Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One unusual aspect of Bostrom-gate is that the phrasing of the original email makes it very hard to credibly apologize for because the original text is explicitly saying that he knows this is the kind of thing he pragmatically should not be saying. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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@asymmetricinfo @MichaelRStrain I just don't really understand what that explains. Under both Trump and Bush they passed tax cuts because they believe in tax cuts — fair enough. But why were there no government shutdown fights motivated by a push for spending cuts? — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023

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In other words he’s not only saying he believes the bad thing, he’s saying that he simultaneously believes he should pretend that he does not believe the bad thing for instrumental purposes because it will make people mad. Well, yeah, it did make people mad! — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 16, 2023