Reposted by KristiJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 151151696533
Reposted by KristiCaptain Jack #8647 @heavydriver.bsky.social · 07/10/2026What a great point. Really. 12311
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There is a certain irony that I find myself in a Catholic school for my doctorate after my awful middle school experiences in one. And yet, I find the prayers that begin each module quite beautiful. Even though I am no longer Catholic, I can appreciate and meditate on them easily. It's nice. 000
Reposted by KristiCatDaMaMa @catdamama.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Ensuring your voter registration takes 2 minutes and is worth so much more. Deadline to register to vote in AZ, AR, FL, GA, IN, KY, LA, MS, OH, TN, TX is OCT. 5. Please register. Already registered? Check your registration NOW. #LetsGetVoteReady social.demcast.com/s/m2aWf4tUsocial.demcast.comCheck Your Voter Registration 12129122
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Other Mommy was an incredible and terrifying book to read, and the trailer for the movie looks amazing. I want to watch it, and I don't at the same time. I am definitely going to watch it 🫣 youtu.be/bEpTgowZ1dI?...youtu.beOther Mommy | Official TrailerYouTube video by Universal Pictures 000
Reposted by KristiAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/09/2026The Kennedy Center was financially stable until Trump took over: "In the fiscal year ending in 2024, when the center was led by President Deborah Rutter and a bipartisan board of trustees, it brought in about $40 million more than it spent" www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...theatlantic.comWhat the Kennedy Center’s Tax Return RevealsA previously unseen filing captures the state of the institution seven months after Donald Trump’s takeover. 15138551806
Reposted by KristiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Reminder that Elon's DOGE recommended firing government workers at the... -FDA, which oversees Neuralink -FAA, which oversees SpaceX -USAID, which probed Starlink -CFPB, which oversees Tesla's financing arm and a potential payment platform on X. See what DOGE was really all about? 10732661333
Reposted by KristiThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Our health care system in America is disgusting. A clear indication that our government doesn't give a fuck if we live or die. 678208676135
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Have the people asking these questions just never had to have health insurance that they paid for themselves?? www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs...fedweek.comOPM Seeks Input on Increasing, Decreasing Options in FEHB/PSHB PlansFollowing is a “request for information” that OPM published in the September 15 Federal Register seeking input on changing available options in FEHB/PSHB 000
Reposted by KristiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Why has Trump been attacking unions and workers’ rights? He wants working people to feel helpless and divided. Trump and his billionaire backers realize that the collective power of a unified labor movement outweighs their own power. Know this: Workers outnumber the oligarchs. 10434651194
Reposted by KristiDemCast USA @demcast.com · 28/08/2026NJ, SC, GA, & CA all cleared $4,000 per household in tariff costs, & Michigan blew past all at $5,619, the highest in the nation. JD Vance campaigns there 8/31 with Mike Rogers like that bill never hit anyone’s kitchen table. The mission be4 you is simple. VOTE BLUE EVERY TIME 12229152
Reposted by Kristi@debbie156 @debbie156.bsky.social · 14/08/2026#AZ voters: Oct 5 is the deadline to register. Early voting starts Oct 7. Election Day is Nov 3. Check your status at my.arizona.vote and share with friends. Get the word out on all your social media accounts - and text everyone you know to remind them about early voting. #Voting #Pinks #ProudBlue 410892
Reposted by KristiMichael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026JIM HENSON wrote a letter to his Children to be opened after his death. It’s entirely beautiful. 9153171096
Reposted by KristiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A recent survey found that 92% of U.S. adults have delayed or avoided medical care due to high costs. Meanwhile, a new study from Yale estimates that Medicare for All would save over 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year. If this country was truly “pro-life,” we would have universal healthcare. 33688923128
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 01/08/2026My heart hurts every day for the mess the US public health system has become. We once had such an amazing system. And now. . . 🤷♀️💔 What are we doing??? 000
Reposted by KristiProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Morning Bluesky This is correct, by Paul Krugman: “1.2 million Americans died from Covid — a number that would have been much lower if MAGA misinformation hadn’t caused so many people to refuse vaccination” See: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... 1/2 paulkrugman.substack.com/p/reality-is...paulkrugman.substack.comReality is a Communist PlotOf MAGA and the totalitarian mindset 7308111
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Every time I see a progressive, truly grassroots Democrat candidate win over a DCCC backed candidate, I smile. We are tired of corporations owning and running our country. They will never care about what's happening to people or our needs: Healthcare. Education. Housing. Green energy. Human rights. 020
Reposted by KristiKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 23/06/2026BREAKING NYT: Government documents raise new doubts about Trump's unsubstantiated claim that "vandals" sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. There's no indication the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally — and the Trump admin knew that.nytimes.comTrump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts. 3522840882
Reposted by KristiHouse Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Democrats @democrats-veterans.house.gov · 19/06/2026AFGE is completely right, “While the bill package suggests it would improve veterans’ health care and benefits, it would in fact do the opposite.” This new legislation is clearly an attempt to derail the Major Richard Star Act. 12448193
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Guess we are relearning about viruses and why vaccines matter in real time. Also, that the flu vaccine does, in fact, work. Quite well. 000
Reposted by KristiClaudia Montague Wheatley @claudiamw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Routine reminder that the most devastating cuts to social services in 2025's "Big Beautiful Bill" are timed to happen in 2027—safely past the midterms. SO many reasons to vote every Trump-enabling Republican out of office THIS year. Pick one, and make a plan to take others to the polls with you. 15523243
Reposted by KristiAmbassador Ken Fairfax (ret) @portlandken.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years. 14864802578
Reposted by KristiGregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 16/06/2026AND everyone can submit comments on the rule until 13 July. Read this on how to submit. Federal grants affect us all. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...elizabethginexi.substack.comWhat We Need to do NEXT: OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule (OMB-2026-0034)What OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance Rule Means in Practice 37040
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Wild. Trying to eliminate AHRQ is just . . . Wild. And harmful to public health and safety. 000
Reposted by KristiRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Since PTSD is being invoked to excuse any and all abuse and misconduct, let us acknowledge where it is most common. .... From my book Recollections of My Nonexistence. 4035491246
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026They want to end peer review of scientific studies - among other things - prior to recommendations. Absolutely unacceptable. 🤬 010
Reposted by KristiTerry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Call your reps -- blue, red, purple, it doesn't matter -- about the proposed OMB science funding rule. The house can stop this. Let them know it matters for your district. 12345204
Reposted by KristiColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It's been a week since Russell Vought unleashed his latest blueprint of destruction, and we are beginning to see how institutions are approaching the matter. I am calling on orgs, societies, and the left to fully, uncompromisingly, viciously oppose 100% of this rule proposal. Every single line. 420867
Reposted by KristiColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is the moment to pull every lever of power. We have seen VERY CLEARLY that this Administration doesn't simply stop when they get an inch. They always fight for the mile. We MUST reject 100% of the 412 page proposal from OMB. We must fight like lives, our entire sector depends on it. 1315
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is so upsetting. prospect.org/2026/06/04/t...prospect.orgTrump Kicks His Dismantling of Veterans’ Health Care Into High Gear - The American ProspectHis proposed new budget shrinks the VA’s ability to meet veterans’ needs. 000
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This entire thread is just gold. Seriously. A timeline cleanser, if you will, of entertainment. Take a break and enjoy some book annotation amusement. 050
Reposted by KristiLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 25/05/2026⚠️ Pope Leo releases his first encyclical: MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Link: www.vatican.va/content/leo-... 222369
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Holy crap. This is massive and so so bad. The US should be here with our talent and best minds in public health leading the way - except we've dismissed them and decided that science, improving public health, ensuring public trust, and monitoring global health situations no longer matter. 💔 000
Reposted by KristiRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Ohio’s state sales tax exemption for data centers cost $1.6 BILLION in 2025 — 11x more than its original estimate. That’s $1.6 billion that could have gone to public schools and healthcare instead of Big Tech CEOs’ pockets. Is it any wonder communities are organizing against data centers?signalohio.orgOhio data center tax break cost $1 billion more than expected in 2025 - Signal OhioOhio’s biggest tax break for data centers is more expensive than once thought. A lot more expensive. 44494904210
Kristi @kristilyn.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"Flames. . . flames on the side of my face." 🤬 I am legitimately so angry that I do not even have words. The level of disrespect by everyone involved here is just. . . I cannot even. 000
Reposted by KristiPrem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 14/05/2026A…stunning campaign launch. "My dad got cancer & my mom's employer collapsed. The executives got paid & the workers got screwed. She didn't have the heart to tell us, even when the bank took the house…when she took her own life, the eviction notice was in her pocket." @ahlmanfornebraska.bsky.social 201002317
Reposted by KristiMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Many thanks to @academyhealth.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to highlight how I approached the writing of my book Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States. And now, I’m working to use this evidence to improve policy. open.substack.com/pub/ahsituat...open.substack.comHow Prior Authorization Drives Inequality in Health CareAcademyHealth member and research champion Miranda Yaver highlights the impact of prior authorization on care delivery, as well as possible reforms. 143
Reposted by KristiChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/05/2026Can someone stop Trump from destroying historic DC? The Eisenhower Executive Office Building is famous for its gray granite facade, and he wants to paint it white, costing taxpayers at least $7.5 million. NEWSFLASH: this isn’t going to lower gas or grocery prices or open the Strait of Hormuz. 1901498725
Reposted by KristiDrH @drhaup.bsky.social · 08/05/2026SCOTUS Voting Rights Act opinion based on faulty data. Kevin Morris, a researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice: “In zero out of the last three presidential elections, did Black turnout come anywhere close to parity.Alito’s claim is simply not factual.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comSupreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJExclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found 1522068952
Reposted by KristiW.E.D.em Boyz @leftistwonk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Total shocker. Alito’s argument for why black people don’t need voting rights protections is based on fraudulent statistics.theguardian.comSupreme court’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJExclusive: Data in justice department filing quoted by Samuel Alito in his opinion relied on unusual methodology, a Guardian analysis has found 56271803300
Reposted by KristiChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 09/05/2026I don’t know who needs to hear this, but what’s going on in the south right now with voting rights and erasure, is a “kitchen table issue” — for Black families. And it should be for everyone. 24269522254
Reposted by KristiAhmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/05/2026There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUS’s reasoning was immediately disproven by reality. 379114223774