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@jbarro Avatar @jbarro Josh Barro

Josh Barro posts on X about mamdani, shutdown, should be, fomc the most. They currently have XXXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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Social category influence finance #1499 countries XXX% travel destinations XXX% celebrities XXX%

Social topic influence mamdani #94, shutdown #576, should be #72, fomc #110, zohran #81, mamdanis #27, dems #30, over the #653, sydney 1.1%, sydney sweeney XXX%

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"There's this whole community of people who seem to exist solely within the internet circa 2018 who believe Sydney Sweeney has suffered a "PR disaster""
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-07T22:25Z 276.9K followers, 130.2K engagements

""I bought this before we knew Elon was crazy." The first Cybertruck delivery was in November 2023. Perhaps the owner is angry that Elon was disloyal to Donald Trump this past spring"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T19:17Z 276.9K followers, 39K engagements

"Its more of a vibe"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T19:50Z 276.9K followers, 53.1K engagements

"If you don't build new housing rents rise in the old housing. If you do build new housing rents fall in the old housing"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T04:57Z 276.9K followers, 225.4K engagements

"Nominating candidates with a record of taking unpopular extreme positions that Republicans will beat the shit out of them with in a general election is a choice. A choice that can be avoided"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T15:56Z 276.9K followers, 51.2K engagements

"There should be a law that says if you write a column complaining about the way the shutdown ended you have to lay out your own theory of how it would have ended if your strategy were followed instead"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T16:23Z 276.9K followers, 55.5K engagements

"@mrtuffguy Broadly it's supposed to shift the tax burden away from rental apartment buildings toward owner-occupied buildings and away from outer areas of the city toward core ones. This would move property tax toward a more equal percentage of building market values"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T17:14Z 276.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Yes Pasta brand matters. De Cecco (Imported from Italy) contains XXX% semolina flour is extruded through bronze dies and is dried at a lower temperature compared to US-made pastas (Ronzoni/Barilla) which use hotter drying Teflon dies that produce an excessively smooth noodle surface and a durum/semolina blend. Because of these differences the American noodles don't stand up to boiling as well -- they absorb more water and lose more starch. That means less flavor and a mushier texture"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T17:51Z 276.9K followers, 787.6K engagements

"I regret the error and I'm sorry if I caused any of you to panic buy. Of course the policy is still bad still raises costs for American consumers and still per WSJ applies to "the bulk" of Italian pasta imports. But at least I'll still be able to get my De Cecco spaghetti"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T00:35Z 276.9K followers, 16.4K engagements

"Excuse me I was given to understand that if Mamdani won we at least would never need to hear the names "Melissa DeRosa" or "Rich Azzopardi" ever again"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T01:36Z 276.9K followers, 65.1K engagements

"@jonathanchait Directing the central bank to inflate is a pretty core part of Peronism this isn't just my policy hobby-horse"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T15:14Z 276.9K followers, 2356 engagements

"@jonathanchait the FOMC thing isn't happening anyway -- the Fed is the one independent agency the Supreme Court seems determined to keep independent"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T15:45Z 276.9K followers, 2471 engagements

"I remain fascinated that Mamdani is so focused on this issue that (1) has no obvious ideological valence and (2) is a minefield"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T22:40Z 276.9K followers, 475.4K engagements

"@AliceFromQueens I don't think you can draw up a plan that simultaneously (1) provides meaningful relief across the city's huge quantity of rental housing stock (2) raises property taxes on only a minority of homeowners and (3) is revenue positive"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T04:06Z 276.9K followers, 12.2K engagements

"Not since they named the boat Monkey Business"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T10:58Z 276.9K followers, 21.9K engagements

"I do think we should be clear about one thing though: The likely equilibrium is higher earnings for servers a continued tipping culture and (this is the uncertain part) maybe materially fewer jobs and establishments or not. It is not an end to tipping"
X Link @jbarro 2018-06-20T15:19Z 276.9K followers, XX engagements

"Ski townies love to complain about Vail Resorts but there are worse things than faceless corporate overlords: Your resort could instead be owned by a specific incompetent rich guy"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-04T03:59Z 276.9K followers, 27.5K engagements

"Setting aside the absurd "shithole" rhetoric these maps always have problems because it's hard to categorize where some spending "is." New Mexico is always the top "recipient" state because of the Los Alamos National Laboratories -- not "welfare.""
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-06T15:56Z 276.9K followers, 174.5K engagements

""Great genes" is a joke about her tits you tremendous nerds"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-07T22:30Z 276.9K followers, 26.1K engagements

"@EsotericCD I dont know"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T12:14Z 276.9K followers, 3450 engagements

"@EsotericCD But I suspect it has to do with New England being a place of bland tastes. Thats not always a bad thing I love a cup of clam chowder"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T12:16Z 276.9K followers, 3368 engagements

"@foam_boat @mattyglesias Yes but Im not totally sure"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T02:21Z 276.9K followers, XXX engagements

"@jonathanchait thank you"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T16:39Z 276.9K followers, 3943 engagements

"@mrtuffguy But of course a lot of the people who currently enjoy relatively favorable property tax rates don't see themselves as getting a plum deal and won't be thrilled to face a tax hike"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T17:14Z 276.9K followers, XXX engagements

"Cant believe Mikie Sherrill won despite this very scary attack ad pointing out that she wants more houses in New Jersey"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-06T14:00Z 276.9K followers, 110.8K engagements

"Zohran Mamdani is seeking advice on staffing from a lot of very smart people who are likely to give him good advice and Ron Klain"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-06T18:27Z 276.9K followers, 58.1K engagements

"Trump has spent XX months sending the message that the govt does what he wants. Demolishing the East Wing was just an exclamation mark on that. So it shouldn't be surprising that Rs can't offload blame for the shutdown. If Trump wants the government open why isn't it open"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T13:23Z 276.9K followers, 668.2K engagements

"He didn't wait for permission to blow up boats off the coast of Venezuela or to shutter USAID. Seems like if he wants to pay food stamps or air traffic controllers he would just tell Treasury to do it"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T13:24Z 276.9K followers, 181.5K engagements

"At Trump's behest Senate Rs gutted the restrictions on the reconciliation process and they breached old appropriations norms with his rescissions. If they won't find a way to flex around the filibuster I guess that means they consider opening the government unimportant"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T13:27Z 276.9K followers, 100.3K engagements

"@mattyglesias Even if GOP nuking the filibuster doesnt cost Dems anything what does it gain them (other than avoiding this internal strife) Do you think theyll otherwise have trouble nuking it when they retake power"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T02:18Z 276.9K followers, 24.3K engagements

"@AlanMCole It's not obscure You can find it everywhere As WaPo describes the "anti-dumping" tariffs are primarily aimed at higher-priced brands which makes no sense"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T00:55Z 276.9K followers, 4015 engagements

"@jonathanchait He might also press them to amend the Federal Reserve Act to give him more control over the composition of the FOMC"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T14:59Z 276.9K followers, 2422 engagements

"@jonathanchait I guess I don't see how a system that would let the president directly set monetary policy could be less "personalist" than the system we have now"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T15:06Z 276.9K followers, 1969 engagements

"A related thing here is that the sort of content that's getting squeezed -- late-night shows that go heavy on liberal politics -- is just a saturated market. So much equivalent product. South Park is getting rewarded for doing something unique"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T18:09Z 276.9K followers, 33.6K engagements

"@jmp_nyc @AliceFromQueens I have no personal problem with hiking taxes on these people. I am just describing why many prior mayors have expressed support for these reforms but have not done them -- the politics are a huge problem and a totally different set of opponents than Mamdani has prepared for"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T04:15Z 276.9K followers, XXX engagements

"wow the "why tariff banana" message got through"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-13T00:28Z 276.9K followers, 24.1K engagements

"This week on Central Air we -Get @bendreyfuss 's benign Mamdani take and @asymmetricinfo 's worried one; -Look at lessons from the big Dem wins; -Ask what's wrong with Nancy Mace; and -Learn Ben ended a friendship over being made to misconnect at LAX"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-06T03:17Z 276.9K followers, 65.3K engagements

"Voters said Israel-Gaza was not important to them and also said it was more important to Cuomo than to Mamdani"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-07T18:49Z 276.9K followers, 75.6K engagements

"I think Gallego is narrowly correct that the infrastructure bill was never going to be a huge political win but that wasn't supposed to be the point right The substantive problem is that we deliver the infrastructure too slowly at too high a cost"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-08T15:49Z 276.9K followers, 76.3K engagements

"There are low-information ways to reach this view (look he tore down the building) and high-information ways (actually understanding the reconciliation baseline gimmick) but either way the message is the same: if Republicans cared they wouldn't let pesky rules get in the way"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-09T13:30Z 276.9K followers, 45.6K engagements

"If you complain about this column you are required by law to offer your own theory of how the shutdown would have ended in a better way for Democrats using your preferred strategy"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T13:05Z 276.9K followers, 98.1K engagements

"For some reason Democrats kept pointing out that Republicans didnt need their help to get the government back open"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T13:09Z 276.9K followers, 16.8K engagements

"@jonathanchait It's hard for me to see how that's better though -- you can always make a president less lawless by giving him more legal power to do what he wants"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T14:57Z 276.9K followers, 2926 engagements

"@jonathanchait Aren't you just defining "authoritarianism" away If Congress votes him the authority to seize whatever companies he wants and give their assets to his kids is that not authoritarian either because it was blessed by the legislative branch"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-11T15:13Z 276.9K followers, 3612 engagements

"@AliceFromQueens The usual idea is to be revenue neutral. But you could set it up to be revenue positive or negative. The problem with revenue negative is Mamdani also has billions of new spending priorities"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T03:42Z 276.9K followers, 23.4K engagements

"@AliceFromQueens Especially because all of the marketing about these reforms (including Mamdani's past comments) contemplate that homeowners in the peripheral parts of the city should expect a tax cut"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T04:07Z 276.9K followers, 2968 engagements

"@jmp_nyc @AliceFromQueens You're not telling me anything I don't know -- that's why I said the reform has "no obvious ideological valence." Often these are long-settled people who owned in neighborhoods way before they gentrified. They won't take kindly to being told they're rich now and owe more tax"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T04:14Z 276.9K followers, XXX engagements

"It fills me with rage that this fuckboy thinks he should be my congressman"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T04:26Z 276.9K followers, 220K engagements

"This week on Central Air: @NateSilver538 We debate if Dems erred by folding too soon. We discuss which election model is better: the 2024 FiveThirtyEight model or Allan Lichtman's XX Keys to the White House And we talk sports betting and Teen Vogue"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T14:38Z 276.9K followers, 273.3K engagements

"These choices to undermine selective admission are financially self-defeating for colleges. If you destroy the signaling value of the degree you destroy your ability to command high tuition"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-12T14:57Z 276.9K followers, 52.4K engagements

"I don't like this new phenomenon where you can tell a woman's party affiliation just by the specific manner in which she's had too much work done"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-07T22:51Z 276.9K followers, 6.5M engagements

"Wrong. If you don't build enough Class A apartments those on the lower edges of affluence rent Class B apartments and those on the lower edges of middle income bid on Class C. Rents rise at all levels. This is what gentrification is -- just look at Bushwick"
X Link @jbarro 2025-11-10T16:18Z 276.9K followers, 82.4K engagements