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Monique Morrissey

@moniquemorrissey.bsky.social

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Labor economist at pro-worker Economic Policy Institute. Low tolerance for infighting. Otherwise happy to hear from you on this new-to-me site, especially if you make me laugh. Views my own. Daughter of a French-Canadian immigrant. No random DMs. (she/her)

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · Feb 6

ICYMI, @epi.org has two new resources for researchers and anyone tracking Trump actions:
data.epi.org
www.epi.org/policywatch/
#EconSky

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) shuts down USAID and State Dept. seeks to absorb parts of the agency and eliminate the rest

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk and a team of his followers, entered the offices of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), shuttering much ...

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 14h

Duchamp Flies, by Carmen Cicero, 2009, 📸 by Frank Franklin II

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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 14h

The Oatmeal, ladies and gents. Really thoughtful illustrated essay on the use and misuse of AI art and why it often feels…bad

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 15h

I miss Zabar’s so much, especially imported stinky cheese and kitchenware. I developed what are now (without easy access to Zabar’s) expensive tastes for Stilton and Le Creuset (I still occasionally buy Stilton, but Le Creuset has become ridiculously overpriced). www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97

www.nytimes.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16h

Happening right now. To us. In America.

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 16h

This is a really fun thread…

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 18h

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 19h

The Georgia BMJ study also got picked up by the NYT...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/w...

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gpjcll.bsky.social @gpjcll.bsky.social · 22h

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers - The American Prospect prospect.org/justice/2025...

How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers

‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 3d

“There’s a baby!”

Guns drawn. Windows smashed. With a 1 month old in the car. (They did this as he was coming home from an immigration court appointment— which is illegal in Colorado: coloradosun.com/2025/10/01/i...)

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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 1d

New lawsuit alleging the Trump Admin used sensitive Social Security data “in secret, without the notice required by law and comment from the public or Congress, and without assessing the privacy implications or risks of error posed by repurposing the data in this way."

www.npr.org/2025/09/30/n...

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data

A class action lawsuit argues that the administration's efforts to combine databases of personal information on Americans violate privacy laws and the Constitution.

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 1d

The question I have for Mike Johnson is do you look that way because you can’t help it, or is this the effect you’re going for?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he would accept Hakeem Jeffries's invitation to debate on TV but he's already "cleaned his clock"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mike Johnson says he would accept Hakeem Jeffries's invitation to debate on TV but he's already "cleaned his clock"

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 1d

And my late mother. The flavor is banana peel, but the shape is peanut, go figure. I’m not as big a fan but they are much better stale and chewy.

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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump Admin abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective program that prevents homelessness among disabled people, including veterans. This will mean more people living on the streets, unable to access housing, health care & other supports.

www.cbpp.org/blog/trump-a...

Trump Administration Abruptly Cut Off Highly Effective Support for Disabled People Experiencing Homelessness | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

The Trump Administration abruptly ended federal support for a highly effective intervention that helps disabled people experiencing or at risk of homelessness access benefits to help them stabilize...

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

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Kathleen Romig @kathleenromig.bsky.social · 2d

Alarming news this morning that Social Security head Frank Bisignano has been named “CEO” of IRS, a move that raises 3 major concerns:

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

Bessent Picks Social Security Chief Frank Bisignano as IRS CEO

The Social Security head will do double duty at the tax agency while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent retains his formal title as acting IRS commissioner.

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 2d

I assume this was a sarcastic compliment, but in any case Argentina 1985 is a fantastic movie—as funny as a movie about torture and disappearances can be.

Chase Madar @madar.bsky.social · 2d

Brave of Bezos to have movies about the “Guerra Sucia” and Argentine junta’s crimes against its own people available for streaming rn 🙌 www.amazon.com/Argentina-19...

Watch Argentina, 1985 | Prime Video

GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD® WINNER (Best Foreign Language Film). 'Argentina, 1985’ is inspired by the true story of Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team of unlikely heroes in their David-vs-Goliath battle to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship against all odds and in a race against time to bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 2d

Some news: Psyched to announce that I'm joining @thebulwark.com as economics editor next month.
I'm currently still on mat leave, but will return to co-hosting @theweekendprime.bsky.social as well soon.

crampell.substack.com/p/nu-news

Nu, News

I'm joining The Bulwark as Economics Editor.

crampell.substack.com

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My controversial take on pickle ball and Taylor Swift is that whether or not they’re overrated, they’re fine, actually.

Don’t assume they’re annoying just because they’re ubiquitous and therefore mathematically bound to annoy a lot of people.

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 2d

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Trump plan would limit disability benefits for older Americans

Trump administration officials are considering eliminating age as a factor in deciding whether someone is capable of working.

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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

News today that ICE shot a woman is chilling. The videos online show that there are some abusive, masked thugs masquerading as law enforcement.

Nobody deserves this. The courts need to step in.

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The Bystander @thebystander99.bsky.social · 3d

Correct. In fact, she said ICE would be there and not to come unless you’re “law-abiding Americans who love this country.”

Which is weird, ‘cause I thought, if you’re law-abiding, you can go any public place you want to without an additional gov’t requirement to have specific thoughts or feelings

Kristi Noem Warns ICE Will Be “All Over” 2026 Super Bowl, Slams NFL for Naming Bad Bunny Halftime Headliner

Earlier this week, Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski said agents would be in attendance during the big game.

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 3d

Everyone is trying to have a normal Saturday night and the president's top advisor is on X announcing that civil war is necessary

@StephenM on X: Legal insurrection. The President is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces, not an Oregon judge. Portland and Oregon law enforcement, at the direction of local leaders, have refused to aid ICE officers facing relentless terrorist assault and threats to life. (There are more local law enforcement officers in Oregon than there are guns and badges in the FBI nationwide). This is an organized terrorist attack on the federal government and its officers, and the deployment of troops is an absolute necessity to defend our personnel, our laws, our government, public order and the Republic itself.

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JoJoFromJerz @jojofromjerz.bsky.social · 3d

Cartoon from @anntelnaes.bsky.social 😞

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