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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

As someone who lost his mom in the last year, this "Call Your Mom" ad AT&T is running during NHL games is a nice little dagger out of nowhere. But, damn, they're right. Call your mom. Call your dad too if you still can. Some of us can't.

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Last year, I wrote about the damage autocrats do to their nations’ economies & identified 7 kinds of business that were at highest risk during democratic erosion. 2 months into the second Trump Administration, we’ve already seen serious consequences for businesses in all 7 categories:

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Democratic erosion causes economic decline. Here are the 7 kinds of business at highest risk.

Further democratic erosion in the United States would have serious economic consequences for the country’s economy and business sectors.

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The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · 17/03/2025

We are excited to welcome @avivaaron-dine.bsky.social as the next director of The Hamilton Project. Aviva has engaged with a broad portfolio of policy issues, most recently as acting assistant secretary for tax policy at Treasury, equipping her lead The Hamilton Project during this critical time.

Introducing The Hamilton Project's incoming director, Aviva Aron-Dine. Quote from Aviva Aron-Dine: It is a great privilege to join The Hamilton Project. I’m excited to partner with leading economists, the Advisory Council, and THP staff to bring new ideas and rigorous analysis to critical policy challenges.”

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Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I’ve been director of The Hamilton Project for 5 years - longest tenure by a factor of 2! - and so it is with immense pride and gratitude that I am stepping down. Thank you to my incredible team & everyone I’ve worked with in this role. I’m thrilled to pass the baton to @avivaaron-dine.bsky.social.

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Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We're looking forward to hearing from IRP Affiliate Bradley Hardy on Monday 3/17 when he visits @uwmadison.bsky.social!

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Writing about Direct File is mostly looking up synonyms for "success"

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Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Dear US colleagues, In response to the Trump administration, my university @univ-amu.fr is setting up a new program dedicated to welcoming American scientists wishing to pursue their work in France. There are several M$ in the budget. www.univ-amu.fr/en/public/ac...

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Safe Place For Science: Aix Marseille Université ready to welcome American scientists | Aix Marseille Université

In a context where some scientists in the United States may feel threatened or hindered in their research, our university is announcing the launch of the Safe Place For Science program, dedicated to w...

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Office of Mayor Michelle Wu 吳弭 @mayorwu.boston.gov · 05/03/2025

To every one of my neighbors back in Boston, know this: You belong here. This is your home. Boston es tu hogar. Boston se lakay ou. 這是你的家. This is our city. We are the safest major city in the nation because we are safe for everyone. #Boston #Congress #CongressionalHearing #Immigration

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Mayor Michelle Wu's Opening Statement to the United States House Committee on Oversight

YouTube video by City of Boston

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Daniel Schuman @americalabs.org · 24/02/2025

It has taken a lot of work to get to this point. Soon CRS reports will be available from the official source in HTML.

Announcement from CRS that soon its reports will be available in HTML.

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

DOGE is trying to fire thousands of IRS workers in the middle of tax season. What does it mean for taxpayers? A quick thread on enforcement and customer service.

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Lily Batchelder @lilybatch.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A 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. 1/5

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Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data, raising alarm at IRS

Musk’s DOGE seeks access to personal taxpayer data at IRS

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Carolyn Barber, MD @cbarbermd.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

didn't identify any changes in the sequence data from the NV person that might impact antigenicity or susceptibility to antivirals. However, the virus will undergo further analysis & testing. Updated story:🎁Gift link: fortune.com/well/2025/02... #BlueSky #MedSky 🧪 #IDSky #scisky #medtwitter

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New bird flu variant found in Nevada dairy cows has experts sounding alarms: 'We have never been closer to a pandemic from this virus'

Dairy herds in Nevada have been infected by a version of the H5N1 bird flu not previously seen in cows, putting virologists on high alert.

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Important piece by the @taxlawcenter.org laying out key questions around the potential for DOGE affiliates illegally accessing confidential taxpayer information. medium.com/@taxlawcente...

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I spend a lot of time writing about many of the horrors of American history, but one consistent bright spot, something about which it is right to be proud, is that we've never had a king.

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Tim Clancy @viewfromarchstreet.com · 08/02/2025

On changes to #NIH indirect rates, there is a law in place that prohibits NIH from making such changes without the approval of Congress. See Division D, Title II Section 224 of The Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (Public Law No: 118-47) grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...

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NOT-OD-24-110: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY 2024 NOT-OD-24-110. NIH

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The outcome of this political moment depends a lot on Americans being able to escape or see past the billionaire-controlled prison of right-wing propaganda our devices have become www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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The Algorithmic Cage

The private companies in control of social-media networks possess an unprecedented ability to manipulate and control the populace.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 06/02/2025

New @urbaninstitute.bsky.social research shows that federal programs being discussed for cuts spend a disproportionate share of their funds on children. Cuts could massively increase childhood poverty, reduce access to healthcare, & worsen educational outcomes www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/02/2025

Elon Musk’s team of coders are creating a “backdoor” into the U.S. Treasury system, according to legal and I.T. professionals.

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The Real Threat of Elon Musk’s Treasury Takeover Exposed

Musk’s team is rewriting code in the U.S. Treasury system.

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 31/01/2025

The systematic attempt by the Trump admin to delete federal data right now is a disaster. It is a small, but important, consolation that my colleagues @urbaninstitute.bsky.social have been working like mad to save as much data as we can from across agencies—we have to do what we can.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

This paper is a great example of solid evidence of systemic discrimination: "Black taxpayers are audited at 2.9 to 4.7 times the rate of non-Black taxpayers." This reflects a series of choices built into the IRS audit algorithm: focus on the EITC, and overclaiming of credits.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I would like to be added to the NYU listserv please.

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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 19/12/2024

On my Substack, I have a series where I detail solutions that can improve the economy. Just in time for all those winter colds, the latest is why the US needs paid sick days. www.kedits.com/p/solutions-...

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Solutions: Paid Sick Days

Want to build a better economy? Stay home ;)

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Elaine Maag @elainemaag.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Great senior opportunity in the Income and Benefits Policy Center at the Urban Institute. Let’s work together! www.linkedin.com/mwlite/jobs/...

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LinkedIn Login, Sign in | LinkedIn

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Elaine Maag @elainemaag.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I'm back at @urbaninstitute.bsky.social and Tax Policy Center after being on detail to the US Treasury for a year. We're looking at 17 million children not getting the full CTC next year because their income/earnings are too low. We can do better. taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/17-mi...

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17 Million Children In Low-Income Families Will Not Receive The Full Child Tax Credit In 2025

In 2025, the Tax Policy Center estimates that 17 million children under the age of 17—or one in four—will receive less than the full value of the Child Tax Credit because their parents earn too little...

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Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Findings from Urban's Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey show that nearly two-thirds of food-insecure adults who could benefit the most from charitable food resources did not feel comfortable accessing them. Explore more about what the data reveal in an Urban fact sheet.

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How Many Food-Insecure Adults Need Help but Don’t Know Where to Get It?

In this fact sheet, we analyze awareness of and comfort with using charitable food, using data from the Urban Institute’s Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey—a nationally representative, annual survey o...

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Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com · 04/12/2024

News from me, I've started a YouTube channel! I've kicked it off with an introductory video explaining who I am, a reprint from TikTok. (If you know me, you know I have the tech savvy of a 95-year-old, so cross-posting a video is actually a huge accomplishment.) youtu.be/o_ZOqCLcff8

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Who are you? About Keds Economist.

YouTube video by Kathryn Anne Edwards

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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

🚨 NEW PAPER: When low-income Americans get $1,000/month for 3 years, what happens to their political views & behavior? The OpenResearch Unconditional income Study reveals surprising findings about the effects of income on politics... 🧵

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Albeit is a terrific word It really should be used much more frequently Let’s make it happen, folks

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 27/11/2024

fuckin harrowing piece. real easy to imagine ending up like this. in this country it only takes one stroke of serious bad luck if you don't have A LOT of money www.esquire.com/news-politic...

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My Life As a Homeless Man in America

An extraordinary firsthand account.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Timely scholarship in the context of plans to introduce more work requirements to reduce SNAP take-up. This article shows that a) lower burdens (using existing administrative data) increases SNAP take-up which b) contributes to greater earnings later in life.

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Medicaid Facts: Research shows that #Medicaid coverage during pregnancy and childhood results in long-term benefits including better health and higher incomes/financial security in adulthood and greater educational attainment. www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...

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Jeopardizing a Sound Investment: Why Short-Term Cuts to Medicaid Coverage During Pregnancy and Childhood Could Result in Long-Term Harm

Study shows that cuts to Medicaid programs could have both immediate and long-term effects on the health and well-being of pregnant mothers and their children.

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Mike Spangenberg @mikespangenberg.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I’m halfway through this @clintsmithiii.bsky.social piece on remembrance, story, and forgiveness in Rwanda, and it is typically excellent. Shares a clear line of inquiry with his book “How the Word is Passed” with a focus on atrocities more of us need to grapple with. apple.news/Am7vn4ciqRfa...

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Is Forgiveness Possible in Rwanda? — The Atlantic

Global Thirty years after the genocide in Rwanda, survivors and perpetrators live side by side. October 04, 2024 Hussein Longolongo killed seven people during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda; he oversaw t...

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Margot Hollick @margothollick.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

CRS’s analysts, attorneys, librarians and support staff do great work and their reports are public at crsreports.congress.gov

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

From the Urban Institute, interactive state-by-state data on losses in ACA marketplace coverage and increases in the uninsured if the enhanced subsidies are allowed to expire next year. #healthpolicy www.urban.org/data-tools/h...

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Who Would Lose Coverage If Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Expire?

The expiration of the pandemic-era enhanced premium tax credits risks leaving 4 million people without health insurance.

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Margot Hollick @margothollick.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

This was one of my favorite books. Clint Smith is a national treasure.

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