I wrote this piece at the end of last week. It was published Sept. 9. Stop the political theater, and let's enact the gun safety policies that the majority of Americans agree on. cepr.net/publications...

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1B on an airplane none of us will ever fly on, and $200M for a ballroom none of us will ever dine in, but we can’t “afford” to feed hungry kids.

If this firing doesn't lead to panic in financial markets we know we have a stock bubble.

Last month, I was worried about signs of growing black joblessness. This month provides more reason to worry: Black unemployment up from 6.8% to 7.2%. Employment-population ratio drops from 57.7 to 57.2. @ceprdc.bsky.social @jointcenter.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

As ICE terrorizes communities, remember that some of Trump's biggest supporters are private prison companies that will make bank off his budget bill. And Stephen Miller recently disclosed over $100K of stock in Palantir, the shady data firm ICE uses to target immigrants. Cashing in on cruelty.

The Joint Committee on Taxation is up late and busts out this striking distributional analysis of the Senate bill on taxes:

Due to the ongoing U.S. measles outbreak, a Texas man worried that his young son was at risk and took him to get vaccinated. The cost of the shot? $1,400.

Virginia is one of the top 3 states for Black employment. The Trump administration is destroying many of those jobs. cepr.net/publications...

The Republican Budget Bill: Take from the Poor, Give to the Rich cepr.net/publications...

A federal program to protect US cities against extreme heat has just evaporated

"Young Workers Continue to Have Troubles The unemployment rate for workers between the ages of 20-24 remained at 8.2 percent, 2.2 percentage points above the low hit in January of 2024. Their EPOP fell to 65.4 percent in May, 2.8 pp below the peak hit last January." cepr.net/publications...

"Employment at the federal level is now 42,000 below its year-ago level." cepr.net/publications...

This admin is taking its lead from Jim Crow and calling for the removal of “illegal” diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility from schools. Just because Secretary McMahon doesn't know something doesn't mean students across America should be deprived of learning history.

Reminder: DOGE was never about "efficiency."

Maryland was the second best state for Black employment. It's decline has begun. 2,600 federal jobs lost in April. This does not include those placed on leave, who took buyouts or early retirement. cepr.net/publications...

The Trump administration has effectively ended white-collar crime enforcement. All this week, we're going to look at what ripoffs, deceptions, and cons will rise as a result to part the public from their money. This intro sets the stage: it's the Golden Age of Scams. prospect.org/power/2025-0...

Science is an economic driver in Hamilton, Mont., thanks to Rocky Mountain Laboratories, a federal research lab. Now, layoffs and funding cuts are having an impact in this town far from Washington.

Nearly 1 in 5 Asian Americans use Medicaid; 9.8% (nearly 1 in 10) of Asian American workers depend on it. GOP plans to cut Medicaid could strip millions of care. Read more: https://f.mtr.cool/oerjxekhwt

Musk and Trump are delivering a damaging blow to the Black middle class, especially in Virginia and Maryland. cepr.net/publications...

Some of the CDC's main channels for communicating urgent health information to the public have gone silent.

One in six Asian Americans rely on Medicaid. Republicans are willing to let people die to give tax cuts to the rich. @karthick.com @janellewong.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

Next target: left-leaning nonprofits. "House Republicans on Monday quietly revived a proposal that would grant the Trump administration broad authority to crush nonprofits it views as part of the political opposition." www.commondreams.org/news/nonprof...

The Trump Organization has entered into real estate deals in all three countries Trump plans to visit this week wapo.st/3F11lnU

@michellesingletary.bsky.social illustrates the difference between a symbolic act and structural change. The prize is always structural change. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The new Pope, retweeting Senator Chris Murphy, in support of gun control

Generations of Americans have trusted the Social Security Administration with their private information. Yet, in a few short months, the Trump administration and DOGE have shattered trust that took decades to earn—trust that may never be regained. New from @mollyww.bsky.social:

Breaking news: New civil rights division chief said more than 100 attorneys have left their jobs, in many cases because they disagreed with the office’s new focus on combating anti-Christian bias, transgender athletes in women’s sports, and “woke ideology.”

Trump's attack on NIH will mean fewer and more expensive drugs substack.com/home/post/p-...

Economic harms are always experienced by #Black communities first ‘We’re the First to Go’ Black Businesses Brace for Trump’s Tariffs capitalbnews.org/black-owned-... by @adamlmahoney.bsky.social @aallyahpatrice.bsky.social via @capitalb.bsky.social CC @a-austin.bsky.social @lesleighford.bsky.social

On April 11, Vera received an email from DOGE staff, requesting a meeting to discuss “having a DOGE team assigned to the organization.” Via @washingtonpost.com: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Millions rely on Medicaid every day across NJ. As Republicans fight to cut the program, this is who they'd be leaving behind. Thank you Danielle for speaking out. We hear you and others need to too.

This morning, the House is holding a hearing about adding more work requirements to food stamp benefits. But work requirements DON'T WORK to help people find jobs. Stricter work reporting requirements will hurt people struggling to put food on the table. Learn more: www.epi.org/publication/...

If Trump can claim a "national emergency" to disappear legal residents without due process, what’s to stop him from doing the same to U.S. citizens who oppose him? No one is safe — not even people legally in the country, possibly not even American citizens. Fascism is here.

we are maybe two weeks from jesse watters declaring that it’s gay for men to have sex with women

"Union membership and federal work both confer critical benefits for disabled workers — protections against discrimination, access to accommodations, job security — and Trump is trying to tear those protections away." cepr.net/publications...

@sanders.senate.gov & @bobbyscott.house.gov just reintroduced the Raise the Wage Act to ⬆️ the federal min wage to $17/hr by 2030 This increase would impact 15% of the US workforce—over 22 million people—and the average affected worker would make an additional $3,200/yr www.epi.org/publication/...

If Trump had erroneously sent Chief Justice John G. Roberts to a prison in El Salvador, would Roberts think it was an issue that needed lengthy deliberation!?!? Shame on you Roberts! #SupremeCourt www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

DOGE is shutting down NPS offices and visitor centers across the U.S., and the reasoning doesn’t add up. The cost savings are minuscule—the losses are massive. Our latest article breaks it down:

Trump's latest EO to completely bust the federal unions -- ending collective bargaining rights for over a million federal workers -- is an open totalitarian call to dismantle any organization or institution that "fights back" or in any way "obstructs" the administration.

Medicare Advantage overpayments to insurance companies are cost taxpayers up to $140 billion in 2022. Instead of slashing Medicaid, Congress could tackle this waste and ensure healthcare for millions remains intact. We have the details:

The Trump regime is working to deter dissent. Anyone who goes against Trump could end up on a target list. This is having a chilling effect on five major pillars of society — universities, science, the media, the law, and the arts. It's straight out of the fascist playbook.

One of the things they accused Lina Khan of doing was giving special treatment to companies with DEI regimes. This was totally false. But every accusation is a confession; in fact it's Republicans politicizing antitrust for their ideological preferences. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.  It’s between democracy and oligarchy.  The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re being shafted.  Know the truth.

Proposed Medicaid cuts would slash jobs and gut state economies. A new report details the damage. https://www.barrons.com/articles/medicaid-cuts-snap-5f27e3f5

The lying and the staggering incompetence around this is astounding. And dangerous.

The IRS could collect $500 billion LESS in tax revenue this year due to DOGE cuts to the agency. A big chunk of that will come from the rich underpaying their taxes. Meanwhile, only $7.7 billion of DOGE "savings" can actually be verified. So much for efficiency. fortune.com/2025/03/24/i...