Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Where is anyone supposed to park?
Marina Amaral @marinamaral2
This is how Ancient Greece really looked like. Here's a reconstruction of Curetes Street in ancient Ephesus. https://t.co/lP444SSXfk
3:09 AM · Aug 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
When I look at interest rates like this, I think about the future we are leaving to my six year-old and how irresponsible it is not to spend more on generating, storing, and transmitting zero carbon electricity.
12:08 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The funny thing about German politics is that while there's plenty of uncertainty about the election (see below) the odds that the ultimate result will be "a centrist coalition government" are like 99 percent.
G. Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris
No point projections, no probabilities; we’re focusing on highlighting ranges in outcomes: https://t.co/O0o5c9ctVb
12:18 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Colin McMillen@mcmillen
It wasn't the "flexing his political muscle" that became his undoing, it was the "sexually harassing people".
Flex all the political muscles you want, just Don't. Grope. Your. Subordinates.
This shouldn't be hard to understand, but headline writers aren't helping.
1:48 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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southpaw@nycsouthpaw
Born in a refugee camp in the Philippines, fought wildfires for California while serving a 14 year sentence, granted early parole for his dedicated service, handed over to ICE, taken to a Colorado prison, deported to Vietnam
Deepa Fernandes @deepafern
**BREAKING** A federal judge just ordered Phi Pham, former prison fire fighter, to be deported to Vietnam, a country he has never been to. Latest news 👉🏽 https://t.co/kOZB9Lz7VJ https://t.co/8wkX7YRjKz
2:46 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Jane Coaston@janecoaston
Tom Cotton's got a fever, and the prescription is more prison.
3:02 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Nate Silver@NateSilver538
Congratulations to Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren!
The Daily Beast @thedailybeast
BREAKING: The long-running game show "Jeopardy!" is set to reveal not one, but two hosts for the first time ever https://t.co/dbWg6XslSO
4:08 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
The fact that Republicans are willing to spend money cleaning up lead pipes and switching to electric cars should not be ignored.
Bidenomics is going to outlive Biden.
noahpinion.substack.com
Score 2 for Bidenomics
2:00 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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tagsavage.deth@tagsavage
In case anyone was wondering about how much congestion the Great Highway closure has created in neighborhood streets, here's five minutes of rush hour traffic at 46th and Irving. cc @D4GordonMar
youtu.be
Five Minutes of Traffic at 46th and Irving
4:35 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
W was a catastrophic president in many ways, but trying to force schools to just "teach to the test" and not have any spare time to argue which version of historical propaganda to teach was lowkey brilliant.
6:18 PM · Aug 11, 2021
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