Favorite Rejects 2022-01-21

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Great issue, crush the stupid rent-seeking dealerships

Assemblymember Patricia Fahy @PatriciaFahy109

🧵Thread: we must pass legislation I sponsor with Senator @toddkaminsky this year to increase the number of direct sale locations for electric vehicles in New York State. If we're going to meet our climate goals—we must accelerate the electrification of our transportation grid. https://t.co/Ez2aMy1NBs

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes

Trump would have talked about nothing else

nytimes.comIntel to Invest at Least $20 Billion in New Chip Factories in OhioBuilding up U.S. chip production has been a focus of lawmakers and companies alike amid a global shortage of the crucial components.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I'm literally LOLing at this World War One meme and my wife is looking at me like I've gone completely insane.

James Taub @TaubHistory

https://t.co/IcY5jD0xfX

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

There’s a big asymmetry between the parties in that “pass one big bill and appoint a bunch of judges” made Trump a huge hero to Republicans while even very mainstream, non-radical progressive institutions set a much higher bar for Biden. https://t.co/0PhKuE615w

Ronald Klain @WHCOS

More history made: with today's confirmation of Holly Thomas to the Court of Appeals, @POTUS has now named more appellate court judges his first year in office than any President. https://t.co/ILWEHWk1LN

Caleb Watney @calebwatney

This is big!! The O-1 visa for extraordinary ability is getting a much-needed overhaul. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…

dylan matthews @dylanmatt

Me, "calling Manchin's bluff" and demanding a vote on a BBB plan he's already rejected: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me after Manchin votes no and the whole effort goes down in flames: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@BenjySarlin @Travis_Waldron @dylanmatt I feel like from Chuck Schumer's perspective the overriding goal is to avoid getting progressive groups mad at him, and passing nothing (while people get mad at Manchin) is better for that than making a deal (which will involve Schumer picking winners and losers).

can "it's my real name" duruk @can

i genuinely hope this happened because mudge told the CEO that the crypto stuff is dumb as hell and the CEO was like “yeah well you are fired, who’s the dumb one now?!”

o...k @kateconger

a surprising shake-up in Twitter's security org: Mudge, the company's head of security, and Rinki Sethi, its CISO, are both leaving. scoop w/ @MikeIsaac https://t.co/Qxs4PjLm6u

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri

Only 100 VHS tapes of “Dune: Part One” were created by WB (in pan & scan!) and I got my hands on one. I connected my VHS deck to iMovie and digitized it. The ending is a little different in this VHS version. “Dune” spoilers: