Favorite Rejects 2022-02-13

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

This is the energy we need

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

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.

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.

Noah Smith 🌐+🧦=🐇 @Noahpinion

The memes write themselves at this point

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.

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.

Elle Collins @AnotherElle

The four-quadrant political spectrum of bad Batman takes

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.