Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I think this illustrates it well — the main examples of right-wing extremism are not *policy stances* that are to the right of where Mitt Romney was in 2012.
David Roberts @drvolts
What is the equivalent, on the left, of widespread belief on the right that Dems are a global pedophile ring that stole the election?
If polarization is symmetric, or if the left has gone further, there must be something equally extreme, yes? I'm all ears.
11:31 AM · Apr 29, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
When you put progressives in a different more celebratory mood they are actually quite aware that Democrats moved left on policy in several areas. Here’s @drvolts himself on climate with an excellent piece describing “enormous change.”
vox.com/energy-and-env…
11:41 AM · Apr 29, 2022
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Sammy Roth@Sammy_Roth
BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom tells @latimes he’s reconsidering the 2025 shutdown of Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant. He’s worried California will have trouble keeping the lights on without it. My story:
latimes.com
California promised to close its last nuclear plant. Now Newsom is reconsidering
2:06 PM · Apr 29, 2022
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sam lessin@lessin
Part of me feels like Elon is just executing an elaborate Kabuki play to sell tesla stock at a huge valuation. first the 'poll' for 10%, now 8b to buy twitter - I don't blame him at all - but clear special challenge of cult leadership is managing selling.
5:31 PM · Apr 29, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
The world’s tiniest violin
washingtonpost.com
Cracks emerge in Russian elite as tycoons start to bemoan invasion
7:38 PM · Apr 29, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
This thread illustrates, yet again, the fundamental dilemma of American politics: Progressives hold all the cultural power, while the Right can only respond with political power. When the Right holds political power, both sides feel like they're powerless.
Tim Urban @waitbutwhy
Today, Elon tweeted this diagram by @SwipeWright, which sums up how a lot of people (including me) feel. Then a bunch of ppl responded w/ graphs showing that Republican politicians have moved farther right in that time than Dems have moved left. Here's what I think is happening: https://t.co/hWDZiRI1k6
7:50 PM · Apr 29, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
America's education debate, roughly, is between A) people who think talent is mostly inborn and just want to screen for it, and B) people who think talent is mostly inborn and want desperately to avoid screening for it
10:32 PM · Apr 29, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Like a sane, healthy person with things to do in life I have no idea what books are in my kid’s school’s library and God willing I will never find out or care.
1:18 AM · Apr 30, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Great thread about what happens if Russia decides to fully mobilize its society for a long war with Ukraine.
tl;dr: Russia will have poorly trained soldiers fighting with old crappy equipment.
Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien
This is a point worth examining. We have lots of stress on what if Russia goes for societal mobilization now (normally by the way by those who argued that Russia would conquer Ukraine quickly). However, societal mobilization is not easy under the best of conditions. https://t.co/tLh2F1qhhG
1:37 AM · Apr 30, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
A new challenger has entered the ring
sam @sam_d_1995
finished an exam early and bored so gonna do a thread of hot takes. 1 like = 1 hot take
1) speeding cameras are good, it takes police bias/risk out of the equation while incentivizing drivers to be safer. the cost of a ticket pales in comparison to the cost of a car crash
4:18 AM · Apr 30, 2022
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