They’re telling me a great empire will be destroyed if I attack Persia. Even the oracles who don’t like me very much, very nasty, they all said to me, “Sir, it’s one of the great empires, and it’ll be destroyed. And all because you attacked Persia.” That’s what they’re telling me.
Govern by euphemism: In Trump’s Washington, helping Hispanic-serving colleges becomes “racial bias”—and cutting their funding becomes “equal protection.” @washingtonmonthly.com washingtonmonthly.com/2025/12/01/t...
The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges
Trump’s bid to strip race from policy has landed squarely on the institutions educating the country’s future: Hispanic-serving colleges.
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Nice from CJR—to understand Trump and Mamdani’s love fest, consider the president’s vulnerability on affordability. We made the same point Friday in @washingtonmonthly.com. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/21/a...
Affordability Wars
As Mamdani meets Trump, Vance cycles through conflicting explanations for high prices—and voters aren’t buying it.
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Columbia Journalism Review@columjournreview.bsky.social · 8mo agoJournalists expecting a clash at Trump and Mamdani’s first meeting were taken by surprise. The reasons why have more to do with policy than personality. Read Jem Bartholomew. www.cjr.org/the_media_to...
Trump meets with Mamdani, whose unlikely New York City win was fueled by the affordability crisis, as Vance offers conflicting explanations for high prices. @rmpwolfe.bsky.social reports. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/21/a...
Affordability Wars
As Mamdani meets Trump, Vance cycles through conflicting explanations for high prices—and voters aren’t buying it.
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Medicaid work requirements do not work. Republicans are eager to impose these tests, but the data show that such requirements hurt hospitals, drive up insurance costs, and put people out of work. Here’s why: washingtonmonthly.com/2025/05/27/m...
Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work | Washington Monthly
The White House and Congressional Republicans Love Medicaid work requirements. but they don't work and weill lead to more unemployment.
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The "abundance agenda" has captured Democratic policy circles with an optimistic vision: cut red tape, build more housing, deploy clean energy faster. But what if red tape isn't the primary bottleneck holding back American prosperity?
The Meager Agenda of Abundance Liberals | Washington Monthly
What the Abundance Liberals and the Democratic Party’s most buzzed-about policy movement get right—and wrong.
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The supply-side agenda is really getting out of hand, folks
After Friday's late-night purging of inspectors general, read Mike Lofgren's prescient story on the history of these watchdogs, a prime target for the new administration: washingtonmonthly.com/2024/10/29/w... @washingtonmonthly.com
Who Will Protect the Watchdogs? | Washington Monthly
Inspectors general have fought for accountability in U.S. government for decades, with varying success. They will be prime targets in a second Trump administration.
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I've been writing about birthright citizenship for 20 years. This thread strings together my opinion pieces (not law review tomes, which I will post separately). I wrote a book about the Fourteenth Amendment and I debated John Eastman 20 years ago about his vile plan to end birthright citizenship./1
1/ Want a real raise? Tie employer-healthcare plans to Medicare rates, and watch your earnings jump. Phillip Longman explains why your paycheck feels smaller than it should—and how to fix it in our new issue...🧵 washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/m...
Medicare Prices for All | Washington Monthly
Hidden health care costs are eating your paycheck. Tying employer plans Medicare rates could save you cash.
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“Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself.” From @glastris.bsky.social in the new issue of the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/t...
Healthcare, transportation, & the care economy are each captured by giant corporations or private equity, resulting in higher costs & horrible service. Three new articles from Open Markets staff in @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social point toward solutions www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
Three New Ideas That Put Working People First by Reforming Market Power — Open Markets Institute
Healthcare, transportation, and the care economy are each captured by giant corporations or private equity, resulting in higher costs and horrible service. Three new articles from Open Markets staff i...
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The @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social's new issue has arrived: "Ten New Ideas for the Democratic Party to Help the Working Class, and Itself." Here's what's in the package: ...🧵