Matthew Yglesias

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@powellnyt Well, it seems unfair that different citizens would have different levels of formal voice in the political process — not letting women vote was the constitutional structure at one point but then it was changed to be more just. — PolitiTweet.org

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Just call me MMatT https://t.co/FiDRQBK93D https://t.co/8GF8Ow0h8k — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NSiegel_DC: Today, @usedgov announced they will discharge ALL REMAINING FEDERAL STUDENT LOANS held by defrauded borrowers. Total loan… — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m often annoyed by lack of good shade but assume that is at least municipalities saving money. The absence of vendors from many (most?) American parks just baffles me. — PolitiTweet.org

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Many have questioned the authenticity of Oz's asparagus crudité selection but Wikipedia says it's legit. https://t.co/2GAMzdS0MU — PolitiTweet.org

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@LemieuxLGM I think they could have thought harder about the pacing — do more Gene stuff earlier, push Howard's death into the penultimate episode and have the breakup with Kim be part of the multi-timeline finale that's all about regrets. — PolitiTweet.org

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This looks tasty. https://t.co/UxrAe6ye8S — PolitiTweet.org

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I think Fetterman has actually been remarkably circumspect about the fact that his opponent volunteered to serve in a foreign military for the purposes of maintaining his dual citizenship — it's pretty unusual. — PolitiTweet.org

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@DKarol @BrendanNyhan @kwcollins It’s common for candidates to emphasis their service in the (American) military to underscore patriotic values and willingness to put country over self-interest and I think legitimately so. Choosing to do it for a foreign military also seems relevant! — PolitiTweet.org

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@conorsen It seems like they are not. WFH saves money on a bunch of dimensions but you’d expect people to repurpose most/all of the savings into housing and related things. — PolitiTweet.org

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You don’t want to end up with a series of Colorado ski resort scenarios where affluent remote working professionals show up in small towns and end up pricing out working class service workers. Location continues to be very relevant even if the in-demand locations change. — PolitiTweet.org

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A key thing about remote work is people want more housing than they previously did, and they want it in different (and somewhat unpredictable) places. So the value of flexibility is high. https://t.co/28FxNsbTb2 — PolitiTweet.org

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I would simply allow for more housebuilding — note that with interest rates squeezing housing supply it’s more important than ever to legalize the highest ROI projects so the real resources don’t go totally unused for financing reasons. https://t.co/PsZ4k2bAJ5 — PolitiTweet.org

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So here are two uncontroversial claims: (1) Quantity restrictions on output are very inefficient (2) Housing is the largest line item in basically every household budget But if you jump up and down and talk a lot about the implications of 1+2 you’re very eccentric. — PolitiTweet.org

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This is a little recursive because one thing I think is “what’s the most important topic?” is a much harder question to answer than “how can I personally make a difference?” and for me personally the answer is often “get more people to pay attention to X.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@brianmdoherty I think they really got into the Gus Fring character (who I agree is cool) in a way that way that ended up distracting a bit from “what is this show about?” — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s probably worth asking as an exercise “what is the absolute most boring thing we could possibly say about Policy Area X” and then try to figure out why that extremely boring thing isn’t being done — possibly because advocating for it is just so banal. — PolitiTweet.org

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In academic research, you’re supposed to try to ask and answer hard questions. But in terms of practical policy advocacy the biggest gains are probably from urging people to pick the low-hanging fruit. — PolitiTweet.org

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“Democrats do meaningfully better than the average presidential incumbent party during the midterms” and “Democrats lose the House and dig a Senate hole they can’t climb out of for 20 years” are sadly compatible scenarios. — PolitiTweet.org

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@techbasset I don’t know what colloidal silver is so I couldn’t really say what I think about that — PolitiTweet.org

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@ModeledBehavior But when is it gonna get cheaper for me to just stay in DC but have a bigger house? — PolitiTweet.org

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If you find the arguments on the internet swirling around the book interesting, actually pick it up — instead of deciding you know what it says — it’s short and very readable. https://t.co/N5sdb8dqRm — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s pub day for @willmacaskill’s What We Owe The Future today! I have a nitpicky post about longtermism tomorrow so let me say today this is a really good book that you should read. https://t.co/N5sdb8dqRm — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @brianbeutler: It’s still not too late for Democrats to divide Republicans and protect rule of law by assailing the right wing fatwa aga… — PolitiTweet.org

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#StopNewJerseyHate — PolitiTweet.org

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I always think the houses in my neighborhood are insanely expensive and then I go west of Rock Creek every once in a while and there are all these other neighborhoods where the houses are even more expensive and then there are even pricier suburbs. — PolitiTweet.org

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@AliceFromQueens I’m inspired by the seamless FBI/DEA cooperation in last night’s Better Call Saul finale. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think they felt bad (rightly!) in retrospect about giving Walt a triumphant ending in Breaking Bad so they didn’t want to repeat that in BCS. But it actually would have been better to have Walt’s machine gun scheme not fully work but Saul gets his sweetheart deal. — PolitiTweet.org

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Incredible artistry throughout the whole series but I didn’t find the Better Call Saul conclusion to be particularly convincing and the whole way the show wrapped up makes the extensive screen time given to the cartel plot over multiple years of television weird. — PolitiTweet.org

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Good — PolitiTweet.org