Rachel Levy

Teacher, parent, writer, PhD in ed policy, former candidate for Virginia House of Dels, political staffer, jigsaw puzzler. I ask a lot of questions.(she/her)

[Alex Taliadoros @AlexCTaliadoros]

The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW.

[Senator Scott Surovell - ssurovell.bsky.social @ssurovell]

Youngkin, Sears & Miyares still think HR1 is "beautiful"?

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Rightfully, the cuts to Medicaid (over 10M people will lose their health care) and the tax cuts for the rich have been the story of the disastrous Republican budget bill.

But I read the whole thing. And there are some hidden rats in there you need to know about.

1/ A quick🧵

[Senator Schuyler VanValkenburg @ScVanValkenburg]

Come to our post session town hall! RSVP link 👇

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

“Department of Government Efficiency.”

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

Judge Wilkinson: "We yet cling to the hope that it is not naïve to believe our good brethren in the Executive Branch perceive the rule of law as vital to the American ethos."

[Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @ReichlinMelnick]

🚨NEW: 4th Circuit unanimously rejects Trump request to halt proceedings in Mr. Abrego Garcia's case.

Reagan appointee Wilkinson writes that the Trump admin's position is "shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans ... still hold dear."

[Senator Chris Van Hollen @ChrisVanHollen]

I just landed in San Salvador a little while ago, and I look forward to meeting with the team at the U.S. embassy to discuss the release of Mr. Abrego Garcia.

I also hope to meet with Salvadoran officials and with Kilmar himself. He was illegally abducted and needs to come home.

[Rep. Jim McGovern @RepMcGovern]

Ask yourself—what’s going to stop the government from deporting you to a prison in El Salvador?

How would you prove it’s an error if you don’t have due process? If it can happen to anyone, it can happen to you.

The people get it. Either everyone has due process—or nobody does.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

In a town hall today angry Iowa residents spoke their mind to Sen. Chuck Grassley:

"I think the general population is sick and tired of hearing about the tax cuts for the wealthy ... When you start nitpicking about whether some single mom or single dad or somebody with somebody in prison is getting $70 too much food stamps—it doesn’t even buy you anything at the grocery store."

[Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦 @AdamKinzinger]

Who did this?:

[Rachel Levy @RachelAnneLevy]

I've been trying my best to stay away from this forum but this is the most important thread you'll read about the Trump tariffs/taxes.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.

No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.

1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

The tariffs don't make sense as economic policy because they aren't economic policy. They are a tool to undermine our democracy. A means to force every major company and industry in America to pledge loyalty to Trump in return for tariff relief.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

[Sen. Cory Booker @SenBooker]

Let’s get in Good Trouble.

[Blue Georgia @BlueGeorgia]

Tim Miller: "There was a covert CIA operative named in the thread, right?"

Jeffrey Goldberg: "Yes, and I withheld her name... I didn't put it in the story because she's under cover. But, I mean, the CIA Director put it into the chat."

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

If the federal government can disappear a legal US permanent resident without reason or warrant, then they can disappear US citizens too.

Anyone - left, right, or center - who has highlighted the importance of constitutional rights + free speech should be sounding the alarm now.

[Rachel Levy @RachelAnneLevy]

Ha! Yes, first DC/DCPS budget season without my mom.

It doesn't impact my work but I couldn't let the season, or this article, pass without acknowledging it.

I read the article in her honor, wondering what she would say about this one:
https://t.co/dClLET9ZxY

[Will Perkins @wperkinsDC]

Thinking of @MaryLevy17 as @dcpublicschools released its initial FY26 school-level budgets today.

This will be the first year where she doesn’t lead the review of all schools’ proposed funding for next SY. Grateful for her memory and inspiration. 😢

https://t.co/06HCRuLMda

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Elon Musk called Social Security "the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time" in an interview with Joe Rogan.