Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Everyone should feel free to ignore me on this topic if they like, but I’m just echoing concerns that have been repeatedly raised by the US Attorney, the major, and the police chief — maybe they’re all wrong but it’s not some misunderstanding about timing. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I said the DC Council is moving forward with a bill that will reduce penalties for carjacking. @maustermuhle points out that the lower penalties don’t take effect until 2025 and then @mjs_DC accuses me of a “scaremongering stream of falsehoods.” But nothing I said was false! https://t.co/DpDMlNlQFp — PolitiTweet.org

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Important pun work here, also good burgers — PolitiTweet.org

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I think it’s great if people want to work longer but there’s no need to raise the eligibility age if that’s the case https://t.co/gIcsAjNVN7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@lymanstoneky Yes please send me — PolitiTweet.org

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@nycsouthpaw A new day! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Shelter_WF: We are in a moment in Montana where housing can and should be a bipartisan effort to build more housing focused on infill,… — PolitiTweet.org

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@ChazDBrooks I definitely agree that increasing the odds of apprehension is more important; what is the Council doing on that front? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Rwk005: "We need more flexible zoning to allow more housing, streamlined regulations that cut through red tape, expedited approval proc… — PolitiTweet.org

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THAT BEING SAID, I am always available for a free trip to Switzerland if anyone wants to send me next year. — PolitiTweet.org

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The Davos meeting seems to exist purely for other people to dunk on it, the world's most expensive engagement-bait. — PolitiTweet.org

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@wesyang So what are the effects? — PolitiTweet.org

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Housing is a big deal — PolitiTweet.org

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Thank @elonmusk for doing his part to fight inflation. https://t.co/nQbBuIBLZh — PolitiTweet.org

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It's really odd to me that the DC Council is preparing to move forward with legislation that would reduce the penalties for carjacking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@paulg It's interesting that the Kingdom of Armenia was in a totally different place than contemporary Armenia. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @salimfurth: NEW: This could be the year that we remember as the revolution in zoning. The number of states where major zoning reforms a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alex_block: It’s telling that transit advocates have (correctly, IMO) stopped pitching transit as a congestion solution, and instead fo… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’ll believe economists have too much political influence when every major city solves traffic jams with congestion pricing and uses the revenue to eliminate other regressive taxes https://t.co/sxCCBX2WYh https://t.co/RvNIkgH6Te — PolitiTweet.org

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I feel like the appeal of De Santis is the GOP donor class is in fact made up coastal elite snobs who like Miami but don’t want to spend time in flyover country. That the actual state capital is Tallahassee creates some problems but RDS is a good politician so he addresses them. https://t.co/PdQdZNrDLA — PolitiTweet.org

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Cutting my proposal down to 700 million Americans on the news that China’s long-forecast demographic decline is starting ~10 years earlier than expected. https://t.co/J85TnpwKeH — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidmanheim: "Haha, yes, we do know that when we optimize for engagement, we're incidentally optimizing for group rage." It's a fanta… — PolitiTweet.org

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A prioritization law would say "if the Treasury doesn't have enough resources to pay all legally mandatory debts it should pay these ones first" which is fine, but would only underscore that the legally required policy is to pay *all* mandatory debts, in platinum if necessary. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Michael_Youhana @BMarchetich @QuincyInst I agree that it’s strange! At the same time, as we both seem to agree the declaratory policy of the United States doesn’t actually make a difference here to Ukrainian NATO membership so I also doubt it would have made a difference to Moscow. — PolitiTweet.org

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After all, suppose the LA Metro buildout becomes a huge success and lots of people use it — you’d still be subject to an induced demand critique. But that would be blinkered. https://t.co/sxCCBX2WYh https://t.co/yTieYwiHHT — PolitiTweet.org

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Induced demand theory has for a while now struck me as correct but also weirdly point-missing, if new infrastructure induced a lot of new use that’s probably good. https://t.co/sxCCBX3uNP — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kevinnbass: Two types of COVID accounts: 1. Every heart condition, ever, is due to the vaccine. Vax is going to kill everyone. 2. We… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @_alice_evans: Men with higher testosterone than other men do not behave any differently. That’s because the within-male variation in T… — PolitiTweet.org

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Medicaid expansion is very good! — PolitiTweet.org

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Chatting with an AI persona that’s designed to initiate me https://t.co/ubxDqkokNy https://t.co/XobFU2vwEZ — PolitiTweet.org