Heather Boushey

Personal account. CEA Member for President Biden. Follow @hboushey46

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[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

@lionel_trolling Love this

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

@IsabellaMWeber So true. And also. It's too heartbreaking to contemplate the magnitude of this loss.

[Pitchfork Economics @PitchforkEcon]

Explain today's politics in one chart ⬇️

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

Yikes!

[Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden]

This is bad.

[Dittie @DittiePE]

Remember when we warned that SAVE Act would create unnecessary barriers for eligible voters?

The response was always the same:

“Just get the paperwork.”

Well, Florida is showing us what “just get the paperwork” actually looks like.

A Florida woman and Army veteran found that out when she ran into problems getting a REAL ID because she couldn’t produce a marriage record from 50 years ago to connect her name history.

Think about that. A citizen and Army veteran stuck because one old document was missing. Now expand that across the country. Millions upon millions of Americans have identity histories that don’t fit into one perfect government record. Marriage, adoption, divorce, immigration, court-ordered name changes, and simple clerical errors all create gaps.

The SAVE Act would add more opportunities for those gaps to become barriers. As is being proven in Florida.

Republicans have been lying to you.

[Team Talarico @TeamTalaricoHQ]

Ken Paxton said the Uvalde shooting was part of a “plan” by “God.”

21 elementary school children and teachers were murdered in the shooting.

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

Hey @washingtonpost: WTF is up with the new pop up FOR SUBSCRIBERS trying to upsell us?? I MEAN SERIOUSLY!!! It's so annoying. Are you trying to drive loyal subscribers away?

We need a good local paper here in the nation's capital. Stop this nonsense. Please.

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

#MustRead "... the energy transition was never a creation of statute. It’s driven by technological innovation, market forces, geopolitical competition and national security imperatives. The direction is settled, and policy sets the pace."
https://t.co/LChN9OgxkB

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

NEW: ICE shooting in Maine sparks uproar and puts a spotlight on GOP Sen. Susan Collins

Collins chairs the Appropriations Cmte controlling ICE's budget. She backed $70B ICE/CBP $$ sans policy restrictions after talks with Dems broke down.

w/ @frankthorp: https://t.co/mzN9CWSHsa

[Michael Linden @MichaelSLinden]

Totally right. Instead of spending trillions on tax cuts that disproportionately go the rich and corporations, let's invest in communities and make sure every American can afford a good life! It's possible!

[Maya Wiley @mayawiley]

This isn’t public safety. Rather than sex trafficking, Todd Blanche focused on pardoning Proud Boys & persecuting civil rights groups that track hate & extremism or who register Black voters like Ohio Organizing Collaborative. Survivors deserves much better. We all do!

[Aaron Parnas @AaronParnas]

BREAKING: Epstein survivors release powerful PSA urging Senators to vote NO on Todd Blanche's nomination.

[Jeff Timmer @jefftimmer]

Fun Fact: The President of the goddam United States paid nearly $6 million in damages today to a woman he raped. Once upon a time, this would have been the only news you heard.

[Daniel Hornung @DanielZHornung]

Striking that by the time the temporary provisions expire, it's not just the bottom 30% of the country that is made worse off by this bill -- the full bottom 50% is made worse off, while the highest-income households continue to see very large tax cuts.

[Tax War Room @TaxWarRoom]

🚨 NEW AD: As Republicans plow full-steam ahead this week to pass their Medicaid-slashing Billionaire Tax Scam, they’ll have to answer to families like Amy’s:

“Look me in the eye and tell me that a billionaire’s yacht is more important than my health care.”

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

NEWS: I'll be posting less here over the next few months as I'll be hunkering down and writing up some ideas about how to think about the economy and where we go from here.

Thank you to the amazing @WordNerdMargo! Very excited to work with @silversprklb and @BasicVenture!

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

Laser focused on reducing prices for everyday Americans from Day One, the President has struck a deal that will lower the price of Rolls Royces, Bentleys, Jaguars, Aston Martin's, Range Rovers, and Minis.

*No other consumer good received carveouts.

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

Terrific research funding opportunity for those of you looking for resources to study the effects of the Inflation Reduction Act. Let's learn all we can about what worked -- and what didn't -- so that we can foster equitable growth and lower emissions.

[Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth]

How has the Inflation Reduction Act's design affected job creation, domestic manufacturing, and clean energy investment? 🔎

We just launched a Request for Proposals 📊 to find out!

🗓️ Deadline: 5/22/25

🔗 Details & application: https://t.co/omlSfdJfR2

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

Timeline cleanse

[Sheldrick Wildlife Trust @SheldrickTrust]

Our Umani family grew again recently, when Zongoloni (finally!) gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Little Zigi has been part of the herd for less than two weeks, but he’s already slotted right in.

You’ll spot him and mum towards the end — he’s the middle baby!

In order of appearance:
Beautiful Quanza in the lead, Mwashoti, Enkesha, Kiombo, baby Lenny, Lima Lima, tiny Zigi walking under Zongoloni, Kiasa, baby Sulwe, Amali, and Sonje, with Mwana and Murera bringing up the rear.

More about Umani’s latest arrival: https://t.co/TtdTOVmDng

[Heather Boushey @HBoushey]

This week, I'm watching Republicans debate their budget that puts billionaires over families. Will the billionaires get another massive tax cut while the rest of us will get massive cuts to things that matter -- like access to health care? Stay tuned ...