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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · 13d

“For-profit media conglomerates are accountable first and foremost to their shareholders, not to the tradition of free speech that is the lifeblood of their industry and American democracy.” And when those shareholders find it in their interest to deal with a strongman, we are the ones who lose.

Bilal Baydoun @bilalb.bsky.social · 14d

If we don’t start treating our media system as core democratic infrastructure, we’re in real trouble. Hyper consolidated media conglomerates are accountable to their shareholders, not to the free expression that is the lifeblood of their industry and our democracy. My latest:

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14d

Last night, Kimmel returned to ABC—except in the ~25% of markets controlled by Nexstar & Sinclair. As broadcasters like Nexstar pursue mergers, the FCC may be signaling that approval requires loyalty. @bilalb.bsky.social on how consolidation magnifies threats to free speech: https://bit.ly/4myICQe

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · 14d

The crypto lobby is pushing bills that most of us don’t even understand, but that would rip a hole in our financial regulatory system. Check out our explainers. Get educated because these markets should work for us, not for them.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 14d

Congress is rewriting the rules of crypto—and the stakes couldn’t be higher. In our new explainer, Brad Lipton explains why new bills moving through Congress could open dangerous loopholes in our financial system. 🧵1/3 rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/what-is...

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · 15d

Talking about the kind of policy and governance that can truly deliver for people and restore faith in our political system with @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social - a real pleasure.

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 15d

Last weekend, I was thrilled to spend an evening with Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, Anya Schiffrin and a group of brilliant policy minds they gathered to discuss a range of issues facing our city.

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · 20d

👇🏾right here. We need to understand the machine behind the machine - corporate consolidation means fewer heads to knock together when out of control state power comes knocking. It means a small group of wealthy individuals doing deals with a corrupt set of leaders. Consolidation is bad for democracy.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 20d

Yesterday, a late-night show vanished with a simple directive from 2 of the largest media companies you’ve never heard of (Nexstar & Sinclair), backed by the FCC. That’s not “the market at work.” It’s concentrated corporate power cooperating with an authoritarian. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/17/b...

ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure

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Groundwork Collaborative @groundwork.bsky.social · 24d

For decades, an elite few have amassed wealth & power taking away resources & influence from the working class majority.

@elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social writes about how the disconnect between policy & lived experience has created a populist moment—& emphasizes the direction we take now is critical.

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Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · 22d

To make sure AI serves workers we need bold action: corporate regulation, worker voice + sectoral bargaining.
More on AI and power from the @rooseveltinstitute.org @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in this post for the @eop.aspeninstitute.org: www.aspeninstitute.org/blog-posts/w... #FutureOfWork

Worker Power in the Age of AI Monopolies: Why We Need Structural Solutions Now

Elizabeth Wilkins

www.aspeninstitute.org

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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · Sep 6

The New Right

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Sep 5

Left: yesterday
Right: today

Andrew Ferguson, chair of the FTC, says on Sept 4: "Workers are the soul of America, and the Trump-Vance FTC won't stop fighting for them"

Sept 5: "Under Trump, the Federal Trade Commission is abandoning its ban on noncompetes"

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Sep 5

I mean, they’re asking for more public comment. But we already heard from 26,000 people. How can we not agree that workers — all workers, everywhere, without waiting for a lawsuit that’s likely never to happen — should be free?

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Sep 5

🧵It looks like the FTC will address noncompete clauses case by case. But that’s no answer to this broad array of harms caused by these manipulative employment terms.

President and CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social wrote about why in her recent op-ed:
otherwords.org/employers-wa...

Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them? - OtherWords

I worked for the Federal Trade Commission when we banned employers from trapping workers with “noncompete clauses.” Now that victory is in danger.

otherwords.org

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Melissa Grober @melissagrober.bsky.social · Sep 4

Great insights in this piece and a solid plan for rebuilding an economy that works for people. Thanks for citing Equitable Growth's research, @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social!

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Sep 3

The market-first consensus has collapsed—leaving stagnant wages, rising costs, and hollowed-out communities. CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in Democracy Journal argues: the choice ahead is authoritarian decline or a democratic economy that delivers. democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...

Winning a People-Powered Future

By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.

democracyjournal.org

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Suzanne Kahn @suzmkahn.bsky.social · Sep 3

"People are experts on what’s not working in their lives. And when so many say they don’t have the time to both care for their loved ones and make a living, policymakers need to take that cue." - @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social is essential reading.

democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...

Winning a People-Powered Future

By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.

democracyjournal.org

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Sep 3

Moments of crisis are also moments of opportunity. If we want to beat authoritarianism and usher in a new political order of shared power and prosperity, we need our policy prescriptions to be rooted in people’s lives experiences and we need to develop those solutions together.

Take a read.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Sep 3

The market-first consensus has collapsed—leaving stagnant wages, rising costs, and hollowed-out communities. CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social in Democracy Journal argues: the choice ahead is authoritarian decline or a democratic economy that delivers. democracyjournal.org/magazine/78/...

Winning a People-Powered Future

By bringing the public into the policymaking process, we can shape a better economy and rebuild faith in democracy.

democracyjournal.org

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Suzanne Kahn @suzmkahn.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Childcare undergirds everything we care about as Americans." - Great conversation between @lbilik.bsky.social and @ehaspel.bsky.social in today's Fireside Stacks.

www.firesidestacks.com/p/raising-a-...

Raising a Nation: Elliot Haspel on What a Universal Childcare Movement Will Take

It is no secret that childcare in the US is, as Elliot Haspel puts it, “a hellscape.” Elliot’s new book, Raising a Nation: 10 Reasons Every American Has a Stake in Child Care for All, is a welcome add...

www.firesidestacks.com

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Aug 28

When corporations use noncompetes, workers lose choices, wages, & freedom.

Noncompete clauses affect ~30M workers.

Our CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social on the importance of defending the FTC's noncompete ban, which has broad worker support ⤵️ otherwords.org/about/

Failing to defend the noncompete ban would fall into this administration’s broader pattern of protecting corporate power while leaving working people behind. We’ve seen the same story with efforts to weaken the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, gut banking safeguards, and dismantle regulatory agencies under the guise of “efficiency.”

The result is an economy that is freer for financiers and monopolists and more precarious for everyone else.

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 26

@pkrugman.bsky.social was right, even before the president’s latest move to fire Lisa Cook. The attempt to fire her tonight is pure intimidation politics. And in this case, intimidation will literally cost us as financial markets price in a cowed central bank.

Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Aug 25

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

We Are All Lisa Cook

Nobody is safe from weaponized government

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

Ours is a city full of history and life, not ungovernable criminals. Dehumanization costs us all greatly. #freeDC

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

Now we have a president responding to non-emergencies by treating people like police-state subjects. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump could expand role of national guard for ‘quick reaction’ to unrest

Pentagon considers a quick-reaction force to deploy in US cities amid unrest, raising legal and political concerns

www.theguardian.com

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

My dad was head of the community relation service at DOJ in the 1960s. When there were riots he went to understand root causes of frustration like lack of jobs or education felt like, and to help the government see disillusioned people as constituents needing help. www.justice.gov/archives/crs...

CRS Remembers Former Directors Roger Wilkins and Ben Holman as Part of Black History Month

This is archived content from the U.S. Department of Justice website. The information here may be outdated and links may no longer function. Please contact [email protected] if you have any question...

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

I love our city. I worked for the city for 5 years. I got to enjoy the fruits of our last big advancement in democracy - the charter change that made our DC AG independently elected. Full of promise. Now this.

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Aug 14

It's been heartbreaking to be a native Washingtonian this week.

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Jul 23

I have spent most of my life making government work for people. But the institutions I love have been losing faith with the public for a long time. If we love government, then when we rebuild it we’ll have to be willing to break some glass to make it deliver like FDR did.

Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jul 23

Trump showed how easily the old guardrails of government could be shattered for the benefit of the few.

@elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social & Hannah Garden-Monheit remind us: those same rules can be rewritten to serve the many. @thehill.com thehill.com/opinion/whit...

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Jul 21

Our families, our children, our childcare providers all need a better solution than the “system” we have now. We’re talking about the investment needed to truly enable the family life, the child rearing and the work that everyone deserves.

Natalie Foster @nataliefoster.bsky.social · Jul 21

1/ Childcare is one of the biggest expenses families face, up there with rent or a mortgage. Paired with low wages for caregivers and endless waitlists, it’s a prime example of a broken market.

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just heard @pewilliams.bsky.social explaining that the grassroots YIMBY movement knows unleashing supply requires major zoning reform and cutting red tape, and also ensuring private actors act for public good. Nuance doesn’t get clicks but it does get stuff right.

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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · Jul 11

We cannot build shared prosperity while millions of workers are trapped by exploitative contracts.

CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social said it best:

"A clear and simple ban on noncompetes is, to my mind, the only way to truly protect workers." www.npr.org/2025/07/10/n...

Future of FTC noncompete ban in question under Trump

Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson has called his agency's rule banning noncompetes unconstitutional. Still, he says protecting workers against noncompetes remains a priority.

www.npr.org

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Jul 3

This bill isn’t just an economic travesty, it’s a moral one. Forget trickle down economics; we’re now in a greed-first economy, one that will take great moral courage to overturn.

Roosevelt Forward @rooseveltforward.org · Jul 3

The now-passed budget bill is "a cruel and calculated transfer of wealth from working families to the rich."
New post on #FiresideStacks by CEO @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social www.firesidestacks.com/p/republican...

Republican Leaders To Working Americans: You’re on Your Own

President Donald Trump’s budget bill has passed and is headed to his desk. It’s not just an economic travesty; it’s a moral one. It represents the culmination of decades of a market-first political or...

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Elizabeth Wilkins @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social · Jun 30

B/c child care has long been more expensive than a mortgage payment … many women feel that their choices are constrained. They’re not always working because they want to, or staying home because they want to — they’re trying to complete a financial puzzle that has several pieces missing.

Opinion | ‘Motherhood Should Come With a Warning Label’

www.nytimes.com

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