Favorite Rejects 2021-07-31

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes

The headline from the Provincetown CDC study should be “Holy Crap Did The Vaccines Hold Up Well In Preventing Severe Illness and Death Under An Intensive Stress Test.”

Robert Fruchtman @_fruchtose

John Elberling outright admits to his unethical—if not outright illegal—occupancy of a BMR unit. He's not a building manager, nor does he meet the income requirements for the apartment. But he has the nerve to dress up his misdeeds in tenant activism.

Kevin Burke @derivativeburke

John Elberling has posted a response on Facebook. This notably does not include a denial or an explanation of the tax issues that I reported https://t.co/YGWN2WzqAD https://t.co/rkJw9bjPaS

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I would support such a bill. https://t.co/BxTYOqaU2Z

Donald Trump Jr. @DonaldJTrumpJr

Someone should introduce a bill mandating that you have to show your vaccination card to vote and watch everyone on the Left’s brain malfunction and explode. https://t.co/uAhrUh5bFZ

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Thank you, I think I really hit the spot with this one.

Keith @mosheroperandi

@mattyglesias Congrats on hitting a perfectly balanced ratio between people mad at you thinking you're trying to downplay COVID risks in kids and people mad at you thinking you're pushing for perpetual forced masking.

Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Media coverage of recent Delta news has been terrible but the CDC also had a terrible and naive communications strategy of leaking details to e.g. the NYT instead of just of making them publicly available.

amp.cnn.comWhite House frustrated with ‘hyperbolic’ and ‘irresponsible’ Delta variant coverageA version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free right here.

Jeff Yang @originalspin

Hahaha wtf

Acyn @Acyn

Question: Could you ever get behind a vaccine mandate for everybody? Ron Johnson: No, not unless there’s some incredibly deadly disease https://t.co/dySLgROgJK