits did so because USDA said that they could/should.
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Not quite the issue - states who issued full benefits did so because USDA said that they could/should.
@davidasuper.bsky.social tells @crampell.bsky.social that USDA cannot make states claw back benefits nor penalize them.
Why won't the administration take the W and issue full benefits?? They have the authority and $$ to do so.
Why won't the administration take the W and issue full benefits?? They have the authority and $$ to do so.
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@davidasuper.bsky.social tells @crampell.bsky.social that USDA cannot make states claw back benefits nor penalize them.
Why won't the administration take the W and issue full benefits?? They have the authority and $$ to do so.
Why won't the administration take the W and issue full benefits?? They have the authority and $$ to do so.
@crampell.bsky.social gets @davidasuper.bsky.social to weigh in: he says that no, states do not have to CLAW BACK properly issued benefits.
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Not sure I've read everything there is to read.
@katiebergh.bsky.social wrote it all up:
www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
@katiebergh.bsky.social wrote it all up:
www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
Administration Won’t Spend All SNAP Funds It Says Are Available, Leading to Deep Benefit Cuts for Low-Income Households
The Trump Administration is only planning to release two-thirds of the SNAP funding it committed to spend to partially cover November benefits, cutting families’ benefits far more than necessary and s...
www.cbpp.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Not sure I've read everything there is to read.
@katiebergh.bsky.social wrote it all up:
www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
@katiebergh.bsky.social wrote it all up:
www.cbpp.org/blog/adminis...
This mock-up is from when they were trying to get to 50 percent of benefits. Same issue.
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This mock-up is from when they were trying to get to 50 percent of benefits. Same issue.
They apply the reduction to the maximum benefit, not the entire formula. The SNAP formula is maxben-.3*net income. They apply the reduction to maxben. Any HH with net income will receive less that 65% of benefits.
November 9, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They apply the reduction to the maximum benefit, not the entire formula. The SNAP formula is maxben-.3*net income. They apply the reduction to maxben. Any HH with net income will receive less that 65% of benefits.
Last week's @hamiltonproject.org event on what is happening with SNAP precedes this confusion, but offers plenty of clarity from top experts like @davidasuper.bsky.social. Video + transcript:
www.hamiltonproject.org/event/addres...
www.hamiltonproject.org/event/addres...
Addressing threats to the SNAP program - The Hamilton Project
On October 30, The Hamilton Project hosted an event to highlight the importance of SNAP amid the ongoing government shutdown and in the wake of major cuts to the program in the One Big Beautiful Bill ...
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November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Last week's @hamiltonproject.org event on what is happening with SNAP precedes this confusion, but offers plenty of clarity from top experts like @davidasuper.bsky.social. Video + transcript:
www.hamiltonproject.org/event/addres...
www.hamiltonproject.org/event/addres...
The lighter pink states are those that have sent out benefits in the past few days....
www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...
www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...
November 9, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The lighter pink states are those that have sent out benefits in the past few days....
www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...
www.propel.app/shutdown-fun...
USDA has only outlaid $672M in November. They said in yesterday's court filing that they drained the SNAP contingency fund. Hopefully that's true and we'll see evidence of that on Monday's Daily Treasury Statement.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
November 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
USDA has only outlaid $672M in November. They said in yesterday's court filing that they drained the SNAP contingency fund. Hopefully that's true and we'll see evidence of that on Monday's Daily Treasury Statement.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
As of 11/8, you can see that many more states delivered SNAP benefits, but it's clear that there are gradations to the partial benefit outlay.
November 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
As of 11/8, you can see that many more states delivered SNAP benefits, but it's clear that there are gradations to the partial benefit outlay.