#Federal

GN Chevalier 🥖🌹

gnchevalier

Just curious if there's been a hot take from any US constitutional scholars that appointing more strict constructionists in a time when the federal government is leaning toward fascist authoritarianism

Paul Karp

Paul_Karp

THREAD on income tax cuts - the govt will trumpet the green column which gives a rolled up figure, but what's really going on is the yellow column is a

Amanda St. Hilaire

amandasaint5

We get lots of newsroom emails. Usually we read them/pass them along/use them to start digging. But on Election Day, it was clear we needed to do something a little

Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD

PeterHotez

1/3: I've been emphasizing why it's important for kids to be in school (education, food security, mental health counseling) and support @AmerAcadPeds...BUT we just cannot open schools in areas of

🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸

mrddmia

Excellent ruling by Judge Justin Walker, a Kentucky federal judge & President @realDonaldTrump’s nominee to the crucial D.C. Circuit.Governments can’t use the coronavirus crisis to mindlessly take a sledgehammer to

Evan Yeats

Evan_Yeats

I just want to say that I raised the issue of losing federal grants and grant mismanagement with @Young_CityDC back in April of 2019 and he had no good answers.

Michele Hansen

mjwhansen

I wonder whether medical experience will become a near-mandatory prerequisite for federal politicians in the same way that military service was until a decade ago. Large scale wars used to

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

we should prioritize based on our capacity to administer and on effectiveness of the relief .. I’m disheartened but not surprised that the loans to businesses have rolled out in

Stephanie Kelton

StephanieKelton

THREADI don’t know who needs to hear this, but the federal government’s fiscal capacity is robust *across* time. State & local government budgets, on-the-other-hand, are necessarily pro-cyclical. 1/5 That’s because

Apocalyptica

ApocalypticaNow

We're the poorest rich country in the world. We have lots of wealthy individuals and an impoverished commons. The latter was looted by the former.https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/1247881635942539264 The United States is not

Keith Ivey

kcivey

Listening to the #DCstatehood debate. It's going to be hard to listen to all these disingenuous Republican explanations of why we don't deserve the same rights as other Americans. Rep.

#IgboMade!

OdogwuOgbete

“We are expected to be patriotic as Nigerians but the atmosphere around us tells us otherwise. Let me give you a very simple, practical illustration. A Lagosian sat an exam

David Doney

David_Charts

THREAD: Let's talk wealth inequality. Fed recently reported that avg. U.S. family had $749,000 net worth in 2019, but median family had $122,000. Median means half of families have more,

Mike Baker

ByMikeBaker

The feds go on the offensive while protesters play the Imperial March on a speaker. The feds are out on the street now Dozens of federal officers are out, lining

Brakeyshia R. Samms

BrakeyshiaSamms

I know it's not as popular as #EconTwitter, but the silence of #TaxTwitter on systemic racism is equally as disturbing & disappointing. We all know the tax system is not

Monnie Lisa 💚

BlackBernieBabe

Have y’all read the George Floyd Bill (HR7120)? The more I read it the more angrier I get. 1. lowers the criminal intent standard to convict a law enforcement officer