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Trump’s tariffs got punted (which is good)… but forced labor in China remains (which is bad). A reminder that wildly wielding a sledgehammer on tariffs isn’t a cohesive trade policy (and certainly not an industrial policy)! www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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I am back from leave, and very excited to share that @chrisbataille.bsky.social and I have a new report out called "Strategic decarbonisation of the Canadian iron and steel industry: A worker-centered path to cut emissions, increase value added and strengthen global supply chains". 1/5

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House Republicans passed their bill that’d rip health insurance from millions and take food assistance away from millions including households with kids as young as 7 in the largest Medicaid and SNAP cuts in history - while giving giant tax cuts to the rich. Thread on the next steps of the process.

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House Republicans want to raise your electricity bills, kill 400,000 clean energy jobs, & gut health care to try to offset massive tax cuts for the very wealthiest people in the country. @mwilli.bsky.social and I told @energysage.com what you can do to stop them: www.energysage.com/news/cutting...

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Just last year, the US was hitting historic levels of private sector manufacturing investment. Now it's declining thanks to Trump's policies, and Congress is preparing to deal a knock-out punch by repealing the IRA.

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Published a subtle column this AM… House Republicans are Giving Up on U.S. Manufacturing! www.americanprogress.org/article/hous... 1/3

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My grandfather was on a naval ship outside of Iwo Jima. (I still have his pea coat... which I used to wear... 30lbs ago... anyhoo.) He was born in the U.S. to parents who were not born here... but who came to the U.S. escaping the pogroms in Russia.

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Stoked to be a part of a stellar lineup in the relaunch issue of Renewal! Folks should subscribe and read my piece–"Deliverism and the discontent: The success of green industrial policy and a failure of American politics"!

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Wow, the House Republican tax bill would increase gas prices. By a lot. Up to 37¢ per gallon! New numbers published by CAP show how ending clean energy investment props up demand for fossil fuels, raises prices, and makes households pay an extra $400b over the next decade to Big Oil and Gas.

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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

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So… Ways and Means republicans are so “strong” on China that if someone’s grandma once had a connection to China then their company can’t get a clean energy tax credit… but, uh, this is okay? www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/u...

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On top of removing access to healthcare and take food from hungry Americans as part of their budget bill, House Republicans now want to make YOU pay more for electricity while cutting programs meant to clean up our air, water, and land... all to pay for tax giveaways to billionaires! (THREAD)

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The "de-risking compensation" nonsense that House Rs proposed is just another way of propping up Big Oil and undercutting clean energy. Smart analysis from @thiggins.bsky.social here:

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House Republicans tonight proposed blanket rescissions of funding that is still available from Biden's Inflation Reduction Act for cleaning up ports, trucking, schools, and manufacturing, for investments in new businesses, air monitoring, and environmental justice communities.

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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency that sets the standards for nuclear power plants, radioactive waste, medical isotopes, and more. Now: "there are no independent agencies," says Russell Vought, director of OMB. www.npr.org/2025/05/09/n...

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As a Knicks fan, tip of the hat to Paul Pierce. But somebody send a cab to pick him up. No need to make the man walk the whole way... otherwise we're gonna reenact this... ⬇️

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"The Trump administration’s trade wars will hit small businesses, which employ nearly half of all U.S. workers ... The net effect will be layoffs, furloughs, and downward pressure on wages and benefits." from Ryan Mulholland, @mwilli.bsky.social, and Doug Molof at @americanprogress.bsky.social

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An injury to one is an injury to all. We stand with our SMART union brother Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his family. Bring him home NOW!

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Errr, amazingly (especially to me who got engaged in politics in the early aughts)... Drudge is playing this role... drudgereport.com?NF=1

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This Earth Month, let’s talk about what’s at stake 🌎 Working-class Americans need clean air and water, lower energy bills, and protection from extreme weather. But the Trump administration is canceling the very projects that would make it possible. Hear more from @jasia.bsky.social:

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Just 100 days into Trump’s presidency, we’re on the doorstep of authoritarianism. I co-authored a new @americanprogress.bsky.social report about how Trump is smashing constit. & legal guardrails to build an imperial presidency that’s hurting Americans. (1/6) www.americanprogress.org/article/trum...

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The Trump administration and congressional Republicans are cutting environmental protection and clean energy programs to finance their plans to cut taxes for the ultrawealthy. @shannonbb-8.bsky.social and @lucerowx.bsky.social explain: www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...

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This is a stellar piece… I personally like the formulation of where we need to go next:

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not hard to imagine how you could both walk AND chew gum here, as one of the sources points out

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I'm stoked that all of you can go down one of Robert's dark (and exceptionally well reasoned) journeys as I have enjoyed many times. And this time there's hope and a call to action at the end!

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BREAKING: The United Mineworkers and United Steelworkers unions are suing the Trump admin over its decision to delay enforcement of a lifesaving new silica rule meant to curb the black lung epidemic in Appalachia. My exclusive for @inthesetimesmag.bsky.social: inthesetimes.com/article/trum...

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"Trump Blows Up the Economy, Calls It Trade Policy" YES. Perfect headline.

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I am a big of fan of @dieworkwear.bsky.social and I think this thread is revelatory... BUT we cannot ignore the working conditions of global supply chains ESPECIALLY when the mfg is done in countries with poor labor track records (e.g. China!). www.marketplace.org/story/2019/1...

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If Carl says it, I listen.

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The House just passed its budget resolution, so reconciliation is now officially underway. This is their bill to destroy Medicaid and SNAP while cutting taxes disproportionately for the rich. THIS IS VERY REAL and can be enacted even if all Ds vote no. Thread on what's to come and WHERE TO FIGHT.

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Canadian progressives AND Beth!? #FOMO

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