#Americans

Pete Sweeney

petesweeneypro

Riffing on @S_Rabinovitch point: What happened in DC is ugly, but not what Xi wants people to see. US institutions managed out an unpopular leader, and rebalanced against his party's

Matthew Cortland, Esq

mattbc

It's January 1, 2021, so deductibles just reset for millions & millions of AmericansIf we have to have deductibles, the out-of-pocket cost should be spread throughout the year, instead of

Jen Bartel

heyjenbartel

I really don’t think most people (myself included) can even fathom what 200 billion dollars looks like so here’s a handy wealth to scale chart that illustrates just how absurd

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

America's history has been intentionally and maliciously scrubbed clean of ugly, necessary truths.Let's talk about the Civil War, the Confederacy, Lincoln, and why certain truths have been hidden.Here's what I

Aaron Hanlon

AaronRHanlon

1) A speculative thought on class in the US, prompted by @jbouie's excellent newsletter, in which he quotes (to take issue with) this miserable assessment of the capitol insurrectionists by

Ben Alpers 🗽

Ben_Alpers

In order to evaluate the Whiggish narrative of racial equality as somehow immanent in the American Founding and this inevitably unfolding over the course of US history, we need to

Red State ❄

NebrSnowflake

I'm very frustrated for a lot of reasons in this day, but @GovRicketts is... you know what? I won't use the language I'd like to. Anyway, at the beginning of

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

1/6I hope Joe Biden and his administration are serious about this stimulus spending, especially if it is directed to much-needed infrastructure. For those who are worried about where the money

Looking Over Strange Terrain (LOST)

LookingOver

My military career spanned two decades. The last 3 years was spent training our future Army officers who for the most part were 5+ years of age when terrorist decided

Haneen Oriqat 🌻 حنين • On (Indefinite) Hiatus

haneenoriqat

ITALICIZING "FOREIGN" WORDS IN BOOKSI'm seeing convos on italicizing words that are not English in our stories/books. While I believe it's a personal choice that should be made by the

UnKoch My Campus

UnKochCampus

"The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy." - Montesquieu Today is #NoPoliticsDay,

Jim Golby

jimgolby

There's no doubt I'm disappointed by the decision to nominate a recently-retired general for Secretary of Defense, but I'm also not surprised. My research suggested it was likely --

Brian Blase

brian_blase

New @wsj piece cites my research in their new editorial "Biden’s Short-Term Thinking: Will the President restrict a useful health insurance option?" https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-short-term-thinking-11613086094?mod=opinion

Danielle Butcher

DaniSButcher

Okay kids, you knew this was coming. Let’s talk about the Paris Climate Accords. Is the agreement the end-all-be-all for international climate cooperation? No, and if we’re being honest, there

45th parallel absurdist brigade

45thabsurdist

Protip: Biden won because people who don’t like or identify w/him, & owe him nothing, acted strategically when backed into a corner.Trump lost because people who identified w/him, who love

Dave Abbitt

thedaveabbitt

(long thread)1/12 I vividly recall driving to work four years ago on the morning of Wednesday, November 9. Donald Trump was declared the President late the night before. Several people

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