New brief out with @rooseveltinstitute.org on green state capacity! I identify its four pillars as: (1) Bureaucratic-institutional, (2) Macrofinancial, (3) Productive-innovative, & (4) Social-protective. Check it out!

New brief from @danieldrisc.com at the @rooseveltinstitute.org argues that "markets alone cannot deliver decarbonization" -- robust state capacity is required.

Lots of fun seeing Comedy Bang Bang tonight!

DC Got That Attitude

DC Got That Attitude

Senate Democrats bringing together Labor & Abundance to Make More in America. This bill revamps the US government's Export-Import Bank to make it easier to fund manufacturing projects that lower prices, boost domestic resilience, & support unions. www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...

NEW from @monicapotts.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com: For years, pundits have argued Americans were misreading the economy. But what if the frustration isn't just about "vibes"? What if people are reacting to something real: an economy that no longer feels capable of delivering a good life?

New @volts.wtf episode with our Senior Fellow @betonyjones.bsky.social unpacking the Biden administration’s clean energy rollout. Betony points to permitting and implementation capacity—not community or labor standards, as some suggest—as the main bottlenecks that prevented greater success. 🎧⬇️

1/ Every Trump accusation is a confession. A tale of two funds. 🧵⤵️ For years, the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) was attacked by Trump allies as an unaccountable climate “slush fund.” Now compare it to the new ~$1.7B “Anti-Weaponization Fund” tied to Trump’s IRS lawsuit settlement.

Fun to wrap up a short stint at LSE's Programme on Cohesive Capitalism, working out of the rechristened Sir Arthur Lewis Building - one of my heroes.

In March, @joeldodge07.bsky.social and @toddntucker.com made a related point: government already has the tools to directly shape production and relieve bottlenecks. The question is how seriously we’re willing to use them in the public’s interest.

"By nationalising British Steel, UK government will now be able to take control of company strategy and press ahead with a shift from using blast furnaces to a greener electric-arc furnace." In contrast, the US only partly controls US Steel, isn't greening it, and doesn't own it.

That is a direct constraint on progressive governing power. When judges can defang policies on noncompetes or wages, the basic ability of a future administration to enact progressive policies breaks down. Court reform is an economic issue, from @toddntucker.com and @shahrzadshams.bsky.social ⬇️

So let me get this straight. The redistricting that was decided by popular vote of the people gets thrown out on some made up technicality while the redistricting done in smoke-filled rooms by people wearing MAGA flag capes is fine? Love this for our democracy.

NEW from me and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg for @rooseveltinstitute.org: Against Manufacturing Doomerism: Why and How Making Stuff Matters. In which we give you over 50 pages of charts and graphs showing why manufacturing still matters. 🧵with some highlights! rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

NEW 📰 from @toddntucker.com and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg examines the evolving role of manufacturing in the US economy. Manufacturing’s shrinking job share tells only part of the story.🧵 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

On the importance of manufacturing, beyond its direct gdp and employment impact…

NEW from me and Oskar Dye-Furstenberg for @rooseveltinstitute.org: Against Manufacturing Doomerism: Why and How Making Stuff Matters. In which we give you over 50 pages of charts and graphs showing why manufacturing still matters. 🧵with some highlights! rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

Excited that this piece with my colleague Kate Andrias is out in the world! On the anniversary of abundance the book and May Day, we lay out how worker power has to be part of any abundance movement. Grateful to @monicapotts.bsky.social for writing about the report: newrepublic.com/article/2096...

The "abundance agenda" aims to solve our supply crises, but often ignores a critical factor: worker power. In our new report, Kate Andrias & @awhf.bsky.social argue for "Democratic Abundance"—a vision where workers shape the future they’re building.🏗️💪

First the junior millennial dramatic actors came for ballet and opera, now novels?! The humanities can't catch a break. NYT: "Novel that explains the world?" Barry Keoghan: “I’ve not read a novel, not ever. I can’t lie about that.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A Spirit Airlines bailout should be measured only by what it delivers for the public. If the government takes an ownership stake, it should come with real leverage over an industry that has long squeezed passengers, resisted oversight and accountability, and relied on repeated public bailouts.

US is going to get a flag carrier?! DOC/DOT to loan Spirit Airlines $500 million in exchange for warrants www.wsj.com/business/air...

Chinese hyper competition has produced a CATL 930 mile range EV battery, reports @financialtimes.com Several models take only minutes to charge. Electrochemistry innovation > fossil dependence. www.ft.com/content/1773...

Trump-backed USA Rare Earths to buy Serra Verde - Brazil's only rare earth company that had previously received US public money from DFC. The project will also benefit from a government -backed price floor. www.ft.com/content/8bd0...

NEW from @rooseveltinstitute.org: 🔥Major report from @betonyjones.bsky.social @joepeck.co.uk on how Biden pursued pro-labor clean energy policy. 🔥Me 👇on why this matters, and what a new World Bank about-face on industrial policy tells us about this era rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-th...

Ike, JFK, and Nixon all made their campaign managers Attorney General. They understood the job was political.

NEW from @rooseveltinstitute.org: 🔥Major report from @betonyjones.bsky.social @joepeck.co.uk on how Biden pursued pro-labor clean energy policy. 🔥Me 👇on why this matters, and what a new World Bank about-face on industrial policy tells us about this era rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-th...

Thrilled to have this paper out in the world. We can't restore democracy without restoring faith in its ability to deliver for people. Public options are part of the toolkit we need to do that.

Congrats to @quinnslobodian.com and @bentarnoff.com on the publication of Muskism. Exciting to see this out in the world and be an FT Best Book of the Week. www.ft.com/content/3394...

#LifeGoals Macron: “When we’re serious, we don’t say the opposite of what we said the day before every day, and maybe one shouldn’t speak every day." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w...

To this point: the justification for the tariffs was the National Trade Estimate report, which is chock full of Chamber of Commerce deregulatory asks. Coalition for New Trade goes into it here: static1.squarespace.com/static/69b18...

If the era of neoliberalism and distrust in government is to end, then what comes next? Government has to shape markets to foster democracy. Read the full report by @suzmkahn.bsky.social to see how we build a stable, equitable future. 🔗

Tomorrow marks one year since this administration’s tariff frenzy began. What started with declaring trade “emergencies” culminated in the Supreme Court striking down the tariffs as unconstitutional. All the while, families paid the price and manufacturers got no real path to reshoring jobs ⬇️

Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of "Liberation Day" - Trump's on-again, off-again tariff frenzy. Here's a recap 🧵. First, there was this infamous chart👇, which declared that trade surplus and deficit countries alike constituted an emergency. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

"Bomb this country? Trump effed around, and we’re all finding out." Daniel Immerwahr on Trump's turn to regime change nihilism. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Definitely a good time to be leaning into policies to support clean energy production/alternatives to the global oil market...

This is from the DPA: "to the maximum extent possible, domestic energy supplies should be augmented through reliance on renewable energy sources (including solar, geothermal, wind, and biomass sources), more efficient energy storage and distribution technologies, and energy conservation measures"

NEW from me and @joeldodge07.bsky.social for @rooseveltinstitute.org / Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator: Trump is using the Defense Production Act to promote fossil fuel of a major donor. We show how it could instead be used to promote clean energy Abundance. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

IEA: "More oil has been lost than during the twin shocks of the 1970s that triggered recessions and fuel rationing around the world." The Iran War is "the greatest global energy security threat in history." www.ft.com/content/0952...

This policy simultaneously is: 1) a taxpayer funded corporate handout for nothing in return; 2) actively damaging to our national security; and 3) worsening energy affordability in the middle of a self-inflicted energy shock. So. Much. Winning. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/c...

US to propose a formal bilateral mechanism of managed trade: the US-China Board of Trade. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

Grammys politics >> Oscars politics

As policymakers debate the future of the USMCA—the pact that replaced NAFTA—the stakes are still very real. The upcoming review is a chance to rethink how North American trade works for workers and communities. Read our Trade Director @toddntucker.com on the auto sector and what needs to change:

New paper by @profnoto.bsky.social + coauthors -profiled today by @anaswanson.bsky.social -is worth your time. They find that American workers in communities more exposed to competition from Mexican imports saw a significant shortening of their life spans post-NAFTA. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

Democrats should try to solve actual problems in society rather than jumping on the Grover Norquest-lite slop train

Thanks to @inthesetimes.com for running the piece @toddntucker.com and I wrote for @rooseveltinstitute.org on why progressives must prioritize Court reform! inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

Over at the @rooseveltinstitute.org, @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @toddntucker.com explain why court reform should be a progressive priority.

Markey wrote "investment banks are profiteering from the delay" in processing tariff refunds. He... warned that small businesses that cannot afford a costly legal battle could be disproportionately tempted to trade away their claims." www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

I spoke @brookings.edu today on the future of USMCA trade. I made 3 points: 1. The recent SCOTUS decision doesn't change much on this front. 2. The auto industry needs a lot from trade policy now - policymakers should be demanding more in return. www.youtube.com/live/70G1I4P...