Matt Klein
@mattklein.bsky.social
Chief Program & Impact Officer, Robin Hood Foundation @robinhoodnyc.bsky.social. Where you start out should not predict where you end up. Posts are in personal capacity.
So proud of one of my important mentors (and officiant of my marriage!) for this principled decision. Also read his essay in the Atlantic. Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
So proud of one of my important mentors (and officiant of my marriage!) for this principled decision. Also read his essay in the Atlantic. Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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There’s more than one way to cook the books. You can doctor or delete data after it’s been collected. Alternatively, ensure the numbers are never collected in the first place.
Lately, the Trump administration has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
Lately, the Trump administration has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
Opinion | First thing we do, let’s fire all the statisticians
The Trump administration’s strategy in dealing with tough numbers: Don’t count them.
wapo.st
July 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
There’s more than one way to cook the books. You can doctor or delete data after it’s been collected. Alternatively, ensure the numbers are never collected in the first place.
Lately, the Trump administration has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
Lately, the Trump administration has been into leaning into that second scheme, by purging and defunding statistics agencies
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1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income
Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.
The anti-Robin Hood.
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income
Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.
The anti-Robin Hood.
June 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income
Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.
The anti-Robin Hood.
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income
Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.
The anti-Robin Hood.
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this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
June 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
this is just like the parable of the scorpion and the scorpion
Why don’t they take pride in the accomplishments of these heroes? I mean, I know why, but still.
Hegseth apparently also wants to rename vessels named for Thurgood Marshall, Harriet Tubman and a slew of other civil rights leaders. www.cbsnews.com/news/navy-ne...
June 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Why don’t they take pride in the accomplishments of these heroes? I mean, I know why, but still.
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pulling a critique of the bell curve from a university library but not the bell curve is as concise a way i can think of to describe the goal of the speech discourse in the past 15 years
You’re allowed to argue that black people and women are genetically inferior. But you’re NOT allowed to argue they are NOT inferior because that’s divisive. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...
May 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
pulling a critique of the bell curve from a university library but not the bell curve is as concise a way i can think of to describe the goal of the speech discourse in the past 15 years
This is well-stated. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | How Will We Know When We Have Lost Our Democracy?
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is well-stated. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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there's a county in Alabama where Black people are literally getting sick because the government doesn't provide a working sewer system, and Trump's Justice Department is trying to keep it that way
apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI"
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI"
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
Trump DOJ: Providing Basic Sewer Services to Black People Is Actually “Illegal DEI”
The Trump administration has nixed a 2023 settlement that was building modern sanitation infrastructure in Lowndes County, a predominantly Black county in Alabama.
ballsandstrikes.org
April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
there's a county in Alabama where Black people are literally getting sick because the government doesn't provide a working sewer system, and Trump's Justice Department is trying to keep it that way
apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI"
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
apparently Black people with indoor plumbing is "illegal DEI"
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
April 3, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Thinking about this quote, from JPMorgan's Michael Cembalist, today:
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
www.jpmorgan.com/insights/out...
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Every month a different group of experts gets to experience presidential insanity.
In February, it was experts on government employment. In March, national security. In April, economists.
Immigration law experts, of course, get to experience it every month of the year.
In February, it was experts on government employment. In March, national security. In April, economists.
Immigration law experts, of course, get to experience it every month of the year.
April 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Every month a different group of experts gets to experience presidential insanity.
In February, it was experts on government employment. In March, national security. In April, economists.
Immigration law experts, of course, get to experience it every month of the year.
In February, it was experts on government employment. In March, national security. In April, economists.
Immigration law experts, of course, get to experience it every month of the year.
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Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours
Massive applause for Booker
Massive applause for Booker
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours
Massive applause for Booker
Massive applause for Booker
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It’s book release month!! I’m so excited. Get your copy here: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
April 1, 2025 at 4:27 PM
It’s book release month!! I’m so excited. Get your copy here: wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
March 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More than 50 bar organizations stand together with the American Bar Association to defend the rule of law and reject efforts to undermine the courts and the legal profession. Read the full statement: www.americanbar.org/news/abanews...
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When civil society institutions — big law firms, Ivy League institutions — cave to Trump rather than fight what appear to be illegal demands, do they expect him to be satisfied and stop? Do they believe others should step in and fight where they have not?
March 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
When civil society institutions — big law firms, Ivy League institutions — cave to Trump rather than fight what appear to be illegal demands, do they expect him to be satisfied and stop? Do they believe others should step in and fight where they have not?
www.nytimes.com
March 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Putting kids in a free pre-K program "raises parents’ average earnings by $5,461 per year, or 21.7 percent, during the one- or two-year period when the child is of pre-kindergarten age. ... Parents’ earnings remain higher for at least the next six years."
Universal Pre-K Access and Parental Earnings
www.nber.org
March 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Putting kids in a free pre-K program "raises parents’ average earnings by $5,461 per year, or 21.7 percent, during the one- or two-year period when the child is of pre-kindergarten age. ... Parents’ earnings remain higher for at least the next six years."
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Incredible levels of grift and corruption happening right in front of us
A lucky trader just happened to put in a $200m trade with 50x leverage a few hours before a Trump pro-crypto announcement. The price of crypto jumped and this person made hundreds of millions. Pure luck I’m sure.
March 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Incredible levels of grift and corruption happening right in front of us
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Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
February 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain
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"In every state, every congressional district, and more than 95 percent of counties in the United States, public charities receive government grants. Without these grants, most nonprofits would be unable to cover their expenses."
Should not be a partisan issue.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
Should not be a partisan issue.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
February 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
"In every state, every congressional district, and more than 95 percent of counties in the United States, public charities receive government grants. Without these grants, most nonprofits would be unable to cover their expenses."
Should not be a partisan issue.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
Should not be a partisan issue.
www.urban.org/research/pub...
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Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
February 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just look at these paragraphs from the AP story.
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
Hegseth called Brown unqualified solely because he's Black. Then they fired him... and replaced him with a white guy so indisputably unqualified that he requires a Presidential waiver.
This is what "merit" means to them.
apnews.com/article/trum...
“Instead of figuring out how to improve reading or math literacy, increase school safety, or make college more affordable, people … are trying to tear down the system responsible for supporting education opportunity in our local communities.” From @arneduncan.bsky.social & @johnbkingjr.bsky.social
Arne Duncan and John King: Musk and Trump Are at War With Public Education (Opinion)
Two former ed. secretaries explain what’s at stake in dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.
www.edweek.org
February 20, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“Instead of figuring out how to improve reading or math literacy, increase school safety, or make college more affordable, people … are trying to tear down the system responsible for supporting education opportunity in our local communities.” From @arneduncan.bsky.social & @johnbkingjr.bsky.social