New @asaferfuture and Data for Progress poll finds that 71% of voters support investing $30 billion of federal funds for future pandemic preparedness. Independents support by a by a 48-point margin and Republicans support by a 28-point margin. filesforprogress.org/datasets/2021/…

When this pandemic started, our public health system was underfunded and our nation was unprepared. We must never let that happen again. That’s why I’ve been fighting for funding for public health and preparedness efforts throughout our COVID-19 response.

NEW: Congress is considering deep cuts to Biden’s $30 billion plan to prevent future pandemics. It’s part of an effort to slim down $3.5T reconciliation bill. “That… we have to fight for this $30 billion defies belief,” an advocate tells me: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

"The city grew by about 630,000 from 2010 to 2020... But the number of housing units in the five boroughs increased by only 206,000" You don't need a calculator to understand that this is a huge problem. We have a housing supply crisis. crainsnewyork.com/residential-re…

Who thinks Maryland should draw this nice, fair, compact map this decade instead of a monstrous gerrymander?

Obviously disappointing. But based on her stated reasoning, it doesn't seem like green card recapture + exempting workers from the green card caps should be sunk...

The #COVID19 pandemic has left a death toll of over 600,000 Americans & a cost of over $16 trillion. If the cataclysm of #COVID19 can’t move us to prioritize pandemic preparedness, then nothing will. Congress must pass the #BuildBackBetterAct

Very excited to finally release the power simulator after years of work with Michael Sadowsky! nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opi…

It's important for people to consider skepticism that Democrats may be out of power for decades in the context that the GOP never held a trifecta from 1955 through 2000 and Democrats never held a trifecta from 1859 through 1892. Long periods of structural disadvantage happen.

In the first Build Back Better plan, the White House requested $30 billion for pandemic preparedness. Congress has whittled that number down to less than $3 billion, meaning we won't have the vaccines, PPE and diagnostics to fight the next pandemic. nymag.com/intelligencer/…

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Excited to share a new job opening for a research manager at Blue Rose Research! Come work with us! boards.greenhouse.io/blueroseresear…

The CCP is terrified that the US will someday fix its high-skilled immigration pipeline

Being an advisor at 80k is a great job! Worth considering even if you haven't had it on your radar before, I certainly hadn't. The work is super rewarding and impactful and the team is unfailingly lovely. 80000hours.org/2022/01/open-p…

1/ For the last 6 months, Caleb Watney & I have been building a think tank It’s called the Institute for Progress (IFP) & we’re so excited to share it with you Our mission is to accelerate scientific, technological, and industrial progress while safeguarding humanity’s future

NEW POLL W/ @ASaferFuture: A majority of voters support additional funding to combat the Omicron variant and prepare for future pandemics. bit.ly/3fQ8C9U

ProPublica just got $5 million to fund reporting on COVID, "biosecurity and public health preparedness." Money is from crypto billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried's family foundation. Looks like it'll be a team of 7 devoted to that coverage...

Really excited about the Data for Progress Emerging Voices Program, an opportunity to empower people with fresh policy ideas who are new to advocacy work and need a platform. dataforprogress.org/emerging-voice…