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Favorite Rejects 2022-02-13

David Watson
Feb 14, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
This is the energy we need
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The Recount @therecount
Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) on face masks: "There's no right or wrong here ... If you're somebody who doesn't like wearing masks, respect those who do. If you're somebody who likes wearing masks, please respect those who don't." https://t.co/3JMSqURL2A
5:00 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Good Furman thread here. I think this nudges me further toward “move aggressively in the next two meetings and try to gauge the response.” Movingly slowly feels sensible but could exacerbate these dilemmas.
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Jason Furman @jasonfurman
I'm uncertain about the trajectory of inflation. But even conditional on my inflation views, I'm even more uncertain about what exactly monetary policy should do. Nervous about overreacting but also nervous about being so far from a reasonable place now. So just, well, nervous.
6:47 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion
The memes write themselves at this point
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7:10 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
But this actually the problem — in a society we need mechanisms for making collective decisions, things can’t be subject to universal veto. Canada has a nice liberal society with open debate and free and fair elections.
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7:12 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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M.G. Siegler @mgsiegler
“Couple that with his failure to do much of anything to help the hillbillies he elegized, and there’s not much for a voter to respect: just hot air and an empty suit, which makes him a typical politician — and, maybe soon, a failed one at that.” 🔥 nymag.com/intelligencer/…
nymag.comThe World’s Smallest Violin Is Playing for J.D. VanceThe Senate candidate’s pivot to Trump diehard isn’t going all that well.
9:31 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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Elle Collins @AnotherElle
The four-quadrant political spectrum of bad Batman takes
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6:22 PM ∙ Feb 13, 2022
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Bad COVID-19 Takes @BadCOVID19Takes
Happy two year anniversary to this piece mocking Silicon Valley "gearing up for Doomsday scenarios" and taking "extreme caution" like discouraging handshakes and asking people who recently travelled from China to work from home.
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4:17 AM ∙ Feb 14, 2022
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