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Heather Marie Boushey is an American economist who served as a member of President Joe Biden's Council of Economic Advisers… more

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Reposted by Heather Boushey

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We can fund health care and keep the government running, or we can shut everything down to raise prices on people.

To me, that’s a pretty easy choice.
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Reposted by Heather Boushey

sanders.senate.gov
Yesterday, I asked Americans to tell me what a DOUBLING of health care premiums would mean for their families.

Here are just a few of their responses:
Bernie Reads Your Health Care Stories | Sen. Bernie Sanders
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
youtu.be
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings , and 2 more

sahilkapur.bsky.social
POLLS: Who do Americans blame for the gov't shutdown?*

WASH POST
47% blame Trump/GOP
30% blame Dems

MARIST
38% blame GOP
27% blame Dems

NYT/SIENA
26% blame Trump/GOP
19% blame Dems

MORNING CONSULT
45% blame GOP
32% blame Dems

[*all taken b/w late Sept & Oct 1]

www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Early polls show Trump and GOP taking more blame than Democrats for shutdown
The national surveys taken in the final days of September and the first day of the shutdown find that voters are more inclined to blame Trump and his party. But many are uncertain.
www.nbcnews.com
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by Heather Boushey — Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

hboushey.bsky.social
Everyone should read this: Why Is Your Flight Always Delayed? Blame Government Shutdowns. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...
Opinion | Why Is Your Flight Always Delayed? Blame Government Shutdowns.
www.nytimes.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Months of public pressure won't distract from the fact that the worsening affordability crisis is a result of the President Trump's mishandling of the economy, not Fed decisions.

substack.com/home/post/p-...
Trump's Bullying Worked
The Fed is cutting rates like Trump wanted despite resurgent inflation
substack.com
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by Aaron Sojourner — Reposted by Heather Boushey

aaronsojourner.org
Canary down.
wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 24d
Cardboard-box demand is slumping, flashing a potential warning about the health of the American consumer.
Cardboard-Box Demand Is Slumping. Why That’s Bad News for the Economy.
Mills that make the material for corrugated packaging are closing at an unprecedented pace this year.
on.wsj.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Biden’s job market missed the predictions on the upside, not downside
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Hi! How’s that economic working out for you? Recall what the last president did ⬇️
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Iikka Korhonen, Aaron Sojourner , and 1 more

josephpolitano.bsky.social
US blue-collar job growth has completely stagnated, hitting the lowest level since the onset of the pandemic—manufacturing is currently losing jobs at a rapid pace, and growth in construction/transportation has slowed to a crawl
a graph of year-on-year change in US blue collar employment
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Reposted by Heather Boushey

prestonmui.bsky.social
Contrasting long-term vs short-term unemployed tells a huge story

short-term unemployed is mostly about people losing jobs, long-term unemployed is about people not finding jobs
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
DC is not only a city with lots of pedestrians and cyclists, but a large deaf population. All are at risk when there are high speed chases on our streets.

mayor.dc.gov/release/mayo....
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Since I’ve lived in DC, two pedestrians have been killed on my block. High speed chases endanger all of us here in DC and MUST STOP: “Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.”

www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Ten car chases. Six crashes. Park Police have new rules in Trump’s D.C.
U.S. Park Police have initiated at least 10 car chases in the past three weeks as part of President Donald Trump’s D.C. surge, court records show.
www.washingtonpost.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
For your Econ 101 lessons …
costasamaras.com
Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · Aug 30
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.

They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
pbsnews.org
PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 30
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Rosemary A. Joyce, Dawn J. Wright , and 1 more

costasamaras.com
Every time your electricity bill goes up for the next 10 years, it can be traced back to this Administration’s actions.

They are making solar and wind power illegal to build in the United States. They are artificially restricting supply while demand is going up.
pbsnews.org
PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 30
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind industry.
https://to.pbs.org/45HtATc
Trump administration cancels $679 million in funding for offshore wind projects
The Transportation Department on Friday canceled $679 million in federal funding for a dozen offshore wind projects, the latest attack by the Trump administration on the reeling U.S. offshore wind ind...
www.pbs.org
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Anna O. Law, W Grant

newyorker.com
President Trump’s federal takeover of D.C.’s local police is unprecedented. “The last person who asserted the authority to use military personnel for routine law enforcement anywhere in the country for any reason was King George,” a legal scholar said.
What’s Life Like in Washington, D.C., During Trump’s Takeover?
Late-summer days and nights amid troops on the streets of the nation’s capital.
www.newyorker.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
ICYMI: NEC Director Kevin Hassett’s quote is the tell—you’ve gotta be kidding that the President’s hand-picked lackey will be a more credible steward of America’s labor market data than a serious researcher and dedicated civil servant. Give me a break.
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Kudos to the @financialtimes.com for getting the story right. Let’s not let President Trump distract us from downward trends in the labor market. Let’s reject his baseless attacks on the credibility of the data and focus on how his administration is harming America’s workers.
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Agree!
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
... the Trump administration froze these funds and last week moved to slash public broadcasting — disproportionately hurting rural areas already lacking high-speed internet. The digital divide is about to grow even wider.

Read more on my latest Substack: hboushey.substack.com/p/the-rural-...
The Rural Broadband Crisis: How Trump’s latest cuts are reigniting the digital divide
Hi friends,
hboushey.substack.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Access to broadband is essential — for work, school, and basic services. It’s also key to a thriving economy and American-made infrastructure. The Biden administration knew this, which is why we invested $42.25 billion in broadband deployment.

BUT ...
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Lisa Larrimore Ouellette, Louis D Johnston

bbkogan.bsky.social
Final CBO score of the "big beautiful bill" is out

Largest Medicaid cuts ever - in fact, at least 4 times the size of the previous largest; $894-$990 bn cut

Kicks 10 million off health insurance

Largest SNAP cuts ever, $197 bn cut

Still increases the deficit by $3.4 trillion from huge tax cuts
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Reposted by Heather Boushey

dsmitch28.bsky.social
@hboushey.bsky.social & me on why we shouldnt be surprised that massive inequality-exploding tax cut wont grow economy

Pro (equitable!) growth tax policies abound, including taxing ultra-rich, but #OBBBA moves in wrong direction @equitablegrowth.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The GOP's megabill makes the same economic mistake Republicans have made for decades
The legislation misunderstands how economic growth actually works.
www.msnbc.com
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Pro-equity = pro-growth (can someone please tell the Republicans?)
dsmitch28.bsky.social
David S. Mitchell @dsmitch28.bsky.social · Jun 30
@hboushey.bsky.social & me on why we shouldnt be surprised that massive inequality-exploding tax cut wont grow economy

Pro (equitable!) growth tax policies abound, including taxing ultra-rich, but #OBBBA moves in wrong direction @equitablegrowth.bsky.social @msnbc.com www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The GOP's megabill makes the same economic mistake Republicans have made for decades
The legislation misunderstands how economic growth actually works.
www.msnbc.com
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Jussi T. Eronen

fbermingham.bsky.social
Stunning piece in the NYT showing how the US and China's embrace of fossil fuels and cleantech respectively suggest converging views on global domination

Phenomenal visuals in there too - check out these two charts

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Staring at this chart as the Republicans work to pass their bill to gut America's clean energy investments and concede to a future of de-growth and being less competitive in the technologies that matter, which will lead to fewer good jobs here in the USA. Big Ugly Bill.
fbermingham.bsky.social
Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · Jul 1
Stunning piece in the NYT showing how the US and China's embrace of fossil fuels and cleantech respectively suggest converging views on global domination

Phenomenal visuals in there too - check out these two charts

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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by Heather Boushey

hboushey.bsky.social
Where do I sign up?
nytimes.com
The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 1
Cloudflare, a tech company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, said Tuesday that it had rolled out a new setting that allows customers to automatically block A.I. companies from collecting their digital data.
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.
trib.al
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Reposted by Heather Boushey

kairyssdal.bsky.social
These are lies
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Linda J. Skitka

nytimes.com
Cloudflare, a tech company that helps websites secure and manage their internet traffic, said Tuesday that it had rolled out a new setting that allows customers to automatically block A.I. companies from collecting their digital data.
Cloudflare Introduces Blocking of A.I. Scrapers By Default
The tech company’s customers can automatically block A.I. companies from exploiting their websites, it said, as it moves to protect original content online.
trib.al
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Reposted by Heather Boushey

davidcorn.bsky.social
How messed up do you have to be to say that stripping health coverage from up to 16 million people, removing food from kids, and raising taxes on some low-income people is “immaterial”?
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Reposted by Heather Boushey, Emily Grubert, Stephen Pimpare

ddayen.bsky.social
The Joint Committee on Taxation is up late and busts out this striking distributional analysis of the Senate bill on taxes:
chart shows that under the bill, people making under $30,000 pay more in taxes, and millionaires pay substantially less.
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