Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Obviously we know that’s not the case, but members of congress act like their seats are basically just an express lane to a blue checkmark so there’s no proposal to change anything at the FDA or CDC or NIH or to give anyone more or less authority or really do anything. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A naive person would look at the total absence of legislative proposals to change America’s public health institutions and conclude that the Covid response has been both amazingly successful and also broadly praised by leading figures across the ideological spectrum. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Now per Mayhew there has always been a lot of pure position-taking in congress. But somehow or other these institutions were created at some point. People did, in the misty past, engage in legislating that was responsive to real or perceived events in the world. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Dec. 28, 2021 Hibernated