

Will Raderman
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@RadWill_
Senior Policy Advisor at @SearchlightInst Former: @niskanencenter @pplpolicyproj @BUSPH @BernieSanders @ZephyrTeachout.




With everyone talking about middle-class tax cuts this past week, I take a short dive into a history of how we got there. I focus on two events from 2016 and 2008 that locked Democrats into this path, with contemporary pieces by @brycecovert and @mattyglesias. Link in next.


With everyone talking about middle-class tax cuts this past week, I take a short dive into a history of how we got there. I focus on two events from 2016 and 2008 that locked Democrats into this path, with contemporary pieces by @brycecovert and @mattyglesias. Link in next.


Many of us are trying to figure out where the AI labor market transition may be going. But that's fundamentally unknowable. So instead of trying to predict the future we can instead look back to try to figure out what may be coming...by reading 19th c english literature 1/

There's a path forward for transgender rights. Mara Keisling, a senior fellow at Searchlight, has been a leading advocate for trans rights and acceptance for 30 years. She’s seen public opinion shift significantly over that time. Trans Americans today are able to live freer, fuller lives than they would have all those years ago. But the resurgence of anti-trans sentiment in civil society and government should concern all of us. Over the past year, Searchlight has surveyed the American public on the rights and acceptance of trans people. More than 34,000 across six rounds of polling. The results provide Mara and advocates like her with a path forward — starting with a renewed focus on equal treatment and civil rights. Banning discrimination and harassment of trans people in the workplace or housing. Keeping politicians out of deeply personal health care decisions. Emphasizing parents and their role in deciding what’s best for their kids. Leaders should push for equal treatment and civil rights. And they should avoid aimless messaging bills or confusing language that only alienates the public and stokes anti-trans sentiment.






New from my colleague Fred Hernandez and I @BPC_Bipartisan: should Congress increase taxes on sports betting? @The_Budget_Lab recently scored our 5% excise tax option as raising nearly $100B over 10. We dive in, with a 👀 at prediction markets as well. bipartisanpolicy.org/issue-brief/sh…



No one really believes it’s right on the merits for Dems to go all in on tax cuts, but some are arguing that it’s politically smart. Yet at the exact same time, Republicans are staring down massive midterm losses after staking their appeal on tax cuts.

The Justice Department has waived a policy requiring newly hired federal prosecutors to possess at least one year of experience practicing law, as US attorney’s offices struggle to find qualified replacements following mass departures. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…








Great @EricLevitz piece today on the recent middle class tax cut proposals we’ve seen over the last week. vox.com/politics/48255…