Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social

5 hours ago

An example of the explicit policy choice made by Congressional Republicans and Trump: they could have had zero cuts to Medicaid and SNAP while reducing the top 10%'s tax cut for the same fiscal cost.

The top 10% would've still gotten a tax cut.

They chose different.

Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social

6 hours ago

NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.

Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)

Bottom 10% loses $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)

This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.

Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social

5 hours ago

CBO shows GOP megabill will make the bottom 20% of households poorer. What is impressively depressing about the GOP megabill is it borrows money (which the CBO analysis considers costless) and it still manages to leave millions of Americans worse off.

www.cbo.gov/publication/...

Distributional Effects of Public Law 119-21

CBO estimates that as result of P.L. 119-21, resources will decrease for households toward the bottom of the income distribution, whereas resources will increase for households in the middle and towar...

Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social

6 hours ago

NEW: Congressional Budget Office analysis of who wins and loses in the GOP megabill.

Top 10% gets $13,600 a year (2.7% increase in income)

Bottom 10% loses $1,200 a year (3.1% drop in income)

This isn't shared sacrifice--it's class warfare.

Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social

3 days ago

This is so breathtakingly cruel that my soul glitched. I’m never surprised by the depths of depravity, per se, but having to process it still exacts an emotional cost.

www.npr.org/2025/08/08/n...

U.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service members

The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement ben...

David Mack @davidmackau.bsky.social

3 days ago

no but this is crazy

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social

4 days ago

“Hey quick follow up for the History Respecter — what aspect of the Confederacy are you most proud of?

The treason against the United States? The defense of slavery? All the losing? I bet it’s the losing.”

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com

4 days ago

Hegseth on restoring a Confederate monument in Arlington cemetery: "We recognize our history. We don't erase it. We don't follow the woke lemmings off the cliff that want to tear down statues ... we're proud of our history."