Wild Geerters@steinkobbe
love seeing in real time the lower level conservative cranks learning the national tv level guys they follow and admire have been lying to them
9:58 PM · Sep 9, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Is a vaccine mandate racist because the people in non-compliance are disproportionately Black or is it anti-racist because it’s paternalism that will benefit a disproportionately Black population?
Matt Bruenig @MattBruenig
An update on the vaccination situation from the last Census Household Pulse Survey covering the last half of August https://t.co/MScgpkE3dw
10:49 PM · Sep 9, 2021
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Scott Lemieux@LemieuxLGM
I am beginning to think that "mandates to take COVID-19 vaccines specifically are tyranny, unlike the many other vaccine mandates I have never objected to" is not in fact a coherent or defensible intellectual position
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
How it started / how it’s going https://t.co/S2qqRQTjRk
11:12 PM · Sep 9, 2021
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Ezra Klein@ezraklein
Here's @tylercowen on how rightwing critiques of government spending have made government bigger, its spending less effective, and impeded both scientific and technological progress: nytimes.com/2021/09/10/pod…
6:33 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
What boggles my mind is that actually journalism companies don’t undercut the J Schools.
Politico should charge people $15,000 to do a year-long internship & call it a master’s degree.
8:21 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Darrell Owens@IDoTheThinking
What i dont understand about alt culture warriors is why they are total market abolitionists on housing but automobile Capitalism is totally fine and any suggestion they ride public transit or take a bike is privileged.
48 Hills @48hills
OP-ED: "In essence, what this misguided land use policy is trying to do is to take a major thoroughfare used by 18,000 commuters every day — and turn it over exclusively to a handful of bicyclists and some pedestrians who mostly use it seasonally."
https://t.co/AEOSDq4mLg
5:06 PM · Sep 10, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Biden’s vaccine mandate is working ;) https://t.co/dBdRfV3Ef6
Ross Barkan @RossBarkan
Covid cases are officially declining across America. -5% now over 14 days. Notable, if not remarked much upon anywhere.
2:46 AM · Sep 11, 2021
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Colin McMillen@mcmillen
The quotes from Google execs in this article are facepalm-worthy.
"yeah we found out we're in violation of laws, but fixing it would make other teams' beancounters unhappy, so let's just keep violating the laws"
Julia Carrie Wong @juliacarriew
NEW: Google has been illegally underpaying thousands of temporary workers across dozens of countries for years.
Execs knew in May 2019 that they were failing to comply with labor laws and dragged feet on changes for 2+ years.
https://t.co/IAphHXqZbs
2:40 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Trump feels strongly about Robert E Lee but skips out on conventional patriotism.
Dave Catanese @davecatanese
Former President Trump — absent from the 20th anniversary 9/11 ceremony in his own city. https://t.co/gjWq7muu4c
5:16 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Alfred Twu@alfred_twu
With the California legislation season wrapped up, so far the Governor has signed 6 housing bills and another 30 or so are now at his desk - much more than last year. Summary in thread and at alfredtwu.medium.com/2021-californi… #CALeg #housing
6:55 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I would watch this movie
Balaji Srinivasan @balajis
"The Purge Begins. Everything is legal for 24 hours. I immediately build a duplex in an area zoned for single-family dwellings."
6:56 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
12 unit apartment with only ten parking spaces
7:00 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Simon Bazelon@simon_bazelon
The funny thing about the debates around vaccine dosing (who should get boosters, when should they get them) is that the original dosage regimens weren't based on any science whatsoever. They were practical calculations due to time constraints and the CDC/FDA being dumb.
10:35 PM · Sep 11, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Folks, the legislative branch is exempt from *all* executive branch rulemaking, which sounds weird when you discuss any individual rule but part of maintaining the constitutional separation of powers.
It’s why the Capitol Police aren’t part of DHS or DOJ. https://t.co/VzqAG0O01j
Newsweek @Newsweek
Members of Congress and their staff are exempt from Biden's vaccine mandate https://t.co/Gy68SC2wAr
1:28 AM · Sep 12, 2021
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