Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The people love a politician with vaguely moderate positioning who also champions prescription drug affordability — people forget that Schrader out in Oregon wasn't just moderate (good!) but specifically defected on Dems' most popular issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@awprokop Ultimate example of this is Liz Cheney being displaced by the more-conventionally-moderate Stefanik. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @awprokop: Good from @mattyglesias on the strange way the traditional right-to-center spectrum of Republican candidates has been replace… — PolitiTweet.org

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For some reason there was an incredible structural increase in the price of turkey from 2007-2012. https://t.co/DlVKiVgLAJ — PolitiTweet.org

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@jeb_2020 The cooking process eliminates a lot of water and there is inedible bone in the bird, but also people typically end up with leftovers. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think what's happening is that the Farm Bureau data @crampell was citing is the non-Thanksgiving price of turkey, which as USDA poultry economist David Harvey told me a decade ago is always higher than the Thanksgiving price. https://t.co/dN37qBiN12 https://t.co/kHaqcF3I0q — PolitiTweet.org

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Even at Whole Foods it's way cheaper https://t.co/TiEM1zavw8 — PolitiTweet.org

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Turkeys do not cost anything close to $1.81 per pound on https://t.co/yaucxjJ7D5 https://t.co/dwQ8deQzF7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@nataliemj10 Okay but *this* time the donor class is lined up behind the governor of Florida, whereas last time they were backing the ... ex-governor of Florida. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @albrgr: Good thread — PolitiTweet.org

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I liked @lionel_trolling's piece on Magness and Marx, but I think you can summarize the whole thing in brief meme form. https://t.co/QwZGCV0H7c https://t.co/kYV7SzzvjP — PolitiTweet.org

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Part of ongoing realignment dynamics is that Republicans are increasingly reliant on less engaged voters who may be less likely to turn out in low-salience elections. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @wesyang: "Impostor syndrome" should be recast to mean "failing to recognize when you are an impostor." Many more suffer from it than th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@StefanFSchubert The content of the ads also seems relevant. https://t.co/XjewCXNLea — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrendanNyhan Then I think it would be better to say clearly what the complaint is — I’m maybe too much of a plodding literalist but the fact that Warner Bros Discovery shareholders have a say in CNN programming seems very relevant to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know if Trump was wise in his assessment of macroeconomic conditions or just lucky, but either way he was correct about this at a time when it was controversial. The country benefited from him being right and so did he and his party. https://t.co/uhRNpSno4o https://t.co/m1AJOa7wIR — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s interesting that the stuff they are giving Trump credit for is mostly either fake or just replacement-level GOP president stuff while they don’t mention the big thing he genuinely got right — the economy was still demand-constrained in 2017! — PolitiTweet.org

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I think America could use more discussion of Active Labor Market Policies — what do we have in place that works and could be scaled? What foreign models seem promising? If you just walk around there are plenty of non-employed prime age people and also help wanted signs. — PolitiTweet.org

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George disagrees with Pinto on the penalties but is focused on the even more important question of whether the city is properly resourced to implement the expanded jury trials idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pinto & Graves are focused, rightly, on continuing to deter illegal gun-carrying which is key to an effective urban public safety strategy — gun control is good but the rules aren’t magic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wanted to thank @CMBrookePinto and @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for raising some important questions about the DC Criminal Code rewrite yesterday — this has been moving forward in a way that’s been heedless of concerns from the mayor and the US Attorney and it’s good to pump the breaks. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m of course not above business considerations myself, but the strategy is to try to offer a highly differentiated product so today we review what we know and what we mostly don’t know about Ron DeSantis’ views on public policy. https://t.co/eRjmnYzqD9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservatives are obviously right that most of the people working in non-conservative media are liberals — but most of those liberals are first and foremost people with jobs to do, metrics to hit, and ultimately suits and shareholders they are accountable to. — PolitiTweet.org

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Right now most highly engaged conservatives want the media to downplay Trump (because he’s bad for GOP electoral fortunes) and most highly engaged progressives want the same because sincerely believe he’s bad for democracy. But CNN, ABC, CBS, etc are trying to make money. — PolitiTweet.org

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All this commentary on did the media “learn their lesson” from covering Trump in 2015-2016 seems a little naive to me — these are for profit entities, mostly subsidiaries of publicly traded companies, and Trump was great for ratings. — PolitiTweet.org

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It was a red wave after all if you ignore the places republicans lost. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gotta get that Wakanda zoning https://t.co/x8bW752z9f — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SteveMatthews12: How if at all does DeSantis want to reform the Fed, and who/what qualities is he looking for in both a Fed chair and F… — PolitiTweet.org

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Quiet firing! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MWillJr: @mattyglesias Ultron: https://t.co/qObeW72ZMP — PolitiTweet.org