Lily Roberts
@lilyroberts.bsky.social
Assorted econ policies at Center for American Progress. Opinions are mine unless they're actually David Byrne lyrics.
Nitpicky, but the NPR framing (which I know you didn’t write) is a little off: SNAP money isn’t “running out.” There’s USDA emergency funding that’s required to be used during shutdowns, but the Trump Admin is illegally choosing to withhold it. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Trump Administration Has the Power and Legal Obligation To Pay SNAP Benefits During the Shutdown
Making use of emergency funds and transfers would allow SNAP households to receive food assistance in November.
www.americanprogress.org
October 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Nitpicky, but the NPR framing (which I know you didn’t write) is a little off: SNAP money isn’t “running out.” There’s USDA emergency funding that’s required to be used during shutdowns, but the Trump Admin is illegally choosing to withhold it. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
Somewhere in the DMV, there’s a crew of piano movers who just moved the heaviest, most valuable Steinway in the country to… somewhere else in the building? I hope??
October 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Somewhere in the DMV, there’s a crew of piano movers who just moved the heaviest, most valuable Steinway in the country to… somewhere else in the building? I hope??
Saw Cory Booker in DC - he kindly tried (and failed) to get my baby to look at the camera.
October 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Saw Cory Booker in DC - he kindly tried (and failed) to get my baby to look at the camera.
I think we could save a lot of time by just making a template for all of our statements: "[Today's bullshit] is dangerous, offensive, inaccurate."
September 22, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I think we could save a lot of time by just making a template for all of our statements: "[Today's bullshit] is dangerous, offensive, inaccurate."
Ugh, hope you and your students are okay.
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Ugh, hope you and your students are okay.
Reposted by Lily Roberts
Looking specifically at Black women, this group has experienced the most layoffs this year.
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Looking specifically at Black women, this group has experienced the most layoffs this year.
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
This was highlighted recently in this @nytimes piece: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u... (4/9)
I sat on a DC superior court grand jury for 6 weeks in 2023 and out of about 60 cases where we took votes (nearly all for multiple charges), we only *didn’t* return an indictment for one charge. We still indicted the person in question for other stuff. The AG staff were pissed and made fun of us.
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I sat on a DC superior court grand jury for 6 weeks in 2023 and out of about 60 cases where we took votes (nearly all for multiple charges), we only *didn’t* return an indictment for one charge. We still indicted the person in question for other stuff. The AG staff were pissed and made fun of us.