Bobby Kogan
@bbkogan.bsky.social
Senior Director of Federal Budget Policy for the Center for American Progress doing budget, tax, and econ.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
Formerly: Biden OMB, Biden Transition Team, Senate Budget Committee (Murray and Sanders).
CBO and OMB’s biggest fan! Personal account.
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Bobby Kogan
@bbkogan.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Two starter packs from me!
First, for the very few of you who care about it, a budget and tax starter pack!
Please let me know if you should be on this and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/N6Nukd7
First, for the very few of you who care about it, a budget and tax starter pack!
Please let me know if you should be on this and I missed you!
go.bsky.app/N6Nukd7
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
December 1, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Elon and DOGE are responsible for ending billions of actually effective foreign assistance.
This has already killed hundred of thousands of people and will kill millions over time.
This has already killed hundred of thousands of people and will kill millions over time.
It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Elon and DOGE are responsible for ending billions of actually effective foreign assistance.
This has already killed hundred of thousands of people and will kill millions over time.
This has already killed hundred of thousands of people and will kill millions over time.
It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
December 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It’s in fact extremely easy to give away money in a way that helps people.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
Stuff like this is just what you say when you don’t actually want to help others.
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Criminal president solidarity, a new form of class consciousness ✊
December 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Criminal president solidarity, a new form of class consciousness ✊
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KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
Trump eliminated the Consumer Protection Branch of DOJ and has all but eliminated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
He pardons, commutes, or refuses to prosecute fraudsters because he too is a serial fraudster who is currently barred from corporate leadership in New York because of fraud.
He pardons, commutes, or refuses to prosecute fraudsters because he too is a serial fraudster who is currently barred from corporate leadership in New York because of fraud.
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump eliminated the Consumer Protection Branch of DOJ and has all but eliminated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
He pardons, commutes, or refuses to prosecute fraudsters because he too is a serial fraudster who is currently barred from corporate leadership in New York because of fraud.
He pardons, commutes, or refuses to prosecute fraudsters because he too is a serial fraudster who is currently barred from corporate leadership in New York because of fraud.
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Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
I think that soldiers should feel free to refuse orders to commit war crimes, though I understand that saying that out loud is now considered controversial.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I think that soldiers should feel free to refuse orders to commit war crimes, though I understand that saying that out loud is now considered controversial.
In fiscal year 2025, tariffs brought in $195 billion (probably rising to a bit under $300 billion next year cause they only started in April this year).
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income reut.rs/4p65j0l
Trump says he may cut income tax 'completely' because of tariff income
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration may slash income tax completely over the next couple of years because of government revenue generated from tariffs.
reut.rs
November 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In fiscal year 2025, tariffs brought in $195 billion (probably rising to a bit under $300 billion next year cause they only started in April this year).
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
Individual income taxes brought in $2.7 trillion.
This is racist, unamerican, and untrue.
My high school was 50% white. All three of my best friends growing up weren’t white. Two of my exes were born in other countries. English was my best friend’s third language.
They’re all just as American as I am — and most know pop culture better than I do.
My high school was 50% white. All three of my best friends growing up weren’t white. Two of my exes were born in other countries. English was my best friend’s third language.
They’re all just as American as I am — and most know pop culture better than I do.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is racist, unamerican, and untrue.
My high school was 50% white. All three of my best friends growing up weren’t white. Two of my exes were born in other countries. English was my best friend’s third language.
They’re all just as American as I am — and most know pop culture better than I do.
My high school was 50% white. All three of my best friends growing up weren’t white. Two of my exes were born in other countries. English was my best friend’s third language.
They’re all just as American as I am — and most know pop culture better than I do.
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Doesn’t really matter since it’s all under Trump, but when assessing DOGE’s success, I think it’s important to differentiate between a) Elon’s concept of DOGE as its creator, b) Vought’s desire for control over the entire executive and total destruction of certain things, and c) project 2025 ideas
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Doesn’t really matter since it’s all under Trump, but when assessing DOGE’s success, I think it’s important to differentiate between a) Elon’s concept of DOGE as its creator, b) Vought’s desire for control over the entire executive and total destruction of certain things, and c) project 2025 ideas
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Biden granted mercy to most everyone on federal death row before leaving office. Trump retaliated by putting them in some of the harshest conditions of longterm isolation that American prisons can impose.
Another must-read by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Another must-read by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
Trump officials are retaliating by imposing the harshest conditions in the entire federal prison system, including near total isolation.
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Biden granted mercy to most everyone on federal death row before leaving office. Trump retaliated by putting them in some of the harshest conditions of longterm isolation that American prisons can impose.
Another must-read by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Another must-read by @laurengill.bsky.social boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
A while back, a handful of ancient eulogies went viral. I saved a bunch and now they popped up in my phone memories. Here were the three that stood out most to me.
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
A while back, a handful of ancient eulogies went viral. I saved a bunch and now they popped up in my phone memories. Here were the three that stood out most to me.
It’s because congressional Republicans want the enhanced subsidies to expire. That’s why they didn’t extend them in OBBBA, and that’s why they kept calling them a “December problem” even though open enrollment began on November 1.
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It’s because congressional Republicans want the enhanced subsidies to expire. That’s why they didn’t extend them in OBBBA, and that’s why they kept calling them a “December problem” even though open enrollment began on November 1.
im sorry, so they want to court martial someone for repeating the code of conduct? be fucking for real right now.
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
im sorry, so they want to court martial someone for repeating the code of conduct? be fucking for real right now.
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Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Trump didn’t read before posting:
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
“OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW.”
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
me trying real hard to parse “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!” in literally any way other than an obvious call to execute your political opponents
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
me trying real hard to parse “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!” in literally any way other than an obvious call to execute your political opponents
Parse the language? It was like 5 words!
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Parse the language? It was like 5 words!
“Potentially divisive”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“Potentially divisive”
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
The Republican plan to reduce the deficit is to cut taxes. It didn’t work this time. It didn’t work last time. It weirdly also didn’t work the time before that. But I’ve got a good feeling about next time.
November 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The Republican plan to reduce the deficit is to cut taxes. It didn’t work this time. It didn’t work last time. It weirdly also didn’t work the time before that. But I’ve got a good feeling about next time.
vaccines are truly one of the most incredible things in all of human history. we founds ways to literally defeat communicable deadly diseases at almost no cost & at no harm to ourselves
and a guy whose brain was literally partially eaten by a worm is working to undermine that and get people killed
and a guy whose brain was literally partially eaten by a worm is working to undermine that and get people killed
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
vaccines are truly one of the most incredible things in all of human history. we founds ways to literally defeat communicable deadly diseases at almost no cost & at no harm to ourselves
and a guy whose brain was literally partially eaten by a worm is working to undermine that and get people killed
and a guy whose brain was literally partially eaten by a worm is working to undermine that and get people killed