Catherine Rampell

Catherine Rampell

@crampell.bsky.social

Economics editor at The Bulwark. MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) anchor. Previously WaPo op-ed columnist and NYT reporter. Econ, politics, immigration, tax, etc. + occasional theater nerdery.

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Will Saletan
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"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls [are] smearing an actual child rape survivor." "It is a microcosm of the broader Trump agenda: professing support for the vulnerable while shielding their abusers." @crampell.bsky.social on the GOP's vile ad in Ohio.

thebulwark.comTrump’s Cruelty to Abuse Victims Extends Far Beyond Amy ActonHis embrace of the vile smear fits an administration that shields predators and abandons survivors of sexual and domestic violence.

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The Bulwark
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"The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms to protect little girls from sexual predators are also smearing an actual child rape survivor." And not just that. The latest edition of Receipts from @crampell.bsky.social:

lnk.thebulwark.comTrump’s Cruelty to Abuse Victims Extends Far Beyond Amy ActonHis embrace of the vile smear fits an administration that shields predators and abandons survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Catherine Rampell
@crampell.bsky.social

Trump’s response to the Ramaswamy ad is worth dwelling on to remind us how his administration has actually treated survivors of abuse. Beyond Acton, beyond Epstein's victims, there are thousands of other kids and domestic violence victims whose lives have been made materially worse by Trump policy

thebulwark.comTrump’s Cruelty to Abuse Victims Extends Far Beyond Amy ActonHis embrace of the vile smear fits an administration that shields predators and abandons survivors of sexual and domestic violence.
Catherine Rampell
@crampell.bsky.social

More than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups are warning Washington leaders that the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration is affecting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

washingtonpost.comTrump’s immigration crackdown disrupts U.S. food supply, agriculture leaders sayRecent ICE raids have rocked rural America, delaying meat shipments in Kansas, threatening poultry production in Pennsylvania and affecting farmworkers in California, industry leaders say.

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Teddy Amenabar
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More than 200 complaints regarding sexual violence at schools have been filed with the Education Department since the start of Trump’s second term. The department has investigated only 29 of these, finding fault with a school district only once. www.propublica.org/article/civi...

propublica.orgSexual Assaults on Campus No Longer Scrutinized as Closely Under Trump’s Education DepartmentProPublica sued the federal government for records that show which schools are facing civil rights investigations — data that was public before Trump’s second term. Now you can use our database to fin...
Catherine Rampell
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The same people who insist on policing public bathrooms in order to protect girls from sexual predators are now calling a child rape victim, whose mother lost custody due to that abuse, a liar. loathsome

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "Ramaswamy put up a very powerful Ad about a mother saying that her daughter, Acton, is a liar, and much worse. The Press is trying to get him to 'take down the Ad.' Frankly, anybody whose mother spoke about daughter that way would normally lead to the daughter being precluded from serving"

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Daniel Drezner
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Also Thiel acknowledging, "maybe we’re going to lose the soft power war," is akin to the captain of the Titanic saying, "maybe this ship will sink," an hour after hitting the iceberg.

Daniel Drezner@dandrezner.bsky.social

Interesting timing. www.politico.com/news/2026/10...

politico.comPeter Thiel breaks with Trump over Iran war: ‘We should not have done it’The remarks from an early tech-world supporter of the president are his most explicit on the war dividing Republicans.
Catherine Rampell
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Three people were killed in two attacks on an Aramco oil field and an airport in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, the latest deadly strikes on the kingdom as its conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis drags on www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comThree Killed in Attacks on Aramco Oil Field, Saudi AirportThree people were killed in two attacks on an Aramco oil field and an airport in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, the latest deadly strikes on the kingdom as its conflict with the Iran-backed Houthis ...
Catherine Rampell
@crampell.bsky.social

Last year, the Trump administration dissolved its roughly 90-year-old tax division, which handled both criminal and civil enforcement. The IRS's Criminal Investigation team has been gutted. But now DOJ's new fraud czar wants prosecutors to weigh adding tax counts in every single case they pursue

wsj.comThe Trump Administration Wants More Tax Charges. It’s Going to Be Tough.The Justice Department has told its overworked fraud prosecutors to look for tax charges wherever they can, but law enforcement is already straining.

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Norm Eisen
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A victory for ordinary people & a rebuke of the Trump admin & Elon Musk, the billionaire it put in charge OPM had no business giving DOGE data on tens of millions of people @democracydefendersfund.org, EFF & partners stand w/ AFGE & federal workers. Full statement 👇 -TN

democracydefendersfund.orgBig Win for Federal Workers: Federal Court Rules OPM Broke the Law by Handing DOGE Access to Sensitive DataA federal judge ruled OPM violated the Privacy Act, unlawfully disclosed records belonging to tens of millions of current, former, and prospective federal workers.