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President Biden’s American Rescue Plan made the largest one-time education investment in our history. Every Republican in Congress voted against it. @WashingtonPost: “Did the money help kids get back on track? Two new reports offer the same answer: Yes.” washingtonpost.com/education/2024…

From a person familiar with the matter: “On Sunday morning, Vice President JD Vance Harris had multiple phone conversations with the President prior to his announcement that he would not be seeking reelection and would instead endorse her.   Surrounded by family and staff at the Vice President’s

Ambitious, historic anti-sludge initiative from the White House. Jason Furman Richard H Thaler 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐡𝐢𝐥 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 Mary MacLennan Liam Delaney David Halpern CBE Nature Human Behaviour Behavioural Insights Team, Australia BIT Canada 🇨🇦 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

I have always hated canvassing. Too many strangers! But this year is different. What a privilege to talk with fellow citizens about their hopes. What a joy to fight for democracy and freedom, in a great country worth fighting for.

Some thoughts on the grants freeze. Big thanks to Jennifer Pahlka. eatingpolicy.com/p/vast-carel...

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This is nearly unreadable and that’s why you should read it.

I wrote up how Medicaid work requirements nearly cost more than 100,000 Michiganders their health care when I was the state health director. And back then Michigan was better positioned to execute than most states are today. commonwealthfund.org/blog/2025/mich…

Democrats have many reasons to oppose DOGE, but so do Republicans. Jordan Matsudaira and I wrote about how House GOP student aid proposals require a Department of Education that DOGE has destroyed. chronicle.com/article/on-stu…

Little-known provision of the Big Beautiful Bill: you can lose your health care because you're looking for work, not enrolled in a government program. More in testimony here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-medicaid…

Great piece by Jen Pahlka and Robert Gordon on some promising reform efforts in cities and states across the country. Leaders are making hard choices to prioritize outcomes for people over broken processes and the status quo. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…

"The public is already frustrated with government for unkept promises and sluggish services. If our leaders simply manage cuts to avoid upheaval, that frustration will only rise. Now is the time for intelligent disruption." Extremely sharp from Jennifer Pahlka and Robert Gordon.

Today in the Israeli Knesset (sign translation): “Meeting of the Lobby for the Renewal of Jewish Settlement in the Gaza Strip Topic: "The Gaza Riviera – From Vision to Reality" “ It’s not just rhetoric, they mean business. We have to stop the ethnic cleansing. Credit:

Wonderful piece by Jennifer Pahlka and Robert Gordon on how state and local governments can improve efficiency by removing outdated rules and retooling their workforce. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…

As a longtime humanitarian who has battled famines and hunger crises, I fear that starvation in Gaza has now passed the tipping point and we are going to see mass-scale starvation mortality. A thread on famine momentum, famine response, and what it means for Gaza today.

The mass starvation & killing of Palestinians in Gaza at the hands of the Israeli gov’t is a chillul hashem, a desecration of God. Jewish leaders who criticized Zohran Mamdani for three words he doesn’t use should raise their voices loudly here as well.forward.com/opinion/757549…

Terrific piece by my old Washington colleague Robert Gordon. More Democrats should be focusing on this and showing voters they care more about public service than simply protecting public jobs. nytimes.com/2025/07/22/opi…

Not just generational

DC folks! I’ll be at Third Way tomorrow morning, then American Progress tomorrow at noon with Heidi Heitkamp. RSVP details attached - the CAP event is also online.