Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

RT @wesyang: "Impostor syndrome" should be recast to mean "failing to recognize when you are an impostor." Many more suffer from it than th… — PolitiTweet.org

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@StefanFSchubert The content of the ads also seems relevant. https://t.co/XjewCXNLea — PolitiTweet.org

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@BrendanNyhan Then I think it would be better to say clearly what the complaint is — I’m maybe too much of a plodding literalist but the fact that Warner Bros Discovery shareholders have a say in CNN programming seems very relevant to me. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know if Trump was wise in his assessment of macroeconomic conditions or just lucky, but either way he was correct about this at a time when it was controversial. The country benefited from him being right and so did he and his party. https://t.co/uhRNpSno4o https://t.co/m1AJOa7wIR — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s interesting that the stuff they are giving Trump credit for is mostly either fake or just replacement-level GOP president stuff while they don’t mention the big thing he genuinely got right — the economy was still demand-constrained in 2017! — PolitiTweet.org

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I think America could use more discussion of Active Labor Market Policies — what do we have in place that works and could be scaled? What foreign models seem promising? If you just walk around there are plenty of non-employed prime age people and also help wanted signs. — PolitiTweet.org

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George disagrees with Pinto on the penalties but is focused on the even more important question of whether the city is properly resourced to implement the expanded jury trials idea. — PolitiTweet.org

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Pinto & Graves are focused, rightly, on continuing to deter illegal gun-carrying which is key to an effective urban public safety strategy — gun control is good but the rules aren’t magic. — PolitiTweet.org

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Wanted to thank @CMBrookePinto and @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for raising some important questions about the DC Criminal Code rewrite yesterday — this has been moving forward in a way that’s been heedless of concerns from the mayor and the US Attorney and it’s good to pump the breaks. — PolitiTweet.org

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I’m of course not above business considerations myself, but the strategy is to try to offer a highly differentiated product so today we review what we know and what we mostly don’t know about Ron DeSantis’ views on public policy. https://t.co/eRjmnYzqD9 — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservatives are obviously right that most of the people working in non-conservative media are liberals — but most of those liberals are first and foremost people with jobs to do, metrics to hit, and ultimately suits and shareholders they are accountable to. — PolitiTweet.org

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Right now most highly engaged conservatives want the media to downplay Trump (because he’s bad for GOP electoral fortunes) and most highly engaged progressives want the same because sincerely believe he’s bad for democracy. But CNN, ABC, CBS, etc are trying to make money. — PolitiTweet.org

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All this commentary on did the media “learn their lesson” from covering Trump in 2015-2016 seems a little naive to me — these are for profit entities, mostly subsidiaries of publicly traded companies, and Trump was great for ratings. — PolitiTweet.org

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It was a red wave after all if you ignore the places republicans lost. — PolitiTweet.org

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Gotta get that Wakanda zoning https://t.co/x8bW752z9f — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SteveMatthews12: How if at all does DeSantis want to reform the Fed, and who/what qualities is he looking for in both a Fed chair and F… — PolitiTweet.org

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Quiet firing! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MWillJr: @mattyglesias Ultron: https://t.co/qObeW72ZMP — PolitiTweet.org

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@karl_hungis What’s the best critique I should read? — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s an amazing discussion of AI x-risk in Wakanda Forever where Shuri has casually created a powerful AI assistant, Nakia is like “don’t you think that might end up going rogue killing of all us?” but Shuri is all “no definitely it just follows orders” and they drop it. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is DeSantis offering us Trumpish policies with a more professional gloss or a reversion to the Paul Ryan policies he voted for as a House backbencher and that GOP donors still crave? https://t.co/RntLslKPNI — PolitiTweet.org

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These days I'm mostly intrigued by the Rick Scott proposal that every experienced financial regulator (and park ranger and VA doctor and every other public servant) should be laid off after 12 years. Should be a bonanza for scammers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Truly amazing things can be achieved by drawing a trend line through noisy data with no controls and dubious metrics. — PolitiTweet.org

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Trump remains the undisputed master of gaining attention. https://t.co/itKGrWZbRX — PolitiTweet.org

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@paulg I totally think he can manage a social network. The problem is that when you do a leveraged buyout and you start by overpaying for the equity (which he agrees he did!) you're just stuck in a financial hole that may not have an answer. — PolitiTweet.org

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You too can enjoy Matt Yglesia's Substack with this limited time 15% discount for new subscribers. https://t.co/YSi1syTRxz — PolitiTweet.org

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Where's Ryan Salame? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @benpershing: I would like to know Ron DeSantis’ opinions on major policy issues, by @mattyglesias https://t.co/Y8KTNSDl83 — PolitiTweet.org

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@_Jason_Dean_ Sorry bro https://t.co/DMohYrxc2b https://t.co/OdhkVmFdcJ — PolitiTweet.org

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Fundamentally this is why you need to run the actual campaign and have candidates lay out platforms and argue about their ideas — I’m annoyed that everyone is supposed to develop strong feelings about the guy based on pure projection. — PolitiTweet.org