Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
We ended up in a situation where “socialism” describes the economic systems of both Canada and Cuba and everything in between, while only America has capitalism.
11:23 PM · Sep 2, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Good read here from @IDoTheThinking on how the YIMBYs scored huge wins in California this summer.
We have a lot to learn on the east coast from the multi-year path to victory here.
darrellowens.substack.com
YIMBYs Triumph In California
2:40 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Jonathan Chait@jonathanchait
The quiet hero of the democrats' climate bill? Mitch McConnell, whose hostage threat backfired: nytimes.com/2022/09/02/us/…
12:10 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Dr. Jorge Caballero stands with 🇺🇦@DataDrivenMD
Medicare Advantage is the student loan of healthcare— it's unnecessarily privatizing a social program using taxpayer funds. Instead of expanding services via Medicare directly, taxpayer money is used to grow revenue for a middleman (health plans) that over-promise & under-deliver
Axios @axios
As Medicare's open enrollment season approaches, it's possible a majority of seniors will choose a Medicare Advantage plan for next year rather than traditional Medicare, according to a KFF report. https://t.co/YdIQ4UbGzx
4:51 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Shabazz Stuart@ShabazzStuart
This isn’t the “gotcha” that you think it is 🤭
If cyclists paid proportional tolls (weight and space) car tolls would be in the many thousands of dollars.
If cyclists paid proportional registration fees on the basis of horsepower, car fees would be in the millions.
Carolwithane @carolwthne
It’s time to let bike riders pay their fair share of bike lanes that cost the tax yet billions of dollars. Plate and registration plus tolls! https://t.co/uehankHr2Z
1:50 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Geographic mobility created by the Black Death improved working conditions for those who didn’t die.
Conveniently in today’s world we could achieve the same effect without killing tons of people by changing land use rules.
3:41 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
I don’t think this is correct.
The infrastructure for a fossil fuel economy largely already exists so making new things hard to build disproportionately burdens cleaner alternatives.
Yonah Freemark @yfreemark
Problem with permitting reform for energy infrastructure—meaning less environmental review—is that it's not clear clean energy projects would benefit more than fossil infra & it ignores *ecological* consequences of projects.
@A_W_Gordon's useful piece: https://t.co/FGlho7gkke https://t.co/QnSaleNWXN
2:43 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Josiah Neeley 🇦🇶@jneeley78
@mattyglesias It’s not correct. 42 percent of active DOE projects involving NEPA are clean energy related, vs 15 for fossil fuels. rstreet.org/2021/07/07/add… @RSI
rstreet.org
Addressing NEPA-Related Infrastructure Delays - R Street
3:00 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Ben Adler@badler
How Many Of 'Her Emails' Were Classified? Actually, Zero
nationalmemo.com
How Many Of ‘Her Emails’ Were Classified? Actually, Zero
4:34 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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wyatt dunkin@WyattDuncan
insane that late night TV was ever allowed to be this good
3:55 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Liberals talk nice. We give people money. We arrange peace talks. We march against racism. We appease the bad guys right up until the moment when appeasement is no longer an option.
But liberalism has always been an iron fist in a velvet glove.
7:09 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Wow.
4:38 AM · Sep 4, 2022
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David Weiskopf@daveregrets
One more interesting dynamic here: the Governor has called for the state to work towards a net CO2 removal goal of 100M tons per year by 2045.
I don't know if it is possible, but if so, the result would be that, thanks to AB1279, CA is about 9% net negative in 2045.
Danny Cullenward @dcullenward
AB 1279 does this in a way that diffuses tension between mitigation and carbon removal. It sets a floor on mitigation (i.e. achieve ≥ 85%), rather than a ceiling on carbon removal (i.e. no more than 15%). So both approaches can thrive, without one substituting for the other. https://t.co/LIEc5gngPZ
11:17 PM · Sep 3, 2022
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Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦@Noahpinion
Yes! The idea of "technological unemployment" is possibly the most pernicious idea of our time. It's how liberals convince themselves to be scared of technology, and how libertarians convince normies to be scared of unions.
Down with Luddism!
James Medlock @jdcmedlock
I agree that sectoral bargaining may help push businesses to increase productivity (aka automation), but in my opinion, the combination of higher wages and more output requiring less labor is a good thing that leaves society better off https://t.co/kcqYbVRlOi
5:13 AM · Sep 4, 2022
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