Favorite Rejects 2022-07-21
One reason I'm skeptical: Chicago's growth & sustainability has always stemmed in large part from being the leading city of its region. It attracts a lot of intra-Midwest migration. Even if the overall region suffers from WFH, not sure Chicago's *relative* status changes much.
Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias
Great thread here — Manchin is jeopardizing hydrogen, advanced nuclear, CCS, and other technologies he’s long championed and I sincerely hope he will reconsider. https://t.co/5RYcFRzOZL
JesseJenkins @JesseJenkins
Responsible countries don't want to bail out irresponsible neighbors who wasted opportunities to make good choices.
I get it, but solidarity really is important even if it should come with conditionality in terms of required reforms, such as turning nuclear plants back on.
Javier Blas @JavierBlas
Melania Trump blames her former chief of staff @OMGrisham for not keeping her up to date.
Here’s the text that Grisham sent to her that day.
🇺🇸U.S. Armed Forces CJCS Mark A. Milley: None of the U.S.-provided HIMARS systems has been destroyed in 🇺🇦Ukraine by Russian forces.
OK, so not only do Republicans want to institute a federal ban on abortion, but today 195 of them voted against codifying the right to contraception.
Only 8 voted yes. (Every Dem was a yes).
This was not a “gotcha” bill with a bunch of stuff btw. It was pretty straightforward.
"Imagine how much the Russians have pissed us off that Muslims and Jews are teaming up to kill them"
Artoir @ItsArtoir
From @paulkrugman “Maybe in a hot economy the relationship between GDP and inflation gets a lot steeper.” piie.com/publications/w…
New York Times Opinion @nytopinion