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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Jun 9

Abundance Has a Theory of Power
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/06/09/a...

@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · May 23

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

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Kevin Werner @kevinwerner.bsky.social · May 17

Matt @mattbruenig.bsky.social always has the clearest and most concise arguments for defending the welfare state. No Medicaid cuts!

Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · May 17

Conditioning Medicaid and health care services on work is cruel, counterproductive, and defeats the whole purpose of having insurance

Excellent column from @mattbruenig.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

A Sankey diagram by Taylor Maggiacomo from the linked column by Matt Bruenig that shows the distribution of age and employment status of Medicaid recipients in 2022. In particular it shows that only 3% of Medicaid recipients were working age but not working long term

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Ben Zipperer @benzipperer.org · May 17

Conditioning Medicaid and health care services on work is cruel, counterproductive, and defeats the whole purpose of having insurance

Excellent column from @mattbruenig.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

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Thomas Lewis @tlewis.bsky.social · May 17

I really appreciate this clear, easy to understand, argument from @mattbruenig.bsky.social about the cruelty of Medicaid work requirements.

It’s a genuine problem how widespread the notion is that welfare programs are overrun with people who just don’t want to work. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

Opinion | Medicaid Work Requirements Are Cruel and Pointless

www.nytimes.com

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John Schmitt @jschmittwdc.bsky.social · May 16

"Medicaid Work Requirements Are Cruel and Pointless"
by Matt Bruenig
New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

Screenshot from NYT op-ed. Text reads:
Health care services have much in common with police and fire services. We turn to them when something has gone wrong, often unpredictably and catastrophically. Our society could decide that police and fire departments will not respond to calls made by individuals who worked less than 80 hours in the prior month, but most would find this repugnant and contrary to the purpose of these services. Likewise, refusing medical care to people in their time of need based on how much they happened to work the month before is a cruel and pointless policy.

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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · May 16

"Our society could decide that police and fire departments will not respond to calls made by individuals who worked less than 80 hours in the prior month, but most would find this repugnant and contrary to the purpose of these services."

gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · May 16

In the NYT today talking Medicaid work requirements.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/16/o...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · May 9

Very happy to see NLRB Edge, my niche AI-powered newsletter about the NLRB eclipse 13,000 subscribers. Great resource for anyone wanting to keep up with the NLRB! www.nlrbedge.com

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 29

Success Sequence Followers Do Not Follow the Success Sequence

peoplespolicyproject.substack.com/p/success-se...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 27

Relax brother. I am referencing a funny controversy Cooper got into many years ago where he criticized large trucks and incurred a huge right-wing backlash.

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 27

@ryanlcooper.com bring back the truck discourse www.slate.auto/en

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 19

More Unfair Labor Practices from Bryan Johnson

www.nlrbedge.com/p/more-unfai...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 13

This is a version of the second response. In the rural doctor analogy, I even include telemedicine.

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 13

The Fertility Question

mattbruenig.com/2025/04/13/t...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 12

An unemployed person is someone who is currently looking for work

@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 11

The Employment of Young Men
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/04/11/t...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 7

Bryan Johnson Commits Another Unfair Labor Practice in NY Mag Article
www.nlrbedge.com/p/bryan-john...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 5

Scratch Coding Tutorial ft. Jane
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlxV...

Scratch Coding Tutorial ft. Jane

YouTube video by Matt Bruenig

www.youtube.com

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great piece

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great piece

nymag.com/intelligence...

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 3

Yes absolutely. It makes capable people more capable. Sadly the AI promoters are so focused on this notion of completely replacing people that they fail to convey what it’s actually useful at.

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 3

AI Coding Tutorial: Calculating Uninsurance Rate at Every Age

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQEt...

AI Coding Tutorial: Calculating Uninsurance Rate at Every Age

YouTube video by Matt Bruenig

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@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 2

"The advantages of being many are many" -- Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions.

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Kevin Werner @kevinwerner.bsky.social · Apr 2

I’m back in Peoples Policy Project with a post about how cuts to the federal workforce will reach every corner of the country.

@MattBruenig @mattbruenig.bsky.social · Apr 2

Federal Workers Are Spread Out Across the Country
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/04/02/f...

Federal Workers Are Spread Out Across the Country

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