#  @mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias Matthew Yglesias is currently discussing the controversy surrounding Medicaid cuts, with many people, including him, expressing concern that millions of people will lose their health insurance. He and others are criticizing the lack of attention to this issue, particularly given its unpopularity among Democrats and the general public. The proposed cuts are part of a larger bill, and Yglesias is urging people to pay attention to this critical issue. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::15446531/interactions)  - [--] Week [----------] -24% - [--] Month [----------] +2.10% - [--] Months [-----------] +30% - [--] Year [-----------] -36% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::15446531/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] -24% - [--] Month [---] +11% - [--] Months [-----] +52% - [--] Year [-----] -23% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::15446531/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.29% - [--] Month [-------] +2.20% - [--] Months [-------] +4.30% - [--] Year [-------] +6.20% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::15446531/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 9.88% [finance](/list/finance) #4365 [celebrities](/list/celebrities) #7077 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 2.12% [stocks](/list/stocks) #2175 [social networks](/list/social-networks) 1.41% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.71% [cryptocurrencies](/list/cryptocurrencies) 0.24% [nba](/list/nba) 0.24% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 0.24% **Social topic influence** [in the](/topic/in-the) #6288, [if you](/topic/if-you) 4%, [politics](/topic/politics) #1512, [ai](/topic/ai) #1584, [united states](/topic/united-states) #3290, [business](/topic/business) 2.12%, [the most](/topic/the-most) 2.12%, [strong](/topic/strong) #219, [elon musk](/topic/elon-musk) #1177, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) #1156 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@blforinash](/creator/undefined) [@gregtsargent](/creator/undefined) [@weisbergnate](/creator/undefined) [@danancona](/creator/undefined) [@richcalhoun](/creator/undefined) [@zoeyperino](/creator/undefined) [@pteridoid](/creator/undefined) [@cabelascrusher](/creator/undefined) [@junkmail666420](/creator/undefined) [@rlangford18](/creator/undefined) [@maxmmillerat](/creator/undefined) [@zdch](/creator/undefined) [@itcamefromthed](/creator/undefined) [@elonmusk](/creator/undefined) [@mtomasky](/creator/undefined) [@afinetheorem](/creator/undefined) [@overcommonname](/creator/undefined) [@chris_j_paxton](/creator/undefined) [@robotbeat](/creator/undefined) [@grok](/creator/undefined) **Top assets mentioned** [DoorDash Inc. (DASH)](/topic/doordash) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Choose your fighter" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1606816860959379457) 2022-12-25T00:59Z 571.5K followers, 1.1M engagements "It makes food more expensive but it's also bad for the environment what's not to like" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2016936481571377468) 2026-01-29T18:08Z 570.2K followers, 16.7K engagements "Of course I get the tension between housing affordability and wanting homeowners to get a return on their investment. But I've never seen someone propose banning new companies from forming as a way to boost stock market wealth" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2016979507727482901) 2026-01-29T20:59Z 568.6K followers, 44.1K engagements "Dropoff and pickup in snowy conditions was unquestionably difficult but every area business and area working is struggling with this stuff and as someone who believes in public education I was glad that kids were in school and learning. https://x.com/wtuteacher/status/2016987242321822024s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA How did today go We have been told about unsafe crosswalks and pick up and drop off sites. Schools without heat and burst pipes. We can still make the right call for tomorrow. Let officials know: https://t.co/vKWBBVF6Lc https://t.co/xp9485KOOW" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2016990752274788482) 2026-01-29T21:44Z 570K followers, 47K engagements "Im really worried that if the WTU gets their way and @Janeese4DC becomes mayor were just never going to have school. There are so many great hard-working teachers in this city but the union is dominated by these weird malingerers. While we appreciate DC service workers dedication during this emergency reopening schools without a proper safety plan has put educators students and families at risk. Our communities deserve leadership that prioritizes safety EVERY TIME. https://t.co/pZR5fndLya https://t.co/yO4zfC7FzK While we appreciate DC service workers dedication during this emergency reopening" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017042772503531680) 2026-01-30T01:10Z 570.2K followers, 238.6K engagements "TIL English people call hiking walking these are totally different things https://www.ariababu.co.uk/p/how-to-find-a-husband-and-why-you https://www.ariababu.co.uk/p/how-to-find-a-husband-and-why-you" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017238105242141108) 2026-01-30T14:06Z 568.9K followers, 44K engagements "Except manufacturing is down Trump's dollar policy could be summed up as: "Sell cars not bonds." A trade deficit is financed by selling IOUs such as bonds. Past presidents prioritized confidence in bonds and the U.S. financial system and therefore a strong dollar. Trump prioritizes reducing the trade Trump's dollar policy could be summed up as: "Sell cars not bonds." A trade deficit is financed by selling IOUs such as bonds. Past presidents prioritized confidence in bonds and the U.S. financial system and therefore a strong dollar. Trump prioritizes reducing the trade" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017243376752480618) 2026-01-30T14:27Z 568.9K followers, 57.8K engagements "However upset you may be at corporate America's reaction to Trump the fact is that small business owners are (on average) an incredibly right-wing group so regulations to arbitrarily favor them are not going to help bolster democracy against MAGA" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017273142213836807) 2026-01-30T16:26Z 570K followers, 91.5K engagements "The most perverse thing about zoning-induced housing scarcity is that it generates this downstream concern that if poor neighborhoods become better places to live that will be bad for the existing residents. One of the top NYT comments is if would be bad to improve transit access for poor people because it will make their neighborhoods more attractive for people to live in 🙃 https://t.co/78Nk78vqjV One of the top NYT comments is if would be bad to improve transit access for poor people because it will make their neighborhoods more attractive for people to live in 🙃 https://t.co/78Nk78vqjV" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017276953292578957) 2026-01-30T16:41Z 570K followers, 96.2K engagements "It's so over" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017329370319229394) 2026-01-30T20:09Z 570.1K followers, 124.5K engagements "It's impressive how much demand there is for living in Greater Boston considering the weather. An interactive zip-code level map of the median home price in the US (link in comments). Not my work but very cool and worth sharing. https://t.co/rgfF5MtDoi An interactive zip-code level map of the median home price in the US (link in comments). Not my work but very cool and worth sharing. https://t.co/rgfF5MtDoi" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017391630815248652) 2026-01-31T00:17Z 570.2K followers, 817.3K engagements "I am frustrated with the snow/ice situation in DC right now but it is worth saying that the suburbs are if anything *even more* shut down. It seems nobody in the region was prepared for this particular combination of weather not just one city government" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017394424028766658) 2026-01-31T00:28Z 568.9K followers, 103.9K engagements "I don't think @ezraklein is an apologist of white supremacist views and an accessory to genocidal state violence" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017415205018329594) 2026-01-31T01:50Z 570.2K followers, 341.3K engagements "Part of the affordability crisis is pretty clearly people just refusing to be thrifty you should not be spending a quarter of your salary on DoorDash" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017546100836643085) 2026-01-31T10:30Z 570.2K followers, 3.5M engagements "Rufo posits that Minneapolis & Seattle are left-wing due to the dysgenic influence of Nordic immigrants" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017567980796739865) 2026-01-31T11:57Z 570.2K followers, 672.8K engagements "I believe that high housing costs are caused by Italian ancestry" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017575117736313189) 2026-01-31T12:26Z 569K followers, 65.9K engagements "@MattZeitlin I remember going to Denmark with some progressive journalists and they were all appalled by the high price of random retail services. What did yall think an egalitarian wage distribution meant vibes papers essays" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017576124033712455) 2026-01-31T12:30Z 570.1K followers, 41.1K engagements "I think people should consider the possibility that they are simply misunderstanding what the case SJP is trying to advance is rather than that they dont realize that Klein is very critical of Israel. This is really stupid. @ezraklein has used his massive platform to host the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Philippe Sand for substantive conversations on Israel's mass crimes. This type of "activism" does nothing to advance the cause it purports to champion. This is really stupid. @ezraklein has used his massive platform to host the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Philippe Sand for substantive" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017580581735792887) 2026-01-31T12:47Z 568.9K followers, 159.5K engagements "Not that it explains the phenomenon but I think the regional gap within Italy is usefully contextualized by zooming out. I have never understood the massive economic gap in Italy. Why is the North with its various industries one of the wealthiest areas in Europe while the South remains so extremely poor Same country same language same culture same laws and taxes. Can someone please explain https://t.co/6CDsHdht8P I have never understood the massive economic gap in Italy. Why is the North with its various industries one of the wealthiest areas in Europe while the South remains so extremely" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017624438729003379) 2026-01-31T15:42Z 570.2K followers, 71.7K engagements "Switzerland (not shown here because its not in the EU) is richer than Germany or Italy or France and the richest parts of those three countries are the adjacent to Switzerland parts and Austria is very rich by EU standards. Theres a cross-border Alpine rich zone" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017624946315313635) 2026-01-31T15:44Z 570.2K followers, 31.4K engagements "Yoram Hazony voice: Very odd to see antisemitism repeatedly popping up in my right-wing nationalist movement this has never happened before. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/bovino-jewish-prosecutor-minnesota.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/bovino-jewish-prosecutor-minnesota.html" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017713851383353758) 2026-01-31T21:37Z 570K followers, 48.6K engagements "@ArmandDoma I think its also because he wrote a column about Charlie Kirk that had a kinda bad headline if you read it outside the context of the full article" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017721614301802844) 2026-01-31T22:08Z 569K followers, 61.3K engagements "Trumps fetishization of the dirtiest form of widely used energy is going to end up raising costs relative to just letting the gas + renewables steamroller continue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/31/coal-plants-energy-department-mandates-electricity/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/31/coal-plants-energy-department-mandates-electricity/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017726866052829285) 2026-01-31T22:29Z 569K followers, 31.1K engagements "The levels of corruption in this administration are insane Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017920955356455185) 2026-02-01T11:20Z 571.1K followers, 215.3K engagements "Obviously you should be exploring deeper issues like MI-SEN on a first date Crockett/Talarico you should be able to settle via text before even going out. I hate DC what do you mean the couple on a first date next to me started the conversation with so what do you think of Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico I hate DC what do you mean the couple on a first date next to me started the conversation with so what do you think of Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017924897771536585) 2026-02-01T11:36Z 569K followers, 85.3K engagements "Bukharin obviously the best of the got purged by Stalin Old Bolsheviks. Ive become less and less impressed with Leon Trotsky over time The left wing of the Politburo during the 1920s only looks better than Stalin because they got to criticize from the sidelines It would have been a disaster if they were in charge Ive become less and less impressed with Leon Trotsky over time The left wing of the Politburo during the 1920s only looks better than Stalin because they got to criticize from the sidelines It would have been a disaster if they were in charge" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017926611803263136) 2026-02-01T11:42Z 570.8K followers, 44.9K engagements "Its true that small donors are even further left than big donors but Democratic Party large-dollar donors are to the left of rank-and-file Democrats. The party should reject the influence of both kinds of donors and be more moderate especially on cultural issues. When people talk of donors they arent referring to small givers who fuel economic populist candidates. They are talking about the kind of big donors that Yglesias sucks up to and keep us wedded to our dying neoliberal establishment. When people talk of donors they arent referring to small givers who fuel economic populist candidates." [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017977679656505745) 2026-02-01T15:05Z 570.3K followers, 115K engagements "@katz_morris So Tom Steyer is not a corporate Democrat because hes a self-financing billionaire" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017980556374335811) 2026-02-01T15:17Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements "@zachdcarter What is a progressive policy agenda that is responsive to the concerns of people who want DoorDash to be cheaper" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017981138803835095) 2026-02-01T15:19Z 571.1K followers, 39.1K engagements "I just want to say that I am actually very successful and well-liked The point of performative Yglesias-bashing is to intimidate other writers out of just forcefully saying true things even though on balance youll do better if you forcefully say true things. A big part of why lots of people hate Yglesias is sometimes he's just rude and says stuff like this everyone who works in Democratic politics knows this about donors of course but it's considered uncouth to actually say out loud. A big part of why lots of people hate Yglesias is sometimes he's just rude and says stuff like this everyone" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017982313842225483) 2026-02-01T15:24Z 571.4K followers, 229.5K engagements "A lot of writers are held back by excessive fear of minor amounts of social media conflict and end up muffing their own most interesting or important ideas in favor of doing the seventeenth-best version of the same take all their peers are doing. https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-i-write-such-excellent-posts https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-i-write-such-excellent-posts" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017983930767434131) 2026-02-01T15:30Z 568.9K followers, 29.7K engagements "Musk evaded being tarnished by a visit to Epstein Island seemingly because Epstein didnt want him to come despite his best efforts to get invited to a wild party" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2017989984817455527) 2026-02-01T15:54Z 570.3K followers, 99.2K engagements "@zachdcarter Then why are you mad about a post I did about DoorDash" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018006769276993936) 2026-02-01T17:01Z 570.7K followers, [----] engagements "A take I am mulling is that online recipe content has obscured from a lot of people that it is possible to cook at home in an extremely lazy way. [--] meals at $3 each (with leftover cheese). Now tell me again how DoorDash is actually cheaper than cooking at home https://t.co/t0T0TVH9aF [--] meals at $3 each (with leftover cheese). Now tell me again how DoorDash is actually cheaper than cooking at home https://t.co/t0T0TVH9aF" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018047206196957206) 2026-02-01T19:42Z 571.5K followers, 1.1M engagements "The early communication around this storm was bad but I'm a bit of an apologist for the substance of the response a heavy snow + stretch of cold days this long is a very unusual confluence of events and it would be wasteful to have invested heavily in appropriate equipment" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018053836171084160) 2026-02-01T20:08Z 568.9K followers, 58.9K engagements "Anti-Asian sentiment is the highest form of nativism because you have to resort to saying stuff like "the problem is they work too hard in school" and do it with a straight face. Asian immigrants are often openly contemptuous of American education normslike that Vivek tweetbecause they think the only reason someone would opt out of grind culture is because theyre lazy and stupid. Actually American education is traditionally quite demanding it just Asian immigrants are often openly contemptuous of American education normslike that Vivek tweetbecause they think the only reason someone would opt" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018062516052529270) 2026-02-01T20:42Z 571.4K followers, 758.4K engagements "There's not as many people using Twitter there as in New York or DC but this storm killed dozens of people in Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018067713482948899) 2026-02-01T21:03Z 569K followers, 41.3K engagements "When/where solar works well zero marginal cost electricity is pretty cool" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018078903735091400) 2026-02-01T21:47Z 571.4K followers, 25.2K engagements "@elonmusk I mean the reason you knew youd be smeared despite never having attended his parties is that you knew there was correspondence where you are talking about your desire to attend parties on his island" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018100866985677258) 2026-02-01T23:15Z 571K followers, 82.3K engagements "@glukianoff Schools are closed tomorrow in Arlington Fairfax Montgomery and almost all the other suburban counties" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018102619340701952) 2026-02-01T23:22Z 571.1K followers, 192.5K engagements "@DrewSav @rosanthony3 Not me I think theyre bad people" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018114035007267140) 2026-02-02T00:07Z 568.9K followers, 55.5K engagements "Trump destroying American institutions with his ego and corruption rendered incredibly concrete. With ticket sales plummeting and artists pulling out Trump decides to close the Kennedy Center for two years promising to renovate it and try again to find an audience and performers when it reopens in [----]. With ticket sales plummeting and artists pulling out Trump decides to close the Kennedy Center for two years promising to renovate it and try again to find an audience and performers when it reopens in 2028" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018115745838678158) 2026-02-02T00:14Z 570K followers, 112K engagements "Guy who wants nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein 😂😂" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018121274464125225) 2026-02-02T00:36Z 571.1K followers, 289K engagements "Income cap of $500000 More tax breaks for poor seniors https://t.co/wR1lXTJsFl More tax breaks for poor seniors https://t.co/wR1lXTJsFl" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018147293707243811) 2026-02-02T02:19Z 571.5K followers, 125.1K engagements "These programs giving special property tax breaks to seniors: [--]. Push more of the tax burden onto working people [--]. Generate misallocation of the housing stock by discouraging empty nesters from realizing their capital gains https://www.slowboring.com/p/where-has-all-the-money-gone https://www.slowboring.com/p/where-has-all-the-money-gone" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018147623576698888) 2026-02-02T02:21Z 571.1K followers, 55.7K engagements "Democrats [----] front-running is the single politician in the whole country with the most similar resume and profile to Kamala Harris two San Franciscans who won statewide in California and never needed to appeal to swing voters. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018279011168792843) 2026-02-02T11:03Z 571.5K followers, 262.1K engagements "Most Democrats say they value electability highly in [----] nominee but they also say that Gavin Newsom who has a weak electoral track-record is their idea of an electability candidate. Over-indexing on identity. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018292518064902627) 2026-02-02T11:56Z 571.1K followers, 42.5K engagements "Trump doing the right thing here Its received relatively little fanfare but the Trump admins Medicare proposal has got the health insurance lobby freaking out. Medicare adds a half trillion to the debt each year and Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors luxury benefits like golf and horseback riding. https://t.co/mL7Gr9thpP Its received relatively little fanfare but the Trump admins Medicare proposal has got the health insurance lobby freaking out. Medicare adds a half trillion to the debt each year and Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors luxury benefits like golf and horseback riding." [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018303764315111599) 2026-02-02T12:41Z 568.9K followers, 134K engagements "Politics is a strange kind of tournament where it requires tremendous skill to get a job like Governor of California or US Senator from California but "good at beating Republicans at elections" is not the skill you need. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018320940027777460) 2026-02-02T13:49Z 569K followers, 20.7K engagements "You see this time and again among incumbent House Democrats AOC and Ro Khanna easily out-fundraise frontline electoral overperformers like Henry Cuellar Ada Gray and Don Davis" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018323303614603430) 2026-02-02T13:59Z 570.1K followers, 14K engagements "Tariffs are bad economics but good for large incumbents with lobbying clout who can secure exemptions for themselves" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018375903865156062) 2026-02-02T17:28Z 571.3K followers, 23.8K engagements "This is ultimately a big part of the appeal to Trump. He likes that tariffs empower him personally and create more opportunities to do corruption. https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-tariffs-mean-big-opportunities https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-tariffs-mean-big-opportunities" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018376529282003370) 2026-02-02T17:30Z 571.4K followers, 29.7K engagements "I think it's pretty dangerous for people in DC to see our situation as that closely analogous to New York we are much smaller do not have a population of billionaires and face much more intense competition for investment from the inner suburbs. https://ggwash.org/view/102257/what-dc-mayoral-candidates-should-learn-from-zohran-mamdanis-playbook https://ggwash.org/view/102257/what-dc-mayoral-candidates-should-learn-from-zohran-mamdanis-playbook" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018379549377999232) 2026-02-02T17:42Z 570.1K followers, 189.9K engagements "What does Chuck Schumer think was happening during Jim Crow The SAVE Act would impose Jim Crow style restrictions on voting. It will be dead on arrival in the Senate. My statement: https://t.co/OAJRsmgkWn The SAVE Act would impose Jim Crow style restrictions on voting. It will be dead on arrival in the Senate. My statement: https://t.co/OAJRsmgkWn" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018390930550579651) 2026-02-02T18:27Z 570.7K followers, 77.1K engagements "From [--------] poverty fell by [--] percentage points with even larger declines for Black people and all children. https://www.nber.org/papers/w34759 https://www.nber.org/papers/w34759" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018399434296439291) 2026-02-02T19:01Z 571.4K followers, 118.4K engagements "In a favorable cycle like [----] either Flanagan or Craig would be a heavy favorite to win the seat but Craig is a very strong electoral performer who'll have a much easier time holding it if there's a tough cycle in the future. Oh wow: Sen. Tina Smith endorses Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan in race against Rep. Angie Craig to replace Smith who isn't running Very interesting because Smith had been urging DSCC/Dem leaders to stay neutral as some Dems believed they wanted Craig https://t.co/0RzC15mL1h Oh wow: Sen. Tina Smith endorses Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan in race against Rep. Angie Craig to replace" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018409056168264137) 2026-02-02T19:39Z 570K followers, 78.6K engagements "Okay I am changing my mind @DKThomp I spent so many tokens in my terminal window and.you.just tweeted it out. https://t.co/DhRFZHskoq @DKThomp I spent so many tokens in my terminal window and.you.just tweeted it out. https://t.co/DhRFZHskoq" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018420833971011896) 2026-02-02T20:26Z 568.9K followers, 53.5K engagements "Some good points here from @StefFeldman https://substack.com/home/post/p-186607194 https://substack.com/home/post/p-186607194" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018441325444579384) 2026-02-02T21:48Z 570K followers, 22.4K engagements "@GabeMenchaca MLK Deli shoutout Sick burn on South Capitol Street" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018464050053816762) 2026-02-02T23:18Z 570K followers, [---] engagements "@GabeMenchaca I believe it's all quotes from a Washington Post reporter who have her a tour without knowing who she was. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/i-gave-a-famous-rock-star-a-windshield-tour-of-dc--and-didnt-know-who-she-was/2016/03/18/8124ab28-e488-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/i-gave-a-famous-rock-star-a-windshield-tour-of-dc--and-didnt-know-who-she-was/2016/03/18/8124ab28-e488-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018468250745794808) 2026-02-02T23:35Z 569.4K followers, [----] engagements "@awprokop @speechboy71 Yeah I don't think it's a big mystery what happened Joe Biden had a message on immigration that voters liked and then he delivered policy results they hated and it's hard for Democrats to persuade people the same thing won't happen again" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018470099775267038) 2026-02-02T23:42Z 569.9K followers, 33.9K engagements "AIPAC realized that hitting @Malinowski on Israel would probably help him in a primary so they pivoted to hitting him from the left on ICE. https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-upset-in-texas-and-a-new-jersey https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-upset-in-texas-and-a-new-jersey" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018471332225368231) 2026-02-02T23:47Z 571.1K followers, 60.5K engagements "Conservatives do not like to read All of the Top [--] Substack newsletters are leftists (Richardson Reich Krugman) ex-conservative leftists (Bulwark Lincoln Project) or post-left liberals (Weiss Taibbi). The only conservatives are yours truly and what seems to be a spam newsletter run by Mike Huckabee. https://t.co/aUNvq9d4YS All of the Top [--] Substack newsletters are leftists (Richardson Reich Krugman) ex-conservative leftists (Bulwark Lincoln Project) or post-left liberals (Weiss Taibbi). The only conservatives are yours truly and what seems to be a spam newsletter run by Mike Huckabee." [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018471567928574408) 2026-02-02T23:48Z 571.5K followers, 899.7K engagements "The people in charge 25-30 years ago were driven by utopian views about the political impact of the internet (and therefore economic development) on China and other authoritarian states. https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018644193888067720) 2026-02-03T11:14Z 570.3K followers, 24K engagements "Cheaper beer financed by stingier benefits for families with kids does not seem like a great idea. 🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he would cut pint prices by 5p through slashing beer duty by 10% Reform claims it would be funded by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap @Telegraph 🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he would cut pint prices by 5p through slashing beer duty by 10% Reform claims it would be funded by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap @Telegraph" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018658748236271711) 2026-02-03T12:12Z 570.2K followers, 59.9K engagements "Kerosene killed the harpoon star" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018691150719131855) 2026-02-03T14:20Z 570K followers, 16K engagements "1-2 percentage points is a small number but it's a very big deal. https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/matthew-yglesias/ https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/matthew-yglesias/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018708467326890135) 2026-02-03T15:29Z 570.3K followers, 44.1K engagements "@Rafa_Mangual Well the numbers are what they are" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018712133010088001) 2026-02-03T15:44Z 570.3K followers, 18.6K engagements "@maiamindel @MariGO2thepolls Whatever that means is glossing over a lot of ideological content though" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018724921258750454) 2026-02-03T16:35Z 568.2K followers, 22.9K engagements "We need Nolan to cut out the woke nonsense and go back to making movies about heroic communists who face down the national security state" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018726170259525900) 2026-02-03T16:39Z 570K followers, 28.3K engagements "A nice run of sustained real wage growth has made everyone feel great about the economy" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018748498162921945) 2026-02-03T18:08Z 570K followers, 31.3K engagements "When I was in college I really thought Rawls (and the [----] version of Bernie Sanders) had gotten this wrong but I've come around to the view that he was right all along and liberalism needs to be bounded by a national community. https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018778485959913534) 2026-02-03T20:07Z 571.5K followers, 69K engagements "American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommends against gender transition surgeries for minors https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/03/plastic-surgeons-youth-gender-surgeries-guidance/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/03/plastic-surgeons-youth-gender-surgeries-guidance/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018795746678698442) 2026-02-03T21:16Z 571.4K followers, 150.5K engagements "@deanwball @peterwildeford @Jonas_Vollmer @AndyMasley In my experience AI safety people are pretty worried about data center NIMBYism pushing physical infrastructure into authoritarian jurisdictions where there will be no hope of doing sound safety-oriented regulation" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018809880392736940) 2026-02-03T22:12Z 568.6K followers, [---] engagements "An impressive political skill on Mamdanis part is convincing his base that hes delivering on all kinds of stuff without actually doing very much. This from BS is spot on. The salient feature that defines why @NYCMayor is awesome is because he is high agency when nearly the entire coterie of elected Democrats are low agency losers capable only of saying Im worried and texting fundraising appeals that begin with My https://t.co/SocIKOAJkm This from BS is spot on. The salient feature that defines why @NYCMayor is awesome is because he is high agency when nearly the entire coterie of elected" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018810344802820290) 2026-02-03T22:14Z 570.7K followers, 292.5K engagements "The sweet spot in politics is to Do Nothing (see Phil Scott & Andy Beshear) but unless you face an overwhelming opposition legislature this tends to make your own supporters angry. If you can thread the needle youre ready to win" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018810631559008548) 2026-02-03T22:15Z 570.5K followers, 38.2K engagements "Yes one billion Americans is an effort to refocus immigration policy in national interest terms. https://t.co/nvWrgBVkv2 https://t.co/nvWrgBVkv2" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018816005401985054) 2026-02-03T22:36Z 570.3K followers, 39.7K engagements "What I really like about this clip is that Pulido keeps the blame for Trumps overreach on Donald Trump and his team the people actually making the decisions rather than treating it as an emergent property of the existence or ICE and other agencies. Bobby Pulido set the record straight: You can support public safety *and* know that this administration has gone too far. https://t.co/4iwgq8w13i Bobby Pulido set the record straight: You can support public safety *and* know that this administration has gone too far. https://t.co/4iwgq8w13i" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018818641270305157) 2026-02-03T22:47Z 570K followers, 38.7K engagements "You can literally just blame Trump and try to beat him not everything is a structural problem that needs a structural solution. https://www.slowboring.com/p/blame-trump-for-trump-era-immigration https://www.slowboring.com/p/blame-trump-for-trump-era-immigration" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018818964038758680) 2026-02-03T22:48Z 570.3K followers, 18K engagements "@tunak I mean what has actually happened" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018830424886382981) 2026-02-03T23:34Z 568.9K followers, 12K engagements "@JDVance Hes clearly not calling on anyone to shoot law enforcement personnel hes saying that it endangers law enforcement personnel when they operate with masks and irregular uniforms" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018830839296233474) 2026-02-03T23:35Z 570.4K followers, 38.9K engagements "@JDVance The sound of settling" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018831701376651498) 2026-02-03T23:39Z 571.1K followers, 13.6K engagements "@GarettJones Was it a mistake to let Italians immigrate" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2018832202164027412) 2026-02-03T23:41Z 570K followers, 45.4K engagements "You wouldnt ban the construction of new cars or tools or appliances to help increase peoples refrigerator wealth or boost used car values. Artificial scarcity is not a wealth-building strategy. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019005612718268741) 2026-02-04T11:10Z 571.2K followers, 60.5K engagements "@benryanwriter @razibkhan It also seems reasonable to me to be somewhat skeptical of teenagers getting nose jobs" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019009124634091628) 2026-02-04T11:24Z 570K followers, 16.3K engagements "Preferences cascading" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019042735479787652) 2026-02-04T13:37Z 570.7K followers, 53.2K engagements "I have written about this topic too much for the taste of progressives (ie more than none) and not enough for the taste of conservatives but its clear that theres no solid evidence to support the claims of clear health benefits for youth transition. https://www.slowboring.com/p/progressives-need-to-engage-with https://www.slowboring.com/p/progressives-need-to-engage-with" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019043874203947315) 2026-02-04T13:42Z 570.3K followers, 15.8K engagements "Yes Abandoning unpopular issue positions helps with both turnout differential and persuasion simultaneously. Turnout vs Persuasion is a false dichotomy that must be eclipsed. Good politics does both. https://t.co/lZ9hYi1tM4 Turnout vs Persuasion is a false dichotomy that must be eclipsed. Good politics does both. https://t.co/lZ9hYi1tM4" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019045641717240259) 2026-02-04T13:49Z 570.3K followers, 31.4K engagements "Trump keep reiterating that he doesnt want to make it cheaper for young people to buy homes because hes worried about protecting the investment of old homeowners. The zero-sum worldview behind his trade & immigration policies keeps doing more damage. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019045990150680665) 2026-02-04T13:50Z 570.3K followers, 18.8K engagements "The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019105675062792417) 2026-02-04T17:48Z 570.7K followers, 94K engagements "Why does Shawnee County Kansas get more say than Pawnee County Kansas Because it has a lot more people" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019106039036277055) 2026-02-04T17:49Z 570.3K followers, 22K engagements "@HeinrichKuttler If your boss would like to make a clearer argument at greater length I'd be thrilled to engage with it more substantively" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019114486653964750) 2026-02-04T18:23Z 570.7K followers, [----] engagements "Hitting myself in the head with a frying pan to secure leverage over my business partners because if I die they'll lose a customer. TORRES: Does the Trump administration regret imposing tariffs on goods that cannot be produced domestically at scale Do you realize that was foolish BESSENT: Do you realize we use the leverage to bring down tariffs on other countries TORRES: Tariffs on bananas give you https://t.co/tPkOUDK5S3 TORRES: Does the Trump administration regret imposing tariffs on goods that cannot be produced domestically at scale Do you realize that was foolish BESSENT: Do you realize" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019119280034574340) 2026-02-04T18:42Z 570.3K followers, 152.7K engagements "Post disbands its sports section and immediately the Wizards start doing deals that make no sense BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis Jaden Hardy D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton AJ Johnson Malaki Branham Marvin Bagley III [--] first-round picks and [--] second-rounders sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/sfrQQubI5i BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis Jaden Hardy D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton AJ Johnson Malaki Branham Marvin" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019121066111824358) 2026-02-04T18:49Z 571.2K followers, 95.8K engagements "What fucking morons https://x.com/ericm_katz/status/2019127123689218269s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA SCOOP: After shedding 1000s of staff and hiring just 2% of its target for filing season the IRS is detailing HR employees + others w/ no relevant experience to process tax returns/provide customer service. Employees predict systemic failures + skyrocketing error rates on returns https://x.com/ericm_katz/status/2019127123689218269s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA SCOOP: After shedding 1000s of staff and hiring just 2% of its target for filing season the IRS is detailing HR employees + others w/ no" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019134951845920781) 2026-02-04T19:44Z 570.7K followers, 485.2K engagements "@xwanyex Okay but contemporary disputes have nothing to do with the late 18th century dispute between Rhode Island and Virginia" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019141902512320725) 2026-02-04T20:11Z 569.4K followers, [----] engagements "@210LDN1905 I run a profitable small business and have no particularly interest in obtaining a billionaire patron to cover my costs" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019142078102663285) 2026-02-04T20:12Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements "It's completely possible for upzoning to make it cheaper for a renter to buy a home while also increasing the asset value of existing homeowners' property. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019153937639846011) 2026-02-04T20:59Z 571K followers, 21.6K engagements "What did I possibly do to deserve an influx of Flemish-language spam emails today" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019163356914151440) 2026-02-04T21:37Z 571.4K followers, 19.7K engagements "Yes the anti-moderation side keeps raising points that militate in favor of moderation Political elites have rigid coherent ideological orthodoxies. Normal voters like politicians who ditch their party's unpopular stances and show independent-mindedness Most voters don't have cohesive ideologies but that is exactly why we should run heterodox candidates instead of candidates with rigid ideologies. In red and swing areas candidates should be able to point to at least a few areas where they diverge from their side's orthodoxy. Most voters don't have cohesive ideologies but that is exactly why" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019163686452273330) 2026-02-04T21:38Z 570K followers, 32.5K engagements "I think if you read between the lines here you get the sense that Senator Wyden would like to see some public questions asked about something happening at the CIA" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019196512601805144) 2026-02-04T23:48Z 570.7K followers, 67.8K engagements "People used to complain that profitable companies were doing too many buybacks and not enough tangible capital investments. [----] CAPEX: $GOOGL - $175B-$185B vs $119B est $META - $115B-$135B vs $110B est $TSLA - $20B vs $11B est $AMZN - *tomorrow vs $145B est The hyperscalers are going all in on AI. https://t.co/tjBmEmF49Q [----] CAPEX: $GOOGL - $175B-$185B vs $119B est $META - $115B-$135B vs $110B est $TSLA - $20B vs $11B est $AMZN - *tomorrow vs $145B est The hyperscalers are going all in on AI. https://t.co/tjBmEmF49Q" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019196930157605060) 2026-02-04T23:50Z 570.3K followers, 64.8K engagements "A country thats continuing to develop its oil and gas resources on the supply side while making investments to reduce long-term demand for fossil fuels There were only seven gas-powered cars sold in all of Norway last month. https://t.co/q7CamA9oh6 There were only seven gas-powered cars sold in all of Norway last month. https://t.co/q7CamA9oh6" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019211146902008285) 2026-02-05T00:47Z 570.3K followers, 32.1K engagements "Democrats could learn a lot from Norways labor party Morena in Mexico and Mark Carney in Canada. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-reply-to-critics-on-american-oil https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-reply-to-critics-on-american-oil" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019211397347832092) 2026-02-05T00:48Z 570.7K followers, 12.9K engagements "@amandalitman I dont think there should be any singular litmus test we know broadly what the Democratic agenda is and in a conservative place someone who agrees with some of that agenda is worth backing" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019216749800104090) 2026-02-05T01:09Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements "Dont get divorced 👇 Whoever said money cant buy happiness really knew what they were talking about 😔 Whoever said money cant buy happiness really knew what they were talking about 😔" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019220178563973212) 2026-02-05T01:23Z 570.8K followers, 73.6K engagements "@conorsen I dont think they care" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019230072192868841) 2026-02-05T02:02Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements "@akoustov @KelseyTuoc Yes college should be hard. https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-humanities-should-be-harder https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-humanities-should-be-harder" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019247424431432034) 2026-02-05T03:11Z 570.3K followers, [----] engagements "American whaling died shortly after the rise of abundant kerosene but Norway and then the Soviet Union reinvented and revived it with global whale slaughter peaking in the 1960s https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019371889433641424) 2026-02-05T11:25Z 571.2K followers, 30K engagements "Traditional-bound American whalers were out-innovated by Norwegian whale-killing entrepreneur Svend Foyn whose harpoon cannon became a boon to the margarine industry. https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019382465891316117) 2026-02-05T12:07Z 570.8K followers, 14K engagements "Communism was bad for whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019383845464789467) 2026-02-05T12:13Z 570.7K followers, 16.8K engagements "The Post reached great heights of journalistic achievement and readership under Trump One and was sacrificed in Trump Two to Bezos desire to avoid angering the regime but what Im yearning for as a reader is robust coverage of local issues in DC and the suburbs" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019391130295771398) 2026-02-05T12:42Z 571.2K followers, 52.6K engagements "I think this region needs both more routine coverage of our core government institutions and also more analytic coverage to help contextualize things. How does our tax and spending situation compare nationally What are we getting Where does it go" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019392304881234059) 2026-02-05T12:46Z 570.7K followers, 15.9K engagements "The initial rise of coal in the United States mostly crowded out firewood and was probably a big win for the environment https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019408503912505704) 2026-02-05T13:51Z 570.7K followers, 16.4K engagements "This guy runs a fake government watchdog and anti-corruption organization but even with the most corrupt administration in history in office his SOLE passion in life is attacking Democrats and trying to kick people out of the party" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019428429326934410) 2026-02-05T15:10Z 571.3K followers, 25.9K engagements "Is the solution to the affordability crisis cooking chicken legs instead of beef" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019449968222765418) 2026-02-05T16:36Z 570.8K followers, 33.3K engagements "The problem is @DCWard7teachers idea of caring about education was keeping schools closed forever during COVID and then again during the snowstorm and undermining accountability by ending mayoral control of DCPS. To me as a parent its a huge anti-endorsement" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019458509805322641) 2026-02-05T17:10Z 571.3K followers, 32.1K engagements "@KelseyTuoc Republicans want to require photo ID as proof of citizenship which I think is a reasonable goal but the vast majority of drivers licenses and other widely used state photo IDs dont indicate citizenship so it seems like we need a bigger change (or to get everyone passports)" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019460072347197492) 2026-02-05T17:16Z 570.3K followers, 15.2K engagements "@bendreyfuss Gray is a crazy person but I sware thats how we ate them. Similar to seven layer dip" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019465065863246102) 2026-02-05T17:36Z 570.3K followers, [----] engagements "When I first moved to DC the Post still had a subsidiary business where they leveraged their press and citywide network of distribution boxes to print a booklet of apartment rental listings it was just a pure ad catalogue a nice moneymaker wiped out by the internet" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019466791299260785) 2026-02-05T17:42Z 571.1K followers, 16.5K engagements "Need someone to do the electoral college analysis on this. If you take American Facebook friendship links and create [--] contiguous communities out of them this is what they look like: https://t.co/xKwUBb40rZ If you take American Facebook friendship links and create [--] contiguous communities out of them this is what they look like: https://t.co/xKwUBb40rZ" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019476636601667753) 2026-02-05T18:22Z 571.3K followers, 50.6K engagements "Emanuel is making a lot of good points here and elsewhere in his [----] quest but he seems like literally the worst possible messenger for this. Rahm Emanuel stirring the pot: we lost thousands of young men and women in a war built on a lie.Thousands more were maimed for life. We spent a trillion dollars and no one who sold that lie was ever held accountable not legally not morally. 🧵(1/5) Rahm Emanuel stirring the pot: we lost thousands of young men and women in a war built on a lie.Thousands more were maimed for life. We spent a trillion dollars and no one who sold that lie was ever held" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019480574591742434) 2026-02-05T18:37Z 571.2K followers, 85.1K engagements "Perfection the top message is from Beto O'Rourke who nobody cares about anymore and it's also the most vacuous on the list. 🤣 🔵NEW FROM @BlueprintPolls: We tested Democratic Party vision statements from a range of electeds and pundits. Here's what worked and what didnt: Fight language stands out. The top-two most-preferred messages among voters overall as well as independents both lead with https://t.co/QQI4CiQhIj 🔵NEW FROM @BlueprintPolls: We tested Democratic Party vision statements from a range of electeds and pundits. Here's what worked and what didnt: Fight language stands out. The" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019515933371560244) 2026-02-05T20:58Z 571.2K followers, 57K engagements "@Estoppelenjoyer @WeisbergNate Being Biden's ambassador to Japan isn't the biggest problem in the world but it's that + he was a figure in the Obama administration + a Bush-era congress guy + in the Clinton White House and that's all besides his Chicago fights. It's a LOT of baggage and old grudges" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019517457686491229) 2026-02-05T21:04Z 570.3K followers, [---] engagements "A bigger reaction to the Ivica Zubac trade than I was expecting. Today will go down as some kind of turning point. Somewhat arbitrarily but it is OK if journalists and historians have to present things in that manner. Today will go down as some kind of turning point. Somewhat arbitrarily but it is OK if journalists and historians have to present things in that manner" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019538565487554830) 2026-02-05T22:28Z 571.3K followers, 49.8K engagements "@nicktylu Claude Opus 4.6" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019548241012908261) 2026-02-05T23:06Z 570.3K followers, [---] engagements "This is the correct way to Gerrymander IMO rather than making districts that are unwinnable for Republicans even in a red cycle what theyve done is maxed out the expected number of Dem seats in a neutral political climate" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019580924862857635) 2026-02-06T01:16Z 571.3K followers, 68.8K engagements "@katrosenfield Thats why youre a novelist and not working at an Olive Garden" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019582186345976270) 2026-02-06T01:21Z 571.3K followers, 12.8K engagements "This is not how I remember the Lion King Heres what the White House says about the racist depiction of the Obamas in a video that the president posted last night: https://t.co/FTnpSj5bok Heres what the White House says about the racist depiction of the Obamas in a video that the president posted last night: https://t.co/FTnpSj5bok" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019819036503417341) 2026-02-06T17:02Z 571.4K followers, 44.8K engagements "Tall people earn more because they're smarter and stronger. A study of middle-aged Kenyan adults finds that monthly earnings increase by [----] percent per centimeter of increased height from Wilson King @tedmiguel and @mwwalkerecon https://t.co/UJTsakvCzO https://t.co/aLPIs3UKKz A study of middle-aged Kenyan adults finds that monthly earnings increase by [----] percent per centimeter of increased height from Wilson King @tedmiguel and @mwwalkerecon https://t.co/UJTsakvCzO https://t.co/aLPIs3UKKz" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019864217273467073) 2026-02-06T20:02Z 571.2K followers, 48K engagements "This plays as a hype tweet but IMO the timeline isnt short enough were watching exponential growth. for me the odds that AI is a bubble declined significantly in the last [--] weeks and the odds that were actually quite under-built for the necessary levels of inference/usage went significantly up in that period basically I think AI is going to become the home screen of a for me the odds that AI is a bubble declined significantly in the last [--] weeks and the odds that were actually quite under-built for the necessary levels of inference/usage went significantly up in that period basically I think" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019876494429003876) 2026-02-06T20:50Z 571.2K followers, 96K engagements "@Noahpinion Surely this came up in Texas under Jim Crow" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019879368584229141) 2026-02-06T21:02Z 570.8K followers, 10.5K engagements "Parenthesis were not lying this time The White House has deleted the apes video and a person familiar tells me: President Trump didnt see the video (legitimately didnt) a staffer posted it. FWIW only a small handful of staffers have access to his Truth Social account m. The White House has deleted the apes video and a person familiar tells me: President Trump didnt see the video (legitimately didnt) a staffer posted it. FWIW only a small handful of staffers have access to his Truth Social account m" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019915783808147625) 2026-02-06T23:27Z 571.3K followers, 80.5K engagements "The professionalization of the Olympics is a relatively recent event https://www.slowboring.com/p/better-hockey-fewer-miracles https://www.slowboring.com/p/better-hockey-fewer-miracles" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019920152075334058) 2026-02-06T23:44Z 571.2K followers, 30.8K engagements "@MariGO2thepolls The whole song is just her bragging about how chill and cool she is" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019921428712161293) 2026-02-06T23:49Z 570.7K followers, 20.9K engagements "@David_JYoung Makes sense" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019938317559534039) 2026-02-07T00:56Z 570.7K followers, [---] engagements "Will AI replace skiathlon jobs" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020114961989554453) 2026-02-07T12:38Z 571.3K followers, 17K engagements "🍿 I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers lets stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about. I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers lets stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020126065776046347) 2026-02-07T13:22Z 571.3K followers, 86.9K engagements "@daveweigel It would have been good for house republicans from CA VA etc to have thought of this earlier" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020138701347488047) 2026-02-07T14:12Z 571.1K followers, 27.2K engagements "@SeanCasten Wouldnt a bill that makes it harder to vote if you: (a) Dont have a passport (b) Are a married woman who changed her name Mostly suppress the votes of Republicans" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020223234927464568) 2026-02-07T19:48Z 571K followers, [---] engagements "There is more to life than growth and economic efficiency but to me what that means primarily is that we need taxes and a social safety net to ensure that the poor share in the fruits of growth. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-common-sense-economic-agenda https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-common-sense-economic-agenda" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020224288679248049) 2026-02-07T19:52Z 571.2K followers, 18.6K engagements "Has anyone had a worse run as a newspaper publisher ever Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher. https://t.co/hNTf6wyrDk Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher. https://t.co/hNTf6wyrDk" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020269040476778605) 2026-02-07T22:50Z 571.2K followers, 80.2K engagements "@DouglasLFarrar These comparisons are hard to judge but progressives were pretty enthusiastic at the time theres a reason Bernie Warren and the CPC were the last of the Biden dead-enders" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020321557076406686) 2026-02-08T02:19Z 571.2K followers, 17.1K engagements "@DistractedAnna Sandwich. Mac & cheese. Frozen pizza or burrito. Box or can of soup. We used to be a country" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020483669782053022) 2026-02-08T13:03Z 571.3K followers, 19.3K engagements "@GregTSargent Dont you think its a little noteworthy that this same poll shows Republicans with a strong advantage on immigration and it remains one of their best issues even as they are increasingly unpopular and on track to lose the midterms" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020491326890934292) 2026-02-08T13:34Z 571.2K followers, 22.7K engagements "@GregTSargent @AEiffel95 People remember that Democrats were in office very recently and unleashed an immigration situation that they really disliked and its hard to convince them that putting Dems back in office wont lead to a repeat of that" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020497273218810276) 2026-02-08T13:57Z 571.2K followers, 16.1K engagements "Who has the deep dive on the collapse of Dutch speed skating dominance" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020552855279518142) 2026-02-08T17:38Z 571.2K followers, 43.5K engagements "@patdennis @StefFeldman When I was an intern for Schumers communications director [--] years ago I got really good at remembering the codes that would send faxes to different groups of media outlets all-state print only upstate television all Rochester outlets whatever you needed I had a code" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020639687891923336) 2026-02-08T23:23Z 571.3K followers, [---] engagements "Great game for those of us who appreciate some quality kicking and punting" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020666426072121459) 2026-02-09T01:09Z 571.2K followers, 26.6K engagements "Always fun to see Boston lose though its still no helmet catch game" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020694041181257816) 2026-02-09T02:59Z 571.2K followers, 25.6K engagements "Its kind of incredible that American Idiot is in fact *not* about he Trump administration. https://youtu.be/_0UqnYmQyLQsi=57hcOD20GwlX_tmv https://youtu.be/_0UqnYmQyLQsi=57hcOD20GwlX_tmv" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020696491967558049) 2026-02-09T03:09Z 571.2K followers, 77.8K engagements "This was considered at the time to be a strikingly anti-intellectual president who was bad at speaking coherently. https://youtu.be/l16tPdgQzYksi=kfIFYJg_N6FFhfVU https://youtu.be/l16tPdgQzYksi=kfIFYJg_N6FFhfVU" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020697672769036622) 2026-02-09T03:14Z 571.2K followers, 78.3K engagements "@MattZeitlin If he comes out for lower taxes on billionaires to restore fairness to NYC he'll truly be the Lisan al Gaib" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020862133907476589) 2026-02-09T14:07Z 571.2K followers, 12K engagements "First off Iowa in general. After North Carolina the closest Trump states were (in order) Ohio Alaska and then Iowa. In other words it's a very red state but if Democrats are going to compete for the senate majority Iowa is the kind of state where they need to compete" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020926669872038328) 2026-02-09T18:23Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements "@AlexSJacquez @YvannaCancela @AnnieLowrey @Groundwork @ChadMaisel @nealemahoney Where do paper straws rate on the annoyance spectrum" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021009473339523348) 2026-02-09T23:53Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements "@richcalhoun @adam_tooze I mean I suppose if you dont mind really high prices its fine" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021056624014848266) 2026-02-10T03:00Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements "@richcalhoun @xiaowang1984 In the northeast compared to Texas: there is less sunshine land is more expensive parcels are smaller These are fundamental reasons to believe it is harder for solar to succeed in the northeast than in Texas" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021193863390461996) 2026-02-10T12:05Z 571.2K followers, [---] engagements "@DeanBaker13 Well youd reduce cargo capacity with more batteries. They probably figure its better to just deliver something thats cost effective on short routes first and then try to go bigger as batteries improve" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021197260722405891) 2026-02-10T12:19Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements "Trump is who he is but its fascinating that the entire conservative movement has decided to subordinate itself to these antics. @PunchbowlNews PM: TRUMP WANTS HIS NAME ON DULLES PENN STATION Trump admin asked SCHUMER to support his renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after TRUMP. TRUMP would release funding for Gateway project in exchange. THE BACKSTORY: https://t.co/218DPAWjih @PunchbowlNews PM: TRUMP WANTS HIS NAME ON DULLES PENN STATION Trump admin asked SCHUMER to support his renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after TRUMP. TRUMP would release funding for Gateway project" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019548151397683290) 2026-02-05T23:06Z 571.5K followers, 229.9K engagements "If you run into JD Vance at the Olympics and arent sure if its really him his VANCE windbreaker will be useful" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020539535457653015) 2026-02-08T16:45Z 571.5K followers, 381.8K engagements "Reformation Effect Literacy rate in Europe around [----] 📚 https://t.co/FHBNCbFPTo Literacy rate in Europe around [----] 📚 https://t.co/FHBNCbFPTo" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021608295811756200) 2026-02-11T15:32Z 571.5K followers, 34.9K engagements "Is the SF teachers union fighting for strong public schools I'm skeptical. Teachers shouldnt have to strike for fair pay or health care. I stand with the United Educators of San Francisco and with every Californian fighting for strong public schools https://t.co/oorUFyDVW0 Teachers shouldnt have to strike for fair pay or health care. I stand with the United Educators of San Francisco and with every Californian fighting for strong public schools https://t.co/oorUFyDVW0" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021729181046841395) 2026-02-11T23:32Z 571.5K followers, 271.3K engagements "The YIMBY movement has been subjected to an incredible volume of concern trolling over the past five years but continued to put wins on the board in all kinds of places in a way that nobody else in politics is. https://www.slowboring.com/p/housing-has-a-pulse-and-a-reckoning https://www.slowboring.com/p/housing-has-a-pulse-and-a-reckoning" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021729904266518795) 2026-02-11T23:35Z 571.5K followers, 40.6K engagements "@musharbash_b @churroallie I don't understand what you think "bad faith" is or means in this context. But I am happy to bring this bizarre blood feud back to the world of antitrust doctrine where we have a non-fake disagreement" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022126503056879725) 2026-02-13T01:51Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements "My interpretation of this anecdote has always been that its about the inherently pragmatic influence of holding executive office (where you are responsible for outcomes) rather than legislative. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/02/before-the-revolution-bernie-sanders-burlington/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/02/before-the-revolution-bernie-sanders-burlington/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019026544622977285) 2026-02-04T12:33Z 571.3K followers, 16.6K engagements "@bendreyfuss White people (this was how we ate tacos in nyc in the benighted 1980s)" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019463174093697480) 2026-02-05T17:28Z 571.3K followers, 16K engagements "Hakeem Jeffries: On track to win the majority Neutralized Trumps gerrymandering gambit Has wielded discharge petitions to more effect than any minority leader Vindicated on the ACA shutdown tactic Not bad https://www.slowboring.com/p/saying-what-we-mean-about-ice https://www.slowboring.com/p/saying-what-we-mean-about-ice" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019757050960437532) 2026-02-06T12:56Z 571.3K followers, 175.9K engagements "This will create jobs for American-born math geniuses another America First win. Vietnams two most world-renowned mathematicians Vu Ha Van (Yale) and Ngo Bao Chau (UChicago) are both leaving the US for the University of Hong Kong. https://t.co/Q56o0fW362 Vietnams two most world-renowned mathematicians Vu Ha Van (Yale) and Ngo Bao Chau (UChicago) are both leaving the US for the University of Hong Kong. https://t.co/Q56o0fW362" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019771647025127519) 2026-02-06T13:54Z 571.3K followers, 250.3K engagements "I think this is correct but its not dumb what the swing voters think is very important This whole Kamala lost because she was too moderate/too progressive argument is so dumb. ➡ Progressives/lefties thought Harris was too moderate Moderates/swing voters thought Harris was too progressive/lefty She was caught in no mans land. Plus inflation was high. This whole Kamala lost because she was too moderate/too progressive argument is so dumb. ➡ Progressives/lefties thought Harris was too moderate Moderates/swing voters thought Harris was too progressive/lefty She was caught in no mans land. Plus" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020855334311456820) 2026-02-09T13:40Z 571.3K followers, 50.3K engagements "Because much of rural Texas is organized as very large ranches it is possible to purchase or lease a very large plot of private land and build a utility-scale solar project on it. Even low-density parts of the northeast tend not to have many large parcels available" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020860411097002244) 2026-02-09T14:00Z 571.3K followers, 22K engagements "Obesity is/was the number one public health problem in America the fact that we finally developed an effective treatment and there is interest in marketing it is very good people keep throwing glp-1s in here as if theyre not actually solving a real issue people keep throwing glp-1s in here as if theyre not actually solving a real issue" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020880817497461169) 2026-02-09T15:21Z 571.3K followers, 69.6K engagements "Progressives need to find a way to connect the half of their brain that loves regulatory mandates to buy electric cars with the half of their brain that is furious at Elon Musk in particular and "tech billionaires" in general. https://www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-should-stop-subsiding-tesla https://www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-should-stop-subsiding-tesla" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020881558723277216) 2026-02-09T15:24Z 571.3K followers, 15.8K engagements "He represents an area where Obama did well but that swung toward Trump in [----] and stayed red ever since. He won his state leg seat in [----] with an over-performance that projects to statewide victory. He calls himself a common-sense moderate but also a prairie populist" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020927758189330445) 2026-02-09T18:28Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements "@KarthikForTexas Yes instead of trying to win elections the Democratic Party could just give up on its existence" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021222350956511354) 2026-02-10T13:58Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements "@ZacharyGraves If nobody does it then nobody does it but Musk seems like a pretty smart and successful guy to me" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021314741503738330) 2026-02-10T20:06Z 571.3K followers, 15.4K engagements "@garagemahal2 @ZacharyGraves I think a lot of leftwing people over-index on anti-Musk sentiment. It is true that he has made some overstated forecasts. It is also true that he has pulled off a lot of impressive study. I hope Space X thrives which it may not but I worry about monopolization" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021319158391070805) 2026-02-10T20:23Z 571.4K followers, [----] engagements "@brianbeutler @tysonbrody @gelliottmorris I ran out of Claude tokens but can probably do that tomorrow when mine refresh" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021765030706852248) 2026-02-12T01:55Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements "@WeisbergNate I didn't write it at all Claude Opus [---] did" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021767568277578034) 2026-02-12T02:05Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements "@WeisbergNate Chat GPT did this one but I don't think it's as good. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021756531876790601s=20 https://t.co/4cRZZxzP6K https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021756531876790601s=20 https://t.co/4cRZZxzP6K" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021769002276548940) 2026-02-12T02:11Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements "I think a little underrated that: [--]. Wage stagnation was very real [--]. Wage stagnation ended [--] years ago [--]. Wage stagnation coincided with the runaway political success of Ronald Reagan's coalition" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019140872970113033) 2026-02-04T20:07Z 571.5K followers, 92.1K engagements "@musharbash_b I definitely think sports betting should be regulated more strictly. What do you think" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022118653664407758) 2026-02-13T01:20Z 571.5K followers, [----] engagements "Something I learned today from feeding DC Public Charter School Board data to AI student performance at DC's branches of the vaunted KIPP charter school network has collapsed since [----] dragging the entire charter sector average down with it" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022119845580640348) 2026-02-13T01:25Z 571.5K followers, 47.2K engagements "Out: Tax the rich rallies In: Technocratic street design changes I continue to be pleased with Mamdanis pragmatic turn as an executive office holder https://www.slowboring.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-strong-start https://www.slowboring.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-strong-start" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022327515730346114) 2026-02-13T15:10Z 571.5K followers, 34.2K engagements "Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took meaningful politically costly pro-Israel actions that displeased their base and for their trouble got completely hung out to dry" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019807480864505975) 2026-02-06T16:16Z 571.5K followers, 488.4K engagements "Civil War pension payments reached their peak hilariously late in American history" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020925786245439784) 2026-02-09T18:20Z 571.5K followers, 48.6K engagements "Feels like Anglophone countries are at a disadvantage here since I bet the Czechs understand our English conversations just fine but they get to speak in secret code" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021656204322521577) 2026-02-11T18:42Z 571.5K followers, 20.1K engagements "More and more people are saying than LNG exports are good https://heatmap.news/energy/cleaner-lng https://heatmap.news/energy/cleaner-lng" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021674188738806130) 2026-02-11T19:54Z 571.5K followers, 17.3K engagements "It's unfortunate that the United States is stuck with this vocabulary where "socialist" and "very liberal" mean roughly the same thing. An all-time high 58% of voters say the Dem Party is too liberal. This comes as 1-in-3 Democrats think of themselves as Democratic Socialists And the % of Dems who say they're very liberal has quadrupled since [----]. NJ-11 NYC mayor & Bernie Sanders are no aberration. https://t.co/J0xuskHgn6 An all-time high 58% of voters say the Dem Party is too liberal. This comes as 1-in-3 Democrats think of themselves as Democratic Socialists And the % of Dems who say" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021999059666718888) 2026-02-12T17:25Z 571.5K followers, 52.9K engagements "@GregTSargent @mtomasky To my way of thinking which is maybe just too small minded everything is about priorities and choices. If were laser focused on a critique of billionaires we need to downplay other things if were all-in on defending immigrants we should seek business allies" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022297914983289052) 2026-02-13T13:12Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements "@GregTSargent @mtomasky @Nate_Cohn I think understand your argument. And I think understand MTs argument. To me they seem like arguments you guys should have with each other and I think it is noteworthy that you dont see it that way" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022324987512680781) 2026-02-13T15:00Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements "@GregTSargent @mtomasky @Nate_Cohn I keep trying and failing to disengage from this conversation. I read both articles. I thought there was a tension. I asked you if you thought there was a tension. You say theres is no tension. That is a useful clarifying answer to me. I promise I will write something longer" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2022329128993857967) 2026-02-13T15:16Z 571.5K followers, [----] engagements "AIPAC nuking Malinowski and thereby electing a further-left House member is not just a fiasco on its own terms but will probably permanently take the shine of their image as genius political puppetmasters" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019757856812097810) 2026-02-06T12:59Z 571.5K followers, 137.5K engagements "Sickos: yes What photo ID also proves that you are a citizen There are only two options. 1) US Passport 2) "Enhanced" driver's licenses which are only offered by [--] states: Michigan Minnesota New York Vermont and Washington State 3/ What photo ID also proves that you are a citizen There are only two options. 1) US Passport 2) "Enhanced" driver's licenses which are only offered by [--] states: Michigan Minnesota New York Vermont and Washington State 3/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019772194948030466) 2026-02-06T13:56Z 571.5K followers, 411.8K engagements "More than that when you see complaints about the VA map its good to recall that Democrats have been proposing a national gerrymandering ban for years its a good idea and Republicans oppose it. when you see complaints about the VA map good to recall that just a few months ago Texas drew a single district that was as long as Virginia itself to crack the college town of Denton https://t.co/yPzyWXxUPD when you see complaints about the VA map good to recall that just a few months ago Texas drew a single district that was as long as Virginia itself to crack the college town of Denton" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020122174330147320) 2026-02-07T13:07Z 571.5K followers, 362.5K engagements "Cracking down on fare evasion is good https://www.slowboring.com/p/dc-is-right-to-crack-down-on-metro https://www.slowboring.com/p/dc-is-right-to-crack-down-on-metro" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021265521107189884) 2026-02-10T16:50Z 571.5K followers, 37.7K engagements "@MarcGoldwein Well an AI executive told me earlier this week there's going to be [--] percent annual GDP growth soon so maybe it'll all work out _()_/" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021650746052374884) 2026-02-11T18:21Z 571.5K followers, 12.2K engagements "You can just be normal and watch the Olympics https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-liberal-case-for-the-olympics https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-liberal-case-for-the-olympics" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021757761290482168) 2026-02-12T01:26Z 571.5K followers, 16.2K engagements "It wasnt like the newspaper owners of yore were just really nice guys they were making tons of money selling thick stacks of newsprint full of ads because their printing presses were the best way for businesses to target customers" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019466426193481766) 2026-02-05T17:41Z 571.5K followers, 19K engagements "lmao andrews et al are still going days later with asians are too good at school" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2019843286241026162) 2026-02-06T18:39Z 571.5K followers, 88.8K engagements "I wish Mark Zuckerberg had gone from backing far-left causes to backing center-left ones rather than skipping all the way to cozying up to MAGA" [X Link](https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2020225025844850979) 2026-02-07T19:55Z 571.4K followers, 44.7K engagements Limited data mode. 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Social category influence countries 9.88% finance #4365 celebrities #7077 technology brands 2.12% stocks #2175 social networks 1.41% automotive brands 0.71% cryptocurrencies 0.24% nba 0.24% travel destinations 0.24%
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"Choose your fighter"
X Link 2022-12-25T00:59Z 571.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"It makes food more expensive but it's also bad for the environment what's not to like"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:08Z 570.2K followers, 16.7K engagements
"Of course I get the tension between housing affordability and wanting homeowners to get a return on their investment. But I've never seen someone propose banning new companies from forming as a way to boost stock market wealth"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:59Z 568.6K followers, 44.1K engagements
"Dropoff and pickup in snowy conditions was unquestionably difficult but every area business and area working is struggling with this stuff and as someone who believes in public education I was glad that kids were in school and learning. https://x.com/wtuteacher/status/2016987242321822024s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA How did today go We have been told about unsafe crosswalks and pick up and drop off sites. Schools without heat and burst pipes. We can still make the right call for tomorrow. Let officials know: https://t.co/vKWBBVF6Lc https://t.co/xp9485KOOW"
X Link 2026-01-29T21:44Z 570K followers, 47K engagements
"Im really worried that if the WTU gets their way and @Janeese4DC becomes mayor were just never going to have school. There are so many great hard-working teachers in this city but the union is dominated by these weird malingerers. While we appreciate DC service workers dedication during this emergency reopening schools without a proper safety plan has put educators students and families at risk. Our communities deserve leadership that prioritizes safety EVERY TIME. https://t.co/pZR5fndLya https://t.co/yO4zfC7FzK While we appreciate DC service workers dedication during this emergency reopening"
X Link 2026-01-30T01:10Z 570.2K followers, 238.6K engagements
"TIL English people call hiking walking these are totally different things https://www.ariababu.co.uk/p/how-to-find-a-husband-and-why-you https://www.ariababu.co.uk/p/how-to-find-a-husband-and-why-you"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:06Z 568.9K followers, 44K engagements
"Except manufacturing is down Trump's dollar policy could be summed up as: "Sell cars not bonds." A trade deficit is financed by selling IOUs such as bonds. Past presidents prioritized confidence in bonds and the U.S. financial system and therefore a strong dollar. Trump prioritizes reducing the trade Trump's dollar policy could be summed up as: "Sell cars not bonds." A trade deficit is financed by selling IOUs such as bonds. Past presidents prioritized confidence in bonds and the U.S. financial system and therefore a strong dollar. Trump prioritizes reducing the trade"
X Link 2026-01-30T14:27Z 568.9K followers, 57.8K engagements
"However upset you may be at corporate America's reaction to Trump the fact is that small business owners are (on average) an incredibly right-wing group so regulations to arbitrarily favor them are not going to help bolster democracy against MAGA"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:26Z 570K followers, 91.5K engagements
"The most perverse thing about zoning-induced housing scarcity is that it generates this downstream concern that if poor neighborhoods become better places to live that will be bad for the existing residents. One of the top NYT comments is if would be bad to improve transit access for poor people because it will make their neighborhoods more attractive for people to live in 🙃 https://t.co/78Nk78vqjV One of the top NYT comments is if would be bad to improve transit access for poor people because it will make their neighborhoods more attractive for people to live in 🙃 https://t.co/78Nk78vqjV"
X Link 2026-01-30T16:41Z 570K followers, 96.2K engagements
"It's so over"
X Link 2026-01-30T20:09Z 570.1K followers, 124.5K engagements
"It's impressive how much demand there is for living in Greater Boston considering the weather. An interactive zip-code level map of the median home price in the US (link in comments). Not my work but very cool and worth sharing. https://t.co/rgfF5MtDoi An interactive zip-code level map of the median home price in the US (link in comments). Not my work but very cool and worth sharing. https://t.co/rgfF5MtDoi"
X Link 2026-01-31T00:17Z 570.2K followers, 817.3K engagements
"I am frustrated with the snow/ice situation in DC right now but it is worth saying that the suburbs are if anything even more shut down. It seems nobody in the region was prepared for this particular combination of weather not just one city government"
X Link 2026-01-31T00:28Z 568.9K followers, 103.9K engagements
"I don't think @ezraklein is an apologist of white supremacist views and an accessory to genocidal state violence"
X Link 2026-01-31T01:50Z 570.2K followers, 341.3K engagements
"Part of the affordability crisis is pretty clearly people just refusing to be thrifty you should not be spending a quarter of your salary on DoorDash"
X Link 2026-01-31T10:30Z 570.2K followers, 3.5M engagements
"Rufo posits that Minneapolis & Seattle are left-wing due to the dysgenic influence of Nordic immigrants"
X Link 2026-01-31T11:57Z 570.2K followers, 672.8K engagements
"I believe that high housing costs are caused by Italian ancestry"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:26Z 569K followers, 65.9K engagements
"@MattZeitlin I remember going to Denmark with some progressive journalists and they were all appalled by the high price of random retail services. What did yall think an egalitarian wage distribution meant vibes papers essays"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:30Z 570.1K followers, 41.1K engagements
"I think people should consider the possibility that they are simply misunderstanding what the case SJP is trying to advance is rather than that they dont realize that Klein is very critical of Israel. This is really stupid. @ezraklein has used his massive platform to host the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Philippe Sand for substantive conversations on Israel's mass crimes. This type of "activism" does nothing to advance the cause it purports to champion. This is really stupid. @ezraklein has used his massive platform to host the likes of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Philippe Sand for substantive"
X Link 2026-01-31T12:47Z 568.9K followers, 159.5K engagements
"Not that it explains the phenomenon but I think the regional gap within Italy is usefully contextualized by zooming out. I have never understood the massive economic gap in Italy. Why is the North with its various industries one of the wealthiest areas in Europe while the South remains so extremely poor Same country same language same culture same laws and taxes. Can someone please explain https://t.co/6CDsHdht8P I have never understood the massive economic gap in Italy. Why is the North with its various industries one of the wealthiest areas in Europe while the South remains so extremely"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:42Z 570.2K followers, 71.7K engagements
"Switzerland (not shown here because its not in the EU) is richer than Germany or Italy or France and the richest parts of those three countries are the adjacent to Switzerland parts and Austria is very rich by EU standards. Theres a cross-border Alpine rich zone"
X Link 2026-01-31T15:44Z 570.2K followers, 31.4K engagements
"Yoram Hazony voice: Very odd to see antisemitism repeatedly popping up in my right-wing nationalist movement this has never happened before. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/bovino-jewish-prosecutor-minnesota.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/us/bovino-jewish-prosecutor-minnesota.html"
X Link 2026-01-31T21:37Z 570K followers, 48.6K engagements
"@ArmandDoma I think its also because he wrote a column about Charlie Kirk that had a kinda bad headline if you read it outside the context of the full article"
X Link 2026-01-31T22:08Z 569K followers, 61.3K engagements
"Trumps fetishization of the dirtiest form of widely used energy is going to end up raising costs relative to just letting the gas + renewables steamroller continue. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/31/coal-plants-energy-department-mandates-electricity/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/01/31/coal-plants-energy-department-mandates-electricity/"
X Link 2026-01-31T22:29Z 569K followers, 31.1K engagements
"The levels of corruption in this administration are insane Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family Four days before Trumps inauguration lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal w/the Trump family to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500M according to documents & people familiar. The buyer paid half up front steering $187M to Trump family"
X Link 2026-02-01T11:20Z 571.1K followers, 215.3K engagements
"Obviously you should be exploring deeper issues like MI-SEN on a first date Crockett/Talarico you should be able to settle via text before even going out. I hate DC what do you mean the couple on a first date next to me started the conversation with so what do you think of Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico I hate DC what do you mean the couple on a first date next to me started the conversation with so what do you think of Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico"
X Link 2026-02-01T11:36Z 569K followers, 85.3K engagements
"Bukharin obviously the best of the got purged by Stalin Old Bolsheviks. Ive become less and less impressed with Leon Trotsky over time The left wing of the Politburo during the 1920s only looks better than Stalin because they got to criticize from the sidelines It would have been a disaster if they were in charge Ive become less and less impressed with Leon Trotsky over time The left wing of the Politburo during the 1920s only looks better than Stalin because they got to criticize from the sidelines It would have been a disaster if they were in charge"
X Link 2026-02-01T11:42Z 570.8K followers, 44.9K engagements
"Its true that small donors are even further left than big donors but Democratic Party large-dollar donors are to the left of rank-and-file Democrats. The party should reject the influence of both kinds of donors and be more moderate especially on cultural issues. When people talk of donors they arent referring to small givers who fuel economic populist candidates. They are talking about the kind of big donors that Yglesias sucks up to and keep us wedded to our dying neoliberal establishment. When people talk of donors they arent referring to small givers who fuel economic populist candidates."
X Link 2026-02-01T15:05Z 570.3K followers, 115K engagements
"@katz_morris So Tom Steyer is not a corporate Democrat because hes a self-financing billionaire"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:17Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@zachdcarter What is a progressive policy agenda that is responsive to the concerns of people who want DoorDash to be cheaper"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:19Z 571.1K followers, 39.1K engagements
"I just want to say that I am actually very successful and well-liked The point of performative Yglesias-bashing is to intimidate other writers out of just forcefully saying true things even though on balance youll do better if you forcefully say true things. A big part of why lots of people hate Yglesias is sometimes he's just rude and says stuff like this everyone who works in Democratic politics knows this about donors of course but it's considered uncouth to actually say out loud. A big part of why lots of people hate Yglesias is sometimes he's just rude and says stuff like this everyone"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:24Z 571.4K followers, 229.5K engagements
"A lot of writers are held back by excessive fear of minor amounts of social media conflict and end up muffing their own most interesting or important ideas in favor of doing the seventeenth-best version of the same take all their peers are doing. https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-i-write-such-excellent-posts https://www.slowboring.com/p/why-i-write-such-excellent-posts"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:30Z 568.9K followers, 29.7K engagements
"Musk evaded being tarnished by a visit to Epstein Island seemingly because Epstein didnt want him to come despite his best efforts to get invited to a wild party"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:54Z 570.3K followers, 99.2K engagements
"@zachdcarter Then why are you mad about a post I did about DoorDash"
X Link 2026-02-01T17:01Z 570.7K followers, [----] engagements
"A take I am mulling is that online recipe content has obscured from a lot of people that it is possible to cook at home in an extremely lazy way. [--] meals at $3 each (with leftover cheese). Now tell me again how DoorDash is actually cheaper than cooking at home https://t.co/t0T0TVH9aF [--] meals at $3 each (with leftover cheese). Now tell me again how DoorDash is actually cheaper than cooking at home https://t.co/t0T0TVH9aF"
X Link 2026-02-01T19:42Z 571.5K followers, 1.1M engagements
"The early communication around this storm was bad but I'm a bit of an apologist for the substance of the response a heavy snow + stretch of cold days this long is a very unusual confluence of events and it would be wasteful to have invested heavily in appropriate equipment"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:08Z 568.9K followers, 58.9K engagements
"Anti-Asian sentiment is the highest form of nativism because you have to resort to saying stuff like "the problem is they work too hard in school" and do it with a straight face. Asian immigrants are often openly contemptuous of American education normslike that Vivek tweetbecause they think the only reason someone would opt out of grind culture is because theyre lazy and stupid. Actually American education is traditionally quite demanding it just Asian immigrants are often openly contemptuous of American education normslike that Vivek tweetbecause they think the only reason someone would opt"
X Link 2026-02-01T20:42Z 571.4K followers, 758.4K engagements
"There's not as many people using Twitter there as in New York or DC but this storm killed dozens of people in Mississippi Tennessee and Kentucky"
X Link 2026-02-01T21:03Z 569K followers, 41.3K engagements
"When/where solar works well zero marginal cost electricity is pretty cool"
X Link 2026-02-01T21:47Z 571.4K followers, 25.2K engagements
"@elonmusk I mean the reason you knew youd be smeared despite never having attended his parties is that you knew there was correspondence where you are talking about your desire to attend parties on his island"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:15Z 571K followers, 82.3K engagements
"@glukianoff Schools are closed tomorrow in Arlington Fairfax Montgomery and almost all the other suburban counties"
X Link 2026-02-01T23:22Z 571.1K followers, 192.5K engagements
"@DrewSav @rosanthony3 Not me I think theyre bad people"
X Link 2026-02-02T00:07Z 568.9K followers, 55.5K engagements
"Trump destroying American institutions with his ego and corruption rendered incredibly concrete. With ticket sales plummeting and artists pulling out Trump decides to close the Kennedy Center for two years promising to renovate it and try again to find an audience and performers when it reopens in [----]. With ticket sales plummeting and artists pulling out Trump decides to close the Kennedy Center for two years promising to renovate it and try again to find an audience and performers when it reopens in 2028"
X Link 2026-02-02T00:14Z 570K followers, 112K engagements
"Guy who wants nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein 😂😂"
X Link 2026-02-02T00:36Z 571.1K followers, 289K engagements
"Income cap of $500000 More tax breaks for poor seniors https://t.co/wR1lXTJsFl More tax breaks for poor seniors https://t.co/wR1lXTJsFl"
X Link 2026-02-02T02:19Z 571.5K followers, 125.1K engagements
"These programs giving special property tax breaks to seniors: [--]. Push more of the tax burden onto working people [--]. Generate misallocation of the housing stock by discouraging empty nesters from realizing their capital gains https://www.slowboring.com/p/where-has-all-the-money-gone https://www.slowboring.com/p/where-has-all-the-money-gone"
X Link 2026-02-02T02:21Z 571.1K followers, 55.7K engagements
"Democrats [----] front-running is the single politician in the whole country with the most similar resume and profile to Kamala Harris two San Franciscans who won statewide in California and never needed to appeal to swing voters. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala"
X Link 2026-02-02T11:03Z 571.5K followers, 262.1K engagements
"Most Democrats say they value electability highly in [----] nominee but they also say that Gavin Newsom who has a weak electoral track-record is their idea of an electability candidate. Over-indexing on identity. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala"
X Link 2026-02-02T11:56Z 571.1K followers, 42.5K engagements
"Trump doing the right thing here Its received relatively little fanfare but the Trump admins Medicare proposal has got the health insurance lobby freaking out. Medicare adds a half trillion to the debt each year and Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors luxury benefits like golf and horseback riding. https://t.co/mL7Gr9thpP Its received relatively little fanfare but the Trump admins Medicare proposal has got the health insurance lobby freaking out. Medicare adds a half trillion to the debt each year and Medicare Advantage plans offer seniors luxury benefits like golf and horseback riding."
X Link 2026-02-02T12:41Z 568.9K followers, 134K engagements
"Politics is a strange kind of tournament where it requires tremendous skill to get a job like Governor of California or US Senator from California but "good at beating Republicans at elections" is not the skill you need. https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala https://www.slowboring.com/p/gavin-newsom-is-very-similar-to-kamala"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:49Z 569K followers, 20.7K engagements
"You see this time and again among incumbent House Democrats AOC and Ro Khanna easily out-fundraise frontline electoral overperformers like Henry Cuellar Ada Gray and Don Davis"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:59Z 570.1K followers, 14K engagements
"Tariffs are bad economics but good for large incumbents with lobbying clout who can secure exemptions for themselves"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:28Z 571.3K followers, 23.8K engagements
"This is ultimately a big part of the appeal to Trump. He likes that tariffs empower him personally and create more opportunities to do corruption. https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-tariffs-mean-big-opportunities https://www.slowboring.com/p/trumps-tariffs-mean-big-opportunities"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:30Z 571.4K followers, 29.7K engagements
"I think it's pretty dangerous for people in DC to see our situation as that closely analogous to New York we are much smaller do not have a population of billionaires and face much more intense competition for investment from the inner suburbs. https://ggwash.org/view/102257/what-dc-mayoral-candidates-should-learn-from-zohran-mamdanis-playbook https://ggwash.org/view/102257/what-dc-mayoral-candidates-should-learn-from-zohran-mamdanis-playbook"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:42Z 570.1K followers, 189.9K engagements
"What does Chuck Schumer think was happening during Jim Crow The SAVE Act would impose Jim Crow style restrictions on voting. It will be dead on arrival in the Senate. My statement: https://t.co/OAJRsmgkWn The SAVE Act would impose Jim Crow style restrictions on voting. It will be dead on arrival in the Senate. My statement: https://t.co/OAJRsmgkWn"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:27Z 570.7K followers, 77.1K engagements
"From [--------] poverty fell by [--] percentage points with even larger declines for Black people and all children. https://www.nber.org/papers/w34759 https://www.nber.org/papers/w34759"
X Link 2026-02-02T19:01Z 571.4K followers, 118.4K engagements
"In a favorable cycle like [----] either Flanagan or Craig would be a heavy favorite to win the seat but Craig is a very strong electoral performer who'll have a much easier time holding it if there's a tough cycle in the future. Oh wow: Sen. Tina Smith endorses Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan in race against Rep. Angie Craig to replace Smith who isn't running Very interesting because Smith had been urging DSCC/Dem leaders to stay neutral as some Dems believed they wanted Craig https://t.co/0RzC15mL1h Oh wow: Sen. Tina Smith endorses Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan in race against Rep. Angie Craig to replace"
X Link 2026-02-02T19:39Z 570K followers, 78.6K engagements
"Okay I am changing my mind @DKThomp I spent so many tokens in my terminal window and.you.just tweeted it out. https://t.co/DhRFZHskoq @DKThomp I spent so many tokens in my terminal window and.you.just tweeted it out. https://t.co/DhRFZHskoq"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:26Z 568.9K followers, 53.5K engagements
"Some good points here from @StefFeldman https://substack.com/home/post/p-186607194 https://substack.com/home/post/p-186607194"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:48Z 570K followers, 22.4K engagements
"@GabeMenchaca MLK Deli shoutout Sick burn on South Capitol Street"
X Link 2026-02-02T23:18Z 570K followers, [---] engagements
"@GabeMenchaca I believe it's all quotes from a Washington Post reporter who have her a tour without knowing who she was. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/i-gave-a-famous-rock-star-a-windshield-tour-of-dc--and-didnt-know-who-she-was/2016/03/18/8124ab28-e488-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/i-gave-a-famous-rock-star-a-windshield-tour-of-dc--and-didnt-know-who-she-was/2016/03/18/8124ab28-e488-11e5-bc08-3e03a5b41910_story.html"
X Link 2026-02-02T23:35Z 569.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@awprokop @speechboy71 Yeah I don't think it's a big mystery what happened Joe Biden had a message on immigration that voters liked and then he delivered policy results they hated and it's hard for Democrats to persuade people the same thing won't happen again"
X Link 2026-02-02T23:42Z 569.9K followers, 33.9K engagements
"AIPAC realized that hitting @Malinowski on Israel would probably help him in a primary so they pivoted to hitting him from the left on ICE. https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-upset-in-texas-and-a-new-jersey https://www.slowboring.com/p/an-upset-in-texas-and-a-new-jersey"
X Link 2026-02-02T23:47Z 571.1K followers, 60.5K engagements
"Conservatives do not like to read All of the Top [--] Substack newsletters are leftists (Richardson Reich Krugman) ex-conservative leftists (Bulwark Lincoln Project) or post-left liberals (Weiss Taibbi). The only conservatives are yours truly and what seems to be a spam newsletter run by Mike Huckabee. https://t.co/aUNvq9d4YS All of the Top [--] Substack newsletters are leftists (Richardson Reich Krugman) ex-conservative leftists (Bulwark Lincoln Project) or post-left liberals (Weiss Taibbi). The only conservatives are yours truly and what seems to be a spam newsletter run by Mike Huckabee."
X Link 2026-02-02T23:48Z 571.5K followers, 899.7K engagements
"The people in charge 25-30 years ago were driven by utopian views about the political impact of the internet (and therefore economic development) on China and other authoritarian states. https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization"
X Link 2026-02-03T11:14Z 570.3K followers, 24K engagements
"Cheaper beer financed by stingier benefits for families with kids does not seem like a great idea. 🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he would cut pint prices by 5p through slashing beer duty by 10% Reform claims it would be funded by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap @Telegraph 🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage says he would cut pint prices by 5p through slashing beer duty by 10% Reform claims it would be funded by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap @Telegraph"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:12Z 570.2K followers, 59.9K engagements
"Kerosene killed the harpoon star"
X Link 2026-02-03T14:20Z 570K followers, 16K engagements
"1-2 percentage points is a small number but it's a very big deal. https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/matthew-yglesias/ https://www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-not-to-defeat-authoritarianism/matthew-yglesias/"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:29Z 570.3K followers, 44.1K engagements
"@Rafa_Mangual Well the numbers are what they are"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:44Z 570.3K followers, 18.6K engagements
"@maiamindel @MariGO2thepolls Whatever that means is glossing over a lot of ideological content though"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:35Z 568.2K followers, 22.9K engagements
"We need Nolan to cut out the woke nonsense and go back to making movies about heroic communists who face down the national security state"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:39Z 570K followers, 28.3K engagements
"A nice run of sustained real wage growth has made everyone feel great about the economy"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:08Z 570K followers, 31.3K engagements
"When I was in college I really thought Rawls (and the [----] version of Bernie Sanders) had gotten this wrong but I've come around to the view that he was right all along and liberalism needs to be bounded by a national community. https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization https://www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism-and-globalization"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:07Z 571.5K followers, 69K engagements
"American Society of Plastic Surgeons recommends against gender transition surgeries for minors https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/03/plastic-surgeons-youth-gender-surgeries-guidance/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/02/03/plastic-surgeons-youth-gender-surgeries-guidance/"
X Link 2026-02-03T21:16Z 571.4K followers, 150.5K engagements
"@deanwball @peterwildeford @Jonas_Vollmer @AndyMasley In my experience AI safety people are pretty worried about data center NIMBYism pushing physical infrastructure into authoritarian jurisdictions where there will be no hope of doing sound safety-oriented regulation"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:12Z 568.6K followers, [---] engagements
"An impressive political skill on Mamdanis part is convincing his base that hes delivering on all kinds of stuff without actually doing very much. This from BS is spot on. The salient feature that defines why @NYCMayor is awesome is because he is high agency when nearly the entire coterie of elected Democrats are low agency losers capable only of saying Im worried and texting fundraising appeals that begin with My https://t.co/SocIKOAJkm This from BS is spot on. The salient feature that defines why @NYCMayor is awesome is because he is high agency when nearly the entire coterie of elected"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:14Z 570.7K followers, 292.5K engagements
"The sweet spot in politics is to Do Nothing (see Phil Scott & Andy Beshear) but unless you face an overwhelming opposition legislature this tends to make your own supporters angry. If you can thread the needle youre ready to win"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:15Z 570.5K followers, 38.2K engagements
"Yes one billion Americans is an effort to refocus immigration policy in national interest terms. https://t.co/nvWrgBVkv2 https://t.co/nvWrgBVkv2"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:36Z 570.3K followers, 39.7K engagements
"What I really like about this clip is that Pulido keeps the blame for Trumps overreach on Donald Trump and his team the people actually making the decisions rather than treating it as an emergent property of the existence or ICE and other agencies. Bobby Pulido set the record straight: You can support public safety and know that this administration has gone too far. https://t.co/4iwgq8w13i Bobby Pulido set the record straight: You can support public safety and know that this administration has gone too far. https://t.co/4iwgq8w13i"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:47Z 570K followers, 38.7K engagements
"You can literally just blame Trump and try to beat him not everything is a structural problem that needs a structural solution. https://www.slowboring.com/p/blame-trump-for-trump-era-immigration https://www.slowboring.com/p/blame-trump-for-trump-era-immigration"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:48Z 570.3K followers, 18K engagements
"@tunak I mean what has actually happened"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:34Z 568.9K followers, 12K engagements
"@JDVance Hes clearly not calling on anyone to shoot law enforcement personnel hes saying that it endangers law enforcement personnel when they operate with masks and irregular uniforms"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:35Z 570.4K followers, 38.9K engagements
"@JDVance The sound of settling"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:39Z 571.1K followers, 13.6K engagements
"@GarettJones Was it a mistake to let Italians immigrate"
X Link 2026-02-03T23:41Z 570K followers, 45.4K engagements
"You wouldnt ban the construction of new cars or tools or appliances to help increase peoples refrigerator wealth or boost used car values. Artificial scarcity is not a wealth-building strategy. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making"
X Link 2026-02-04T11:10Z 571.2K followers, 60.5K engagements
"@benryanwriter @razibkhan It also seems reasonable to me to be somewhat skeptical of teenagers getting nose jobs"
X Link 2026-02-04T11:24Z 570K followers, 16.3K engagements
"Preferences cascading"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:37Z 570.7K followers, 53.2K engagements
"I have written about this topic too much for the taste of progressives (ie more than none) and not enough for the taste of conservatives but its clear that theres no solid evidence to support the claims of clear health benefits for youth transition. https://www.slowboring.com/p/progressives-need-to-engage-with https://www.slowboring.com/p/progressives-need-to-engage-with"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:42Z 570.3K followers, 15.8K engagements
"Yes Abandoning unpopular issue positions helps with both turnout differential and persuasion simultaneously. Turnout vs Persuasion is a false dichotomy that must be eclipsed. Good politics does both. https://t.co/lZ9hYi1tM4 Turnout vs Persuasion is a false dichotomy that must be eclipsed. Good politics does both. https://t.co/lZ9hYi1tM4"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:49Z 570.3K followers, 31.4K engagements
"Trump keep reiterating that he doesnt want to make it cheaper for young people to buy homes because hes worried about protecting the investment of old homeowners. The zero-sum worldview behind his trade & immigration policies keeps doing more damage. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:50Z 570.3K followers, 18.8K engagements
"The logic of every citizen gets equal voting rights is pretty clear and stable. By contrast nobody tries to apply the bizarre logic of the senate or the electoral college to the internal politics of Kansas or whatever"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:48Z 570.7K followers, 94K engagements
"Why does Shawnee County Kansas get more say than Pawnee County Kansas Because it has a lot more people"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:49Z 570.3K followers, 22K engagements
"@HeinrichKuttler If your boss would like to make a clearer argument at greater length I'd be thrilled to engage with it more substantively"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:23Z 570.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Hitting myself in the head with a frying pan to secure leverage over my business partners because if I die they'll lose a customer. TORRES: Does the Trump administration regret imposing tariffs on goods that cannot be produced domestically at scale Do you realize that was foolish BESSENT: Do you realize we use the leverage to bring down tariffs on other countries TORRES: Tariffs on bananas give you https://t.co/tPkOUDK5S3 TORRES: Does the Trump administration regret imposing tariffs on goods that cannot be produced domestically at scale Do you realize that was foolish BESSENT: Do you realize"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:42Z 570.3K followers, 152.7K engagements
"Post disbands its sports section and immediately the Wizards start doing deals that make no sense BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis Jaden Hardy D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton AJ Johnson Malaki Branham Marvin Bagley III [--] first-round picks and [--] second-rounders sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/sfrQQubI5i BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis Jaden Hardy D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton AJ Johnson Malaki Branham Marvin"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:49Z 571.2K followers, 95.8K engagements
"What fucking morons https://x.com/ericm_katz/status/2019127123689218269s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA SCOOP: After shedding 1000s of staff and hiring just 2% of its target for filing season the IRS is detailing HR employees + others w/ no relevant experience to process tax returns/provide customer service. Employees predict systemic failures + skyrocketing error rates on returns https://x.com/ericm_katz/status/2019127123689218269s=46&t=DqqqiPqo3dK8m-7tJy5LZA SCOOP: After shedding 1000s of staff and hiring just 2% of its target for filing season the IRS is detailing HR employees + others w/ no"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:44Z 570.7K followers, 485.2K engagements
"@xwanyex Okay but contemporary disputes have nothing to do with the late 18th century dispute between Rhode Island and Virginia"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:11Z 569.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@210LDN1905 I run a profitable small business and have no particularly interest in obtaining a billionaire patron to cover my costs"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:12Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements
"It's completely possible for upzoning to make it cheaper for a renter to buy a home while also increasing the asset value of existing homeowners' property. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-country-cant-get-rich-by-making"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:59Z 571K followers, 21.6K engagements
"What did I possibly do to deserve an influx of Flemish-language spam emails today"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:37Z 571.4K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Yes the anti-moderation side keeps raising points that militate in favor of moderation Political elites have rigid coherent ideological orthodoxies. Normal voters like politicians who ditch their party's unpopular stances and show independent-mindedness Most voters don't have cohesive ideologies but that is exactly why we should run heterodox candidates instead of candidates with rigid ideologies. In red and swing areas candidates should be able to point to at least a few areas where they diverge from their side's orthodoxy. Most voters don't have cohesive ideologies but that is exactly why"
X Link 2026-02-04T21:38Z 570K followers, 32.5K engagements
"I think if you read between the lines here you get the sense that Senator Wyden would like to see some public questions asked about something happening at the CIA"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:48Z 570.7K followers, 67.8K engagements
"People used to complain that profitable companies were doing too many buybacks and not enough tangible capital investments. [----] CAPEX: $GOOGL - $175B-$185B vs $119B est $META - $115B-$135B vs $110B est $TSLA - $20B vs $11B est $AMZN - *tomorrow vs $145B est The hyperscalers are going all in on AI. https://t.co/tjBmEmF49Q [----] CAPEX: $GOOGL - $175B-$185B vs $119B est $META - $115B-$135B vs $110B est $TSLA - $20B vs $11B est $AMZN - *tomorrow vs $145B est The hyperscalers are going all in on AI. https://t.co/tjBmEmF49Q"
X Link 2026-02-04T23:50Z 570.3K followers, 64.8K engagements
"A country thats continuing to develop its oil and gas resources on the supply side while making investments to reduce long-term demand for fossil fuels There were only seven gas-powered cars sold in all of Norway last month. https://t.co/q7CamA9oh6 There were only seven gas-powered cars sold in all of Norway last month. https://t.co/q7CamA9oh6"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:47Z 570.3K followers, 32.1K engagements
"Democrats could learn a lot from Norways labor party Morena in Mexico and Mark Carney in Canada. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-reply-to-critics-on-american-oil https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-reply-to-critics-on-american-oil"
X Link 2026-02-05T00:48Z 570.7K followers, 12.9K engagements
"@amandalitman I dont think there should be any singular litmus test we know broadly what the Democratic agenda is and in a conservative place someone who agrees with some of that agenda is worth backing"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:09Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Dont get divorced 👇 Whoever said money cant buy happiness really knew what they were talking about 😔 Whoever said money cant buy happiness really knew what they were talking about 😔"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:23Z 570.8K followers, 73.6K engagements
"@conorsen I dont think they care"
X Link 2026-02-05T02:02Z 569.9K followers, [----] engagements
"@akoustov @KelseyTuoc Yes college should be hard. https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-humanities-should-be-harder https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-humanities-should-be-harder"
X Link 2026-02-05T03:11Z 570.3K followers, [----] engagements
"American whaling died shortly after the rise of abundant kerosene but Norway and then the Soviet Union reinvented and revived it with global whale slaughter peaking in the 1960s https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales"
X Link 2026-02-05T11:25Z 571.2K followers, 30K engagements
"Traditional-bound American whalers were out-innovated by Norwegian whale-killing entrepreneur Svend Foyn whose harpoon cannon became a boon to the margarine industry. https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:07Z 570.8K followers, 14K engagements
"Communism was bad for whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:13Z 570.7K followers, 16.8K engagements
"The Post reached great heights of journalistic achievement and readership under Trump One and was sacrificed in Trump Two to Bezos desire to avoid angering the regime but what Im yearning for as a reader is robust coverage of local issues in DC and the suburbs"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:42Z 571.2K followers, 52.6K engagements
"I think this region needs both more routine coverage of our core government institutions and also more analytic coverage to help contextualize things. How does our tax and spending situation compare nationally What are we getting Where does it go"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:46Z 570.7K followers, 15.9K engagements
"The initial rise of coal in the United States mostly crowded out firewood and was probably a big win for the environment https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales https://www.slowboring.com/p/who-really-saved-the-whales"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:51Z 570.7K followers, 16.4K engagements
"This guy runs a fake government watchdog and anti-corruption organization but even with the most corrupt administration in history in office his SOLE passion in life is attacking Democrats and trying to kick people out of the party"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:10Z 571.3K followers, 25.9K engagements
"Is the solution to the affordability crisis cooking chicken legs instead of beef"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:36Z 570.8K followers, 33.3K engagements
"The problem is @DCWard7teachers idea of caring about education was keeping schools closed forever during COVID and then again during the snowstorm and undermining accountability by ending mayoral control of DCPS. To me as a parent its a huge anti-endorsement"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:10Z 571.3K followers, 32.1K engagements
"@KelseyTuoc Republicans want to require photo ID as proof of citizenship which I think is a reasonable goal but the vast majority of drivers licenses and other widely used state photo IDs dont indicate citizenship so it seems like we need a bigger change (or to get everyone passports)"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:16Z 570.3K followers, 15.2K engagements
"@bendreyfuss Gray is a crazy person but I sware thats how we ate them. Similar to seven layer dip"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:36Z 570.3K followers, [----] engagements
"When I first moved to DC the Post still had a subsidiary business where they leveraged their press and citywide network of distribution boxes to print a booklet of apartment rental listings it was just a pure ad catalogue a nice moneymaker wiped out by the internet"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:42Z 571.1K followers, 16.5K engagements
"Need someone to do the electoral college analysis on this. If you take American Facebook friendship links and create [--] contiguous communities out of them this is what they look like: https://t.co/xKwUBb40rZ If you take American Facebook friendship links and create [--] contiguous communities out of them this is what they look like: https://t.co/xKwUBb40rZ"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:22Z 571.3K followers, 50.6K engagements
"Emanuel is making a lot of good points here and elsewhere in his [----] quest but he seems like literally the worst possible messenger for this. Rahm Emanuel stirring the pot: we lost thousands of young men and women in a war built on a lie.Thousands more were maimed for life. We spent a trillion dollars and no one who sold that lie was ever held accountable not legally not morally. 🧵(1/5) Rahm Emanuel stirring the pot: we lost thousands of young men and women in a war built on a lie.Thousands more were maimed for life. We spent a trillion dollars and no one who sold that lie was ever held"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:37Z 571.2K followers, 85.1K engagements
"Perfection the top message is from Beto O'Rourke who nobody cares about anymore and it's also the most vacuous on the list. 🤣 🔵NEW FROM @BlueprintPolls: We tested Democratic Party vision statements from a range of electeds and pundits. Here's what worked and what didnt: Fight language stands out. The top-two most-preferred messages among voters overall as well as independents both lead with https://t.co/QQI4CiQhIj 🔵NEW FROM @BlueprintPolls: We tested Democratic Party vision statements from a range of electeds and pundits. Here's what worked and what didnt: Fight language stands out. The"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:58Z 571.2K followers, 57K engagements
"@Estoppelenjoyer @WeisbergNate Being Biden's ambassador to Japan isn't the biggest problem in the world but it's that + he was a figure in the Obama administration + a Bush-era congress guy + in the Clinton White House and that's all besides his Chicago fights. It's a LOT of baggage and old grudges"
X Link 2026-02-05T21:04Z 570.3K followers, [---] engagements
"A bigger reaction to the Ivica Zubac trade than I was expecting. Today will go down as some kind of turning point. Somewhat arbitrarily but it is OK if journalists and historians have to present things in that manner. Today will go down as some kind of turning point. Somewhat arbitrarily but it is OK if journalists and historians have to present things in that manner"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:28Z 571.3K followers, 49.8K engagements
"@nicktylu Claude Opus 4.6"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:06Z 570.3K followers, [---] engagements
"This is the correct way to Gerrymander IMO rather than making districts that are unwinnable for Republicans even in a red cycle what theyve done is maxed out the expected number of Dem seats in a neutral political climate"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:16Z 571.3K followers, 68.8K engagements
"@katrosenfield Thats why youre a novelist and not working at an Olive Garden"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:21Z 571.3K followers, 12.8K engagements
"This is not how I remember the Lion King Heres what the White House says about the racist depiction of the Obamas in a video that the president posted last night: https://t.co/FTnpSj5bok Heres what the White House says about the racist depiction of the Obamas in a video that the president posted last night: https://t.co/FTnpSj5bok"
X Link 2026-02-06T17:02Z 571.4K followers, 44.8K engagements
"Tall people earn more because they're smarter and stronger. A study of middle-aged Kenyan adults finds that monthly earnings increase by [----] percent per centimeter of increased height from Wilson King @tedmiguel and @mwwalkerecon https://t.co/UJTsakvCzO https://t.co/aLPIs3UKKz A study of middle-aged Kenyan adults finds that monthly earnings increase by [----] percent per centimeter of increased height from Wilson King @tedmiguel and @mwwalkerecon https://t.co/UJTsakvCzO https://t.co/aLPIs3UKKz"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:02Z 571.2K followers, 48K engagements
"This plays as a hype tweet but IMO the timeline isnt short enough were watching exponential growth. for me the odds that AI is a bubble declined significantly in the last [--] weeks and the odds that were actually quite under-built for the necessary levels of inference/usage went significantly up in that period basically I think AI is going to become the home screen of a for me the odds that AI is a bubble declined significantly in the last [--] weeks and the odds that were actually quite under-built for the necessary levels of inference/usage went significantly up in that period basically I think"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:50Z 571.2K followers, 96K engagements
"@Noahpinion Surely this came up in Texas under Jim Crow"
X Link 2026-02-06T21:02Z 570.8K followers, 10.5K engagements
"Parenthesis were not lying this time The White House has deleted the apes video and a person familiar tells me: President Trump didnt see the video (legitimately didnt) a staffer posted it. FWIW only a small handful of staffers have access to his Truth Social account m. The White House has deleted the apes video and a person familiar tells me: President Trump didnt see the video (legitimately didnt) a staffer posted it. FWIW only a small handful of staffers have access to his Truth Social account m"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:27Z 571.3K followers, 80.5K engagements
"The professionalization of the Olympics is a relatively recent event https://www.slowboring.com/p/better-hockey-fewer-miracles https://www.slowboring.com/p/better-hockey-fewer-miracles"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:44Z 571.2K followers, 30.8K engagements
"@MariGO2thepolls The whole song is just her bragging about how chill and cool she is"
X Link 2026-02-06T23:49Z 570.7K followers, 20.9K engagements
"@David_JYoung Makes sense"
X Link 2026-02-07T00:56Z 570.7K followers, [---] engagements
"Will AI replace skiathlon jobs"
X Link 2026-02-07T12:38Z 571.3K followers, 17K engagements
"🍿 I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers lets stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about. I will not sit idly as they use me as a prop in a closed-door kangaroo court by a Republican Party running scared. If they want answers lets stop the games & do this the right way: in a public hearing where the American people can see for themselves what this is really about"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:22Z 571.3K followers, 86.9K engagements
"@daveweigel It would have been good for house republicans from CA VA etc to have thought of this earlier"
X Link 2026-02-07T14:12Z 571.1K followers, 27.2K engagements
"@SeanCasten Wouldnt a bill that makes it harder to vote if you: (a) Dont have a passport (b) Are a married woman who changed her name Mostly suppress the votes of Republicans"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:48Z 571K followers, [---] engagements
"There is more to life than growth and economic efficiency but to me what that means primarily is that we need taxes and a social safety net to ensure that the poor share in the fruits of growth. https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-common-sense-economic-agenda https://www.slowboring.com/p/a-common-sense-economic-agenda"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:52Z 571.2K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Has anyone had a worse run as a newspaper publisher ever Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher. https://t.co/hNTf6wyrDk Will Lewis just sent a note to staff at The Washington Post announcing that he is stepping down as publisher. https://t.co/hNTf6wyrDk"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:50Z 571.2K followers, 80.2K engagements
"@DouglasLFarrar These comparisons are hard to judge but progressives were pretty enthusiastic at the time theres a reason Bernie Warren and the CPC were the last of the Biden dead-enders"
X Link 2026-02-08T02:19Z 571.2K followers, 17.1K engagements
"@DistractedAnna Sandwich. Mac & cheese. Frozen pizza or burrito. Box or can of soup. We used to be a country"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:03Z 571.3K followers, 19.3K engagements
"@GregTSargent Dont you think its a little noteworthy that this same poll shows Republicans with a strong advantage on immigration and it remains one of their best issues even as they are increasingly unpopular and on track to lose the midterms"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:34Z 571.2K followers, 22.7K engagements
"@GregTSargent @AEiffel95 People remember that Democrats were in office very recently and unleashed an immigration situation that they really disliked and its hard to convince them that putting Dems back in office wont lead to a repeat of that"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:57Z 571.2K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Who has the deep dive on the collapse of Dutch speed skating dominance"
X Link 2026-02-08T17:38Z 571.2K followers, 43.5K engagements
"@patdennis @StefFeldman When I was an intern for Schumers communications director [--] years ago I got really good at remembering the codes that would send faxes to different groups of media outlets all-state print only upstate television all Rochester outlets whatever you needed I had a code"
X Link 2026-02-08T23:23Z 571.3K followers, [---] engagements
"Great game for those of us who appreciate some quality kicking and punting"
X Link 2026-02-09T01:09Z 571.2K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Always fun to see Boston lose though its still no helmet catch game"
X Link 2026-02-09T02:59Z 571.2K followers, 25.6K engagements
"Its kind of incredible that American Idiot is in fact not about he Trump administration. https://youtu.be/_0UqnYmQyLQsi=57hcOD20GwlX_tmv https://youtu.be/_0UqnYmQyLQsi=57hcOD20GwlX_tmv"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:09Z 571.2K followers, 77.8K engagements
"This was considered at the time to be a strikingly anti-intellectual president who was bad at speaking coherently. https://youtu.be/l16tPdgQzYksi=kfIFYJg_N6FFhfVU https://youtu.be/l16tPdgQzYksi=kfIFYJg_N6FFhfVU"
X Link 2026-02-09T03:14Z 571.2K followers, 78.3K engagements
"@MattZeitlin If he comes out for lower taxes on billionaires to restore fairness to NYC he'll truly be the Lisan al Gaib"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:07Z 571.2K followers, 12K engagements
"First off Iowa in general. After North Carolina the closest Trump states were (in order) Ohio Alaska and then Iowa. In other words it's a very red state but if Democrats are going to compete for the senate majority Iowa is the kind of state where they need to compete"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:23Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@AlexSJacquez @YvannaCancela @AnnieLowrey @Groundwork @ChadMaisel @nealemahoney Where do paper straws rate on the annoyance spectrum"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:53Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@richcalhoun @adam_tooze I mean I suppose if you dont mind really high prices its fine"
X Link 2026-02-10T03:00Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@richcalhoun @xiaowang1984 In the northeast compared to Texas: there is less sunshine land is more expensive parcels are smaller These are fundamental reasons to believe it is harder for solar to succeed in the northeast than in Texas"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:05Z 571.2K followers, [---] engagements
"@DeanBaker13 Well youd reduce cargo capacity with more batteries. They probably figure its better to just deliver something thats cost effective on short routes first and then try to go bigger as batteries improve"
X Link 2026-02-10T12:19Z 571.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Trump is who he is but its fascinating that the entire conservative movement has decided to subordinate itself to these antics. @PunchbowlNews PM: TRUMP WANTS HIS NAME ON DULLES PENN STATION Trump admin asked SCHUMER to support his renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after TRUMP. TRUMP would release funding for Gateway project in exchange. THE BACKSTORY: https://t.co/218DPAWjih @PunchbowlNews PM: TRUMP WANTS HIS NAME ON DULLES PENN STATION Trump admin asked SCHUMER to support his renaming Washington-Dulles and Penn Station after TRUMP. TRUMP would release funding for Gateway project"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:06Z 571.5K followers, 229.9K engagements
"If you run into JD Vance at the Olympics and arent sure if its really him his VANCE windbreaker will be useful"
X Link 2026-02-08T16:45Z 571.5K followers, 381.8K engagements
"Reformation Effect Literacy rate in Europe around [----] 📚 https://t.co/FHBNCbFPTo Literacy rate in Europe around [----] 📚 https://t.co/FHBNCbFPTo"
X Link 2026-02-11T15:32Z 571.5K followers, 34.9K engagements
"Is the SF teachers union fighting for strong public schools I'm skeptical. Teachers shouldnt have to strike for fair pay or health care. I stand with the United Educators of San Francisco and with every Californian fighting for strong public schools https://t.co/oorUFyDVW0 Teachers shouldnt have to strike for fair pay or health care. I stand with the United Educators of San Francisco and with every Californian fighting for strong public schools https://t.co/oorUFyDVW0"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:32Z 571.5K followers, 271.3K engagements
"The YIMBY movement has been subjected to an incredible volume of concern trolling over the past five years but continued to put wins on the board in all kinds of places in a way that nobody else in politics is. https://www.slowboring.com/p/housing-has-a-pulse-and-a-reckoning https://www.slowboring.com/p/housing-has-a-pulse-and-a-reckoning"
X Link 2026-02-11T23:35Z 571.5K followers, 40.6K engagements
"@musharbash_b @churroallie I don't understand what you think "bad faith" is or means in this context. But I am happy to bring this bizarre blood feud back to the world of antitrust doctrine where we have a non-fake disagreement"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:51Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements
"My interpretation of this anecdote has always been that its about the inherently pragmatic influence of holding executive office (where you are responsible for outcomes) rather than legislative. https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/02/before-the-revolution-bernie-sanders-burlington/ https://washingtonmonthly.com/2026/02/02/before-the-revolution-bernie-sanders-burlington/"
X Link 2026-02-04T12:33Z 571.3K followers, 16.6K engagements
"@bendreyfuss White people (this was how we ate tacos in nyc in the benighted 1980s)"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:28Z 571.3K followers, 16K engagements
"Hakeem Jeffries: On track to win the majority Neutralized Trumps gerrymandering gambit Has wielded discharge petitions to more effect than any minority leader Vindicated on the ACA shutdown tactic Not bad https://www.slowboring.com/p/saying-what-we-mean-about-ice https://www.slowboring.com/p/saying-what-we-mean-about-ice"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:56Z 571.3K followers, 175.9K engagements
"This will create jobs for American-born math geniuses another America First win. Vietnams two most world-renowned mathematicians Vu Ha Van (Yale) and Ngo Bao Chau (UChicago) are both leaving the US for the University of Hong Kong. https://t.co/Q56o0fW362 Vietnams two most world-renowned mathematicians Vu Ha Van (Yale) and Ngo Bao Chau (UChicago) are both leaving the US for the University of Hong Kong. https://t.co/Q56o0fW362"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:54Z 571.3K followers, 250.3K engagements
"I think this is correct but its not dumb what the swing voters think is very important This whole Kamala lost because she was too moderate/too progressive argument is so dumb. ➡ Progressives/lefties thought Harris was too moderate Moderates/swing voters thought Harris was too progressive/lefty She was caught in no mans land. Plus inflation was high. This whole Kamala lost because she was too moderate/too progressive argument is so dumb. ➡ Progressives/lefties thought Harris was too moderate Moderates/swing voters thought Harris was too progressive/lefty She was caught in no mans land. Plus"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:40Z 571.3K followers, 50.3K engagements
"Because much of rural Texas is organized as very large ranches it is possible to purchase or lease a very large plot of private land and build a utility-scale solar project on it. Even low-density parts of the northeast tend not to have many large parcels available"
X Link 2026-02-09T14:00Z 571.3K followers, 22K engagements
"Obesity is/was the number one public health problem in America the fact that we finally developed an effective treatment and there is interest in marketing it is very good people keep throwing glp-1s in here as if theyre not actually solving a real issue people keep throwing glp-1s in here as if theyre not actually solving a real issue"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:21Z 571.3K followers, 69.6K engagements
"Progressives need to find a way to connect the half of their brain that loves regulatory mandates to buy electric cars with the half of their brain that is furious at Elon Musk in particular and "tech billionaires" in general. https://www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-should-stop-subsiding-tesla https://www.slowboring.com/p/democrats-should-stop-subsiding-tesla"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:24Z 571.3K followers, 15.8K engagements
"He represents an area where Obama did well but that swung toward Trump in [----] and stayed red ever since. He won his state leg seat in [----] with an over-performance that projects to statewide victory. He calls himself a common-sense moderate but also a prairie populist"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:28Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@KarthikForTexas Yes instead of trying to win elections the Democratic Party could just give up on its existence"
X Link 2026-02-10T13:58Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@ZacharyGraves If nobody does it then nobody does it but Musk seems like a pretty smart and successful guy to me"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:06Z 571.3K followers, 15.4K engagements
"@garagemahal2 @ZacharyGraves I think a lot of leftwing people over-index on anti-Musk sentiment. It is true that he has made some overstated forecasts. It is also true that he has pulled off a lot of impressive study. I hope Space X thrives which it may not but I worry about monopolization"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:23Z 571.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@brianbeutler @tysonbrody @gelliottmorris I ran out of Claude tokens but can probably do that tomorrow when mine refresh"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:55Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@WeisbergNate I didn't write it at all Claude Opus [---] did"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:05Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements
"@WeisbergNate Chat GPT did this one but I don't think it's as good. https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021756531876790601s=20 https://t.co/4cRZZxzP6K https://x.com/mattyglesias/status/2021756531876790601s=20 https://t.co/4cRZZxzP6K"
X Link 2026-02-12T02:11Z 571.3K followers, [----] engagements
"I think a little underrated that: [--]. Wage stagnation was very real [--]. Wage stagnation ended [--] years ago [--]. Wage stagnation coincided with the runaway political success of Ronald Reagan's coalition"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:07Z 571.5K followers, 92.1K engagements
"@musharbash_b I definitely think sports betting should be regulated more strictly. What do you think"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:20Z 571.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Something I learned today from feeding DC Public Charter School Board data to AI student performance at DC's branches of the vaunted KIPP charter school network has collapsed since [----] dragging the entire charter sector average down with it"
X Link 2026-02-13T01:25Z 571.5K followers, 47.2K engagements
"Out: Tax the rich rallies In: Technocratic street design changes I continue to be pleased with Mamdanis pragmatic turn as an executive office holder https://www.slowboring.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-strong-start https://www.slowboring.com/p/zohran-mamdanis-strong-start"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:10Z 571.5K followers, 34.2K engagements
"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took meaningful politically costly pro-Israel actions that displeased their base and for their trouble got completely hung out to dry"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:16Z 571.5K followers, 488.4K engagements
"Civil War pension payments reached their peak hilariously late in American history"
X Link 2026-02-09T18:20Z 571.5K followers, 48.6K engagements
"Feels like Anglophone countries are at a disadvantage here since I bet the Czechs understand our English conversations just fine but they get to speak in secret code"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:42Z 571.5K followers, 20.1K engagements
"More and more people are saying than LNG exports are good https://heatmap.news/energy/cleaner-lng https://heatmap.news/energy/cleaner-lng"
X Link 2026-02-11T19:54Z 571.5K followers, 17.3K engagements
"It's unfortunate that the United States is stuck with this vocabulary where "socialist" and "very liberal" mean roughly the same thing. An all-time high 58% of voters say the Dem Party is too liberal. This comes as 1-in-3 Democrats think of themselves as Democratic Socialists And the % of Dems who say they're very liberal has quadrupled since [----]. NJ-11 NYC mayor & Bernie Sanders are no aberration. https://t.co/J0xuskHgn6 An all-time high 58% of voters say the Dem Party is too liberal. This comes as 1-in-3 Democrats think of themselves as Democratic Socialists And the % of Dems who say"
X Link 2026-02-12T17:25Z 571.5K followers, 52.9K engagements
"@GregTSargent @mtomasky To my way of thinking which is maybe just too small minded everything is about priorities and choices. If were laser focused on a critique of billionaires we need to downplay other things if were all-in on defending immigrants we should seek business allies"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:12Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@GregTSargent @mtomasky @Nate_Cohn I think understand your argument. And I think understand MTs argument. To me they seem like arguments you guys should have with each other and I think it is noteworthy that you dont see it that way"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:00Z 571.5K followers, [---] engagements
"@GregTSargent @mtomasky @Nate_Cohn I keep trying and failing to disengage from this conversation. I read both articles. I thought there was a tension. I asked you if you thought there was a tension. You say theres is no tension. That is a useful clarifying answer to me. I promise I will write something longer"
X Link 2026-02-13T15:16Z 571.5K followers, [----] engagements
"AIPAC nuking Malinowski and thereby electing a further-left House member is not just a fiasco on its own terms but will probably permanently take the shine of their image as genius political puppetmasters"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:59Z 571.5K followers, 137.5K engagements
"Sickos: yes What photo ID also proves that you are a citizen There are only two options. 1) US Passport 2) "Enhanced" driver's licenses which are only offered by [--] states: Michigan Minnesota New York Vermont and Washington State 3/ What photo ID also proves that you are a citizen There are only two options. 1) US Passport 2) "Enhanced" driver's licenses which are only offered by [--] states: Michigan Minnesota New York Vermont and Washington State 3/"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:56Z 571.5K followers, 411.8K engagements
"More than that when you see complaints about the VA map its good to recall that Democrats have been proposing a national gerrymandering ban for years its a good idea and Republicans oppose it. when you see complaints about the VA map good to recall that just a few months ago Texas drew a single district that was as long as Virginia itself to crack the college town of Denton https://t.co/yPzyWXxUPD when you see complaints about the VA map good to recall that just a few months ago Texas drew a single district that was as long as Virginia itself to crack the college town of Denton"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:07Z 571.5K followers, 362.5K engagements
"Cracking down on fare evasion is good https://www.slowboring.com/p/dc-is-right-to-crack-down-on-metro https://www.slowboring.com/p/dc-is-right-to-crack-down-on-metro"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:50Z 571.5K followers, 37.7K engagements
"@MarcGoldwein Well an AI executive told me earlier this week there's going to be [--] percent annual GDP growth soon so maybe it'll all work out ()/"
X Link 2026-02-11T18:21Z 571.5K followers, 12.2K engagements
"You can just be normal and watch the Olympics https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-liberal-case-for-the-olympics https://www.slowboring.com/p/the-liberal-case-for-the-olympics"
X Link 2026-02-12T01:26Z 571.5K followers, 16.2K engagements
"It wasnt like the newspaper owners of yore were just really nice guys they were making tons of money selling thick stacks of newsprint full of ads because their printing presses were the best way for businesses to target customers"
X Link 2026-02-05T17:41Z 571.5K followers, 19K engagements
"lmao andrews et al are still going days later with asians are too good at school"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:39Z 571.5K followers, 88.8K engagements
"I wish Mark Zuckerberg had gone from backing far-left causes to backing center-left ones rather than skipping all the way to cozying up to MAGA"
X Link 2026-02-07T19:55Z 571.4K followers, 44.7K engagements
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