GrandchildSharpshooterHat@Popehat
I can’t believe our rights are going to be determined by a dude who thinks Morton’s is a good steakhouse appointed by someone who eats steak well done.
It’s the Applebees of steakhouses.
2:33 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Ease of voting is *definitely* good, but that's why I'd like to lower the temperature of the partisan stakes.
Republicans control most state legislatures, so convincing them that it's *not* electoral suicide to make voting convenient is important.
Daniel Morning @Dmon35
@mattyglesias Counterpoint: Ease of voting is a good regardless.
Counterpoint 2: Whatever the real impact, the intent behind the action is consistent with antidemocratic ideology
2:44 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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GrandchildSharpshooterHat@Popehat
Translation: "Not a total douche --- I mean, for a lawyer."
Julia Jester @JulesJester
Pat Cipollone has been “a cooperative witness within the parameters of his desire to protect executive privilege for the office of general counsel,” a source familiar with his ongoing Jan. 6 committee testimony tells @jonallendc
4:32 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Renato Mariotti@renato_mariotti
It’s worth noting that Kavanaugh and the majority in Dobbs rejected the constitutional right to privacy that was the basis for Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/b8GBEJ1b43
Washington Free Beacon @FreeBeacon
Doocy on Brett Kavanaugh being forced out of a DC restaurant by protesters: "So these Justices, because protesters do not agree with an opinion... have no right to privacy?"
Jean-Pierre: "This is what a democracy is." https://t.co/xaxH2Gq7Na
6:14 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Here is a more interesting debate than "popularism."
I think most of the Dem ecosystem thinks the real campaign — where you need to be smart, tough-minded, and disciplined — is what happens in campaign ads. I think that's wrong, and ads are marginal compared to your free comms.
7:19 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I think there's relatively little actual disagreement about what kind of character it makes sense to play in ads, but a lot of genuine disagreement about whether it's helpful or useful to play that same character in TV hits, on social media, in legislative strategy, etc.
7:24 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
I used to think comedians running for office was a bad idea, but then Zelensky came along, so...why the hell not.
Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior
Jon Stewart on why he hasn't run for office: “sometimes I feel like I can be more effective on the outside than on the inside.”
Except thats not true anymore, nobody watches his show. So the excuse is gone.
https://t.co/ZFZHdvpzuh
10:11 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Timothy B. Lee@binarybits
Research question for future academics: do couples that locked in sub-3 percent mortgages in 2021 experience a lower divorce rate after this year’s interest rate spike than otherwise similar couples?
11:25 PM · Jul 8, 2022
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Catie Gould@Citizen_Cate
Portland's repeal of parking requirements for subsidized housing in 2016 has already helped build more homes.
The building on the right has ~3x as many households as the left. In part, bc they got to build 1 parking space/4 homes, instead of being required to have 1 space each.
8:28 PM · Jul 7, 2022
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SophieHollandCastingCSA@SophHollandCast
My fave of the day.... and I didn't even like TM....
8:33 PM · Jul 7, 2022
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Colin Kinniburgh@colinreads
Dang. In Paris, they tore down a police station and built this.
Yep, social housing: 8 low-income units on a tiny piece of land. 6th arrondissement, blocks from Jardin du Luxembourg.
Stone facade (quarried locally to boot), green roof, energy efficient
5:24 PM · Jul 7, 2022
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