Liz Zelnick
@lizzelnick.bsky.social
Here for building an economy that works for everyone. views are my own and correct.
Cool beans, Mittens.
Mitt Romney is in the New York Times saying we should tax the rich.
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cool beans, Mittens.
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social: "Refusing [AI] is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled or decided."
Yessssss!
Yessssss!
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
@tressiemcphd.bsky.social: "Refusing [AI] is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled or decided."
Yessssss!
Yessssss!
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NEW: @unrigoureconomy.bsky.social is tracking rising grocery prices at dontinflateourplates.com
You can literally watch the cost of pork, corn, and steak go up for the holiday season.
But don't worry, I'm sure those tax breaks for corporations and billionaires will trickle down any day now.
You can literally watch the cost of pork, corn, and steak go up for the holiday season.
But don't worry, I'm sure those tax breaks for corporations and billionaires will trickle down any day now.
As families plan their holiday meals, we’re tracking the cost of what’s on the table. Our grocery price tracker is updated, now including pork, corn, & steak.
Republicans in Congress keep claiming prices are falling.
Our bills say otherwise.
We’ve got the receipts.
🍽️ Visit dontinflateourplates.com
Republicans in Congress keep claiming prices are falling.
Our bills say otherwise.
We’ve got the receipts.
🍽️ Visit dontinflateourplates.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
NEW: @unrigoureconomy.bsky.social is tracking rising grocery prices at dontinflateourplates.com
You can literally watch the cost of pork, corn, and steak go up for the holiday season.
But don't worry, I'm sure those tax breaks for corporations and billionaires will trickle down any day now.
You can literally watch the cost of pork, corn, and steak go up for the holiday season.
But don't worry, I'm sure those tax breaks for corporations and billionaires will trickle down any day now.
Trans people existed before this administration and they will exist after. State AGS better stand the fuck up and the @democrats.org better get their house in order because we’re protecting trans kids at all costs. If you aren’t, then get the fuck out of public office.
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trans people existed before this administration and they will exist after. State AGS better stand the fuck up and the @democrats.org better get their house in order because we’re protecting trans kids at all costs. If you aren’t, then get the fuck out of public office.
Same girl. Some people are trying to
While gun-control measures remain a bitter partisan political issue in the United States, they are a common response to mass killings in many countries. https://wapo.st/49aSr3g
December 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Same girl. Some people are trying to
Happy Hanukkah babes
December 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Happy Hanukkah babes
Marco Rubio looks like a video game zombie that hasn't realized you're in the room with him before he attacks.
Marco Rubio just straight up looks like a sad divorced man at a Motel 6.
December 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Marco Rubio looks like a video game zombie that hasn't realized you're in the room with him before he attacks.
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Mike Johnson put the bill on the floor you coward
🚨🚨 OBAMACARE DAM BREAKS
Four House Republicans rebel against their leadership, teaming up with Democrats to sign a "discharge petition" to force a 3-year extension of enhanced ACA funds to a vote.
Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan, Mackenzie.
+ 214 Dems.
It has 218.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Four House Republicans rebel against their leadership, teaming up with Democrats to sign a "discharge petition" to force a 3-year extension of enhanced ACA funds to a vote.
Fitzpatrick, Lawler, Bresnahan, Mackenzie.
+ 214 Dems.
It has 218.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Centrist Republicans revolt, signing a petition to force a vote on Obamacare funding
The Affordable Care Act subsidies are still expected to expire at the end of this year, however, raising insurance premiums for millions of Americans.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Mike Johnson put the bill on the floor you coward
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This ballot question would be destructive to public services in Massachusetts. If you care about the quality of schools, the quality of health care, the quality of public transportation, the quality of our parks, etc., etc., vote no. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/m...
Mass. would lose billions under proposal to cut state income tax, and Democrats are chafing - The Boston Globe
A ballot proposal could slash from $4.2 billion to $4.8 billion from the state’s coffers annually if it is fully implemented, state officials told lawmakers.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This ballot question would be destructive to public services in Massachusetts. If you care about the quality of schools, the quality of health care, the quality of public transportation, the quality of our parks, etc., etc., vote no. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/16/m...
Such a beautiful thread. Happy Hanukkah, may light shine brightly during these dark nights.
Part of the Chanukah tradition is to place the light menorah either outside or in a window where outsiders can see it. This is supposed to advertise the miracle of Chanukah. These days, it is also a way of saying, “This is a Jewish home.”
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
Every year I think about how it is also an act of bravery.
December 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Such a beautiful thread. Happy Hanukkah, may light shine brightly during these dark nights.
Last night I got to witness a truly magical moment with my 7 year old: after reading a few chapters to him aloud, he asked if he could keep reading on his own before lights out. It was the first time I saw that spark of joy you get from not wanting to put down a good book.
A perfect storm of technology, cultural conditions and educational choices seem to be producing a generation of kids who are not readers. Read to the end (like our kids should be doing!) for some slivers of hope. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Kids Rarely Read Whole Books Anymore. Even in English Class.
www.nytimes.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Last night I got to witness a truly magical moment with my 7 year old: after reading a few chapters to him aloud, he asked if he could keep reading on his own before lights out. It was the first time I saw that spark of joy you get from not wanting to put down a good book.
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
When you definitely didn’t take a nap during a cabinet meeting on camera:
December 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
When you definitely didn’t take a nap during a cabinet meeting on camera:
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NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
Same Cart, Different Price: Instacart’s Price Experiments Cost Families at Checkout - Groundwork Collaborative
groundworkcollaborative.org
December 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
NEW: Our experts, along with @consumerreports.org and @moreperfectunion.bsky.social looked into how Instacart was deciding prices on grocery items across the country.
What we found will shock you.
What we found will shock you.
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Today Senator Ruben Gallego introduced a bill to outlaw surveillance pricing nationwide.
December 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Today Senator Ruben Gallego introduced a bill to outlaw surveillance pricing nationwide.
It’s wild to see the Legislature’s incompetence & their pattern of inaction affect not only everyday people of MA but one of the most powerful and effective mayors in the country.
Filed with the City Council in Apr 2024. Had hearings, town halls, briefings, votes by Council & House—& then he blocked it in the Senate last Dec. Council passed it again in Feb 2025 & we’re still waiting for a vote.
I don’t have the power to stop State Senators from doing their job, only they do!
I don’t have the power to stop State Senators from doing their job, only they do!
Imagine the audacity of Mayor Wu asking the least productive legislature in the country to do some work when they’re already 2 weeks into their 6 week holiday break?
December 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
It’s wild to see the Legislature’s incompetence & their pattern of inaction affect not only everyday people of MA but one of the most powerful and effective mayors in the country.
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A Netflix-Warner Bros. deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare. It would create one massive media giant with control of nearly half of the streaming market—giving Americans fewer choices over what and how they watch, and putting American workers at risk.
December 8, 2025 at 2:38 PM
A Netflix-Warner Bros. deal looks like an anti-monopoly nightmare. It would create one massive media giant with control of nearly half of the streaming market—giving Americans fewer choices over what and how they watch, and putting American workers at risk.
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Fair Share America strongly supports Rep. Dan Goldman's efforts to force the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share 👇
Read Goldman's press release here: bit.ly/48XvjUT
Read more in Bloomberg here: bit.ly/3XBjrT1
#TaxBillionaires
Read Goldman's press release here: bit.ly/48XvjUT
Read more in Bloomberg here: bit.ly/3XBjrT1
#TaxBillionaires
December 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Fair Share America strongly supports Rep. Dan Goldman's efforts to force the ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share 👇
Read Goldman's press release here: bit.ly/48XvjUT
Read more in Bloomberg here: bit.ly/3XBjrT1
#TaxBillionaires
Read Goldman's press release here: bit.ly/48XvjUT
Read more in Bloomberg here: bit.ly/3XBjrT1
#TaxBillionaires
Perfect example of why taxing billionaires is better policy than pet-project charity from wealthy assholes whose donations always come with strings attached ⬇️
So $250 for 25M Trump child accounts — but only in the “right” ZIP codes & only for kids who won’t get the $1K fed seed.
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
A perfect example of how billionaire charity replaces actual policy. Geography + whimsy ≠ need. Wild idea: tax the rich & fund universal programs instead?
bsky.app/profile/nyti...
Breaking News: Michael and Susan Dell said they would put $250 in individual investment accounts for 25 million American children, expanding the reach of soon-to-be-created "Trump accounts."
December 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Perfect example of why taxing billionaires is better policy than pet-project charity from wealthy assholes whose donations always come with strings attached ⬇️
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Reposted by Liz Zelnick
"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
December 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
"If you tax the rich, they'll just leave."
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Massachusetts' tax on millionaires has fixed bridges, funded buses, hired teachers, and made community college and school meals free.
The state has 39% more millionaires than they did before.
Tax the rich.
Also maybe if the legislature listened to their constituents and used their blue trifecta to enact bold progressive policies, we wouldn’t need ballot initiatives 🤷🏻♀️
It shows how out of touch House Speaker Ron Mariano is that he acts like 1994 was just a few years ago.
(From MASSterList)
(From MASSterList)
November 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Also maybe if the legislature listened to their constituents and used their blue trifecta to enact bold progressive policies, we wouldn’t need ballot initiatives 🤷🏻♀️