Lily Roberts

Washington, D.C., has a population roughly equivalent to Alaska's.

And it has zero senators. If D.C. had senators, the GOP megablil bill would have failed today.

Instead, Murkowski got carve-outs and money for Alaska, and then voted to subject DC to the bill

For 6 months, Dem leaders have downplayed or refused to frontally address many of Trump's worst abuses by saying those are "distractions" from the Dems focusing on economic issues. But as Trump's tax bill is being voted on, Jeffries is attacking a Dem ...over a phrase that Dem doesn't even use.

The Senate Republican bill would cut SNAP by $186 billion - 22% by the final year. This would be by far the largest SNAP cut in history and would rip food assistance away from millions of households, including families with kids and veterans.

"Rural hospital fund?"

CAP’s edition of InProgress today features me highlighting how Senate Republicans are racing to the finish line to pass the largest-ever cuts to health care and food assistance. Questions about the Big, “Beautiful” Bill? I’ll do my best to answer here.

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Life of the Mother When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.

Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi.

On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:

Exclusive: US Marines carry out first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles, video shows Marines deployed to Los Angeles carried out the detention of a civilian on Friday, the U.S. military confirmed after being presented with Reuters images, in the first known detention by active-duty troops deployed there by President Donald Trump.

The first person arrested by the Marines is an Army veteran who was on his way to work at the Veterans Administration. It appears he was arrested for crossing a yellow line which the Marines did not realize was not designed to exclude federal employees from reporting to work.

@governorwalz.mn.gov: "The road to authoritarianism is littered with people telling you you're overreacting."

This is super important. Maybe the most insidious threat to poor and working-class in the whole big beautiful bill? SNAP promises you won’t starve whether you live in New York or Mississippi. By shifting billions in costs to states, SNAP is no longer the federal guarantee millions rely on.

Tariffs & ICE raids are connected insofar as they are attempts to blame economic & social conditions entirely on the actions of foreigners while attempting to paint domestic enemies as a traitorous fifth column working with the foreigners to undermine the country

How the Trump Administration’s DOGE Cuts Are Harming Women A new analysis by the Center for American Progress shows DOGE has cut at least $3 billion in grants for research, education, and other programs that help women and girls—especially women of color.

This one was emotional. I read thousands of project abstracts that could've helped fix the problems that cause so many Black women to die in childbirth, encouraged young girls to become engineers, and helped women escape abuse. Years of progress, gone. www.americanprogress.org/article/how-...

The GOP’s tax bill isn’t just a giveaway to the rich—it’s an attack on SNAP, a key anti-poverty tool and economic engine. @lilyroberts.bsky.social from @americanprogress.bsky.social explains how these cuts would deepen poverty and destabilize communities.

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Missed this last week: new research shows that sicker, older people were hardest hit by SNAP paperwork requirements in CT. But people who had incomes (so were obviously working!) lost SNAP too.

In the budget reconciliation bill, House Republicans are trying to cut SNAP by $295 billion. This would cut it in third in what would be by far the largest SNAP cut in history.

This would rip food assistance away from millions of people, including households with children as young as 7 years old.

Alaska Republican supports GOP SNAP plan — that hits his home state hard Alaska would have to pay hundreds of billions of dollars in food aid costs under a House GOP proposal for its megabill.

Groceries cost a ton in AK. Grocery stores are at risk of closing if Alaskans lose SNAP, which means that everyone will have to travel farther. The state will face $$ penalties bc of the state's error rate, not individuals committing fraud. Begich will vote for this! www.politico.com/live-updates...

He Became the Face of Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement. Now He’s Fed Up With It. A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...

NEW: Car mechanic Luke Seaborn was the de facto face of Georgia Pathways to Coverage, the governor’s health insurance program for impoverished residents.

Then technical glitches and red tape caused him to lose his coverage — twice.

By @savmargaret.bsky.social

Pretty standard for police week in DC: a "Police Unity Tour" parked in front of a no parking sign.
New low for police week in DC: they've covered their license plate with electrical tape!

Oooooh work requirements for everyone! Except for a new carve-out for married stay-at-home moms. So literally a policy to establish that taking care of kids is work if you're married, but not work if you're not married.

The House Republican SNAP Cuts Would Take Food From Hungry Families The U.S. House Agriculture Committee’s budget proposal would cut assistance for all SNAP recipients—not “waste, fraud, and abuse.”

House Ag text out tonight proposes a *30 PERCENT* cut to SNAP. The great Kyle Ross read a million pages in like an hour and explains: the only way to get there is to make families go hungry. Https://www.americanprogress.org/article/the-house-republican-snap-cuts-would-take-food-from-hungry-families/

“They obviously can’t legally create some kind of independent society,” says Roberts. “They’re still subject to state and federal laws. Given how little Musk has demonstrated that he knows about how government works, I’m not sure that he knows that.”

Can’t say more strongly: they are claiming the power to disappear people with no recourse, to entirely remove anyone they want to, forever, with no ability to stop them.

“Unamerican” doesn’t do it justice. Diametrically opposed to anything even remotely resembling a society we should support.

This is not legal. The IRS is not allowed to share taxpayer information (without the taxpayers permission) w/other parties except in a set of limited instances. They'd need a court order to do this.

Your weekly civics roundup Upcoming ways to plug-in around D.C.

Looking for stuff to do this weekend? Check out our new Civics Roundup post; we'll be listing ways to get involved around D.C. each week!

Just clarifying: Washington Metropolitan Police, as opposed to the Metro Transit Police Department, right? (Like, the city vs. WMATA).

A quick 🧵: The news of Congress potentially blowing a $1.1 billion hole in D.C.'s budget has certainly riled up a lot of people. But it's part of a larger trend of how Congress's years-long budget dysfunctions have bled into D.C.'s municipal government.

Policy Uncertainty Is Bad For The Economy Economic policy uncertainty has surged since Donald Trump’s election. This does not bode well for the economy.

Increasing uncertainty about economic policy -- as is happening now -- goes along with slower growth of industrial policy and falling consumer sentiment. My latest for @forbes.com
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Millions of Low-Income Households Would Lose Food Aid Under Proposed House Republican SNAP Cuts | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities Substantial cuts to SNAP would mean households with low incomes in every state would lose support they need to put food on the table, worsening food insecurity and hardship.

Great report out from @katiebergh.bsky.social today, covering the ways that House Rs could do the math for $230b in cuts to food security. Short answer: either cut everyone on SNAP from $6.40/day to $5 (!), take SNAP from 9 million ppl, or just make states foot the bill. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...

They don't care about pregnant women. They don't care about babies. They have never been pro-life, only pro-control and pro-suffering.
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Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change. For the last several decades, federal jobs helped Black workers find stable work with guardrails to prevent bias, but mass cuts are threatening decades of upward mobility.

Much of the Black middle class was built by federal jobs. That may change. www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/... via @nbcnews

2025 Budget Stakes: Rural Communities Would Be Hurt by Proposed Policies and Cuts | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities A range of proposals, including a menu of spending cuts that House Republicans are reportedly considering, would take away or reduce health coverage, help buying groceries, and other critical assistan...

A range of proposals, including a menu of spending cuts that House Republicans are reportedly considering, would take away or reduce health coverage, help buying groceries, and other critical assistance from people in rural communities. www.cbpp.org/research/fed...