Chance Phillips
@chancephillips.bsky.social
A student in the economics PhD program at UMass Amherst.
Recreationally reading: Harry Jaffa’s Crisis of the House Divided
Most bylines in @alreporter.com and @liberalcurrents.com
Substack: someconvenienttree.com
Recreationally reading: Harry Jaffa’s Crisis of the House Divided
Most bylines in @alreporter.com and @liberalcurrents.com
Substack: someconvenienttree.com
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Crunching the Numbers on Predistribution
Merely including the elderly flips the relative importance of redistribution.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
As my own little intervention into the predistribution vs. redistribution discourse, I sanity checked one recent estimate of how much taxes and transfers matter for reducing income inequality. And I found they matter far more than folks have been saying.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
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if you’re looking for more ways to support independent media and fight fascism, help my friends at @liberalcurrents.com reach their $500k fundraising goal!
gofund.me/4e2ac0714
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November 24, 2025 at 3:09 PM
if you’re looking for more ways to support independent media and fight fascism, help my friends at @liberalcurrents.com reach their $500k fundraising goal!
gofund.me/4e2ac0714
gofund.me/4e2ac0714
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Today we are launching what we hope will be a transformative fundraising push.
We are determined to increase our reach so we can compete with voices who are less than fully committed to, or who outright oppose, liberal values.
Help us do it: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We are determined to increase our reach so we can compete with voices who are less than fully committed to, or who outright oppose, liberal values.
Help us do it: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today we are launching what we hope will be a transformative fundraising push.
We are determined to increase our reach so we can compete with voices who are less than fully committed to, or who outright oppose, liberal values.
Help us do it: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
We are determined to increase our reach so we can compete with voices who are less than fully committed to, or who outright oppose, liberal values.
Help us do it: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
For contrast, one of my favorite sentences from Catherine Drinker Bowen’s Miracle at Philadelphia: “A single executive for the national government conjured up visions from the past — royal governors who could not be restrained, a crown, ermine, a scepter!”
a nice reminder of one of the more absurd elements of trump v. u.s., which is roberts’ apparent belief that the constitution was written to remove limits on executive power prospect.org/2025/11/21/r...
The Right-Wing Legal Movement Made Trump a King - The American Prospect
John Roberts created a monster: Donald Trump compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months.
prospect.org
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For contrast, one of my favorite sentences from Catherine Drinker Bowen’s Miracle at Philadelphia: “A single executive for the national government conjured up visions from the past — royal governors who could not be restrained, a crown, ermine, a scepter!”
It’s mildly interesting to see Pareto arguably praised/called for what economists would call natural experiments today: “the only thing we can do is to see whether we can find in a natural state in space and time those experiments which cannot be performed artificially.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It’s mildly interesting to see Pareto arguably praised/called for what economists would call natural experiments today: “the only thing we can do is to see whether we can find in a natural state in space and time those experiments which cannot be performed artificially.”
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In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.
November 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
In Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 162 years ago today, President Lincoln gave one of the most famous speeches in American history, extolling the sacrifices of the men who died in the battle there. There are five known manuscript copies of the Gettysburg Address. The Library of Congress has two of those.
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oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I- I just- I-
I rather enjoyed writing my 33rd and almost certainly final article for The Crimson White last week, now as a guest columnist and UA alum.
TL;DR: If UA’s administration was forced to help workers, it shouldn’t make parking free. It needs to pay them more.
thecrimsonwhite.com/124975/opini...
TL;DR: If UA’s administration was forced to help workers, it shouldn’t make parking free. It needs to pay them more.
thecrimsonwhite.com/124975/opini...
a cartoon of homer simpson holding twenty dollars and saying " aw twenty dollars i wanted a peanut "
ALT: a cartoon of homer simpson holding twenty dollars and saying " aw twenty dollars i wanted a peanut "
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I rather enjoyed writing my 33rd and almost certainly final article for The Crimson White last week, now as a guest columnist and UA alum.
TL;DR: If UA’s administration was forced to help workers, it shouldn’t make parking free. It needs to pay them more.
thecrimsonwhite.com/124975/opini...
TL;DR: If UA’s administration was forced to help workers, it shouldn’t make parking free. It needs to pay them more.
thecrimsonwhite.com/124975/opini...
In the leaked Project 2025 responses published by @ddosecrets.com, Burra's name is tied to a response saying the fascist text Bronze Age Mindset "shaped my view in that it perfectly describes the enemies of America and the condition America currently finds itself in."
So this is hardly surprising.
So this is hardly surprising.
I can confirm TheWrap's reporting that Vish Burra, who sparked backlash over the weekend with his wildly antisemitic tweets, has been fired by One America News as Matt Gaetz's producer and booker.
www.thewrap.com/matt-gaetz-p...
www.thewrap.com/matt-gaetz-p...
Matt Gaetz Producer Fired at OAN Over Antisemitic Posts | Exclusive
Vish Burra’s posts characterizing Jewish people as “vermin” were “highly offensive” and “antisemitic,” a source tells TheWrap
www.thewrap.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
In the leaked Project 2025 responses published by @ddosecrets.com, Burra's name is tied to a response saying the fascist text Bronze Age Mindset "shaped my view in that it perfectly describes the enemies of America and the condition America currently finds itself in."
So this is hardly surprising.
So this is hardly surprising.
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New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia
World’s richest person wanted to ‘purge’ propaganda from Wikipedia, so he created a compendium of racist disinformation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
New from me this morning, a deep dive on Elon Musk's Grokipedia-- the forthrightness of the white nationalist and eugenic advocacy in many entries surprised me and the experts I spoke to www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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“The juvenile actions and accusatory language spouting from every orifice of government may be among the most superficial features of our current crisis, but it is symptomatic of a larger disrespect for professionalism and professional competence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
The War on Professionalism and Professional Competence
Incompetence and sloppiness are the self-conscious ethos of the administration.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“The juvenile actions and accusatory language spouting from every orifice of government may be among the most superficial features of our current crisis, but it is symptomatic of a larger disrespect for professionalism and professional competence.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-war-on-p...
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Is... is this anything?
November 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Is... is this anything?
It's mildly disappointing that Lakshya Jain basically didn't engage at all with @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and @adambonica.bsky.social's critique that WAR confuses correlation and causation in his latest piece for The Argument.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-checked...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-checked...
We checked NYT’s data. Moderates still win.
Democrats win more often when they run candidates who match their districts, not their Bluesky feeds.
www.theargumentmag.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It's mildly disappointing that Lakshya Jain basically didn't engage at all with @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and @adambonica.bsky.social's critique that WAR confuses correlation and causation in his latest piece for The Argument.
www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-checked...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/we-checked...
It is absolutely insane that Michael Wolff was actively advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to avoid negative press for years and years.
![From: Michael Wolff__________________________________
Sent: 2/19/2016 5:44:47 PM
To: Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Trump
Importance: High
NYT called me about you and Trump. Also, Hillary campaign digging deeply. Again, you should consider
preempting.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:27xaesnzahtlazoyie7uc35j/bafkreihgk4nseryqtrq72kiiztwe7it34ln4vidwm2strisnsn6isrxyfq@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
It is absolutely insane that Michael Wolff was actively advising Jeffrey Epstein on how to avoid negative press for years and years.
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Trump’s newfound concern for collusion in meatpacking clashes pretty obviously with the admin’s actual track record of loosening regulations to “[ensure] our producers remain competitive on a global scale without being held back by unnecessary bureaucracy.”
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-neve...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-neve...
November 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Trump’s newfound concern for collusion in meatpacking clashes pretty obviously with the admin’s actual track record of loosening regulations to “[ensure] our producers remain competitive on a global scale without being held back by unnecessary bureaucracy.”
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-neve...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/we-neve...
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A huge thank you to all the volunteers and activists who spoke with me yesterday, especially from @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and @caaavnyc.bsky.social. WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN.
New Yorkers Say Yes to Mamdani, That’s Spelled M A M D A N I - The American Prospect
By 3 p.m. Tuesday, New York voters had already surpassed the turnout of any mayoral election since 2001, casting 1.4 million votes. Volunteers and advocates say the best thing to do today is celebrate...
prospect.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A huge thank you to all the volunteers and activists who spoke with me yesterday, especially from @jfrejnyc.bsky.social and @caaavnyc.bsky.social. WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN.
“We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” — NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 4:35 AM
“We will prove that there is no problem too large for government to solve, and no concern too small for it to care about.” — NYC mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani
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The Nordic countries have far less economic inequality than the United States. Most of the difference is due to the Nordics’ welfare states.
The Nordics Have Low Inequality Mostly Because of Welfare
The Nordic countries have far less economic inequality than the United States. Most of the difference is due to the Nordics’ welfare states.
jacobin.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The Nordic countries have far less economic inequality than the United States. Most of the difference is due to the Nordics’ welfare states.
“Talking with some of the interns I think that there are a growing number of them who actually agree” with Nick Fuentes — one Heritage Foundation employee, per the NY Post.
The Republican staffer class has a major Nazi infestation that’s not going away anytime soon.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Republican staffer class has a major Nazi infestation that’s not going away anytime soon.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
Exclusive | Heritage Foundation in revolt over Tucker Carlson defense after controversial Nick Fuentes interview: ‘Footsie with literal Nazis’
“I’m disgusted by this,” said one Heritage staffer.
nypost.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
“Talking with some of the interns I think that there are a growing number of them who actually agree” with Nick Fuentes — one Heritage Foundation employee, per the NY Post.
The Republican staffer class has a major Nazi infestation that’s not going away anytime soon.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
The Republican staffer class has a major Nazi infestation that’s not going away anytime soon.
nypost.com/2025/11/03/u...
As my own little intervention into the predistribution vs. redistribution discourse, I sanity checked one recent estimate of how much taxes and transfers matter for reducing income inequality. And I found they matter far more than folks have been saying.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
Crunching the Numbers on Predistribution
Merely including the elderly flips the relative importance of redistribution.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As my own little intervention into the predistribution vs. redistribution discourse, I sanity checked one recent estimate of how much taxes and transfers matter for reducing income inequality. And I found they matter far more than folks have been saying.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2025/10/31/c...
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It makes no sense to analyze the proposals in the abstract, and ignore the specific political moment this vote is coming at. And it makes no sense to say you want more affordable housing, but oppose any changes to land use rules that currently make it hard to build any kind of new housing anywhere.
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
It makes no sense to analyze the proposals in the abstract, and ignore the specific political moment this vote is coming at. And it makes no sense to say you want more affordable housing, but oppose any changes to land use rules that currently make it hard to build any kind of new housing anywhere.
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“I stuck with my newsletter in order to stay in journalism. I didn’t have any other marketable skills. I had to keep writing to make sure I could keep writing.”
For the @talkingpointsmemo.com 25th anniversary, I was asked to write about going independent and the future of journalism. Read here:
For the @talkingpointsmemo.com 25th anniversary, I was asked to write about going independent and the future of journalism. Read here:
Journalists Became Personal Brands. That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing.
At the very start of the second Trump administration when multiple explosive...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 PM
“I stuck with my newsletter in order to stay in journalism. I didn’t have any other marketable skills. I had to keep writing to make sure I could keep writing.”
For the @talkingpointsmemo.com 25th anniversary, I was asked to write about going independent and the future of journalism. Read here:
For the @talkingpointsmemo.com 25th anniversary, I was asked to write about going independent and the future of journalism. Read here:
“One reporter who was well-known for creating news was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, who wrote for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World under the pseudonym Nelly Bly. She first secured a job on Pulitzer's paper by feigning a mental collapse to gain entry to New York's Bellevue Hospital. ...
October 19, 2025 at 1:50 AM
“One reporter who was well-known for creating news was Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman, who wrote for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World under the pseudonym Nelly Bly. She first secured a job on Pulitzer's paper by feigning a mental collapse to gain entry to New York's Bellevue Hospital. ...