Favorite Rejects 2022-06-09

Lauren Fox @FoxReports

Romney says he backs raising the age to buy a semi-automatic weapon from 18 to 21. He said he hopes it would be included in any gun deal. “You have to be 21 to buy a handgun so saying you also have to be 21 to buy an assault rifle seems to make sense,” Romney said.

Darrell Owens @IDoTheThinking

Its really fascinating when lefty groups maximum spectrum of understanding transit is making it free at point of service. Its like a Mario Bros. Level 1 take.

Hervey “Mark Mollineaux” Okkles 🦀🚰 @bufordsharkley

@LukeBornheimer @JaniceForBART Holy shit I never thought I could lose respect for the League of Pissed-Off Voters https://t.co/M8XJ7Ixb5R

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

Interestingly, gentrification also ruined U Street in DC exactly two years after I moved here. I, personally, am definitely not the problem. It's the people who came here after me.

sam @sam_d_1995

incredible thread of gentrifiers complaining about gentrification https://t.co/XMDFzbVNoj

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I’ve seen a number of conservatives assert that if a guy’s been caught planning to assassinate Justice Sotomayor it would’ve been a huge story, but this happened and it wasn’t a big story.

usatoday.comReport: Federal judge says assailant who attacked her family had dossier on Justice Sonia SotomayorFederal Judge Esther Salas has sought legislation to scrub personal information about judges from the internet after an attacker killed her son.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The dating advice part of this story is boring but I’m intrigued by the “luxury commune” — it always seems surprising to me that there aren’t more efforts to find an upscale way to capture some of the fun aspects of communal living.

nytimes.comLogan Ury Says You’re Dating All WrongFrom her Oakland commune, a dating coach has made a big business out of her data-driven approach to modern romance.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

To me one of the most frightening things about Trump is that this plot was not only extreme and vile, but also incredibly stupid — he'd be so much worse off today if this mob somehow had managed to kill Pence and Pelosi.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

It still feels to me like on some level we got lucky making it through four years of rule by an extremely reckless gambler whose approach to life is that you can always declare bankruptcy and leave someone else holding the bag.