Ashley Schapitl @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026And like I said, I had policy disagreements I was clear about and have given JLG credit for addressing some of them post primary (meeting with Mayor Scott on crime and the Superior Court Chief Judge to name two). I'd encourage you to read. 000
Ashley Schapitl @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Post and City Cast acknowledged all of these factors in describing the polling. From the Post: "Lewis George leads by 25 points among White voters, while McDuffie leads by five points among Black voters, a margin that isn’t statistically significant." 100
Ashley Schapitl @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026As a longtime paying Slate/Amicus subscriber this is disappointing. I wrote about policies I disagreed with her on and also discussed where I disagreed with McDuffie. If you read my last post, I was clear that Christina Henderson was my preferred candidate, but she didn't run! 000
Ashley Schapitl @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I don't know how I missed this but the limited polling of the race (which was obviously wrong) had indicated this was the breakdown in each candidate's support. Since the primary I have given JLG plenty of credit for moves to address the policy areas I disagreed with her on. 100
Reposted by Ashley Schapitljae holzman @jael.bsky.social · 29/06/2025Republicans are now suddenly planning to TAX renewable energy, transforming the repeal of the IRA from a challenge to a full-blown crisis for American solar and wind. I spent the last 24 hours putting this story together to explain why. Please share! This is really important!!! @heatmap.newsheatmap.newsHow the Senate GOP’s New Tax on Renewables Could ‘Kill’ the IndustryAs bad as previous drafts of the reconciliation bill have been, this one is worse. 511551994
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlAlexandra Petri @petridishes.bsky.social · 22/06/2025it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time 390364437701
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history. Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich. 11260342513
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlJoel Wertheimer @wertwhile.bsky.social · 06/06/2025I think elected Democrats should ask themselves “what would Barack Obama do?” more often. And it’s pretty easy to hear him making a bunch of jokes about them and then switching to a serious point with “but here’s the thing” and then making the point about Medicaid cuts. 313317
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlWaldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 30/05/2025IRS’s Direct File wasn't open source while it was being developed. But somebody just made it public!github.comGitHub - IRS-Public/direct-file: Direct FileDirect File. Contribute to IRS-Public/direct-file development by creating an account on GitHub. 542936868
Ashley Schapitl @ashleyschapitl.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Yes. There needs to be a real reckoning with what positions on energy, immigration, and guns to name a few are needed to be competitive in these states. They are not my positions, but I’m not the median voter in Texas! 010
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/05/2025The ~700k people of DC: —Pay more fed tax per capita than people of any state; —Are more numerous than pop of WY or VT; —Have zero votes in US House or Senate; —Now being told by House GOP that we can't spend *OUR OWN* tax money, which we've already paid Cut the BS Thanks @vanhollen.senate.gov 262324589
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlDan Murphy @bungdan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The speed with which Congress not having the power of the purse, law and the Constitution be damned, has been normalized by the press is the most terrifying thing to me. 17886441896
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlJacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 22/03/2025To review what we from @washingtonpost.com are reporting out of the IRS today: - Projected tax revenue this year is down 10% ($500 billion) as Trump's downsizing is emboldening tax cheats - IRS is nearing an agreement with ICE to assist on mass deportations 601711759
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 05/03/2025All this business I am reading about social security is nonsense. My mom died on 2/18. My dad got a letter yesterday informing him her benefits were ending and he had to repay the February payment because they don’t give a payment in the month someone dies. They know where every dollar is. 580127392328
Reposted by Ashley Schapitlsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/02/2025No one had died of measles in America for ten years, until yesterday. That 2015 death in WA was preceded by a 12y period of no US deaths. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... HHS Secretary RFK Jr. says it’s “not unusual.” apnews.com/article/meas... It is unusual. www.cdc.gov/measles/data... 17664822542
Reposted by Ashley Schapitlsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 26/02/2025The language, as described, is superfluous. It is already constitutional and federal statutory law that the administration must spend the money that Congress appropriates. Congress’s power of the purse fundamental to our system of government. And yet, it’s a red line for Republicans to include it. 511634402
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlLily Batchelder @lilybatch.bsky.social · 17/02/2025A few further thoughts on DOGE accessing the IDRS database at the IRS: I led the Treasury Office of Tax Policy and have spoken to a number of former career and political appointees at Treasury and IRS. None can recall a political appointee ever having access to this database. 1/5washingtonpost.comMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRSMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 4234132
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025This guy is literally trying to access your banking information via the IRS. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 691761724
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlJacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 17/02/2025🚨 SCOOP: DOGE is seeking personal taxpayer data at IRS, sources tell me. 🚨 Trump admin is pushing IRS to agree to an MOU that would give DOGE access to granular data on every taxpayer, business and nonprofit in the country.washingtonpost.comMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRSMusk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS 27332371696
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/01/2025The Biden administration made final its long-awaited plan to offer billions of dollars in tax credits to companies that make hydrogen, in the hopes of building up a new industry that might help fight climate change.nytimes.comAfter Fierce Lobbying, Treasury Sets Rules for Billions in Hydrogen SubsidiesWith a lucrative tax credit, the Biden administration is hoping to establish a new industry that might help fight climate change. 713429
Reposted by Ashley SchapitlJesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 03/01/2025At long last, the US Treasury Dept has finalized rules for the clean hydrogen tax credit (45V). home.treasury.gov/news/press-r... In general, the rules are based on a strong set of environmental safeguards to ensure "clean" hydrogen is truly clean & provide the certainty industry needs to build. 🔌💡home.treasury.gov 67819
