Favorite Rejects 2021-09-25

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I would try to assess the claims, revealing that the Republican claims are false. https://t.co/QfXGn4hJvS

CBS News @CBSNews

Whose debt is it anyway? Partisan claims fly as lawmakers face off over the debt ceiling https://t.co/TdddxeYw49

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

So it’s good to see that Biden’s actual governing philosophy is more nuanced and appropriate than the most simplistic liberal sloganeering, right?

Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

Unbelievable: after 18 months of demanding everyone FOLLOW THE SCIENCE and scorning any questioning, Biden's CDC Director ignores -- overrules -- the overwhelming recommendation of her scientists about the Pfizer booster, to align with what Biden wanted: https://t.co/msSY2RN0OC

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

*your homeowner parents AND YOU, because despite pretending to be a young rebel smashing capitalism you are actually just looking for a reason to turn into your parents

Jordan Grimes 🚰 @cafedujord

Hard truth: your homeowner parents and family members organizing to fight new apartments and keep their cities and suburbs exclusive is responsible for exorbitant housing costs, not "Zillow buying up all the homes"

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Reading a book called "The Myth of Chinese Capitalism", and I expected it to be about how the state is secretly in control of everything, but actually it's just about how private entrepreneurs exploit poor factory workers and farmers. Where's the "myth" part?

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

One consistent thing that people in other countries fail to understand about the U.S. is the centrality of racial politics. Failing to understand this, they almost always interpret American politics in terms of purely economic factors.

Kevin Tellier @kevtellier

Many in China believe the US is deeply constrained (even incapacitated) by a combination of its private sector, entrenched state interests, and populist ultra-nationalism. 19/