Tahra Hoops
@TahraHoops
Dir. Econ Analysis @progresschamber. Fmr @bullpenstrat @niskanencenter. MPP @ScharSchool, @Hunter_College Co-writer of The Rebuild ✉️[email protected]
NEW: Excited to announce, I am starting a Substack with the great @garywinslett: The Rebuild! The Rebuild will focus on how Democrats can break through bureaucracy, build more, cut costs, and actually deliver results that win back voters' trust. 🧵+ Link below ⬇️
Housing, famously, is too cheap to build in this country. I am so glad the golden age of America includes making construction more expensive!
US WILL COLLECT ANTIDUMPING DUTIES ON CANADA SOFT LUMBER
I was a city kid who grew up in an apartment! NYC is filled with them! These are all incredibly normal experiences, and being able to walk to multiple parks as a child is pretty family-friendly IMO.
One of the tweets I got dragged for the most was when I tweeted that "dense walkability" was code for "we don't want you to have kids" but I was, of course, totally correct. (Both @mattyglesias and @Noahpinion had meltdowns.) Apartments are antinatal: ifstudies.org/blog/more-crow…
I'm sure there is no correlation here
Ghislaine Maxwell gave Justice Dept info about ‘100 different people’ linked to Jeffrey Epstein, lawyer says
He won because of inflation. That is how poor his handling of this is.
Democrats are More trusted on inflation for the first time after Republicans were 19+ in 2022
Seems aligned with what @TahraHoops and @GaryWinslett have been saying...
A political party that wants to win elections needs to understand this: there's no way around the hard work of cultural alignment. It's time for Dems to embrace "Big-Ass-Truck abundance," alongside "High-Speed-Rail abundance."
I wrote the case for Abundance Democrats to engage in the debate over cultural issues — a key part of the left-populist pitch inside the coalition is the false promise that populist economics will let you get away being out of touch on values issues.
This admin will soon learn the lesson that voters are consumers first and care about high prices more than most!
Harry Enten: "Inflation in my mind was what cost Joe Biden the presidency more than any other factor. It brought him down. But guess what? Donald Trump at this point, his net approval rating on inflation among independents -- it's actually worse than Biden's was a year ago! Minus…
Wait this is wild. No one bothered to read the chart?!
I can't believe how long they kept this Tweet up. An all-time legend
Idk why Trump isn’t a fan of Mamdani, the admin already seems to love socialism!
U.S. COMMERCE SECRETARY LUTNICK SAID HE BELIEVES THE TIKTOK SALE WILL GO THROUGH AND THAT THE U.S. WILL END UP PURCHASING THE PLATFORM.
Friendly reminder, these insane tariffs are not reshoring domestic manufacturing, just making it more expensive to build and consume!
Great Moments in Central Planning
Tahra still hasn’t missed🗣️🗣️ So many net benefit policy outcomes are within arm’s length through pretty nominal modernization of systems like provider licensure programs, and access to preventative care! Read more: open.substack.com/pub/colrebuild…
GLP-1's, without being hyperbolic have soon become a miracle drug! More and more Americans are beginning to want to see them covered by insurance coverage as preventative care.
China is starting to pity us.
SCOOP: America had a trade surplus in ice cream in 2020 under President Trump's leadership, but that surplus turned into a trade deficit of $40.6 million under President Biden's watch. @POTUS' trade actions are lowering trade barriers and increasing market access for American…