NEW from me @newrepublic: If progressives don’t seize this moment to define a democratic, public-minded state capitalism, they will find themselves living in one designed by the Trump administration. https://t.co/9f7znKFyFE

Our @toddntucker wrote about this last month in @NewRepublic: the question isn’t whether the state acts—it’s whose interests it serves. “If progressives don’t define a democratic model of public ownership, Trump will.”

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Book alert! I always wondered what really went on at Project Maven, the Pentagon’s effort to put AI at the heart of how America makes war. I’ve spent the past few years finding out.  In stores March 24. Available for preorder now.

If we are going to revive domestic manufacturing, we will have to democratize the benefits of American industrial policy and rebuild trust—even if today's political culture makes it difficult. @rickmcgahey with contributions from @toddntucker 👇

GM now paying money to NOT make the EVs it planned to make. Meanwhile, Ford thinks the EV share of the US market will drop from 10 to 5 percent. https://t.co/Wt6YsKSsj4

38k manufacturing jobs were lost this year, continuing a decades-long decline in stable, well-paying, often unionized work. AI is booming—and making up some of these losses—but can it create jobs as worker-friendly as traditional manufacturing? @toddntucker in @washingtonpost

The AI boom is masking a manufacturing decline. @Post_AG and @federicacocco have the story, with comments from @MarkMuro1 @MichaelRStrain and me. https://t.co/0zoY7T0o10

Moreno: My point of view would be this: We have almost all Republicans on board. Maybe it's time to think about the filibuster. You say look, the Democrats would have done it. Let's just vote with Republicans. We got 52 Republicans. Let's go. And let's open the government. It may

INTRODUCING: Part 2 of our Stablecoin Payments Report! Co-written with @CastleIslandVC and @dragonfly_xyz, with data now through August 2025. Stablecoin payments hit $10.2B monthly, up 70% since February and 137% since Aug '24, now at a $122B annual rate. Here’s how the market

As our Director of Industrial Policy and Trade points out, a government that builds smartly should be the goal (even when our positions differ on implementation or the problem/s to solve). https://t.co/mKBn8hq33l

US clean energy projections cut in half for the decade, while India, Saudi Arabia and other countries surge ahead https://t.co/K8VakA53bw

A bit surprised that the refusal to seat Adelita Grijalva hasn't generated more heat. Even putting aside the Epstein stuff, her constituents elected her/deserve a seated member.

New w/ @hollyotterbein Inside how Mamdani is roiling the DNC. Members of the DNC have confronted party chair Ken Martin and his inner circle about doing more for Mamdani, ppl familiar with/ the matter tell Axios. “He's very insular." More below: https://t.co/ti2PfoPtHn

NEW from @rooseveltinst : Tying Labor Standards to Clean Energy Incentives: How Biden’s Department of Energy Tackled Climate Industrial Policy. Betony Jones shows how DOE reorganized to center workers in the energy transition. https://t.co/Sz6dOh53iy

For more on the importance of getting the (existential) politics of climate right, check out our book talk from yesterday with @greenprofgreen here. https://t.co/J4Lv1BC929

Of course, the shutdown - both the one today and the slower moving one that's been happening all year - are going to make the rebuilding effort that much harder. Still, Betony's paper is required reading as we try to move this agenda along. https://t.co/eOZd5nN8tD

Betony shows how the labor and energy agendas help build each other. This was a point made by @JigarShahDC on his pod last week. Call it ecomodernism with a human face? https://t.co/fuVI8kCXI6

The lessons Betony draws -that climate policy needs to be conceptualized with state capacity, bureaucratic, & legal hurdles in mind -are relevant whether your think the next generation of climate policy should be all about jobs, national security, affordability, or something else

NEW from @rooseveltinst : Tying Labor Standards to Clean Energy Incentives: How Biden’s Department of Energy Tackled Climate Industrial Policy. Betony Jones shows how DOE reorganized to center workers in the energy transition. https://t.co/Sz6dOh53iy

USTR is not furloughing ANY employees during the shutdown. Relatively minimal furloughs at Commerce and Customs agencies. Tariffs and trade negotiations will go on, even as the rest of DC goes to sleep. https://t.co/L9wvIN3ClB

A number of confirmations dripping in on Lithium Americas. Appears to be a 5% stake. https://t.co/c2uj1IqND5