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John Schmitt

@jschmittwdc.bsky.social

Economist, Washington DC Labor, social policy Formerly: @epi.org, @ceprdc.bsky.social, @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, @cep-lse.bsky.social, UN Peacekeeping (Very old picture.)

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Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 2d ago

Apple: ~$2.2 billion Nike: $986 million FedEx: ~$800 million Amazon: $640 million General Motors: $500 million Giant corporations are raking in millions in tariff refunds and getting even richer. But remember: corporations passed tariff costs on to you. Where's YOUR refund?

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · 5d ago

Important: Trump’s executive order is NOT legislation. Though the executive order promotes more misinformation about vaccines, nothing has changed about the availability of childhood vaccines. For evidence-based guidance, please follow and share American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.

AAP Recommended Immunization Schedule
Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 7d ago

At 4:30 AM, Republicans confirmed Trump’s Attorney General: - Trump’s personal lawyer - Refused to release the Epstein Files - Pushed for a $1.8 billion slush fund for Trump allies - Gave Trump tax audit immunity - Pledged to block abortion access nationwide

Sam Pizzigati@sgp.bsky.social · last wk.

Summertime and the living — in the USA — ain't easy. No U.S. law guarantees paid vacation time. Workers in the UK, Sweden, France, Denmark, and Austria by law annually get at least 25 days off. Americans, overall, average just 10 days off per year. @jschmittwdc.bsky.social cepr.net/publications...

No-Vacation Nation: Comparing the US to Other Wealthy Nations

The United States remains the only wealthy democracy with no guaranteed paid vacation, leaving millions of workers without paid time off.

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Joan Alker@joanalker1.bsky.social · last wk.

We’ve update our Medicaid enrollment tracker and the news for children isn’t good. Since January 2025 there has been a shocking drop of 2.3 million kids enrolled in Medicaid/CHIP. This means the child uninsured rate is likely going up.

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Senator Dick Durbin@durbin.senate.gov · 2w ago

Todd Blanche told me privately that he “made a mistake” creating the MAGA slush fund. I asked him about it under oath. And he lied to Congress. His willingness to casually lie under oath shows how far he will go to avoid offending his only boss: Donald Trump.

Ben Zipperer@benzipperer.org · 2w ago

New @epi.org data through 2026 Q1: workers are nearly twice as productive as they were in 1979, but their pay hasn't come close to keeping up. That divergence, redistributed to profits and executives, has cost a full-time median-wage worker over $23,000 a year

line graph titled "The gap between productivity and a typical worker’s compensation has increased dramatically since 1979; Productivity growth and hourly compensation growth, 1948–2026"
Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 2w ago

Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.

KFF@kff.org · 3w ago

An estimated 1.2 million uninsured adults fall into the Medicaid coverage gap — earning too much for Medicaid but too little to be eligible for ACA subsidies — in the 10 states that haven't expanded Medicaid. Get the latest data: https://on.kff.org/3Rki2Rr

Diagram shows the coverage gap in states that did not expand Medicaid. The coverage gap exists because some states did not expand Medicaid under the ACA to cover adults under age 65 without dependent children with incomes at/below 138% of the federal poverty level (FPL)
Economic Policy Institute@epi.org · 3w ago

Using trade policy to help reduce abusive labor practices abroad is serious business - but today's proposal from the admin is as unserious as the rest of their trade policy. For a sketch of how to treat this responsibly, see @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social & @ahecon.bsky.social 👇

The U.S. approach to globalization has gone from bad to worse under Trump: How to construct a progressive policy agenda instead

Globalization has created a challenging landscape for U.S. workers. Led by corporate interests, U.S. trade agreements from NAFTA onward have made matters worse rather than improving them. To counter t...

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Center for Economic and Policy Research@ceprdc.bsky.social · 4w ago

Millions are losing health coverage, and it's not an accident. @deanbaker13.bsky.social talks with @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social of Georgetown about the subsidy cliff, new rules, and immigrant coverage cuts gutting the ACA. New episode of #mostlyeconomics #econsky

Mostly Economics Podcast #43: Millions Lose Health Insurance in America with Sabrina Corlette

This week on Mostly Economics, Dean Baker talks with Sabrina Corlet...

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Heidi Shierholz@hshierholz.bsky.social · last mo.

EPI is hosting a webinar about this amazing new vision at 1PM Eastern time today -- join us! www.epi.org/event/50-mil...

50 million U.S. workers want to join a union: What if they could?

Imagine if one-in-three private-sector workers belonged to a union. What would wages, benefits, and working conditions look like if more workers had access to a union contract and the labor movement g...

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Heidi Shierholz@hshierholz.bsky.social · last mo.

Today, EPI released a new report showing what would happen if we tripled union density to 30%. The results are striking: higher wages, lower inequality, lower racial wage gaps, stronger communities, and a healthier democracy. 1/ www.epi.org/publication/...