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Rachel Lerman

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Economics reporter, The Washington Post. Signal: rachellerman.55

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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW: Persistent inflation is weighing on middle-class Americans, who are finding ways to cut corners to keep their budgets in check. Free link: wapo.st/4wUVYw5
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As high prices persist, some Americans are cutting back on spending
While overall consumer spending remains strong, many families say they are hunting for deals, embracing DIY projects and saving less.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Come be my editor! The Post is hiring an economics editor, and I can personally attest that we are the most charming and hard-working team ever, basically. Apply here: washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/washin...
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Economics Editor
Application Instructions Please list all professional experience and explain any gaps in employment history. All of your application materials, which may include PDF files of work samples and/or links...
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. From @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social and me Gift link: wapo.st/4gS59s1
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Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery app drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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Lauren Kaori Gurley @laurenkaorigurley.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NEW: The number of Amazon workers on food stamps or Medicaid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025. The number of Uber, DoorDash, Lyft and other gig workers on these benefits also exploded. Read @rachellerman.bsky.social and me. washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Amazon, gig companies see spike in workers on SNAP and Medicaid, study shows
Amazon workers on federal aid nearly tripled between 2020 and 2025, while ride-hailing and food delivery drivers shot up on lists compiled by the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
I also have a substack where I bully friends into reading books I love. My latest post is about how I’ve read 107 books so far this year. Is that … good? open.substack.com/pub/iwannata...
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The lure, and snags, of binge reading
In which I bully you into reading for escapism
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Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@rachellerman.bsky.social is now covering consumer economics for @washingtonpost.com: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/w...
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
I'm on a new beat at The Post, writing about consumer economics. To start us off! I wrote about the massive Boomer wealth that's about to get passed down, and how it will make our wealth gap even more extreme. Gift link: wapo.st/4y9yCUD
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Boomers’ massive wealth will mostly be passed down to people who are already rich
Often called the Great Wealth Transfer, the inheritances are expected to be the largest passage of generational wealth in history.
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Heather Kelly @heatherkelly.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I was laid off from The Washington Post today. I know, real original sentence. My first plagiarism in 20 years of journalism. My job was stupid fun and I loved every minute of it. I’m sad for my talented colleagues but sadder the world will not get to read, watch and listen to their amazing work.
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Heather Kelly @heatherkelly.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
I’m going to stare at a wall for the rest of the day. And by wall I mean TikTok. But then I’ll stand up and get back what I love: writing about the ways real humans use tech, for good and weird and yes, to disassociate after a bad day.
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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
heather is a marvel & a delight. the most accessible, fun (remember fun?), fwd-looking story ideas, best hedlines, fast & incisive editing, impeccable command of tiktok, her casual observations have rewired my brain. her writing's a breeze. you'd be so f lucky to work w/her bsky.app/profile/heat...
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
#SaveThePost, Jeff Bezos.
This image shows a logo of The Washington Post Guild and our statement:

The Post Guild vehemently opposes any more cuts to the staff of The Washington Post. As we’ve seen in recent years, continuing to eliminate scores of workers who make this storied institution what it is only stands to weaken the newspaper, drive away readers and undercut The Post’s mission: to hold power to account without fear or favor and provide critical insight into communities across the region, country and world.

If Jeff Bezos no longer supports that mission, then The Post and its readers deserve a steward who does.

If you value The Post’s journalism and its renowned past — if you care about its future — we ask that you join us in our call to #SaveThePost.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26/01/2026
Proud to work with the @washingtonpost.com's fearless international reporters. They're the heart of this newsroom, and we'd understand our world less without them. #SaveThePost
Waking up without power, heat, or running water. (Again.) 

But the work here in Kyiv continues. Warming up in the car, writing in pencil — pen ink freezes — by headlamp. 

Despite how difficult this job can be, I am proud to be a foreign correspondent at The Washington Post.
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Sarah Kaplan @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Want to help? Renew your subscription -- and buy more for family and friends. You may not agree with every op-ed The Post publishes, but our investigative journalism, breaking news reporting and other essential work cannot happen without subscribers.
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lizzalichka.bsky.social @lizzalichka.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
NEW: I went to Mexico to see a generation of babies being conceived through AI & robotic IVF - automated systems w/no human involvement. It’s a deeply human story about the global infertility crisis and whether tech can scale the most precious thing we have: human life. Gifted here: wapo.st/3Kt4u26
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Robots are learning to make human babies. Twenty have already been born.
One in six people of reproductive age suffer from infertility. Start-ups are using AI-powered robots to increase IVF success rates and lower costs.
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The right to speak freely is the ultimate personal liberty and the foundation of Karen’s 11-year career at The Post. We’re proud to call Karen a colleague and a longtime union sibling. The Post Guild stands with her and will continue to support her and defend her rights.
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The Washington Post wrongly fired Opinions columnist Karen Attiah over her social media posts. The Post not only flagrantly disregarded standard disciplinary processes, it also undermined its own mandate to be a champion of free speech.
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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Trump & Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill” would be one of the largest wealth transfers from the working class to the wealthy in U.S. history. But how would it affect YOU? We built a calculator. Plug in your info to see what it’d mean for your finances. www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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Heather Kelly @heatherkelly.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I spent two weeks getting chatbots to say the most unspeakable things to me, all while on the clock! Here's what parents and caregivers should know about teens and tweens sexting with AI chatbots. wapo.st/4587byz
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Teens are sexting with AI. Here’s what parents should know.
Tweens and teens are having suggestive and sexual conversations with AI chatbots on the web and in apps. Here’s what parents and caregivers should know.
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nitasha tiku @nitasha.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The story Meta didn't want you to read, by @naominix.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Videos disparaging trans women aren’t hate speech, Meta board says
Meta leaders Joel Kaplan and Nick Clegg told the social media company’s Oversight Board last year that videos reposted by Libs of TikTok should be treated carefully.
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Naomi Nix @naominix.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
You can read the story here: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Anti-trans posts pass muster under Meta’s new hate-speech rules
Meta’s quasi-independent Oversight Board ruled early Wednesday that the social media platform is free to leave up two disparaging posts about trans people that include videos showing a trans woman usi...
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26/03/2025
I'm not a fancy military strategist but "THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP" does kinda sound like a war plan www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The Hegseth text then continued:
•“1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)”
•“1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets)”
•“1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”
•“MORE TO FOLLOW (per timeline)”
•“We are currently clean on OPSEC”—that is, operational security.
•“Godspeed to our Warriors.”
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
🔬🧪🧬 @sadbumblebee.buzz and I are collecting stories from scientists whose research funding has been halted by the Trump admin. Feel free to share this form with anyone who has been impacted and as always you can reach me on signal at caitlingilbert.24 thewashingtonpost.formstack.com/forms/scient...
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Are you a scientist who has lost funding or grants in recent weeks? - Formstack
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Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Recently, we’ve seen reporters from all over the newsroom produce incredible journalism about the new administration. The Post today published an investigation into the $38 billion in government funding that underpins Elon Musk’s business empire: wapo.st/41uIOJ4
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Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding
Government infusions at key moments helped Tesla and SpaceX flourish, boosting Musk’s wealth.
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Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
I will not tolerate any interference from our owner in my reporting. If that red line is ever crossed moving forward, I will quit and let you know.
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Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Since I joined the newsroom in 2018, Bezos has never influenced my coverage of tech policy, politics or the White House. My colleagues and I have covered him and his businesses with the same accountability lens we apply to all tech leaders.
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Cat Zakrzewski @cqzakrz.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Jeff Bezos announced that the Washington Post opinion page will no longer publish viewpoints opposing personal liberties and free markets. In light of this news, I want to emphasize that there is a strong firewall between opinion and news at our publication.
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Dan Keating @dtkeating.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
DOGE claims don't stand up - check it out www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... w @abtran.bsky.social @rachellerman.bsky.social @jonswaine.bsky.social
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Musk’s DOGE says it has saved $55 billion. Not so fast.
A Washington Post analysis found that hundreds of the canceled contracts DOGE listed represent savings of $0 each.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
we just published a list of more than 30 people working for (or closely with) DOGE. message me on signal @rachellerman.55 with tips on the office www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Who’s working for Elon Musk’s DOGE?
Here’s who is working with Elon Musk at the U.S. DOGE Service — also known as the Department of Government Efficiency — to makes changes across the federal government.
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Chiqui Esteban 🇺🇸🇪🇺 @chiquiesteban.me · 31/01/2025
5. What could get more expensive if Trump enacts tariffs? @lmelgar.bsky.social adn @rachellerman.bsky.social on what we export from Canada, Mexico and China www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Here’s what could get more expensive if Trump enacts tariffs this week
Tomatoes, T-shirts and cars are among the vast array of goods that could become pricier if tariffs pledged by President Donald Trump go into effect.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 27/01/2025
President Trump has threatened to impose increased tariffs on products from Mexico, Canada and China as soon as Saturday — a move that could significantly increase prices on goods from three of America’s most important trading partners. Here are the products that could be affected:
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Here’s what could get more expensive if Trump enacts tariffs this week
Tomatoes, T-shirts and cars are among the vast array of goods that could become pricier if tariffs pledged by President Donald Trump go into effect.
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Erin "Skeleton Factory" Ryan @eringloriaryan.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
If the Depp-Heard fiasco didn't, the Blake Lively smear campaign should drive home an important media literacy lesson that I'm afraid many are missing: when it seems like everybody is suddenly talking about something, consider the possibility that the viral moment was engineered.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
some counter programming for your Thanksgiving Day. we made a step-by-step visual guide of how lab diamonds are created, full of sparkles www.washingtonpost.com/business/int...
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See how a lab-grown diamond is made
Lab-grown diamonds have increased in popularity in the past several years. See how these gems are created.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Elon Musk is soon going to have some sort of influence in the federal government. He’s already spent years tangling with many agencies. Here’s his history of squabbles and investigations with the FTC, SEC, DOJ, and more www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... from me and @faizsays.bsky.social
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Musk has long history of squabbles, investigations with federal agencies
Musk has long complained about federal agencies — particularly those that have investigated and fined his companies.
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Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
A lot is about to change in our #economy. Let's start with #taxes. For Trump and Republicans, "everything is on the table" for massive tax cuts. 👉 Extending individual rate cuts 👉 Massive corporate rate cut 👉 End tax on tips & Social Security ➕ a whole lot more Let's get into it... 🧵
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For Trump and Republicans in Congress, ‘everything is in play’ on tax cuts
President-elect Donald Trump and a unified GOP Congress are poised to remake the country’s tax code with major benefits for corporations and the upper class.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 26/10/2024
Today's @washingtonpost.com editorial cartoon: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 24/10/2024
Machinists on Wednesday rejected Boeing’s latest contract proposal, dashing hopes for an end to the nearly six-week walkout and further complicating the aerospace giant’s path to a more stable future.
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Striking Boeing workers vote to reject deal as company’s losses grow
Sixty-four percent of those who voted cast a ballot to reject the proposed deal, which Boeing had hoped would be enough to end a nearly six-week walkout.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 24/10/2024
I was at the Boeing Machinists union hall tonight in Seattle when members voted down a contract deal, extending the strike. Workers have already been on strike for 41 days and say they’re holding out for higher wages and maybe the restoration of a pension www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Striking Boeing workers vote to reject deal as company’s losses grow
Sixty-four percent of those who voted cast a ballot to reject the proposed deal, which Boeing had hoped would be enough to end a nearly six-week walkout.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/10/2024
I made a starter pack of @washingtonpost.com journalists on this app to make it easier for you to read / curse at us all go.bsky.app/D7WHbei
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 23/10/2024
i’m back. learn how to spot misinfo online so democracy doesn’t die in darkness www.washingtonpost.com/technology/i...
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Misinformation is everywhere this election. Can you tell what’s real?
How good are your defenses against election misinformation? Test your instincts to see how you compare to other Post readers.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 01/07/2023
everyone pls skeet all their thoughts so I have enough to doomscroll today thx
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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 29/04/2023
PSA: Likes are public, though not yet visible on this app. And blocks will be public too. Atproto will support private forms of data eventually, but not yet.
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Bluesky @bsky.app · 29/04/2023
Important: Similar to your likes, your block list is public data! While users of the Bluesky app can’t easily find this list now, the data is public and enumerable at the protocol level. This means that third-party apps or clients can surface and display your list.
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 28/04/2023
listening to the tiktok outlander song on repeat while staring out a rainy train window like god intended
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Rachel Lerman @rachellerman.bsky.social · 28/04/2023
trying to think of a witty, prescient first bluskytweet I won’t regret in 9 years. I think this is perfect because
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