Matthew Yglesias 🍦

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Journalists don’t have to pretend to take people like this seriously when they suddenly pretend to develop an interest in financial transparency but they will. — PolitiTweet.org

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The current brand of GOP politics wouldn't work in a world of higher interest rates. https://t.co/dYXfr0lmPR https://t.co/kbOa2LqK1Y — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MattZeitlin: “To enact the Trump tax cuts while keeping his commitments to seniors, veterans, troops, cops, and farmers in a world of h… — PolitiTweet.org

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I think this is the correct calculus, but all the more reason that progressives shouldn’t drag her name through the mud. https://t.co/ZbR8thmcXg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidshor: @The73million @mattyglesias It’s weird that “The hispanic vote is not a monolith” has been the mantra in response to an ele… — PolitiTweet.org

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Democrats ran in 2020 with an exoteric message that Trump was a uniquely dangerous president who had to be removed at all cost but also an esoteric message that 2020 was a one-off shot at a landslide win that would let them enact gerrymandering reform and add new states. — PolitiTweet.org

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Senators should be able to vote by tweet — PolitiTweet.org

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Basically: Eyeballing the results > needle > @conorsen tweets — PolitiTweet.org

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Unions are good, but everyone’s takes on the power of the Culinary in Nevada should account for the fact that Bernie just crushed them in a caucus process specifically designed to maximize their influence. — PolitiTweet.org

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He’s forcing a recount in Georgia, which was not decisive to the outcome, and he’s going to lead the recount. It’s kinda fun. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gonna be interesting when the long-term sunbelt book reverses and suddenly Minneapolis, Boise, Madison, and Portland, ME are the boomtowns. — PolitiTweet.org

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Incumbent presidents losing is rare, but a party being ejected from the White House after just four years is even rarer. Since the Civil War it’s Grover Cleveland (twice), Jimmy Carter, and Donald Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think the public health people will remain cautious because it seems like fully distributing a vaccine will take a while. But from an economic POV given how incautious much of America has been, a limited program that’s effective at protecting the most vulnerable is a huge deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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I call “not it” but someone (@ddayen???) should do the take that the lesson of the election is Democrats should’ve driven a much harder bargain with CARES even if it ultimately meant wrecking the economy because a wrecked economy would’ve led to a true repudiation of Trumpism. — PolitiTweet.org

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Note that these are *currently serving* federal prosecutors in the US Attorney for Maryland’s office. — PolitiTweet.org

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On Election Day, The Weeds is hosting a virtual live podcast taping. Contribute from as little as $3 to gain access to the stream at noon ET on Nov. 3 — and the chance to ask us a question about the election in advance. https://t.co/WBMoEmRI37 — PolitiTweet.org

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The 2017 election campaign started out with a grand coalition. Both parties to it swore they wouldn’t do another one. Then when the votes were counted they both lost seats. Then they did another grand coalition. — PolitiTweet.org

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I am open to the argument that this is a bad bill but on its face “Kamala Harris wants families to have high incomes” doesn’t *sound* like a terrible idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol @NateSilver538 New Hampshire is 27th in density — PolitiTweet.org

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Today, the media landscape is a highly competitive war for attention with everyone at least slightly aware of a large set of publications. Most people still have a few outlets they like, and a bunch they don’t read but they now *actively dislike* the ones they don’t read. — PolitiTweet.org

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“The media” (i.e., newspapers) in the USA used to be a bunch of geographically segmented quasi-monopolies that deliberately tried to be bland and inoffensive. Most people simply had no idea what most papers wrote, but either liked their local one or else found it boring. — PolitiTweet.org

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I like this idea — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JStein_WaPo: Everyday damn day another story like this. All $15K this woman got on unemployment after losing her job she was told to pa… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DKarol: Much tweeting now about Sen. David Perdue's racist/nativist mocking of Kamala Harris's name. Worth noting he's not only her col… — PolitiTweet.org

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As Vox has no editorial board, readers will simply never know what the staff thinks about the upcoming election. — PolitiTweet.org

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[me standing in the middle of my local giant]: “safeway is a monopoly!!” — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @razibkhan: Chinese city of Qingdao punishes two officials over coronavirus cluster https://t.co/ozQOzaohhI "test all of its 9 million r… — PolitiTweet.org

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@brianbeutler I think that’s probably right on court packing. My main point was that @tysonbrody shouldn’t misstate my views. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TaylorLorenz: So, so many young girls wishing @AOC a happy birthday on TikTok 🎉 and this audio is now popular for makeup tutorials. htt… — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember the reaction on the left when Pelosi *did* cut a deal with Trump to deliver stimulus to a country in need? I’m experiencing a lot of whiplash. But they should try to get something done ASAP even if it’s a good photo op for Trump. — PolitiTweet.org