Tanya Tussing
@tanyatussing.bsky.social
Let's have a pro-democracy, fact based discussion about strengthening the middle class. (Most posts on: @tanyatussing.mastodon.social )
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With the course we're on -- killing transparent data & analysis of US economy and many other important areas, like vaccines -- we're doomed. US policy will be less effective at helping the American people -- until we return government control to fact based leaders.
Thank you for speaking out, Senator.
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
-- @joanhalifax.bsky.social
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
-- @joanhalifax.bsky.social
Trump has been firing those who disagree with him, but here’s the thing: He can’t fire us.
He can try to intimidate all he wants, but I’m not going to be bullied.
He can try to intimidate all he wants, but I’m not going to be bullied.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Thank you for speaking out, Senator.
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
-- @joanhalifax.bsky.social
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
-- @joanhalifax.bsky.social
this is good one, roshi
"Fear is the oxygen of authoritarianism."
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
this is good one, roshi
NY "state lawmakers have introduced a state version of the RPA, to enable smaller retailers to access supplier discounts."
"Lasher &Bores’s focus on food costs & antitrust policy, ...provides a clear signal that affordability, food deserts, & ...small grocers are ascendant issues in our politics."
"Lasher &Bores’s focus on food costs & antitrust policy, ...provides a clear signal that affordability, food deserts, & ...small grocers are ascendant issues in our politics."
Public grocery stores run into a monopoly problem: big grocers get better deals from suppliers. That's actually illegal, but the law that bars price discrimination to small grocers is effectively dormant. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social writes that NY is writing its own version of the law:
New York Gets Serious About Food Prices - The American Prospect
A proposed state antitrust law has the potential to cut food prices in New York, a boon to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
NY "state lawmakers have introduced a state version of the RPA, to enable smaller retailers to access supplier discounts."
"Lasher &Bores’s focus on food costs & antitrust policy, ...provides a clear signal that affordability, food deserts, & ...small grocers are ascendant issues in our politics."
"Lasher &Bores’s focus on food costs & antitrust policy, ...provides a clear signal that affordability, food deserts, & ...small grocers are ascendant issues in our politics."
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Public grocery stores run into a monopoly problem: big grocers get better deals from suppliers. That's actually illegal, but the law that bars price discrimination to small grocers is effectively dormant. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social writes that NY is writing its own version of the law:
New York Gets Serious About Food Prices - The American Prospect
A proposed state antitrust law has the potential to cut food prices in New York, a boon to Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Public grocery stores run into a monopoly problem: big grocers get better deals from suppliers. That's actually illegal, but the law that bars price discrimination to small grocers is effectively dormant. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social writes that NY is writing its own version of the law:
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“In some ways, this administration could have come in and done nothing and made progress on inflation,” said Claudia Sahm. “But the policies they’ve chosen have created extra costs for businesses, and businesses tend to pass on costs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
Opinion | Does Trump Know the Price of Milk?
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
“In some ways, this administration could have come in and done nothing and made progress on inflation,” said Claudia Sahm. “But the policies they’ve chosen have created extra costs for businesses, and businesses tend to pass on costs.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for my arrest and execution.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage:
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Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
NEW: After fighting to keep emails between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office and billionaire Elon Musk’s companies secret, officials have released nearly 1,400 pages of documents to The Texas Newsroom.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
All but about 200 pages are blacked out.
Gov. Greg Abbott Was Ordered to Release Some of His Emails With Elon Musk. Most Are Blacked Out.
Months after fighting to keep secret emails between Gov. Greg Abbott and Elon Musk, Texas officials released 1,400 pages of records. But they reveal little about the two men’s relationship or Musk’s influence over state government.
www.propublica.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Extraordinary that the Texas government would be so corrupt that it would have to black out more than 80% of its emails with Elon Musk.
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If you’ve gotten tired of Ed Zitron yelling at you, here’s David Dayen telling much the same story, but in an inside voice. prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
The AI Bubble Is Bigger Than You Think - The American Prospect
It’s not just OpenAI that looks overhyped. There’s a whole mountain of sketchy financial engineering underneath.
prospect.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you’ve gotten tired of Ed Zitron yelling at you, here’s David Dayen telling much the same story, but in an inside voice. prospect.org/2025/11/19/a...
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Maybe we shouldn't call it giving away money when billionaires give it to themselves.
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls
Elon Musk Gave Away $474 Million in 2024, Mostly to Entities He Controls
Elon Musk’s foundation gave away a record $474 million in 2024, with the vast majority again going to entities he controls.
bloom.bg
November 19, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Maybe we shouldn't call it giving away money when billionaires give it to themselves.
Great convo about an important new book, The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu.
We had Tim Wu on the podcast to talk about his new book The Age of Extraction, whether the degradation of Big Tech was fated or not, and why the incipient idealism about the Internet ended up being so wrong. Great conversation, listen in!
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
www.organizedmoney.fm/p/big-tech-a...
Big Tech and Fascism
Legal scholar, professor, and author Tim Wu talks about his new book, how platforms shape commerce and society, why the new extraction economy is caustic, and how we can fix it.
www.organizedmoney.fm
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Great convo about an important new book, The Age of Extraction by Tim Wu.
Why has the cost of new homes gotten so expensive? -- A shift in financing that favored Wall Street over affordable housing.
A new paper from @econliberties.bsky.social shows that the culprit is a shift in how homebuilding is financed that ultimately favored Wall Street profits over Main Street’s housing needs.
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
Read: economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-wall-s....
How Wall Street Killed Single-Family Home Building
Our new paper sheds light on an overlooked driver of the housing supply crisis--and the soaring price of homes.
economicpopulist.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Why has the cost of new homes gotten so expensive? -- A shift in financing that favored Wall Street over affordable housing.
“clearly moving further down the corporate wish-list for suppressing shareholder oversight. Shareholder proposals, which, let us reiterate, are advisory only, have been an essential mechanism for shareholder feedback since the earliest days of the reforms following the 1929 stock market crash.”
An affront to shareholders and capitulation to CEOs from an organization founded after the 1929 stock market crash to be "the investors' advocate." Shameful. valueedgeadvisors.com/2025/11/17/s...
SEC Gives Corporations a Get Out of Jail Free Card for Omitting Shareholder Proposals
As he hinted in his speech at the University of Delaware’s Weinberg Center SEC Chair Atkins has pretty much put a stake through the heart of shareholder proposals by announcing that the staff…
valueedgeadvisors.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
“clearly moving further down the corporate wish-list for suppressing shareholder oversight. Shareholder proposals, which, let us reiterate, are advisory only, have been an essential mechanism for shareholder feedback since the earliest days of the reforms following the 1929 stock market crash.”
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I like your agenda. Good, simple ideas to make the US economy work for most people. The @patrioticmillionaires.org are doing good work.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
I like your agenda. Good, simple ideas to make the US economy work for most people. The @patrioticmillionaires.org are doing good work.
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Our solution? The MONEY Agenda, which will permanently stabilize the economic lives of working people, stimulate wide-spread economic growth, and ensure prosperity and stability for America’s next 250 years. Check it out here: patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
The MONEY Agenda: America 250
patrioticmillionaires.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our solution? The MONEY Agenda, which will permanently stabilize the economic lives of working people, stimulate wide-spread economic growth, and ensure prosperity and stability for America’s next 250 years. Check it out here: patrioticmillionaires.org/perspectives...
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Our Founder and President, Erica Payne, and Patriotic Millionaire Stephen Prince are kicking off our fall event—MONEY. Message. Millionaires—with a clear message: we have a rigged system that punishes work and rewards wealth.
November 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our Founder and President, Erica Payne, and Patriotic Millionaire Stephen Prince are kicking off our fall event—MONEY. Message. Millionaires—with a clear message: we have a rigged system that punishes work and rewards wealth.
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An affront to shareholders and capitulation to CEOs from an organization founded after the 1929 stock market crash to be "the investors' advocate." Shameful. valueedgeadvisors.com/2025/11/17/s...
SEC Gives Corporations a Get Out of Jail Free Card for Omitting Shareholder Proposals
As he hinted in his speech at the University of Delaware’s Weinberg Center SEC Chair Atkins has pretty much put a stake through the heart of shareholder proposals by announcing that the staff…
valueedgeadvisors.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
An affront to shareholders and capitulation to CEOs from an organization founded after the 1929 stock market crash to be "the investors' advocate." Shameful. valueedgeadvisors.com/2025/11/17/s...
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The Chair hinted as much in his speech in Delaware but I did not think he would go that far. It's a disgrace.
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The Chair hinted as much in his speech in Delaware but I did not think he would go that far. It's a disgrace.
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I was glad to speak to the Association of Health Care Journalists about this problem (as well as broader funding cuts, namely to AHRQ). The panel on which I spoke got a @medpagetoday.com write-up. It’s hard to overstate the lasting damage of this administration. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I was glad to speak to the Association of Health Care Journalists about this problem (as well as broader funding cuts, namely to AHRQ). The panel on which I spoke got a @medpagetoday.com write-up. It’s hard to overstate the lasting damage of this administration. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
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Sharing this again as today's news programmes seem yet again full of those pushing the obscene suggestion of us leaving the #ECHR
Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us?
YouTube video by The Guardian
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November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Sharing this again as today's news programmes seem yet again full of those pushing the obscene suggestion of us leaving the #ECHR
If US journalists got $60B/yr, they could do so much great work, @deanbaker13.bsky.social .
cc: @timothysnyder.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social
cc: @timothysnyder.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social
The US "used to heavily subsidize newspapers" via USPS -- 0.2% of GDP, "almost $60 billion a year in today’s economy."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Here's my idea, an individual tax credit modeled on the charitable contribution tax deduction www.thenation.com/article/soci...
November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
If US journalists got $60B/yr, they could do so much great work, @deanbaker13.bsky.social .
cc: @timothysnyder.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social
cc: @timothysnyder.bsky.social @sulliview.bsky.social @jayrosen.bsky.social
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
The US "used to heavily subsidize newspapers" via USPS -- 0.2% of GDP, "almost $60 billion a year in today’s economy."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Here's my idea, an individual tax credit modeled on the charitable contribution tax deduction www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Billionaires Won’t Save Local News. Here’s What Will.
Praying for beneficent tycoons is not the answer. We need the government to step up.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The US "used to heavily subsidize newspapers" via USPS -- 0.2% of GDP, "almost $60 billion a year in today’s economy."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Here's "a serious way to support an essential public service like local newspapers."
"The gov could give people a tax credit to "support the news outlet of their choice."
Good job, Rep Khanna and Rep Bacon! ☕️
Rep. Don Bacon and I introduced a bill to repeal coffee tariffs. Many Americans and coffee shop owners mobilized to support it. Trump today repealed the coffee tariffs. Citizen activism works.
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Good job, Rep Khanna and Rep Bacon! ☕️
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Watch live: Michael Curry, the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with @ruthgraham.bsky.social of The New York Times. #TribFest25
One on One with Bishop Michael Curry
YouTube video by The Texas Tribune
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Watch live: Michael Curry, the former Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church sits down with @ruthgraham.bsky.social of The New York Times. #TribFest25