MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This paper was a banger. Really well done and accessible. www.sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/Dem...sas.upenn.edu 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 20/08/2026PUBLIC SHAMING WORKS: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/20/u...nytimes.comU.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against IranThe aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 04/08/2026This is America. We don't protect workers. www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...wsj.comHow Protected Is Your Job If You Go on Leave? Not as Much as You ThinkWorkers who take approved leaves of absence for medical or other reasons often think—mistakenly—that their positions are safe. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 04/08/2026It me. #SubaruSocialist www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l... 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Preschool costs nearly 2X our mortgage, but let me tell you, the mortgage processor treats us with respect and understands that the payment is large and deserves advance notice. Preschool will tell you on 8/4 that Sept tuition is due 8/10. Surprise! 061
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Let's go. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...politico.comCalifornia Democratic Party endorses billionaire taxThe party’s executive board broke with several labor unions and Gavin Newsom on the measure. 000
Reposted by MM de SilvaErin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 30/07/2026For a Fed chair who is committed to minimizing communications, it was shockingly easy to put together a Warsh-specific press conference bingo card. 052
Reposted by MM de SilvaWill Borger @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I worked at Disney a while ago. Do you know why theme parks are so safe? Because OOSHA reps can walk the track on any ride at any time and any safety violation they see is a $10,000 fine. Each. Theme parks are not safe because the company cares. They're safe because it's cheaper to comply. 59105323203
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/u... Don't live in Michigan. But want to be on the record that, as an advanced-degree-holding, upper-middle-class suburban white mom, this campaign and this candidate absolutely appeal to me. Medicare for All. Abolish Ice. Democratic Socialism.nytimes.comCan a Progressive Win in a Purple State? Abdul El-Sayed Wants to Find Out.Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary is a critical front in the fight between Democrats’ progressive and moderate flanks and a preview of the 2028 presidential primary. 001
Reposted by MM de SilvaNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 06/07/2026YIMBYism is absolutely a precondition for decarbonizing the United States and it drives me insane that a lot of legacy climate orgs, particularly here in California, remain hostile to dense housing construction. www.sightline.org/apartments-a...sightline.orgApartments Are the Climate Solution Hiding in Plain SightUS climate policy is blocked. Housing isn’t. 121543
Reposted by MM de SilvaDana Milbank @danamilbank.bsky.social · 25/06/2026My latest column looks at how progressives and Democrats are drafting plans to to use the all-powerful, unitary executive that Trump has established (and the Roberts Court has blessed) to launch a new Progressive Era-- no legislation required. www.notus.org/perspectives...notus.orgDana Milbank: Democrats Are Drafting Plans to Govern Like Trump in 2029He may have inadvertently sown the seeds of a new progressive age. 3217
Reposted by MM de SilvaDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I mean yeah, this is good, but it shouldn't require an all-time great performance and the sudden attention of powerful peopletheguardian.comMother of Cape Verde star Vozinha will secure visa to attend World Cup in USHakeem Jeffries, the top US Democrat, said that the visa fees for the goalkeeper’s mother would be waived so she could attend Cape Verde’s next match in Miami 28618
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 17/06/2026@rooseveltinstitute.org has ruined me forever b/c I now get this joke 000
Reposted by MM de SilvaDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Not to get hyperbolic, but this man is showing the whole world how to do it. 0537
Reposted by MM de SilvaEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 17/06/2026I’m telling you, there is blood in this water. It should be in the news every day. 333020
Reposted by MM de SilvaEthan Struby @estruby.bsky.social · 02/06/2026chicago fed wades into the consumer sentiment debate www.chicagofed.org/publications...chicagofed.org Reassessing the Relationship Between Consumer Sentiment and Spending with a New Composite Index - Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Surveys summarizing consumer sentiment (or confidence) have a long tradition in economics. In the U.S., the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers and the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence... 172
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 02/06/2026End-stage capitalism is failing us. Of course, we're socialists. www.ft.com/content/d6b1...ft.comWhy young America is trending socialistDemocrats need to show they can deliver for a disaffected Gen Z 000
Reposted by MM de SilvaMaggie Wiggin @maggie162.bsky.social · 01/06/2026My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE 177113863796
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 27/05/2026And I thought it was wild to be an American Catholic during the papacy of Pope Frances... 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Reminder that the devil wears a suit and tie and the biggest kind of theft in the United States is wage theft. #diadeltrabajador 020
Reposted by MM de SilvaLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 30/04/2026FDR’s Fireside chat on March 9, 1937 explaining his proposal to expand the Supreme Court stands up surprisingly well. “We have reached the point as a nation where we must take action to save the Constitution from the Court and the Court from itself.”/1 211713638
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 03/04/2026[Congress...]offered moms access to full-time, high-quality care for young children, as well as summer and after-school care for older kids, all for less than the equivalent today of $10 per day. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...ms.nowOpinion | Trump says the U.S. cannot afford child care in wartime. History says otherwise.The U.S. government did “take care of day care” once – and used the defense budget to pay the bill. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 02/04/2026When Pilate saw that he could not prevail, but rather that a tumult was beginning, he took water and washed his hands. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"Everyone Watches Women in Econ" www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...wsj.comWNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel LaureateHarvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players’ average salary will top $580,000. 000
Reposted by MM de SilvaMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 27/03/2026The Senate has voted unanimously for the Democratic proposal to reopen DHS and fully fund TSA without giving a single dollar to ICE. 431877393
Reposted by MM de SilvaRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 18/03/2026When you think you're a liberator of your people and you're also sexually abusing women and girls from among those people you're demonstrating that you have trouble recognizing them as people. (And that is way too common.)nytimes.comCesar Chavez, a Civil Rights Icon, Is Accused of Abusing Girls for Years 452493457
Reposted by MM de SilvaOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026obviously this story wouldn't have been any less dark if this wasn't true, but I really wasn't prepared for one of the victims to have been Dolores Huerta 562671442
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 05/03/2026media.tenor.coma man wearing a shirt that says schitts creek smilesALT: a man wearing a shirt that says schitts creek smiles 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 27/02/2026If conservatives and demographers are so worried about the birthrate, it's time to a) give women whatever we want, b) seriously consider matriarchy, and c) celebrate and welcome immigrants... www.nytimes.com/2026/02/27/u...nytimes.comThe Birthrate Is Plunging. Why Some Say That’s a Good Thing. 010
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 26/02/2026This. www.firesidestacks.com/p/billionair...firesidestacks.comBillionaires Shouldn't Just Pay More. They Should Have Less.Igor Volsky leads the Tax the Greedy Billionaires campaign and is the founder of Volsky Ventures. 011
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The original ProPublica reporting on family separation will never ever leave me. I will hear a small boy crying for his papi for the rest of my life, and I will never forget that an insecure, bald man from Santa Monica with hate in his heart is responsible. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 25/02/2026I want to know why we started learning somewhere down the line that a president is always a clown: always a john and never a hooker. Always a boss and never a worker, always a liar, always a thief and never caught. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Am sick of seeing headlines discussing "fallout." Pretty sure what you're trying to say is "accountability." 010
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 19/02/2026primary everyone www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | ‘Show Up for Us’: 13 Democratic Voters on Trump, ICE and Their Frustrations With the Democratic PartyThe group discusses the Democratic Party’s response to Trump and his reshaping of American life. 000
Reposted by MM de SilvaCraig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 11/02/2026The economy produced roughly the same number of jobs in Joe Biden’s last full month in office as it produced in Donald Trump’s first full year in office. 151114390
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 11/02/2026"The state represses, the law cheats, Taxes bleed the poor; No duties are imposed on the rich, The rights of the poor are empty words, We have languished long enough under domination, Equality wants other laws: 'No rights without duties,' it says 'Equals, there are no duties without rights.'” 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 10/02/2026www.wired.com/story/ice-ex... The Hyattsville location is in the same building as the PG County Service Center, including the SNAP office.wired.comICE Is Expanding Across the US at Breakneck Speed. Here’s Where It’s Going NextICE plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign. WIRED is publishing dozens of these locations. 000
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 10/02/2026So...the Wall Street Journal has started talking like this: 100
Reposted by MM de SilvaRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 23/01/2026Social 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:rooseveltinstitute.orgWhat’s Actually Behind Social Security’s Trust Fund ShortfallAnd What Policymakers Need to Know to Fix It 0188
Reposted by MM de SilvaNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 21/01/2026New 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...rooseveltinstitute.orgLessons from YIMBYism: Taking “Abundance” Back to Its FundamentalsLessons from YIMBYism examines how supply-side reforms, public investment, and state capacity can make progressive social policy work as intended. 5393120
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 21/01/2026So...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...theguardian.comUS court allows ICE to arrest and pepper-spray peaceful protesters in MinnesotaIn victory for Trump administration, appeals court has temporarily lifted injunction as JD Vance set to visit state 010
MM de Silva @mmdesilva.bsky.social · 21/01/2026"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...newrepublic.comTrump Blurts Out Real Reason for Insurrection Act Threat—and It’s DarkHe thinks it lets him abuse his power however he wants. It’s up to the courts—and the American people—to show him otherwise. 010
Reposted by MM de SilvaPerry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026"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...offmessage.netAbolish ICE—For Real This TimeNeither activists nor elected Democrats should repeat the mistakes of the past. 515936