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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · Sep 12

SB 79 PASSED!

APARTMENTS NEXT TO ALL RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS IN CALIFORNIA ARE NOW LEGAL! THIS IS HUGE!!!

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PolicyEngine US @us.policyengine.org · Sep 5

🤝 Big news: PolicyEngine and @nber.org
have signed an MOU to ensure researchers worldwide continue accessing critical tax microsimulation tools.

We're building an open-source TAXSIM emulator, combining NBER's 50+ years of tax expertise with modern open-source infrastructure.

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Hayden Clarkin @thetransitguy.com · Aug 24

While the 6th-largest city’s transit system utterly collapses, here’s a gentle reminder that the Pennsylvania Turnpike has $17.37 billion in debt on the books, for all those who think roads and highways make money.

Regional Rail & Rail Transit SETA Cuts map

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · Aug 22

Imagine if we did some sort of "Fully Refundable Child Tax Credit" in the US.

Maybe child poverty would be substantially reduced while such a program was in place!

Oliver Parker @oliverparker.bsky.social · Aug 22

Something that always enters my mind with UBI debates is the Canada Child Benefit which reduced child poverty significantly while replacing three different benefits (reduced admin costs) and had near universal take up (95%). It doesn't eliminate poverty but it does reduce the equilibrium a lot!

Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · Aug 22

"We have 50 years (!) of experimental research on explicitly self-sufficiency oriented programs including carrots and sticks, work-requirements, and teaching people to behave like proper upper middle class white people and all that....and all of them have failed."

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PolicyEngine US @us.policyengine.org · Aug 22

🎉 PolicyEngine has been awarded a $300,000 Phase I POSE grant from NSF (Award No. 2518372) to expand our open-source platform, build sustainable governance, and grow our contributor community! https://policyengine.org/us/research/nsf-pose-phase-1-grant

National Science Foundation awards PolicyEngine $300,000 grant | PolicyEngine US

NSF's Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems program will support PolicyEngine's work to expand access to policy analysis tools.

policyengine.org

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · Aug 15

Happy Birthday Social Security 🫡

Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Aug 14

Social Security turns 90 today.

Social Security is the largest form of wealth 90% of people will have.

Privatizing Social Security won't help workers—it would just enrich Wall Street.

Learn more about Social Security in our new FAQ: www.epi.org/publication/...

Social Security FAQ

Social Security turns 90 this year. Despite its popularity and exemplary record of never having missed a payment---even after the 9/11 terror attacks and Hurricane Katrina---misperceptions persist abo...

www.epi.org

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Aug 4

The map in 2022 was rejected as a partisan gerrymander. Maybe the composition of the court has changed enough since then that would let them gerrymander more aggressively, but I’m not sure.

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Aug 4

Pretty sure the legislature can draw its own maps as it did in 2022 and 2024 after rejecting the commission’s proposals. redistricting.lls.edu/state/new-yo...

New York - All About Redistricting

All About Redistricting: all the information about the law and process of redistricting Congress and state legislatures, tracking the history and progress of the maps, reform proposals, and redistrict...

redistricting.lls.edu

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Aug 2

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The American Prospect @prospect.org · Jul 26

Nearly 100,000 women and children in Gaza are facing “severe acute malnutrition.” This is a feature of Israel’s war, not a bug. From @ryanlcooper.com:

Israel’s Endgame Is Obliterating Palestine

Gaza is being deliberately starved. The West Bank is next.

trib.al

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Jul 22

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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · Jul 21

New: A 50-year-old federal rule has stifled affordable housing. Congress may finally, at long last, do something about it

www.vox.com/policy/42025...

Cutting five words from this law could make houses cheaper

The commonsense, zero-cost fix that Congress wouldn’t touch.

www.vox.com

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · Jul 20

that's right www.peoplespolicyproject.org/projects/the...

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Sam @samd.bsky.social · Jul 14

my Supreme Court reform proposal is simple: just expand the court to 13 justices, one to oversee each circuit court. every justice shall serve a 13-year term, with the president appointing a new justice every year

Sam @samd.bsky.social · Jul 14

Supreme Court reform needs to be the litmus test for every democrat in every primary in 2026 and 2028

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · Jul 14

BREAKING: The Supreme Court allows Trump to gut the Department of Education, over the dissent of the three Democratic appointees.

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Jul 5

Remember when JD Vance & the "realignment" right were talking about increasing the child tax credit to $5000?
I assume they secured that win for America in the budget bill.
Let's check the numbers—
Oh wait it's only a $200 annual increase?
And the poorest families are still excluded from it?
No way!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 25

NEW YORK (AP) — Andrew Cuomo concedes New York City Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 13

Last night, @bradlander.bsky.social and I exposed Andrew Cuomo's record of corruption, scandal and disgrace on the debate stage.

With early voting starting tomorrow, we're cross-endorsing to defeat the ex-Gov. and win a city everyone can afford. Rank Brad #2!

Mamdani and Lander Will Cross-Endorse Each Other in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

www.nytimes.com

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · Jun 11

At least it wasn’t Gottheimer.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 11

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mikie Sherrill wins Democratic nomination for governor in New Jersey primary election.

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · May 23

Supreme Court Signals That It Will Declare Removal Protections for NLRB Members Unconstitutional
www.nlrbedge.com/p/supreme-co...

Supreme Court Signals That It Will Declare Removal Protections for NLRB Members Unconstitutional

Member Wilcox will remain removed during her legal challenge, depriving NLRB of quorum.

www.nlrbedge.com

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · May 15

Read my full report on the impact of implementing the SALT Caucus’s preferred cap at @us.policyengine.org and in the thread below:

bsky.app/profile/us.p...

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David Trimmer @dtrim99.bsky.social · May 15

Claim: SALT Caucus members say the cap in the W&M bill is inadequate to deliver real tax relief for middle-class families.

Reality: Raising the cap to $62k/$124k would lower the tax liability of households in the top decile by $2,621 and $13 or less for those in the bottom five.

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