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Zach Weinersmith@ZachWeiner
I heard a claim that Belarus is weaponizing immigration. Proposal for a counterstrike:
1) Bring immigrants to US.
2) Settle them, provide education and healthcare
3) Convince them to like lite beer and say "soccer"
4) Enjoy small but real increase in national wealth
4:15 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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Calling it 'soccer' is the last frontier of US cultural domination.
Greg Sargent@ThePlumLineGS
Trump-backed primary challenges are often framed as retaliation against Republicans who were personally disloyal to Trump.
It's worse than that: They reflect an apparent desire among GOP voters to elect officials who are willing to subvert elections:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
4:20 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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Things could go in a really disturbing direction if Republican voters remain focused on this.
Conor Dougherty@ConorDougherty
Interesting SF Chronicle article on how an SF housing nonprofit has become a vociferous opponent of new housing and a kingmaker in local politics by, in essence, funding local ballot measures with millions of dollars in federal affordable housing funds.
sfchronicle.com
‘You don’t mess with him’: How an S.F. housing advocate wields power by funding ballot measures
4:23 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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Kinda seems like the headline shouldn't call this guy a housing advocate when his main thing appears to be preventing homes from being built.
Joshua D. Rhodes@joshdr83
tl;dr - regions in the US that are associated with ISO/RTOs have generally reduced carbon emissions faster (-35%, avg.) than those regions w/o competitive wholesale markets (-27%) since 2005
4:49 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Fossil fuels have gone from "the cheapest option, but dirty" to "something so expensive that only dysfunctional markets can save it" in a decade's time
Michael E. Webber @MichaelEWebber
Competitive power markets are cleaner than non-competitive markets, y'all.
All power markets in the USA are getting cleaner with time, but the competitive markets do so more quickly. https://t.co/Fa5aacGh4u
5:30 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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I don't think I would have guessed this
Noah Smith 🐇@Noahpinion
Jesus Christ.
Strongest preference for Republicans since 1981.
If something doesn't change soon, we're in for an enormous red wave in 2022.
7:07 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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It's significantly worse than the standard 'thermostatic' shift away from the president's party.
Chris Cioffi@ReporterCioffi
Adjusting House salaries for inflation, the only staff position that got much of a raise since 2001 was COS — the one in charge of handing raises out.
rollcall.com/2021/11/18/thi…
3:10 PM · Nov 18, 2021
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Ugh, we need good people doing this work, why would you underpay them? The article has more info and graphs.
