Favorite Rejects 2021-10-19

Financial Times @FinancialTimes

Joe Biden certainly believes he is fighting a two-front war for democracy, writes Gideon Rachman. At home, the US president faces the threat of a Republican party that is still in thrall to Donald Trump. Overseas, he faces the challenge of a rising China

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Drew Hamlin @drewhamlin

👀 “…the event of your death… coming later this year.” apple.com/macos/monterey/

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

Feeling pretty good about how much stimulus we did this time around

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Probably not going to apply to this one tbh

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It seems like an annual combo flu/Covid shot would be a decent idea.

The Recount @therecount

ICYMI, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on vaccine mandates: “Where does this end? ... A shot every single year for the rest of their lives?” https://t.co/aueyf4yE37

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

An old prof who knew the Weathermen told me that he thinks the Right is now where the Left was in the late 60s and 70s -- raging against the dominant cultural order, not quite sure who they are or what they want to do, occasionally turning to pointless, unpopular violence.

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

The Left basically found itself abruptly in charge of the country's culture and many of its institutions after the collapse of traditional conservatism, and is going through the painful, confusing process of suddenly having to figure out how to govern both...

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

For better or worse, Abraham Lincoln won in 1860 on a platform of "no changes to slavery in the existing southern states whatsoever."

Paul Musgrave 👻🎃💀 @profmusgrave

It’s 1851. “Abolish slavery today” polls at 3%. “Colonization in Liberia” polls at 20%. “Gradual emancipation with compensation to owners” polls at 60%. What’s the right policy?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Frederick Douglass managed to advocate for the correct moral vision of freedom while also recognizing Lincoln's election on his very limited platform of minimal political viability as a major advance. I don't think we're going to do better than him.

rbscp.lib.rochester.eduFrederick Douglass Project Writings: The Late Election | RBSCP

Jeremy L. Neufeld 🌐🏛💡🌱 @JeremyLNeufeld

"Open borders" is globe twitter's version of "abolish the police": taken literally it's a bad idea, many of the people who use the slogan don't really mean it, and it distracts from meaningful liberalization

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Employers can't find workers because workers can't find child care because child care centers can't find workers.

Ben Casselman @bencasselman

Many workers also still cite child care as a big factor. Schools have reopened, but with constant threats of quarantines, and child care is hard to find (or afford) because of a labor crisis in that sector, as @clairecm has written: https://t.co/qRoS3ks2Qt

Colin McMillen @mcmillen

whenever i die, under no circumstances are *any* of you allowed to describe my life or accomplishments as "gr8"

ChuckGrassley @ChuckGrassley

A gr8 general & public servant passed away God bless Colin Powell & his family

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

This is why strong leadership is so important for the Dems. Without it, every faction of the party's wildly diverse coalition demands to be first in line, and they all crowd the door like the Three Stooges.

Peter Nicholas @PeterAtlantic

I asked a White House official about those who are frustrated with inaction on voting rights protections. “Every constituency has their issue," the official said. "If you ask immigration folks, they’ll tell you their issue is a life-or-death issue too.” https://t.co/077fqhRGLy

Noah Smith 🐇 @Noahpinion

We're paying to hurt the environment and keep energy expensive. It's batshit insane.

Ella Nilsen @ella_nilsen

Something that hasn't gotten much attention in DC during climate negotiations: The WV PSC just approved over $400 million of mandatory federal upgrades needed to keep 3 coal plants operating until 2040. WV ratepayers will foot the entire bill. https://t.co/ePytaQIcA7

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes

I find all of this just profoundly revealing. Makes the argument better than I ever could.

amny.comSEE IT: Video shows maskless cops in Manhattan shove rider out of subway platform for asking them to cover faces | amNewYorkMaskless NYPD cops pushed a rider out of an MTA subway station in Manhattan after he confronted the police for flouting the rules to wear a face covering

Market Urbanism @MarketUrbanism

Difference between a normal council member and a 🌹 one is that when a normal council member opposes bike lanes and sidewalks, it’s to preserve parking. For a council member 🌹, it’s the top-down approach, working people not being consulted, and an unrelated rezoning a mile away

Alexa Avilés 🌹 愛麗莎 阿維萊斯 @alexaforcouncil

@JarekFA @NYCDSA_Ecosoc What we've also heard from community members is that the one-way conversion of 7th and 8th Aves isn't the problem. It's the kitchen-sink approach here that isn't working, and having opposed rezonings that went against what people in the district felt was important, I can’t...

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I would really urge the Fed to focus on prime age employment:population and not get distracted by retirement dynamics or the increasingly unreliable unemployment rate. https://t.co/fmWwRNmIdj

Chris Rugaber @ChrisRugaber

First time I have seen a Fed official build in an assumption of a potentially smaller labor force post-pandemic; from Waller's speech: https://t.co/wIYjmDy6hm

Michael Andersen @andersem

For 100 years, apartment bans have been a powerful force for segregation & separation. Portland has been starting to lift them - but depending on what happens Nov. 3, faux "historic" districts could step smoothly in as the new exclusionary zoning.

sightline.orgBogusIn Portland, 2021 might go down in history as beginning the next phase of economic and racial segregation, starring historic districts.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

There are some pretty straightforward ways to increase port capacity, at least in the medium term, but you’d have to want to pursue them. slowboring.com/p/the-inflatio…