Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Willing to wager with Senator Grassley that zero Iowa small business owners will be shock by IRS agents wielding AK-47s during the next five years. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Punctuality is an underrated virtue. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @JeffDubner: @mattyglesias "I typed in 'con man' and 'palm beach'" — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’m hearing AG Garland has an important update on the whereabouts of wanted fugitive Jimmy McGill who has been potentially spotted in Obama, Nebraska. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The level of fanaticism with which Republicans cling to the idea that business owners should be allowed to break tax law with impunity while normal workers just pay what they owe in the withholding process is remarkable. — PolitiTweet.org

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I will wager that the Democrats will not send an IRS SWAT team after any children’s lemonade stands at any point during Joe Biden’s term in office if McDaniel is interested in putting her money where her mouth is on this. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @scottjshapiro: If the FBI can retrieve stolen classified documents from a former President, they can do it to you. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think a federal crackdown on illegal interstate gun smuggling should be a politically viable thing to push for — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Greenbelt, Landover, or Springfield? The people want to know! https://t.co/2Y45Hv3ZFl — PolitiTweet.org

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Hoping this is the long-awaited announcement about the FBI Headquarters relocation site selection process. — PolitiTweet.org

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@M_C_Klein I really think the root of the problem is the deeply embedded norms of dishonesty in the conservative media ecosystem — PolitiTweet.org

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@nbeaudrot @davidshor It’s hard to know in detail unless you try some stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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I am against cancer — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

If you think what Scott said is false but you agree with him about some larger political or policy point you should say “you’re right, Matt, the thing that Rick Scott said was wrong but even though he was wrong I agree with him about other stuff.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Folks, if I want to make an assertion about consumers’ mental state I will use words that refer to that. What I am discussing is the truth or falsity of Senator Rick Scott’s claims which are false. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is important because even if gasoline prices stop falling and just stay constant, year-on-year gasoline inflation will steadily drop as the comparison month changes. — PolitiTweet.org

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Separate from the YOY vs MOM issue it’s clear a lot of conservatives either don’t know or are pretending not to know that inflation is a rate of change — constant prices *means* no inflation. https://t.co/ZsaDVnBwMv — PolitiTweet.org

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😬 — PolitiTweet.org

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@J_Lovering Maybe so. I guess Paris wasn't destroyed in WW2 and while Berlin was, the Cold War then halted its growth. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is Istanbul a European city? The greatest thread in the history of forums... — PolitiTweet.org

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Greater Seoul has about twice as many people as Greater Paris even though France is more populated than Korea. And by European standards, France is highly centralized with Paris much bigger than Berlin, Milan, or Madrid. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why are the biggest metro areas in Europe so much smaller than Tokyo, Seoul, or New York? Is there some standard widely accepted explanation for this? — PolitiTweet.org

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@DouthatNYT On reflection, I'm a little agnostic as to how much this was genuine "misunderstanding" from Team Obama versus a deliberate strategy to avoid getting to yes while also appearing to be the more reasonable party. — PolitiTweet.org

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The idea that there is some distinct attribute of the FBI (?) that causes it to be non-credible in the eyes of conservatives doesn't wash. We've seen the same dynamic applied to the Bush family, to Mitt Romney, and even to Fox News when they moved against Trump post-election. — PolitiTweet.org

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What we've seen over and over again is that when people criticize Donald Trump those people — whether it's previous GOP presidential nominees, former Trump cabinet members, or anyone else — become redefined as enemies of the true conservative faith. — PolitiTweet.org

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As he says here, if clear and convincing evidence of serious wrongdoing emerges Trump's own intra-party rivals won't use it against him. But that's a very profound problem for his rivals! https://t.co/Cxfzo8eQ7o — PolitiTweet.org

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There's a lot of real insight in this @philipaklein piece, but he's fundamentally confusing cause and effect. The FBI obtaining probable cause to search his mansion helps Trump because Trump has *always* had an underlying position of dominance. https://t.co/3BV8KjRfLE — PolitiTweet.org

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IRA addresses both short- and long-term deficits even if you assume the ACA subsidies get extended https://t.co/SH2DTHXg0b — PolitiTweet.org

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@alon_levy Can’t you do that weird German ballot splitting thing? — PolitiTweet.org

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Good question! The inflation reduction act will: — Modestly help the Fed slow demand by reducing the deficit — Improve the supply side energy picture by boosting domestic production — Cut prices for some prescription drugs — PolitiTweet.org