Jen Greenfield
Assoc Prof @ U of Denver, researcher, policy specialist, social worker, mentor, learner, neurodivergent mom of twins. News junkie who believes in science, coffee, and the Oxford comma. #AcademicMama #ADHD #FosterDogs linktr.ee/jcgreenfield
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldSeems real bad that the end point of ~25 years of War on Terror architecture is an agency of thin-skinned goons who will send armed men to your house if you email the government asking for compassion on behalf of someone else. newrepublic.com/post/206088/...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldOh look, some enterprising reporter spent a bunch of time with the Taylor Rehmet campaign and wrote about it in the context of the regional, far-right politics!
- Union-backed Dem Taylor Rehmet nearly pulled off a stunning upset in November — almost winning a deep-red TX Senate seat over two billionaire-funded Republicans. He's now in a runoff with a fixture of the Texas far right. My latest, from Tarrant County, a bellwether and hub of Christian nationalism:
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldLast February, the Trump administration zeroed out funding for all six Retirement and Disability Research Consortia across the country. They called them “wasteful government DEI programs.” The total annual cost of all six centers? $15 million.
- Tell everyone you know HALF A BILLION $ apnews.com/article/trum...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldNEW: In a revelation that undercuts the GOP narrative of widespread noncitizen voting in elections, a Utah audit of over 2 million voter registrations found only one apparent noncitizen on the rolls — and they never even voted.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldTrump revoked the Obama-era policy that kept ICE out of schools. Now federal agents can enter school buildings and parking lots, and some parents are keeping kids home entirely out of fear.
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- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldYou have to block them immediately. The full nuclear. They are only here to make folks angry, and that can’t happen if we lock them out.
- ✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldHere is the CBS Sunday Morning piece for which I was interviewed about findings from my book Coverage Denied. Health insurance barriers ration health care by inconvenience, imposing hurdles to get prescribed care with administratively burdensome appeals many can’t navigate. youtu.be/SRPOoPDN-7w?...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldLast year, a new law mandated severe cuts to SNAP benefits, including by increasing work requirements on parents and older adults. We need to know how these cuts are affecting Americans. We filed FOIA requests for impact analyses and communications about the cuts.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldTake a screenshot of this GIF, and whichever new word you land on is YOUR word for 2026. Let's. Go.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldTop tier joke
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldHas anyone told Jared?
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldThis Yglesias piece in the NYT is horrifically bad. Almost every "fact" it cites is provably false. At best it is cocktail party banter from a pundit who knows nothing of energy. At worst, it was cut/paste from oil industry talking points. So, a rebuttal: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/o...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldICE pepper-sprayed this 1-year-old girl. Once at the hospital, the doctor had to call in a poison control specialist. They had never seen anyone that young pepper sprayed. Another horrific story. More details below.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldAfter some back and forth, we're settled: 'An American Problem: How the Country Built — And the Supreme Court Broke — The Voting Rights Act' will be coming your way from Princeton University Press next fall!
- With federal safety net programs more unstable & inadequate than ever, is it time to establish an income floor for everyone? In this piece, Kaitlyn Sims, Stefan Chavez-Norgaard, & I some potential costs & benefits of creating a cash dividend program in Colorado. theconversation.com/a-colorado-g...
- It was fun to explore this with @kaitsims.bsky.social & @schaveznorgaard.bsky.social. And I’m grateful to @theconversation.com for the opportunity to share our analysis. I hope this is a conversation voters will take up soon in our state.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldThis autumn's disastrous government shutdown -- and the threat to SNAP coverage for millions of Americans -- have re-spurred conversations about guaranteed income, UBI, and publicly funded cash dividend programs. theconversation.com/a-colorado-g...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldIf you believed Trump would only detain and deport "dangerous criminals" and "bad people" than I hope you realize he lied to you. This is a woman who did nothing but help children learn. Our community is worse for losing her - and everyone like her. www.denverpost.com/2025/11/17/d...
- I attended a scientific conference this week and as I sat through a couple 1.5 hour sessions with 5 15-20 minute presentations back-to-back, a question began speaking very loudly in my head: WHY DO WE DO THIS? It seems like an absurd way to disseminate our work.
- These presentations are boring & formulaic. They tend to dwell on the details rather than digging into the deep questions & implications. They are rarely a true call to action. And it’s not getting findings to people who can do something with them.
- Don’t get me wrong: I love the connections, rekindled friendships, new ideas sparked through genuine conversations at receptions or over coffee. But the presentations themselves? I just keep coming back to WHY DO WE DO THIS?
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldAnd we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
- NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldFor folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files: splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldIf **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldIf we still have a congress in 2026 they better vote to put every senator, rep, judge, and admin official on the second highest cost silver plan and force them to take the employer contribution part in the form of a tax credit with a whole separate schedule to fill out.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldThe Northern Lights made a spectacular appearance above Denver International Airport (DEN) last night #DEN #airport #avgeek 📸courtesy of DEN Operations
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldBoebert was one of four Republicans who went around their leadership to force a vote.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldY'all the aurora tonight!!
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldProducing a pound of beef requires roughly 1,800 gallons of water compared with 500 gallons for chicken. Even modest shifts in your diet could sig nificantly reduce the water needed to grow your food. buff.ly/TpENcde
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldDorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008 First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
- Reposted by Jen Greenfield🚨BREAKING: In a sweeping victory for voters, a Utah court struck down the GOP-controlled legislature’s congressional gerrymander and a companion law designed to entrench partisan power — restoring a fair map for the 2026 elections. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldNEW via CNN: “The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal”
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldIf you need a break from Earthly bullshit may I present to you some cosmic gloriousness? I suspect it may help. badastronomy.beehiiv.com/p/ngc-3370-s... 🧪🔭
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- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldShapiro: He rose to some prominence by writing a book about growing up in Appalachia, where there are a whole lot of people who get SNAP. He made millions of dollars off telling their stories, and then he turned his damn back on those very people he likes to write about and claim as his own.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldEarly, unofficial Colorado election results Tuesday night showed progressive, union-backed and Democratic-affiliated candidates leading in many of the highest-profile races at the local level. By @chasewoodruff.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldNEW: Colorado voters approve tax increase on high earners to fund school meals, food stamps coloradosun.com/2025/11/04/p... #copolitics #coleg
- We can do good things.
- Early results are showing Props LL and MM with comfortable margins, meaning Colorado's Healthy School Meals for All will likely continue to provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 public school students in the state: apps.npr.org/2025-electio...
- Reposted by Jen Greenfieldi can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often
- Reposted by Jen Greenfieldthis is objectively hilarious
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldEvery single county in Virginia shifted Blue.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldLook, I’m not saying it’s *guaranteed* we can do this in SoCal next November, but I’m not *not* saying it either
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldZOHRAN MAMDANI
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldPoverty is the parent of revolution - Aristotle Pic of the day #photography
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldDems in ARRAY
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldSeems like the guy who threw the sandwich at the federal agent is holding his own in the trial today.
- Reposted by Jen Greenfieldthank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldA couple of reminders for context on SNAP: The avg SNAP benefit is around $6.20/day. And it can take up to two weeks to reload EBT cards, so deciding today to partially fund SNAP through contingency funds -- which took a damn lawsuit for them to do -- is still inadequate. apnews.com/article/snap...
- Wow.
- The author disabled quotes.To comply with court order, Trump Regime to pay out enough money to fund SNAP benefits at 50% for November. More at www.patreon.com/posts/142745...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldYou laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
- It’s an honor to be on this list with such amazing colleagues. And, for real, I’ve got more than a few words to say about this. Denying food assistance to millions of food-insecure families in order to pressure Congress to raise insurance premiums is truly mind-boggling.
- 📢 With Affordable Care Act #ACA marketplace open enrollment beginning Nov. 1, millions of Americans will see firsthand how much their health insurance premiums are set to rise in 2026. For reporters covering this, these experts are available for comment. ⤵️ 🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
- Reposted by Jen Greenfield📢 With Affordable Care Act #ACA marketplace open enrollment beginning Nov. 1, millions of Americans will see firsthand how much their health insurance premiums are set to rise in 2026. For reporters covering this, these experts are available for comment. ⤵️ 🔗 Connect: scholars.org/features/exp...
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldIf you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
- US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldWho is this person? 🤷♂️
- Increasing work requirements isn’t going to increase workforce participation. It’s going to increase hunger. I’m glad Newsweek is clear about this (and grateful I had a chance to comment in this piece).
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- Reposted by Jen Greenfield“As much as we are being lied to by this administration…perhaps the most dangerous falsehoods are the ones we tell ourselves about the severity of the crisis… Whatever becomes of American liberal democracy…it will be a resurrection and not a continuation.” Well put by @aselrod.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jen GreenfieldICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.
