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bradsmithtx.bsky.social
ATX 🌮 | Data Science 📊 | Progressive 🫎 Austin-based data scientist turning analytics into action. Turning insights into impact, because the numbers don’t lie, but they can tell a damn good story 📚
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@doggett.house.gov @thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.senate.gov @budget.senate.gov @judiciarydems.senate.gov @commerce.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @houseseec.bsky.social @housegop.bsky.social

submitted 10 hours ago • 0 comments

The IRS is short $400 billion. That’s enough to fund schools, healthcare, and end hunger. With some left over! Instead of collecting from billionaires, what are we doing? 🔹Your kid’s teacher got a pink slip 🔹Your neighbor skipped a meal 🔹Your grandma couldn’t afford meds What’s it cost you?

submitted 10 hours ago • 1 comment

Hey @aoc.bsky.social, @sanders.senate.gov, and @governorwalz.mn.gov someone told me they thought you’d find this pretty interesting while you’re out on those rallies Gotta add my excellent local reps @doggett.house.gov and @repcasar.bsky.social too Keep it up everyone! #Progress

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All you need to know about Twitter

submitted 1 day ago • 3175 comments

Updated and hey, looks like people actually give more of a shit now: 🔹Expand Medicare Sevices: +8% 🔹 Expand Social Security: +8% 🔹 Cap on Rent Increases: +7% 🔹 $17/hr Fed Minimum Wage: -5% 🔹 Medicare for All: +18% #Polling #Policy #MinimumWage #MedicareForAll #SocialSecurity #RentControl

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

You know it’s bad when the Irish think your national narrative is too dark. The Irish.

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Casar: There’s a debate happening about how we should respond to the oligarchy. Some say that we should just roll over and play dead. Others say we should stand and fight. Anybody here think we should roll over and play dead? Crowd: Nooo… chants “stand and fight”

submitted 2 days ago • 184 comments

Turns out, most people actually give a shit Progressive policies like Medicare for All, rent caps, and raising the minimum wage have majority support across the U.S. These aren’t fringe ideas, they’re mainstream. #Polling #Policy #Data #MinimumWage #MedicareForAll #SocialSecurity #RentControl

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Trump: “I didn’t sign it.” Except… he did. Here’s the timeline: 🔹 3/14: Trump signs wartime Alien Enemies Act. 🔹 3/15: ACLU sues. Judge blocks deportations. 🔹 3/16: 250+ deported anyway. 🔹 3/17–3/20: Courts fume. DOJ ghosts. 🔹 3/21: Trump denies signing it.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Resources for fighting for Democracy Use 5 calls to call your officials. 5calls.org Use Resistbot to send emails to you officials resist.bot/petitions Help our candidates in FL gayforcongress.com joshweil.us Help the Wisconsin Supreme Court race www.crawfordforwi.com

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

📊 Measles Update - March 21st, 2025 🗓️ Cases by Year: 🔹2025: ~378 🔹2024: 285 🔹2023: 59 🦠 Cases by State 🔹TX: 309 🔹NM: 42 🔹OK: 4 🔹AK: 1 🔹CA: 1 🔹FL: 1 🔹GA: 1 🔹KY: 1 🔹MI: 1 🔹NJ: 1 🔹NY: 1 🔹PA: 1 🔹RI: 1 🔹VT: 1 🔹WA: 1 @altcdc.altgov.info @rubinallergy.bsky.social #Measles #VaccinesSaveLives

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Whoever is betting on the U.S. to clinch the title this year really knew their stuff

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Dismantling the Dept. of Ed = Dismantling Equity 🏫 50M students impacted 💳 43M loan borrowers left hanging ♿ 7.5M kids in special ed at risk 💰 $79B in funding now up for grabs No fed protection = states decide. We’ve seen how that plays out. #EducationCrisis #FightBack #NoChildLeftBehindPartDeux

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

📊 Measles Update - March 20th, 2025 🦠 Confirmed Cases by State 🔹 TX: 279 🔹 NM: 38 🔹 CA: 6 🔹 NY: 5 🔹 OK: 4 🔹 GA: 3 🔹 PA: 3 🔹 FL: 2 🔹 NJ: 2 🔹 WA: 2 🔹 AK: 1 🔹 KY: 1 🔹 MI: 1 🔹 RI: 1 🔹 VT: 1 @alt-hhs.altgov.info @altcdc.altgov.info #MeaslesOutbreak #VaccinesSaveLives

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

📉 Texas School Vouchers: The Data 💰Public School Year 1 Impact: -$250M 💵 Max Student Voucher Limit: $10.5K 🧑‍🎓Avg Private School Tuition = $14K-$25K 🏫 Counties W/ No Private School: 60% ⛔️ No testing, no oversight Progress or privatization @gregabbottx.bsky.social? #TXEd #SchoolVouchers #Education

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

📊 Economic Indicators Data Sources 🏛️ U.S. Government: 🔹Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) 🔹 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 🔹 Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED) 🔹 Census Bureau 📊 Non-Government: 🔹 Trading Economics 🔹 University of Michigan 🔹 CNBC 🔹 Conference Board #DataTransparency #Recession

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment