Favorite Rejects 2021-07-24

Colin McMillen @mcmillen

Washington Post editors are trying to "both sides" sexual assault?? There's *zero* problem with letting your journalists take the "side" of "sexual assault is bad". Imagine this for any other crime: "I'm sorry, you tweeted that murder is bad, now we can't let you cover murder"

Tim Marchman @timmarchman

I just have absolutely no idea how to react to this passage from @feliciasonmez's lawsuit against the Washington Post: https://t.co/vQRCc9Nxz4 https://t.co/57pEfWJ14h

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

The discourse about booster shots has been weird lately and this helps explain why: Public health officials are worried it could deter people from getting their 1st and 2nd doses. Understandable, I guess, but I'm tired of their efforts at pop psychology. nytimes.com/2021/07/23/us/…

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Wouldn’t a wealth tax lead to more superyacht purchases by creating a “use it or lose it” situation for unrealized capital gains?

Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman

Stop hating on billionaires' vanity projects — have you considered all the innovation they can generate? https://t.co/Wmq6QARyyX

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Many people are saying we should have one billion Americans https://t.co/EgbhZ148vC

Zaid Jilani @ZaidJilani

One asset that the United States has that China doesn't is that the United States embraces immigration. China issued 1,500 permanent residency cards in 2016, America issued 1.2 million. Think about how many companies in the US are fueled by immigrants or their children.