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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 10h

Millions of Americans will experience "premium shock" when their insurance premiums double or even quadruple in the coming year. @neeratanden.bsky.social explains the health care battle at the center of this shutdown.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 11h

Latinas' job market experience shows that having a job, working hard and working a lot is not enough. Those also need to be well-paying, stable jobs with benefits, where people get respect for their work.

Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 12h

Latinas often work in industries with positive employment growth, but their wages haven't kept up. Full-time, year round #Trabajadoras earn just 58 cents per dollar of white, non-Hispanic men resulting in >$33k/year lost to the #WageGap. #LatinaEqualPay https://ow.ly/Iht150X8Bv2

The gender wage gap for full-time, year-round workers expanded significantly in 2024 and is wider for women of color

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Drew Hudson @wealsoherdcats.com · 11h

For all its talk of cutting waste in the federal government, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to a major source of waste, fraud, and corruption: the oil and gas industry. Read more from @americanprogress.bsky.social ➡️ www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program

Despite a professed dedication to cutting waste and inefficiency, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to an exceptionally wasteful area of the federal government: the oil and gas program.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 12h

Latinas often work in industries with positive employment growth, but their wages haven't kept up. Full-time, year round #Trabajadoras earn just 58 cents per dollar of white, non-Hispanic men resulting in >$33k/year lost to the #WageGap. #LatinaEqualPay https://ow.ly/Iht150X8Bv2

The gender wage gap for full-time, year-round workers expanded significantly in 2024 and is wider for women of color

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 13h

The Trump administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean bypass Congress and put us on a dangerous pathway to wider abuses. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/trumps-strikes-in-the-caribbean-are-a-dangerous-illegal-abuse-of-wartime-power-it-wont-stop-there/

Trump’s Strikes in the Caribbean Are a Dangerous, Illegal Abuse of Wartime Power—It Won’t Stop There

The Trump administration’s deadly strikes in the Caribbean bypass Congress and put us on a dangerous pathway to wider abuses.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 14h

The Trump administration is making it easier for oil and gas companies to get away with corruption and fraud–and wasting taxpayer dollars while they’re at it. https://ow.ly/rUow50X8BrU

The Trump Administration Is Allowing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse To Fester in the Federal Oil and Gas Program

Despite a professed dedication to cutting waste and inefficiency, the Trump administration has turned a blind eye to an exceptionally wasteful area of the federal government: the oil and gas program.

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Haley Norris @hvnorrisphd.bsky.social · 15h

As always, Chris's analysis gets to the root of the problem.

"It was a sharp lesson in how much power the court has in resolving cases through definitions — while claiming to stay out of the political and policy debates."

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 1d

“The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared likely to strike down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy by licensed therapists practiced on minors — a ruling that could affect similar laws in nearly half the country and make life more difficult for LGBTQ children at an already perilous time.”

Supreme Court likely to strike down Colorado's conversion therapy ban

A lesson in how defining the case often resolves the case.

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Tom Moore @thmoore.bsky.social · 15h

My Reddit AMA (ask me anything) on CAP's plan to break Citizens United starts at 11:30am ET! See you in r/politics!

From the politics community on Reddit: I’m Tom Moore, senior fellow for democracy policy at the Center for American Progress. I’ve figured out a way to break Citizens United. I kid you not. It's a BFD...

Explore this post and more from the politics community

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 16h

Happening today: Tune in at 11:30 am ET for @thmoore.bsky.social’s AMA in r/Politics. He’ll be talking all things Citizens United and answering your questions about how states can get dark money out of politics: www.reddit.com/r/politics/

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Do you want corporate and dark money out of politics? CAP’s @thmoore.bsky.social is hosting a live Reddit AMA in r/Politics on October 8, at 11:30 am ET to answer your questions about CAP's bold new strategy that states can use to render Citizens United irrelevant: www.reddit.com/r/politics/

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d

The real value of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's budget has fallen for over a decade.

The president is proposing deep cuts alongside other attacks on the agency.

Progress requires Congress to re-establish BLS independence & support innovation & funding.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Following Trump’s unprecedented firing of former BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer, the next commissioner will have the unique additional challenge of restoring public trust in the agency. @saraestep.bsky.social and Kyle Ross explain: https://ow.ly/HBaJ50X7QUe

The Next Bureau of Labor Statistics Commissioner Must Restore Trust in the Agency While Managing Fiscal Constraints

The next BLS commissioner will have the power to fill an unusually high number of vacancies at a time when the agency’s funding struggles could reduce data quality.

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Sara Estep (she/her) @saraestep.bsky.social · 1d

New from Kyle Ross and me, breaking down the budget and staffing issues in FY26 dollars. The BLS needs experienced nonpartisan leadership, and adequate funding to restore trust and ensure accuracy.

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Real funding for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been declining for years

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 1d

Join CAP and the America the Beautiful For All Coalition on Wednesday, October 15, for the Ocean Progress Symposium 2025 to discuss a post-2030 vision for ocean conservation rooted in justice, stewardship, and love for the ocean. https://ow.ly/Xyom50X7jva

Ocean Progress Symposium 2025: Advancing Conservation Close to Shore

Please join the Center for American Progress for an event to explore how to navigate ocean conservation in the United States for the next four years.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 2d

Instead of defending the healthcare hikes they’re pushing, Republicans are spreading lies about immigrants. CAP's @nzmurphy.bsky.social debunks them for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Republicans are holding Americans' health care hostage — and lying about it

By refusing to extend premium tax credits, GOP leaders are using the shutdown fight to gamble the coverage of millions of Americans.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 2d

In just the past year, electricity prices have jumped more than twice the rate of inflation—and this is only the beginning. The Trump administration should be protecting our wallets, not paying off his billionaire buddies.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 2d

This past term, the Supreme Court undermined one of the most sacred tenets of American democracy—the separation of church and state. Recent rulings have created a system where religion and government are not separate, but instead increasingly intertwined. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Supreme Court Is Dismantling the Separation of Church and State

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 2d

Join Sen. Jon Tester on October 14 in conversation with Ben Olinsky for the national debut of a bold new approach that rewrites the rules of money in politics to make Citizens United irrelevant.

A panel discussion with Jeff Mangan, Sarah C. Haan, and Tom Moore will follow. https://ow.ly/FMqu50X75ae

Undoing Citizens United and Reining in Super PACs

Please join the Center for American Progress for the national debut of a bold new approach that rewrites the rules of money in politics, combining a revolutionary state strategy to make Citizens United irrelevant with a federal plan to rein in super PACs once and for all.

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Sydney 🐝 @sydkneeb.bsky.social · 2d

SCOTUS has been hacking away at the separation of church and state. This is the legacy of the Roberts Court. More from @thedailyhayley.bsky.social and I on that for @americanprogress.bsky.social, here: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Supreme Court Is Dismantling the Separation of Church and State

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

www.americanprogress.org

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The Daily Hayley @thedailyhayley.bsky.social · 2d

Today is the first day of the 2025-2026 Supreme Court term and we just released our major new report on religion at the Roberts Court: www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

How the Supreme Court Is Dismantling the Separation of Church and State

Chief Justice John Roberts’ court is actively eroding the separation of church and state, breaking with centuries of First Amendment jurisprudence.

www.americanprogress.org

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 5d

Your health coverage is at the center of this shutdown fight. @emily-gee.bsky.social explains what's at stake:

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 5d

More on how the DOJ does not deserve the presumption of regularity from CAP's @doo-dc.bsky.social: www.americanprogress.org/article/does...

Does a Politically Directed Department of Justice Merit the Presumption of Regularity?

Federal courts should begin—and litigants should ask them—to take notice of rampant irregularity coming out of the Department of Justice.

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 5d

When the government doesn’t act in good faith, the courts shouldn’t give them the benefit of the doubt—known as the "presumption of regularity." @ngertner.bsky.social discusses the blatant examples of irregularity by the DOJ that are leaving judges skeptical.

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CAP Action @americanprogressaction.org · 7d

Portland is another dangerous escalation in Trump's authoritarian agenda.

A graphic with a black background featuring a grayscale photo composite. The photo shows an image of Donald Trump (viewed from behind) overlaid with images of the US Capitol and National Guard troops. He is looking at two protest signs. The sign on the left reads: "TERRORIZING FAMILIES? NOT IN OUR COMMUNITY!!" The sign on the right reads: "VETERANS DEMAND: STOP MILITARIZING OUR CITIES." White text at the top reads: "First L.A., then D.C., Chicago, Memphis, and now Portland. Trump isn't fighting crime. He's turning the National Guard against its own people and stirring up fear in our communities." Red text below reads: "The message is clear: No one is safe in Trump's America."

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Angelo Villagomez @taotaotasi.bsky.social · 6d

Please join @americanprogress.bsky.social and @atb4a.bsky.social coalition members for our Ocean Progress Symposium on October 15

Register here: www.americanprogress.org/events/ocean...

Ocean Progress Symposium 2025: Advancing Conservation Close to Shore

Please join the Center for American Progress for an event to explore how to navigate ocean conservation in the United States for the next four years.

www.americanprogress.org

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