Perry Bacon Jr.

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Loan forgiveness, which I keep reading is only a concern of wealthy college graduates, is being championed by the AFL-CIO, the NAACP, both black Democrats in the Senate (Warnock, Booker) and the Congressional Black Caucus. Is the argument that these people only care about grads? — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

I think Dems can be fairly race-forward and win elections. (See 2018, 2020). I also prefer race-forward policies on the merits. So I'm being transparent that my electoral views might be motivated by my policy views. We need more of that transparency. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

A lot of the "Democrats too woke to win" columns are actually "Democrats more woke than I would like." I wish people would just be honest about the second view, then their takes about the first would be more believable. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

The point about ideological disagreements being recast as campaign strategy differences is important. Democrats aren't running on affirmative action and never have. The people saying Dems must oppose AA to win elections ...might just oppose affirmative action, elections aside. — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

Not sure who wrote these two essays (they are anonymous) but they are excellent and much-needed. The author(s) is/are very fluent in data and political science research, more than I am. This will be a newsletter to read. https://t.co/sudU8Y9gb7 and https://t.co/VGqFlLbEcD — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @JohnFPfaff: When Krasner was reelected, did we see articles saying "Krasner's decisive win gives national support to progressive reform… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Econ_Marshall: This piece is a fantastic study of the cooptation of anti-gun-violence activism by the nonprofit industrial complex, in… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @studentactivism: The dominant caricature of who is pushing Biden to the left on student debt cancellation is really hard to square with… — PolitiTweet.org

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Great journalism job if you live in Kentucky or are interested in doing journalism here. https://t.co/ESsZFqvZlg — PolitiTweet.org

Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

RT @OsitaNwanevu: Look, nobody wants to say it, so I will. It is time for Biden to denounce "defund the police." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @paulwaldman1: See here's the thing: Biden doesn't actually believe that "rational" Republicans are ready for gun control. But he clearl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JRubinBlogger: Ds must eschew avuncular bipartisanship and abandon the fantasy they can reason with the unreasonable or shame the shame… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mcbyrne: Watching rich Harvard alums melt down over #CancelStudentDebt affirms that mediocre rich people know debt protects them from f… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JamesRobichaux: Yes, high-status people with plenty of letters behind their names are some of the people most viciously opposed to a mo… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @andrewperezdc: Pundits like saying that student loan cancellation will turn off people who didn't go to college but it seems to specifi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @equalityAlec: THREAD: As cops try to spin Uvalde as one bad choice by a bad police commander from a brand new small “cowardly” police d… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Econ_Marshall: Consider that municipalities compete to have their environment despoiled by fossil fuel extraction, yet try to keep wind… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Econ_Marshall: If this is the grand synthesis of the ideologically pluralist, anti-Trump think tank industrial complex, as it appears t… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JosephONeillx: Good afternoon! The midterms are exceedingly winnable for Dems. But first it has to be admitted that the current politic… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ElieNYC: @BriannaWu People don't really change their worldviews, and when they do it's usually because of personal experience, not info… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @adamdavidson: If you aren't following Thomas Zimmer ... then you should follow Thomas Zimmer. A constant stream of super-sharp cuttin… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @dwdavison: DEMOCRATS: forgiving debt is a political loser ME: hm I’m not sure that’s tru- DEMOCRATS: you misunderstand; we will *make s… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jordanzakarin: Read this thread. There is a special circle of hell reserved for ghoul politicians like @GregAbbott_TX, @tedcruz, and @R… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @aimeeallison: Did you know Congresswoman Karen Bass is running for mayor of Los Angeles against a rich guy that funded anti-abortion po… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tzimmer_history: When I decided, about three years ago, to use Twitter to publicly engage with U.S. politics, I promised myself to stay… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NathanKalmoe: @drvolts People mostly don’t vote based on policy unless that policy implicates help or harm for social groups they feel… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Dreamweasel: Please read this thread. ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbouie: "laws can't do anything to keep powerful weapons out of the hands of the public but also the state has the capacity to create g… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LouSchoolBeat: Yup. But to be fair, cable news isn’t really news, and pundits are much cheaper than fielding a team of actual reporter… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nameshiv: Yes knives are also dangerous and if they ever come up with a knife that you press and it stabs like dozens of times a minute… — PolitiTweet.org