Social Security isn’t facing collapse—it’s facing a political choice. Today’s shortfall is tied to rising inequality and policy decisions after the Great Recession, not just demographics. Our Director of Stratification Economics @socio-steve.bsky.social explains:

New from me: A brief for @rooseveltinstitute.org on the logic of YIMBY policymaking and its applicability to other domains. What principles underlying the YIMBY agenda are transferrable to thinking about energy, healthcare, and other areas? Short 🧵 to follow. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

So...how many precincts in Minneapolis and Saint Paul could hold an election today? Go on, reassure me that we'll have free and fair elections in November. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"A big reason Trumpworld is unapologetic about Good...is to warn Americans showing solidarity with immigrants that they do so at their personal peril." My brothers and sisters in Christ, this has ALWAYS been true. Solidarity will cost you, maybe even your life. newrepublic.com/article/2055...

All you fascists bound to lose.

"ICE is different. It needs to be abolished because the agency is rogue, and, more pointedly, because it’d be exceedingly difficult to design an agency like ICE that wouldn’t go rogue eventually." Strong @brianbeutler.bsky.social take. www.offmessage.net/p/abolish-ic...

"All of us, citizens and immigrants alike, are being ruled by people who think life is a privilege bestowed by authority, and death is a fair penalty for disobedience." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...

One very tough scenario for the Fed: Labor force participation & prime-age EPOP are basically flat for the year, total EPOP down slightly But these depend a lot on stale population projections Labor market could be much tighter than hiring, wages & inflation suggest

And the two members giving her snaps are my fave fangirls.

When @cmlewisgeorgew4.bsky.social ran for DC Council, her opponent sent a mailer attacking her for her defund stance. I had never seen a better endorsement.

they’re abducting our neighbors and putting them in concentration camps and they’ll shoot you in the fucking face if you don’t cheer them on while they’re doing it.

Nope. Absolutely not. ICE shot a person exercising their right to observe ICE. #ICEKILLS

The nerdery is both staggering and laudable.

Anniversary of #FDR's 4 Freedoms speech and this feels really relevant: The fourth is freedom from fear – which...means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point ...[that] no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor – anywhere in the world.

As long as it feels threatening to Santa Monica's Millennial Goebbels, I'm happy to be out here married to a brown immigrant citizen, raising bilingual, mixed race kids with two passports.

Policía y la migra, la misma porqueria

George Retes is a U.S. citizen and Iraq war veteran. He was detained by ICE and held in solitary confinement for three days without explanation. George shared his story before Congress to make sure no American has to endure the same abuse he did.

I'll say what this excellent take won't: @nwslsoccer.com is fucking this one up. Michelle has done so much for the game. The league should let her take us to the next level. www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

Or **and hear me out**, we could do the boring, normal thing where we tax rich people and fund public programs that help everyone. Infinitely preferable to outsourcing social policy to whichever billionaire feels whimsical this week.

Find someone who looks at you like -

‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”

In the wise words of Liz Lemon: If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that you can't keep people with no shame down. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Someone else here said it best - this is the gig economy gestapo

People over profits.

Housing + Private Equity = A recipe for profit over people. As urgency grows around housing and affordability, we peel back the curtain on an issue impacting hundreds of Detroit residents: housing as a digital investment asset. https://bit.ly/4o1ISIg

PE ruins another workplace.

Tax the rich. That is all. www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-rich-d...

hmmm I wonder what big shift in civil rights happened to impact women of childbearing age in the last 8 years? What could it be?!

So DHS legitimately just felt like it should terrorize poor and brown people. Got it.

Did tampons in bathrooms ruin the workplace Did that cute girl from HR with the skirts ruin the workplace Did the fact I can’t call ladies “toots” ruin the workplace Did women stopping wearing pantyhose ruin the workplace Did that harpie who told me I can’t snap bras anymore ruin the workplace

BOULDER!

THIS is how you "give 'em hell." S/o to Regan, inspired to participate more.

You know who knows a metric ton about US immigration law? Immigrants.

ICE has reported 20 detainee deaths in custody since Trump took office — the most in a single year in decades — reports Politico.

If we don’t have a king we have no paychecks? Sounds like we’re being ruled by a king.

A new SCOTUS term begins today. What fresh hell awaits our flailing democracy this time around?🧵

Throw out the whole party, start over, rebrand. I know what the GOP has done against my interests. I'm not sure what the Dems have in my interest but call for "civility" while the rights of women and immigrants are eroded. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The whole piece here: newrepublic.com/article/2014...

Necessary 🔥from @meredithshiner.com. Dems can't keep participating and funding a fundamentally lawless government.

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physically sick, we used to think the worst case scenario was deportation to where someone came from. Now we know there is worse.

So...unfettered markets aren't working out for Argentina... huh.

Yesterday, a late-night show vanished with a simple directive from 2 of the largest media companies you’ve never heard of (Nexstar & Sinclair), backed by the FCC. That’s not “the market at work.” It’s concentrated corporate power cooperating with an authoritarian. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

Firing a Black woman for quoting Kirk’s horrific statements about Black women is insane. It seems the Washington Post would rather perform politeness (and demand that the people Kirk harmed do it too) that tell the truth: karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

“Central banks insulated from politics are a cornerstone of successful economic policy worldwide. The administration’s efforts to politicize interest rates-an authoritarian tactic-will ultimately hurt American families by driving up costs." - Michael Madowitz rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

I did back-to-school shopping without Target, haven't been there in months and months and lo #boycottswork www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Spirit forever. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

This represents my thoughts almost exactly.

Ours is a city full of history and life, not ungovernable criminals. Dehumanization costs us all greatly. #freeDC