Kennedy Andara
@kennedyandara.bsky.social
Policy Analyst at the Center for American Progress just trying to make our economy a little more fair than when I found it.
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This is Trump's "America First" economy—and it's completely tanking.
November 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is Trump's "America First" economy—and it's completely tanking.
Another way to look at this data is that since April 2, job losses in the manufacturing sector were the equivalent of closing a factory per day, or 232 factories so far this year. Trump's Tariffs have been a disaster for US manufacturers
This is Trump's "America First" agenda in action—plummeting jobs and rising costs.
November 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Another way to look at this data is that since April 2, job losses in the manufacturing sector were the equivalent of closing a factory per day, or 232 factories so far this year. Trump's Tariffs have been a disaster for US manufacturers
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So great to see BLS back to work measuring and informing us about our large and dynamic economy.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
November 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So great to see BLS back to work measuring and informing us about our large and dynamic economy.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
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Fiscally, this is how I think of the OBBBA:
Big cuts for the poor paid for big tax cuts for the rich, which outnumber the tax cuts for everyone else
Big cuts for the poor paid for big tax cuts for the rich, which outnumber the tax cuts for everyone else
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fiscally, this is how I think of the OBBBA:
Big cuts for the poor paid for big tax cuts for the rich, which outnumber the tax cuts for everyone else
Big cuts for the poor paid for big tax cuts for the rich, which outnumber the tax cuts for everyone else
First Jobs Day since the shutdown, and @saraestep.bsky.social and I are here with the latest analysis of today's data and how job seekers are struggling in Trump's economy. ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/article/in-a...
www.americanprogress.org/article/in-a...
In a Stagnating Job Market, Job Seekers Are Struggling To Find Opportunities
Delayed September 2025 jobs data release reveals the hardships of finding a job in Trump’s economy, especially for people of color.
www.americanprogress.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
First Jobs Day since the shutdown, and @saraestep.bsky.social and I are here with the latest analysis of today's data and how job seekers are struggling in Trump's economy. ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/article/in-a...
www.americanprogress.org/article/in-a...
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We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
November 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We finally have jobs numbers out this morning from September and take a look at this: big jump again in Black women's unemployment, now 7.5% from 6.7% in August.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
This figure has been ticking up all year. This is now the highest unemployment rate Black women have faced in 4 years, since mid-2021.
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Today is #NativeWomensEqualPayDay. For every $1 earned by a non-Hispanic white man, Native women earn just 58¢. This devastating wage gap fuels hardship & insecurity. #IndigenousWomen deserve #EqualPay & #EconomicJustice.
November 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is #NativeWomensEqualPayDay. For every $1 earned by a non-Hispanic white man, Native women earn just 58¢. This devastating wage gap fuels hardship & insecurity. #IndigenousWomen deserve #EqualPay & #EconomicJustice.
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Save the date!
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Save the date!
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
This Thursday, 11/20 at 6 PM EDT, join @rweingarten.bsky.social, Emily Gee (@americanprogress.bsky.social) & Leslie Dach (@protectourcare.org) for a webinar on Washington’s budget battles & how they drive up healthcare costs.
Please register below. aft.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Today's announcement that the Dept. of Education is being further dismantled by the Trump administration will hurt the millions of students and families that rely on federal education programs.
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
STATEMENT: CAP Condemns Hollowing Out the Department of Education
www.americanprogress.org
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Today's announcement that the Dept. of Education is being further dismantled by the Trump administration will hurt the millions of students and families that rely on federal education programs.
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
Read the statement from @americanprogress.bsky.social ⬇️
www.americanprogress.org/press/statem...
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did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
The Mountain Goats - Through This Fire Across from Peter Balkan
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November 7, 2025 at 1:28 PM
did you know the Mountain Goats have a new album out today and you can buy it or stream it and dance to it in your living room or while driving or on the subway and it's a whole vibe? well now you know that 30tgrs.ffm.to/ttfafpb
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By idealizing an all-White, male workforce, the Labor Department’s campaign doesn’t just distort reality — it echoes a long history of propaganda that centers whiteness & erases the contributions of women & workers of color.
More @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4opZSc3
#WorkersRights #GoodJobsEconomy
More @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4opZSc3
#WorkersRights #GoodJobsEconomy
Labor Department social media campaign depicts a White male workforce
The campaign has drawn scrutiny, with critics saying it is not realistically portraying the country’s diversity and is sending messages that feel exclusionary.
wapo.st
November 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
By idealizing an all-White, male workforce, the Labor Department’s campaign doesn’t just distort reality — it echoes a long history of propaganda that centers whiteness & erases the contributions of women & workers of color.
More @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4opZSc3
#WorkersRights #GoodJobsEconomy
More @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4opZSc3
#WorkersRights #GoodJobsEconomy
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Disabled workers employment rates made a lot of headway. But due to premium spikes, many disabled workers will have to make career decisions based on employer based health insurance vs having the flexibility to start self employment or their own business.
www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
ACA Premium Spikes Will Derail Disabled People’s Careers
The expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits threatens the economic stability and health coverage of self-employed Americans with disabilities.
www.americanprogress.org
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Disabled workers employment rates made a lot of headway. But due to premium spikes, many disabled workers will have to make career decisions based on employer based health insurance vs having the flexibility to start self employment or their own business.
www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
www.americanprogress.org/article/aca-...
Me this week as someone who covers JOLTS and Jobs Day
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Me this week as someone who covers JOLTS and Jobs Day
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Must read thread from Katie, with new analysis from her and the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
New data: CBPP analyzed USDA’s contingency fund spending plan & found it is only going to release 2/3 of the funding they committed to in court filings, cutting families’ SNAP benefits far more than necessary, violating USDA’s own regulations & shortchanging millions of families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Must read thread from Katie, with new analysis from her and the nutrition team at @centeronbudget.bsky.social
The Trump administration's failure to fund SNAP benefits will have devastating impacts on families' budgets and local economies. SNAP supports households getting food on tables, generates 100,000s of jobs, and every dollar returns $1.50 to the local economy.
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
SNAP Cuts Are Likely To Harm More Than 27,000 Retailers Nationwide
A new analysis shows that 27,000 retailers in areas with the highest shares of SNAP participants would be the most likely to bear the brunt of proposed drastic cuts to food assistance.
www.americanprogress.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump administration's failure to fund SNAP benefits will have devastating impacts on families' budgets and local economies. SNAP supports households getting food on tables, generates 100,000s of jobs, and every dollar returns $1.50 to the local economy.
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
www.americanprogress.org/article/snap...
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If SNAP benefits don’t go out November 1, it’s not because of the shutdown or because SNAP ran out of money.
It’s because the Trump admin is illegally refusing to use the money in the SNAP contingency fund.
The same admin that enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
It’s because the Trump admin is illegally refusing to use the money in the SNAP contingency fund.
The same admin that enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If SNAP benefits don’t go out November 1, it’s not because of the shutdown or because SNAP ran out of money.
It’s because the Trump admin is illegally refusing to use the money in the SNAP contingency fund.
The same admin that enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
It’s because the Trump admin is illegally refusing to use the money in the SNAP contingency fund.
The same admin that enacted the largest cuts to SNAP in history.
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2026 premiums are posted on HealthCare.gov. I checked out my hometown zip code in Lansing, MI. Someone w/an income less than $2,000/mo who paid $0 for a plan this year would pay $82/mo in 2026. That’s not affordable. Congress needs to act now to extend the PTC enhancements!
October 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
2026 premiums are posted on HealthCare.gov. I checked out my hometown zip code in Lansing, MI. Someone w/an income less than $2,000/mo who paid $0 for a plan this year would pay $82/mo in 2026. That’s not affordable. Congress needs to act now to extend the PTC enhancements!
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New @americanprogress.bsky.social I find that 4.4 million small business owners and self-employed people face a $1,500 mean tax hike this year.
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
October 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New @americanprogress.bsky.social I find that 4.4 million small business owners and self-employed people face a $1,500 mean tax hike this year.
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
When enhanced marketplace tax credits expire, businesspeople making <$150k, face a larger tax hike than eliminating the passthru deduction
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Disabled people deserve full control of our bodyminds, health, and futures.
@seemiaroll.bsky.social and I identified 5 priorities for disability reproductive equity after an @americanprogress.bsky.social -hosted summit of 50+ advocates.
www.americanprogress.org/article/disa...
@seemiaroll.bsky.social and I identified 5 priorities for disability reproductive equity after an @americanprogress.bsky.social -hosted summit of 50+ advocates.
www.americanprogress.org/article/disa...
Disability Reproductive Equity Agenda: Protecting the Reproductive Rights of Disabled People in 2025 and Beyond
The Center for American Progress recently hosted a summit with more than 50 advocates from the reproductive and disability rights communities to identify the most pressing policy priorities they face.
www.americanprogress.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Disabled people deserve full control of our bodyminds, health, and futures.
@seemiaroll.bsky.social and I identified 5 priorities for disability reproductive equity after an @americanprogress.bsky.social -hosted summit of 50+ advocates.
www.americanprogress.org/article/disa...
@seemiaroll.bsky.social and I identified 5 priorities for disability reproductive equity after an @americanprogress.bsky.social -hosted summit of 50+ advocates.
www.americanprogress.org/article/disa...
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LSU will spend more money paying off a fired coach than it did on merit scholarships last year.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
LSU will spend more money paying off a fired coach than it did on merit scholarships last year.
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“Letitia James would be among the many Black women that support their families.” Thanks @nytimes.com for covering @kennedyandara.bsky.social Bela Salas-Betsch & my research @americanprogress.bsky.social in this story about the experiences of Black breadwinning women. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/n...
In Letitia James Case, Some Black Women See Their Own Family Sacrifices
www.nytimes.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
“Letitia James would be among the many Black women that support their families.” Thanks @nytimes.com for covering @kennedyandara.bsky.social Bela Salas-Betsch & my research @americanprogress.bsky.social in this story about the experiences of Black breadwinning women. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/n...
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If Republicans in Congress don't extend ACA tax credits:
⚕️ 5 million Americans lose healthcare
📈 Premiums soar for millions more
💼 340K jobs disappear
They created this crisis — and then shut down the government over it.
More from the Commonwealth Fund: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
⚕️ 5 million Americans lose healthcare
📈 Premiums soar for millions more
💼 340K jobs disappear
They created this crisis — and then shut down the government over it.
More from the Commonwealth Fund: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
October 17, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If Republicans in Congress don't extend ACA tax credits:
⚕️ 5 million Americans lose healthcare
📈 Premiums soar for millions more
💼 340K jobs disappear
They created this crisis — and then shut down the government over it.
More from the Commonwealth Fund: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
⚕️ 5 million Americans lose healthcare
📈 Premiums soar for millions more
💼 340K jobs disappear
They created this crisis — and then shut down the government over it.
More from the Commonwealth Fund: www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...
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The latest #UIClaims show much higher continued unemployment insurance claims for federal workers, up 156% for the week ending October 4—compared to the same week last year. The growth this year are due to federal layoffs, exacerbated this month by workers leaving federal payrolls and the shutdown.
October 17, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The latest #UIClaims show much higher continued unemployment insurance claims for federal workers, up 156% for the week ending October 4—compared to the same week last year. The growth this year are due to federal layoffs, exacerbated this month by workers leaving federal payrolls and the shutdown.
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Treating conversion therapy as anything other than fake science is harmful and dangerous.
October 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Treating conversion therapy as anything other than fake science is harmful and dangerous.
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Yesterday’s oral argument included a lot of misleading and downright fake claims. We need to challenge those false narratives bc it’s putting kids at risk. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Conversion therapy isn't real. Junk science that harms LGBTQ youth should be banned. | Opinion
Conversion therapy has long been debunked. Now the Supreme Court may render bans against it unlawful, paving the way for countless kids to be harmed.
www.usatoday.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Yesterday’s oral argument included a lot of misleading and downright fake claims. We need to challenge those false narratives bc it’s putting kids at risk. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...