And now Vought is threatening to fire them…

The rise of remote work coming out of the pandemic led to a historic rise in employment rates for those with disabilities. Return to office policies, in general, could reverse that trend." Thanks @emilypeck.bsky.social for interviewing me. www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c...

NEW (#GovernmentShutdown) via @axios.com's @emilypeck.bsky.social: "Hundreds of federal workers across 60 agencies and departments are urging Congress to rein in the White House even if it means shutting down the government, in a letter sent Thursday afternoon." www.axios.com/2025/09/18/t...

The CDC has stopped making telework accommodations, even as many employees don't feel safe at work in the wake of the shooting last month. Read my story with @maya-goldman.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/09/17/c... Or just read this passage:

Axios highlights a significant divergence within the US unemployment data. #economy #unemployment @axios.com

“.. International air travel to the U.S. is declining this year, down 7% from 2024, according to an Axios analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.” @axios.com www.axios.com/newsletters/...

Exactly on point re: today's #JobsReport from @emilypeck.bsky.social: www.axios.com/2025/09/05/j...

Looking for any Canadians on here who may have canceled or decided against travel to the US this year. Or any foreign travelers that had second thoughts? [email protected]

So the sandwich guy ... beat the wrap

"Fertility is higher when men and women share more in household- and child-care, and is lower when men do little in the home." www.axios.com/2025/08/22/b...

As someone who doesn't like spicy foods, I feel seen www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

Five years ago this week. 🤡

Right now in Long Beach outside the VA #UnionStrongForVets

New and expecting parents who work at Veterans Affairs are getting approved maternity and paternity leave canceled after their union contract was terminated by the White House, according to two internal memos viewed by Axios. 1/2 www.axios.com/2025/08/15/v...

Are you holding on to your current job tightly, cognizant that hiring opportunities are few and far between? Reach out to me for a story [email protected] or DM. Thank you for your attention to this matter

@damonberes.com Just got a "nice to e-meet you" email, in the year of our lord 2025 some things are the same.

As @neilirwin.bsky.social writes -- last year 4k federal jobs were added per month; This year so far, 16k federal jobs LOST per month www.axios.com/2025/08/01/j...

The agency quietly rolled out big change, then after the AARP and others raised concerns, they said this is optional www.axios.com/2025/07/30/s...

The #FAA employee: “If you asked me today if I would feel safe getting on a plane in this country, I would say, yes,” she says. “Ask me that question again in six months, and I might give you a different answer.” www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d... @axios.com @emilypeck.bsky.social

This is one of the darkest things I've read in a while www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/o...

Every story about Coke and sugar cane or whatever makes me want to drink a Coca-Cola. This whole Trump thing has to be good for business. www.axios.com/2025/07/22/t...

Are you feeling AI job anxiety? I'm noticing more and more friends and family are starting to worry. If this is you, please get in touch -- we're collecting anecdotes for a story. DM or [email protected] or EmilyRPeck.71 at Signal

2 QUESTIONS: Did you receive an email from Social Security this weekend about the big, beautiful bill? Was it confusing to you?

www.axios.com/2025/07/06/b... Hunger is already on the rise and now Congress is cutting SNAP benefits.

The deduction is worth at most a little under $20k per captain at the top marginal tax rate (I'd guess not many are!). So this estimate of 150-160 eligible captains means Murkowski is throwing 17m people off Medicaid and adding $5t to the national debt for, at most, $3m in tax breaks for Alaskans.

Forget not the charitable deduction for explosives here -- and the business tax deduction for meals taken on fishing boats.

Under the new spending bill Whaling Captains can deduct up $50,000 of whaling expenses, up from $10k previously. (Added to get Lisa Murkowski's support). Thanks @ronlieber.bsky.social and co., for putting in the work here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The bill slashes food & health benefits for the poorest Americans, while giving tax cuts to higher earners — blowing a hole in the nation's safety net, according to healthcare experts and advocates for lower-income people. @emilypeck.bsky.social

The cuts to Medicaid inside the Big Bill don't just damage that program -- they'll be a blow to the whole healthcare system, @maya-goldman.bsky.social reports "This is taking us catastrophically backward.." one source tells her. www.axios.com/2025/07/01/r...

Millionaires are "normal" now .. today I wrote about the rise of the everyday millionaire, that's someone with a net worth of between $1 million and $5 million. This isn't a top-hat and monocle crowd, many said they're kind of middle class actually.. www.axios.com/2025/06/24/h...

"I am irrelevant to history and old enough to like it that way" Pitch perfect from the coiner of TACO

My Trade Secrets today. Trump going ahead with steel tariffs is obvs @robarmstrong.bsky.social's fault for the "TACO" trade needling. I posit TABASCO (Trump Angry Because Armstrong Said "Chickens Out") as the new paradigm. (Also, Trump's broad powers over tariffs & taxes are far worse than steel.)

An AI researcher made a segment with AI versions of us for Slate Money and Elizabeth bot is pretty spicy 🌶️

For segment 3 of the show, @felixsalmon.com @espiers.bsky.social and I just sat back and let our AI bots take the wheel; they talked for about 3 minutes! During which time the Elizabeth AI manages to burn the Felix AI at least once … open.spotify.com/episode/4kyL...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, areas with more immigrant labor weathered the shortage of care workers better than other areas. Places with more immigrants offered better quality care. Trump's mass deportations puts the care economy at risk via @emilypeck.bsky.social at @axios.com

Great breakdown by @emilypeck.bsky.social on bosses beating the "AI will replace you" drum. Execs who pull this scare tactic risk shooting themselves in the foot. Twice. (I've noted elsewhere: genAI is good at some things, but nowhere near as capable as the cheerleaders want you to believe.)

Immigration and the care economy are uniquely linked. As I told @emilypeck.bsky.social the relationship between a care worker and the disabled or aging person is the foundation of care. The actions of the administration stoking understandable fear in immigrant communities will impact care.

The CEOs who are AI arms merchants aren't the only ones telling employees to adopt or else, but they're certainly the loudest. Thanks @emilypeck.bsky.social for talking to me about your latest: www.axios.com/2025/06/20/a...

For a story I am looking for middle-class millionaires -- that is, people who have valuable homes but don't think they're rich. Can you DM or email? [email protected]

@emilypeck.bsky.social: The immigrants caring for the nation's elderly are losing their jobs www.axios.com/2025/06/18/t...

Tips are *very* welcome. Are you in Big Law or a Trump-aligned firm? Struggling to recruit pro bono partners to sue the administration? Former or current DOJ/OCR? Leonard Leo? Get in my DMs!

This is a story about banana bread... in that you need more bread to buy your bananas. This was the most fun I've had writing since egg-flation. www.axios.com/2025/06/12/i...

For a story I published yesterday on how companies aren't interested in hiring "diverse slates" anymore, one person who's been looking for a job told me they've taken their pronouns out of their resume/applications.. are other people doing that? noticing that? Feel free to get in touch.

THIS IS IMPORTANT -- Do people still go out for drinks after work? Not as much as you used to? We're talking about it on @slate.com Money pod and I may share your thoughts. Tell me

Powerful video connecting cuts to consequences

67% of men say they have above average sense of humor v. 53% of women. Women rank themselves higher than men on trustworthiness and loyalty.

How is it ok to just park your giant pickup truck in front of two gas pumps at a crowded station?

The Merit Hiring Plan released to agencies Thursday afternoon pushes forward Biden era policies and also explicitly orders agencies not to take race and gender into consideration in hiring. 1/2