sam deutsch@samdman95
incredible, the author of an anti-YIMBY hit piece is a actually a landlord who evicts low income tenants on housing vouchers
1:07 AM · Dec 18, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
In which @BrankoMilan argues (correctly) that the people complaining about capitalism are almost exclusively people in rich Western countries where capitalist globalization has caused the disappointment of the middle classes.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
branko2f7.substack.com/p/why-it-is-no…
9:01 AM · Dec 18, 2021
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Timothy B. Lee@binarybits
If you time traveled an economist from 2006 (or 1996) and told him (1) cpi inflation was 6.8 percent, (2) the fed funds rate was near zero, and (3) the fed wasn’t planning to hike for several more months, they would have thought the world had gone crazy.
5:21 PM · Dec 18, 2021
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YIMBY aktion 🇺🇸🇩🇪🥑🔰@opinion_left
Crying
3:06 AM · Dec 18, 2021
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Azmat Khan@AzmatZahra
After years of reporting — more than 1,300 hidden Pentagon documents, ground investigation at the sites of 100+ U.S. airstrikes in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, and scores of interviews — we present part 1 of
THE CIVILIAN CASUALTY FILES:
nytimes.com
Hidden Pentagon Records Reveal Patterns of Failure in Deadly Airstrikes
5:33 PM · Dec 18, 2021
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Did the people mad at me over this tweet completely forget what the Bush-era GOP posture on gay rights was?
Trump was more moderate than that — it’s just clearly true. You can still say he was bad.
6:08 PM · Dec 18, 2021
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Will Steakin@wsteaks
Trump—who has repeatedly encouraged “lock her up” chants at his rallies—says in a new statement: “All the Democrats want to do is put people in jail. They are vicious, violent, and Radical Left thugs.”
6:22 PM · Dec 18, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Yep. People are realizing that the really scary civil war scenario is that the U.S. Military breaks up and fights itself over a disputed presidential election.
A lot is riding on our military.
Tim O'Brien @TimOBrien
We "are increasingly concerned about the aftermath of the 2024 presidential election and the potential for lethal chaos inside our military...In short: We are chilled to our bones at the thought of a coup succeeding next time." https://t.co/Mctre6JEY3
11:29 PM · Dec 18, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
I do not endorse crime.
Crime is bad.
But
The Hill @thehill
Police on the lookout for thieves who stole entire 58-foot bridge https://t.co/lZwcR68xd1 https://t.co/orVzfuLWFb
3:42 AM · Dec 19, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
How are there still people defending this?! We know that two vaccine shots does not equal full vaccination. The third shot is crucial.
4:23 AM · Dec 19, 2021
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