Favorite Rejects 2022-01-30

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Not saying other things aren't worth worrying about, but the most underrated Trump Returns scenario is that he doesn't destroy democracy, just implements a very very very right-wing policy agenda on the back of a dramatically more conservative GOP senate majority.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

About two years ago, some people were mad at Bernie Sanders for going on the Joe Rogan show because Joe Rogan had expressed some right-of-center political opinions in the past. Ezra rightly explained that adopting this worldview would be counterproductive.

Ezra Klein @ezraklein

Bernie’s strength is that he can win over some voters who are skeptical of Democrats - like Joe Rogan. If you think getting Trump out of office is actually important, that’s a good thing, and he should lean into it.

RadicalLeftLunaticHat @Popehat

Someday I will learn to take seriously folks who are petulantly resentful of “centrists.” But not today.