Rob Wolfe

This NYT story is almost malpractice. It is as bad a report of facts as one can do. Does not even mention that DeSantis’s own mini-DOGE issued a scathing financial report on the place just 6 weeks ago.

Here is a more accurate story from Washington Monthly. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/11/13/n...

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.

Govern by euphemism: In Trump’s Washington, helping Hispanic-serving colleges becomes “racial bias”—and cutting their funding becomes “equal protection.” @washingtonmonthly.com

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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.

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Affordability Wars As Mamdani meets Trump, Vance cycles through conflicting explanations for high prices—and voters aren’t buying it.

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.

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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.

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:

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I do think it's worth marking and remembering that these people were willing to tolerate everything we've experienced since January and more provided it didn't disrupt the economy.

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.

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 supply-side agenda is really getting out of hand, folks

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.

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:

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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

Medicare Prices for All | Washington Monthly Hidden health care costs are eating your paycheck. Tying employer plans Medicare rates could save you cash.

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...🧵

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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

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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...

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

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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: ...🧵