Paul Krugman

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Even big business should hope Dems take those Georgia seats, because we can't afford gridlock https://t.co/5SWOsoBpzt — PolitiTweet.org

Paul Krugman @paulkrugman

Latest briefing on V for Vaccine: A vaccine-shaped recovery https://t.co/svcuYWKriz — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread. Given lag between cases and deaths, >2000 deaths a day within ~3 weeks is *already baked in*. Given that cases still rising exponentially, much higher by January. — PolitiTweet.org

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I grew a beard bc as an assistant professor I kept being mistaken for an undergrad — PolitiTweet.org

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Me on Sirius radio https://t.co/yQhp7Fvrxv — PolitiTweet.org

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A play in four acts 1. Trumpists say the media will stop talking about Covid after the election, bc it's fake news 2. Election 3. Media keep talking about Covid, bc it's scary as hell 4. Trumpists say "See, media have stopped talking about Covid" Reality doesn't matter — PolitiTweet.org

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Word. Hospitalizations already at a record and growing exponentially. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mattyglesias: Covid raging uncontrolled in the Dakotas is a reminder that the country is paying a very high price for a lot of ill-info… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hospitalizations 2/ https://t.co/XcnRPvIgHy — PolitiTweet.org

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A NY-in-April level crisis in the Dakotas, and politicians still in denial 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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We should be *more* willing to do these things knowing that an end is visible: both the strains of social distancing and massive relief payments would be bridges to a better future. But will Rs sabotage all of this? Very worried 4/ — PolitiTweet.org

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For now we need mitigation measures to avoid mass casualties — and economic relief to get people through a very dark pandemic winter 3/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile, new cases have grown 3% *per day* over the past month. If they continued growing at that pace for 8 months, they'd be up by a factor of 1000. Obv that won't happen — we'd all be infected long before. But the point is that the vaccine won't control the current surge 2/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Some thoughts about the vaccine, and it *doesn't* imply. Pfizer says it might be available for widespread distribution by 3rd quarter. That's great. But it's also 8 months away 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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Or, maybe, "if we do this it might swing the Georgia Senate runoffs." But maybe I'm just a cynic — PolitiTweet.org

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More from OWiD. Daily deaths currently running at ~1/2 of April peak; we could well surpass that peak before the year is over https://t.co/fimWW7uzwd — PolitiTweet.org

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The prospect of a vaccine DOES NOT mean that we can stop worrying about Covid-19. Let's say widespread vaccination next fall; right now cases are growing exponentially, with a doubling time of roughly three weeks. Do the math; we can have a catastrophe before help arrives — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytopinion: "Red-state Republicans have fought tooth and nail to hold power — not by moderating their policies, but through gerrymander… — PolitiTweet.org

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Explanation 2/ https://t.co/rJW5ESkG3T — PolitiTweet.org

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Reads better in the original German: Dolchstoßlegende 1/ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @BillKristol: "If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reje… — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile the Covid crisis in the Dakotas is closing in rapidly on New York in April levels — with far less excuse and a much less robust hospital infrastructure https://t.co/tyQCClPObX — PolitiTweet.org

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So I'm rereading Chapter 6 of Mary Beard's SPQR, about the decline of the Roman Republic — politicians refusing to accept election results, resorting to violence etc. No facile equivalence; but GOP behavior post-election really is terrifying — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @StobiesGalaxy: "Good afternoon, Federation dignitaries. I'd like to welcome you all to the Enterprise... Rent-A-Car parking lot." *whi… — PolitiTweet.org

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One thing they may be overlooking: Black voters really hate attempts at vote suppression, and often react with extra determination. R refusal to accept the election results might stoke their base, but may do even more to boost Ds — PolitiTweet.org

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The GOP simply doesn't accept the right of anyone else to govern. — PolitiTweet.org

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You don't understand. The only honest election outcome is one in which the Republican wins. — PolitiTweet.org

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Yes, yes, yes!!! If there were no end in sight, you could make the argument that, since we don't seem able to eliminate this, everyone will eventually get it anyway. But now an infection delayed may well be an infection permanently avoided. — PolitiTweet.org

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Some of us still remember the 2000 bumper stickers about "Sore-Loserman" — during a legitimate recount, after Gore won the popular vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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But why did Dems take GA and still have a shot at its Senate seats, while losing NC? Two words: Stacey Abrams. Organization matters! Also why low-education NV is blue: it's the unions 3/ — PolitiTweet.org