Devon Puglia

Dad x2. Democrat. Believer in paper copies. Team @SKDK. Formerly @NedLamont, @govmalloyoffice, @CTDems, @scottmstringer, @mikebloomberg + @nycschools, and more.

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

**Big new endorsement**….this time from the Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus. We’re building a strong coalition. But it didn’t start in this campaign. I’m proud to have served as Mayor of one of the most diverse cities in the country, with a large, strong, and diverse Latino community. The fight right now is a fight for fairness and opportunity for everyone — universal healthcare, housing people can afford, a sane immigration policy, and abolishing ICE. Looking forward to working with the CT Hispanic Democratic Caucus over the next 44 days on this campaign— and in the years ahead in Congress.

[Devon Puglia @DevonPuglia]

The times even both-sidesed this tweet.

[NYTimes Communications @NYTimesPR]

Misstating the facts is a convenient way to get clicks, but The Times has been documenting the increasingly extreme viewpoints on both sides of the political spectrum for years. Here are just a few examples from as recently as yesterday🧵

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

We need term limits. I plan to serve a maximum of 12 years in Congress.

[Atlanta Hawks @ATLHawks]

The first unanimous Big East Player of the Year in more than a decade 🔥🔥

@Zubyejiofor x @StJohnsBBall

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

I’m honored to stand with the Connecticut Hispanic Democratic Caucus today and every day. Over the next 50 days, CHDC will be a critical part of our strong and growing team. Let's keep the momentum going!

[Hartford Courant @hartfordcourant]

The Safe Harbor Fund, created by the legislature in 2025, is overseen by Connecticut Treasurer Erick Russell. Connecticut is the first state to launch such a fund. https://t.co/7zTEOQ3ZBh

[Connor DiemandYauman @connord_y]

The answer to AI-related job loss is not “reskilling.” Not on its own, and definitely not in the way everyone is saying it. Let me explain...

By every rule of self-interest, this should be our moment 🤝

Rebecca and I run Merit America, one of the largest nonprofits in the country reskilling workers for good jobs. And right now every CEO and Senator is saying the answer to AI is reskilling. Jensen Huang even promises the upskilling process will be "delightful." 😅

So we should be thrilled. Instead we wrote the piece we're probably not supposed to write:

Reskilling alone is not going to save us. 🚨

Here's the math 👇

Reskilling is a bridge. 🌉 Bridges only work if they lead somewhere. Build one to a cliff and you've got a roadrunner cartoon. Meep meep 🐦‍⬛

So how many people might need to cross it?

📉 Stanford: early-career workers in the most AI-exposed jobs are down 16% since ChatGPT launched.
📊 Anthropic's CEO: up to HALF of all entry-level white-collar jobs gone within 5 years.
📋 BCG, in a report literally titled "AI Will Reshape More Jobs Than It Replaces": 16 to 25 MILLION US jobs vulnerable.

Now let's lowball harder than anyone serious would. Take 5% of the white-collar workforce. That's still 4.5 million people who need somewhere new to go.

"But there are millions of job openings in the trades!" 🔧

That one is a trick of language. Most "job openings" are just churn. Someone retired, someone quit, and the seat gets refilled by the next person already in line. Strip out the churn and the genuinely unfilled good jobs across EVERY non-white-collar field come to maybe 600,000 to 900,000. Total. And that is us being generous.

So here's the gut-punch 😬

Displaced (lowballed): 4.5 million
Genuinely open good jobs to catch them: under 1 million

That gap is what gives us night sweats.

The fix is not less reskilling–we need a whole lot more of it! The fix is building the other side of the bridge: a real plan to create jobs at a scale this country has never tried 🏗️

Because we know what "wait and see" gets us. Remember NAFTA? Jobs gone, cities hollowed out, livelihoods destroyed, because we let it happen with no plan for the people left behind. If NAFTA was a category 5 hurricane, AI is an asteroid. ☄️

So what could a real job-creation plan look like? Cue the movie montage 🎬
🏛️ Leaders on the hill beam after passing the largest infrastructure bill in history.
🏦 A Fortune 500 boardroom adds a new line to the quarterly deck: Jobs Created.
🎖️ The military leans into the largest job-training operation in the country.
💻 Training that takes months, not years, built around work shifts and school pickups, with real jobs waiting on the other end.

If you're tired of choosing between AI doom and AI hype, this is the third lane. It gets scary before it gets hopeful. And it does get hopeful.

Full piece here 👇
https://t.co/1jHwPjAPLs

[Devon Puglia @DevonPuglia]

…What undergraduates should focus on is "learning how to learn," said Rebecca Taber Staehelin, co-founder and co-CEO of @MeritAmerica, a nonprofit that helps train low-wage workers for higher-paying roles.

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Why the liberal arts can help young Americans prepare for the era of AI. https://t.co/z2SXN5CJcN

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

🚨New Ad🚨
Americans are pissed off about what Donald Trump is doing to our country, and Democrats know that our party isn’t doing enough. I respect those who've served in Congress for decades… but it’s time to bring some new energy to this fight.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

Artificial intelligences do not undergo experiences, do not possess a body, do not feel joy or pain, do not mature through relationships, and do not know from within what love, work, friendship or responsibility mean. Nor do they have a moral conscience, since they do not judge good and evil, grasp the ultimate meaning of situations, or bear responsibility for consequences. They may imitate or even simulate, but they do not understand what they produce, for they lack the affective, relational, and spiritual perspective through which human beings grow in wisdom. #MagnificaHumanitas

[Governor Ned Lamont @GovNedLamont]

Still looking for intelligent life in the White House

[John Craven @johncraven1]

“WE WOULD KEEP IT ALL”: Trump's payments to Jan. 6th rioters could face 100% tax in CT: https://t.co/wsN7Ng8zcf

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

The job of a Democratic member of Congress right now isn’t just in do-nothing committee rooms, sending out press releases, and yelling for the C-SPAN cameras in an empty chamber. The job is to build a new Democratic movement, outside the walls of the Capitol. It’s to build a party that’s strong enough both to win and then actually get stuff done when we do. And that’s going to take a whole different kind of energy, every single day.

#congress #connecticut #ct01

[Sir Escanor (𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘚𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳) @EscanorReloaded]

CEOs are quietly realizing the AI replacement plan has a problem.
Two problems, actually.

One: the token costs for running AI agents are now exceeding what they were paying the employees they fired.

Two: when the tokens run out, the AI stops. Just stops. No continuity. No workaround. Just a spinning wheel where your workforce used to be.

You fired humans to save money and bought a subscription that bills you into a corner.

The employees you let go knew what to do when things broke.
The AI just invoices you for the outage.

And then there’s the permission problem nobody wants to talk about.

To do its job, the AI agent needs access. Full access. Your systems, your patents, your contracts, your future plans. Everything you spent years building, handed over to a process that has no loyalty, no discretion, and no skin in the game.

You didn’t hire a replacement.
You gave a stranger with no soul the keys to everything you own.

Enjoy.

[VoteVets @votevets]

BREAKING: A new VoteVets poll shows Luke Bronin - Navy intel officer, Afghanistan Vet, and Former Mayor of Hartford - is BEATING Rep. John Larson in the CT-01 Democratic Primary. Connecticut is eager to pass the torch to a new generation of leadership this August. LET'S GO.

[Luke Bronin @LukeBronin]

When voters realize they have a choice for the first time in 28 years, they’re choosing change. Thats why we can win this race. But there are still a lot of people who haven’t heard our message. Can you give $5, $10, or $20 to help us get the word out — and win?

https://t.co/JL2Mha97If

[Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 @PollTracker2024]

GSG poll | 5/18-5/21 LV

US House 2026 | Connecticut 1st congressional district Democratic primary

🟦Luke Bronin 38%
🟦John Larson 30% (incumbent)
🟦Jillian Gilchrest 10%
🟦Ruth Fortune 4%
Undecided 18%

[Patrick Svitek @PatrickSvitek]

#CT01 Democratic primary poll from VoteVets, which supports challenger Luke Bronin:

Bronin 38
John Larson (i) 30
Jillian Gilchrest 10
Ruth Fortune 4
Undecided 18

(Global Strategy Group, May 18-21, 500 LVs, +/-4.4%)

https://t.co/kEbHmIFKM5

[First To Hear It @firsttohearit]

POLL ALERT: A new #CT01 poll shows former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin on track to oust 28-year incumbent Rep. John Larson by 8 points:

🟦 Luke Bronin: 38%
🟦 John Larson: 30%
🟦 Jillian Gilchrest: 10%
🟦 Ruth Fortune: 4%
⬜ Undecided: 18%

GSG | 5/18-5/21 | 500 LV | ±4.4%

[Devon Puglia @DevonPuglia]

**CONNECTICUT POLL ALERT** 👇