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Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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Economics reporter | Reporting in MS NOW, Vox, QZ | Past: @semafor @businessinsider | RTs mean 👀 | Hablo español 🇵🇪 | [email protected]
Washington DC via FL
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    Aug 23, 2025
    New: Argentine statistician Graciela Bevacqua once lost her gov't job for refusing to doctor inflation data. I talked to her. Officials produced junk reports for years & prosecuted Bevacqua for releasing independent ones On Argentina's fall into blindness & lessons for the US
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Feb 4, 2021
    INBOX: Sen . Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Rep. Ayanna Pressley are reintroducing legislation for “baby bonds.” The plan would provide every child with a $1,000 savings account at birth. More $$ deposited each year depending on household income and funds can be tapped at age 18.
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Jun 7, 2022
    👀Treasury Secretary Yellen on the IRS: "The IRS is horrendously under-resourced. It has fewer staff than it did 40 years ago.. it's operating with technology from the 1960s using a programming language that is archaic and no longer taught in any school in the country"
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Feb 25, 2022
    Russians: “This is a Russian warship. I suggest you surrender your weapons and capitulate. Otherwise, I’ll open fire. Do you copy?” Ukrainians: “This is it... Should I tell him to go fuck himself?" "Just in case." “Russian warship, go fuck yourself.”
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Aug 16, 2024
    NEW: VP Harris unveils economic platform for families - $6,000 child tax credit for newborns in 1st year - Restore Biden CTC (Up to $3,600 monthly checks) - Up to $25k gov’t assistance for 1st time homebuyers - Universal $35 insulin cap and $2,000 out of pocket cap for Rx drugs
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Mar 13, 2023
    Former Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) endorsed changes to his own Dodd-Frank law in 2018 that freed mid-sized banks from undergoing stress tests. He sits on Signature Bank's board, which just collapsed. I reached him via phone tonight and he declined to comment
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    A lot of people heard what Barney Frank said about the new banking law. Few knew he works for a...
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Sep 28, 2023
    Sen. Mitt Romney posted this photo on his official insta today with the caption: “It’s times like these that make you want a drink” It’s national chocolate milk day
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Sep 28, 2023
    Fetterman is now wearing a suit as he’s walks into preside in the Senate chamber
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Dec 2, 2021
    An independent voter in a CNN segment airing now faulted Biden for not wiping out $10k in student debt like he promised during his campaign
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Mar 8, 2022
    Short and straight to the point from Biden
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Jun 5, 2022
    Scooplet: @RepDonBeyer (tax-writing Dem on Ways amd Means) is drafting a bill to impose a 1000% excise tax on the AR-15 style weapons at the center of the recent carnage in Texas, NY, and Oklahoma. The measure is meant to bypass the GOP in reconciliation
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    A House Democrat plans to introduce a bill that would hit AR-15s with a 1,000% tax — and it could...
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Jul 20, 2024
    👀Sen. Elizabeth Warren to MSNBC: “If President Biden decides to step back, we have Vice President Kamala Harris, who is ready to step up to unite the party” Adds Dems are “very lucky” to have Harris Notable support for Harris from an influential progressive + 2020 rival
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Feb 29, 2020
    NEW: The prospect of a coronavirus vaccine is still a year off, but a little-known provision of Obamacare would likely make it free. It underscores the law’s potential to form a pillar in a federal strategy to combat a deadly, unknown virus.
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    Here's why Obamacare would likely make any coronavirus vaccine free for patients — and prove...
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    Joseph Zeballos-Roig
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    Jan 18, 2023
    🟡NEW: Republicans are increasingly anxious that a deal from McCarthy to put a national sales tax bill for a House floor vote will carry huge political consequences. Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist: “This is a political gift to Biden and the Democrats” semafor.com/article/01/18/…
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