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mcmillen@mcmillen
I love the chaos of making a federal holiday with 1 day notice.
(Also, do Election Day next.)
U.S. Office of Personnel Management @USOPM
Today @POTUS will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. As the 19th falls on a Saturday, most federal employees will observe the holiday tomorrow, June 18th.
3:50 PM · Jun 17, 2021
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I think we're just getting a no meeting day.
Ezra Klein@ezraklein
This is encouraging, and also I always find the Medicare age policies weird. If 60, why not 57? If 57, why not 55? If 55, why not 52?
Which is all to say -- why not a Medicare-based public option available to all!
Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo
New: Schumer-Sanders reconciliation package being prepped by Dems expected to INCLUDE Medicare to 60, expansion of Medicare to cover dental/vision/hearing, sources say.
Confirm $6T/10 number reported by @marianne_levine & @burgessev. Story tk w/ @TonyRomm
7:39 PM · Jun 17, 2021
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Ezra Klein@ezraklein
One thing I love about Medicare age-lowering, though: It's an incredibly clear policy, it's fast to implement, and people who benefit from it know that government just helped them.
I don't think I'll ever get over Lieberman killing it in the ACA.
7:46 PM · Jun 17, 2021
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Joe Lieberman's actions on medicare seem pretty bad.
Will Saletan@saletan
"In two polls taken this week — one by Morning Consult for Politico, the other by YouGov for the Economist — Putin has a better net favorable rating among Republicans than Biden does, by margins of 16 and 22 points."
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Trump Made the GOP More Friendly to Putin. It’s Sabotaging Biden.
1:17 AM · Jun 17, 2021
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Opinion polls of Republicans just keep getting more wild, in this case it pretty much lines up with what I would have guessed.
Michael Wara@MichaelWWara
The federal government will sell (USFS + BLM) about $250 million worth of timber this year. Compare that to 2018 losses of $29 billion in real estate and $31 billion in air pollution related sickness and death - just in CA. Primarily caused by fires that burned USFS lands.
6:02 AM · Jun 17, 2021
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I had not realized quite how little the timber is worth compared to the damage.
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
Chart by @gregmorrow … housing crisis by local government officials
11:48 PM · Jun 17, 2021
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If it's not clear, the black line is how much housing the zoning allows, the red is the actual amount. Downzoning is bad
Niko Bowie@nikobowie
This is a great statement by the White House on exclusionary zoning, one that desperately needs to be read by the people in my community currently protesting city hall to keep our awful zoning ordinance. #CambMA
whitehouse.gov/cea/blog/2021/….
whitehouse.gov
Exclusionary Zoning: Its Effect on Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market | The White House
11:19 PM · Jun 17, 2021
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I had to be stopped from calling exclusionary zoning racist in front of a city councilmember once. Nice to see the White House has my back now.
