Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I have some how made it this far through the pandemic without ever having done a Microsoft Teams meeting, but somehow for my sins I have two this week.
1:59 PM · Sep 28, 2021
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Drew Harwell@drewharwell
Facebook researchers here seem baffled that kids during playdates are actually talking with each other, as opposed to staring at their screens: "Is there a way to leverage playdates to drive word of hand/growth among kids?"
on.wsj.com/3kMdZtN
6:02 PM · Sep 28, 2021
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Ivan the K™ 🎃@IvanTheK
.@steveliesman and @WilfredFrost nail it on Sen. Warren. She's still fighting a war that ended years ago. The banks aren't the problem this time around.
7:11 PM · Sep 28, 2021
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Hayes Brown@HayesBrown
mcconnell: Democrats can raise the debt ceiling on their own so we won’t default
schumer: okay so can we raise the debt ceiling on our own?
mcconnell: [chuckles] no.
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
SCHUMER asks for unanimous consent to hold a Senate vote to suspend the debt limit at a 51-vote threshold, i.e. no filibuster and Democrats can do it themselves.
McCONNELL objects.
No vote. The Republican filibuster holds.
7:15 PM · Sep 28, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
So many "disaster averted by government giving people stuff" stories from 2020.
Feels like there's some kind of lesson here...
Jordan Weissmann 🗽 @JHWeissmann
Like, this reminds me of how the CHHP seemed to suggest there'd been a large rise in food insecurity, which seemed like a puzzle since massive aid actually cut the poverty rate.
Turns out, the rise in hunger was kind of a phantom. https://t.co/GlyJZ9VzaZ
9:00 PM · Sep 28, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
In addition, the seeming popularity of means-testing suggests that the suspicion and resentment that drive American politics are not aimed entirely at the poor.
3:12 AM · Sep 29, 2021
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