Elizabeth Pancotti
@ENPancotti
policy & advocacy @groundwork. before @rooseveltinst, @sensanders, @employamerica. lover of breakfast tacos and unions. opinions are commitments to the bit.
We’re arguing about grocery stores; Claudia is pumping out chocolate bars
The Mexican government introduces its new chocolate bar, priced at less than $1USD. An equivalent bar from a foreign multinational is about $6USD. Made of 50% cocoa, cane sugar, cocoa butter, powdered milk, vanilla. No refined sugar, no artificial flavourings or colouring
To recap: Firms have been making people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription, trapping Americans in needless bureaucracy and wasting their time & money. @FTC began writing a “click-to-cancel” rule promoting efficient cancellation, a rulemaking process that…
News: A new analysis from the progressive @Groundwork finds that 6 in 10 voters think Trump’s policies will drive up housing costs — and lays out why. “We’re just seeing a sclerosis in the market,” @AlexSJacquez told me. semafor.com/article/07/21/…
I’m becoming increasingly amenable to the argument that the 2028 Dem nominee should be someone from the left side of the party (though not super far left) running on a message of progressive economic populism & radically expanded healthcare access Not necessarily further center
These kinds of interviews are significantly more important and valuable for Democrats than wealthy pundits and think tankers yelling at Republicans on CNN.
I joined @abc27News in Pennsylvania to talk about how the disastrous cuts to Medicaid put local nursing homes and hospitals at risk of shuttering.
obv a lot of other issues here, but rich to say “a private moment became public without my consent” when the Gillette Stadium terms and conditions are very clear:
I joined @abc27News in Pennsylvania to talk about how the disastrous cuts to Medicaid put local nursing homes and hospitals at risk of shuttering.
when are prices gonna go down big dog
Border crossings at their lowest levels in history last week and NPR defunded. Two big wins!
Companies are increasingly using data tracking, tech, and AI to charge you individualized prices based on what they think you'd be willing to pay. States, cities, and Congress are fighting back. Our own @owenslindsay1 literally wrote the book on this. Join her at 1:00 PM!
TODAY, 1PM ET: Join our own @LeeHepner and @nhegde alongside @RepCasar, @AsmChrisWard, and advocates and experts from @CRAdvocacy, @UFCW, and @Groundwork for a virtual event on how lawmakers can combat surveillance pricing
The MLB All-Star Game is tonight, but for many families, the cost of tickets, food, drinks, & merch makes going to a game out of reach. @AlexSJacquez joined @FOX5Atlanta to discuss @Groundwork's report on concession pricing & how taxpayer-funded stadiums are price-gouging fans.
If you set aside most of the thing we did, we didn’t do the thing we did.
Sen. Ron Johnson, who raised hell in opposition to a megabill that increases the deficit, voted for one that increases the deficit by $3.3 trillion. Asked why, he tells me, firstly, that if you set aside the $4.5 trillion tax cut in the bill, "we actually did reduce the deficit."
Excellent — I hope this garners broad support in the Senate.
.@RubenGallego introduces a one-page bill to codify the Click to Cancel rule into law. The rule was thrown out by the 8th circuit earlier this week.
Trump and Republicans in Congress just enacted a massive suite of tax cuts for the wealthy. And now @GroverNorquist is asking the Trump administration to give them even more through executive action. My take:
It's back. With a (bad) budget bill done, there's apparently a push to get the Trump administration to do what it rightly rejected in the first administration--and use executive authority to cut capital gains taxes. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…
when will the abundance bros take on the red tape of the silver line in boston that makes a loop to stop at the same place twice
senate orientation clearly needs to include a class on how to vote no when you don’t like a piece of legislation
Ron Johnson and his fellow fiscal hawk holdouts are now justifying their flip-flops on the reconcilation bill to the public and, in some cases, themselves. “I’m still not comfortable that I voted for it,” Cynthia Lummis told me. notus.org/congress/senat…
.@glastris and I dove deep into the weeds of the BEAD program, and US internet policy since the ’90s, for this new @monthly essay. TLDR-don't let Abundos/Republicans tell you over-regulation is the reason rural Americans don't have broadband. Some highlights (1/x)
A single garbageman contributes more to society before lunch than every crypto trader and op-ed writer combined does in their lifetime