Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

In general, the wild proliferation of separate elected offices is one of the most dysfunctional aspects of American democracy. You need a strong civil service, and then a small number of accountable elected officials not dozens of amateur politicians running around. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

As an addendum, six years ago @eitanhersh did a good piece about how once separately elected boards are in place the next move is to try to shift the election dates to weird off-years and further suppress turnout. Just say no. https://t.co/fmx5McEVjA — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 18, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I like that Apple rolled out this "laptops with a normal range of ports on it" idea like it's an incredible new innovation rather than rolling back their own dumb idea. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 18, 2021 Hibernated