Matthew Yglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The first six months of this year generated a lot of “welp, I guess voters hate inflation more than unemployment” takes but the situation didn’t let us distinguish between anger at high commodity prices and anger at the core stuff. — PolitiTweet.org

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I think an important question is if food/energy inflation becomes low (a big if) and unemployment is also low are voters going to be enraged about rapidly rising owners equivalent rent and demanding a recession to bring it down? — PolitiTweet.org

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Keep hoping @AndrewYang will make this the Forward Party’s signature issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@TheMonikaNemeth Thank you, very helpful — PolitiTweet.org

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@MikeDrewWhat It’s a fine idea but in this particular case it’s a federal district court issue and nothing to do with the “state” government in DC. — PolitiTweet.org

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Same shit on the websites, they just haven’t bothered to update anything since Friday. https://t.co/Oo5DQvpxXh — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexbward Plus in our neighborhood it’s a lie — there’s no watch! — PolitiTweet.org

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@ronzucker First time — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bencjacobs Same deal on the website, they say to check Monday after 5…. — PolitiTweet.org

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My wife’s on jury duty this week for the DC District Court so she was supposed to call a certain number after 5pm today to see if they need her tomorrow. But if you call the number they just have a recorded message saying to call back after 5pm. It’s already 8pm! — PolitiTweet.org

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@fmanjoo The scourge of alphabetical order discrimination — PolitiTweet.org

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@andreamatranga @tampa_tweeter Unblocked — PolitiTweet.org

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@andreamatranga @tampa_tweeter There’s a chapter about this — PolitiTweet.org

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Rick Scott: We need to balance the budget by cutting spending [democrats pass a law to have medicare negotiate bulk purchasing discounts on a handful of very expensive drugs] Rick Scott: No! Not like that! Must protect contractor rents at all costs! — PolitiTweet.org

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lmao dems cut prices paid to pharmaceutical companies and suddenly republicans love spending — PolitiTweet.org

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Here for example: I can’t say for sure whether this is a good idea or not (my guess is that it is) but you need an agency that’s empowered to look at this situation and decide, and staffed by people competent to make a reasonable decision. — PolitiTweet.org

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@alexbward My kid always has a lot of questions about this. — PolitiTweet.org

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It’s time to build, but not in my backyard. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lavaredmonds: 🚨 Working Paper Alert! 🚨 I’ve basically been soft launching this for a while now, but I’m ready to share my first Big Ki… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbarro: @mattyglesias Yeah there are a few reasons you can get two passports https://t.co/mqJmVzFA8j — PolitiTweet.org

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For better or worse, I think this kind of thing — first-party media created for PR or ideological purposes — is probably the future of local news. — PolitiTweet.org

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Why does Trump have multiple passports? Is this a thing a lot of people are doing? — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Ednever: @mattyglesias @ATabarrok https://t.co/Wt9c5XF2KQ — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattZeitlin @nbeaudrot I think successful business people care a lot about economizing on time in a way that’s not that compatible with trying the best places — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattZeitlin It makes sense to run for president because even the richest person doesn’t have a plane anywhere near as cool as Air Force One — PolitiTweet.org

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Hot take but this sounds pretty bad — PolitiTweet.org

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There was this idea that instead of building public sector institutions that would be mostly well-managed and mostly make good decisions, you could pass laws that say “your decisions have to be good and you’ll be sued if they aren’t.” It hasn’t worked well. — PolitiTweet.org

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Got me a movie I want you to know… — PolitiTweet.org

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The most perfect just pure fun movie? https://t.co/pKtJTMCULb — PolitiTweet.org

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This seems like the pro-natalist policy you adopt when you don’t actually want to spend the money. — PolitiTweet.org