#Policy

Caroline Ashley

cashley122

8 things responsible companies can do in their #Covid19 response, despite varied contexts and cash-flow pressures. Their actions affect the crisis impact, the recovery & their reputations. Short thread 1/10

The Public Option is good actually

gdigitalzsmooth

The Biden campaign has reached out to young Bernie supporters and shown a willingness to give them policy concessions. Meanwhile these groups are performatively rejecting him without even attempting to

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

This is not a scientific assessment, just an idle speculation, and please take it in that light, but, looking at all the infections at choir practice, soccer games, restaurants, etc,

Ant Breach

AntBreach

Brown's inflation comments here are a big deal. First time I've seen a politician of his generation and calibre, let alone his legacy, suggest that 2% inflation targeting should be

AshleyStevens

The_Acumen

Black People as a voting block have loyally voted for Democrats for so long, when they get criticism of any sort, the meltdowns are a study in psychosis. I haven’t

Whitney Neville

cubsfanwhit

ICU RN Pro-tip: When a new resident does a procedure for the first time be really excited for them (not condescendingly so) and ask them if they want their picture

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

New #NBERday paper out today making the argument I've made, if a bit less aggressively:Quite weak evidence that state policies actually lead to much social distancing. https://www.nber.org/papers/w27027 Curiously, they find

Jackson Hinkle

jacksonhinklle

Biden's Third Month:- Increased Trump’s Pentagon budget to $753B- Deported 127K people as of March 15th- Sent advanced warships to Black Sea, escalating US aggression towards Russia- Violated Afghan Peace

nico

nmarchio

Rahm Emanuel: 'Two things I would say if I was advising a Biden administration, one is no Green New Deal and two is no Medicare for All.'https://cnb.cx/3l7wc3d Here is the

Has Jeff Bezos Decided To End World Hunger?

HasBezosDecided

I think potentially a good model for a socialist democracy could be one that is quasi-representative and quasi-direct. Representatives don't earn anything more than, as Lenin puts it, a "workman's

Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis

KendraWrites

Someone tweeted that they were not voting for the person they liked the most but rather their preferred adversary and I can't un-think it. It completely cuts through the bullshit,

Chris Armstrong

DrCDArmstrong

The problem with this isn't that it's mathematically bad, it's that it's appropriating mathematical ideas (wrongly) to suggest some certainty and science behind it. There's an entire cottage industry of

Joshua B. Hoe

JoshuaBHoe

Morning thoughts:1. Prosecutors are not experts in criminal justice policy, they are experts in prosecuting and incarcerating peopleThey have also actively helped build the superstructure of mass incarceration (great article

Titus

TitusNation

The contrast in leadership and competence is stunning. We aren’t even 100 days in and the differences are stark. 25% vaccinated this fast? @JoeBiden isn’t magic, just competent. He started

Reza Nasri

RezaNasri1

#THREADPresident-elect @JoeBiden, U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal was indeed a profound mistake. That's why you need to redress the situation. But to do so, please observe the following

Canadian Mama

JackNationalist

1/16“Foreign Policy: Focusing on the Security and Prosperity of Canadians”ISSUE“The exclusive priority of the government of Canada on the international scene should be to manage our relations with other countries