Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Yes it seems like if inflation is bad you should find remedies that make things better, which would be helpful rather than painful. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is when you’re done snorting the hopium and decide it’s time to start injecting after all. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The other thing about Trump is he deliberately appropriated the slogan of the premiere American anti-anti-Nazi organization to be the centerpiece of his political movement — the fashy undercurrents have not been especially subtle. — PolitiTweet.org

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The other thing about Trump is he deliberately appropriated the slogan of the premiere American anti-anti-Nazi organization to be the centerpiece of his political movement — not some fashy undercurrents was pretty easy. — PolitiTweet.org

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I do enjoy philosophy of language, but learned about calling Republicans fascists from old Reagan Youth songs — you don’t exactly need a PhD. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @cam_joseph: The wildest part of this to me is his examples of preventing tyranny: "We've seen in Afghanistan, we've seen in Iraq, you'v… — PolitiTweet.org

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@lionel_trolling Nah, he did time in the slammer. Must be legit. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I feel like most people just drive everywhere and will continue to do so but for people who live in cities (especially cities that are committing to land use reform) it’s a useful addition to the transportation mix. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m only 24 hours into ebike ownership but so far I have enjoyed the ability to get to destinations that are uphill from house with a moderate amount of physical exertion and no trouble finding parking. — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpecialPuppy1 @simon_bazelon Finding this funny or counterintuitive is a key symptom of spending too much time on the internet (I plead guilty here) — PolitiTweet.org

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@DemocraticLuntz @SpecialPuppy1 I'm convinced Harris could send her numbers soaring if she would Sister Souljah America's moms on this point. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

One thing they teach you at Harvard that most schools seem to neglect is how to tie a bowtie. It's signaling, yes, but also human capital. We need a national initiative to incorporate more formal dances into the higher education system. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sad stuff in this study which argues colleges can't even indoctrinate effectively and it's all a selection effect. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MarcGoldwein Why is that? — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpecialPuppy1 It's whether or not the kid has to put on a jacket before he goes out in the winter. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jbarro Incredible east coast patriotism — PolitiTweet.org

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They need to get Trump back on Twitter instead of us relying on these screenshots of Truth Social posts that we then need to check for accuracy. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’m not 100% sure about this but I think there’s some tension between the positions Republicans took on Clinton/emails topic and their stance on a controversy related to Trump’s handling of a much larger volume of more serious classified information. What do y’all think? — PolitiTweet.org

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The time is right for Simpson-Bowles 2 and a bunch more tedious bipartisan blue ribbon commissions. https://t.co/izUst7YBYx https://t.co/hBpkOvZiiB — PolitiTweet.org

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@SpecialPuppy1 Exactly! — PolitiTweet.org

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@alex_abads It was a more innocent time and they bleeped out “crystal meth” on the radio! — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

“Are we training and evaluating entry-level employees effectively” is the kind of thing that doesn’t matter very much in the short-term but is life or death for organizations over the medium-term. I’m sure it *can* be done remotely but it’s unfamiliar and challenging. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t have a job so I can be objective about these controversies — the Olds who think you can or should force everyone back in are deluding themselves, but onboarding new employees into an all-remote workforce seems very hard and firms that master it will have a huge edge. — PolitiTweet.org

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@tobiaschneider Yes! We are the dads now, our era of retail music supremacy is upon the world. — PolitiTweet.org

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@conorsen @M_C_Klein @pearkes Perhaps they could give all the employees smartphones so they can answer texts while doing whatever. — PolitiTweet.org

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Me and the other demographically identical guys in the bar when “In The Meantime” by Spacehog comes on randomly: This was the peak of human culture. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It’s interesting that every song I heard a lot when I was between the ages of 15 and 25 is an underrated banger but all music recorded before or after that window is inferior. — PolitiTweet.org

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Let’s hear it for Asian men, the only demographic sub-category in America whose life expectancy rose last year. https://t.co/1Fm41Rj6pM — PolitiTweet.org

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But it would be good at least to stop listening to total hucksters and charlatans. https://t.co/5KXGEJU1IG — PolitiTweet.org

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These are unfortunately all pretty tough questions — the fentanyl horse is out of the barn and it’s hard to put back in. https://t.co/WJk0sPThqn — PolitiTweet.org