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Friday thread
Dropped a guest piece in Off Message!
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Ben Krauss
163
A Rawlsian case for smallness
Plus, the rise of the most antisemitic generation and the case against debate
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Matthew Yglesias
603
Thursday thread
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Ben Krauss
361
Trump's "beautiful" bill wrecks our energy future
This legislation is terrible!
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Matthew Yglesias
392
Wednesday thread
I don’t support Trump’s immigration policy, but it’s important to keep this in mind.
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Ben Krauss
275
The strange politics of a linguistic mystery
Hindu nationalists versus ancient DNA
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Matthew Yglesias
352
Tuesday thread
It’s cool that Welcomefest (the conference that Matt spoke at last week) is getting punched at like this.
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Ben Krauss
393
Blue state Republicans are the problem
When it comes to housing reform, right-NIMBYs are quiet online but loud in state legislatures
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Matthew Yglesias
397
Monday thread
I do wish Obama weighed in more on intra-party disputes.
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Ben Krauss
484
Real talk about FDR
Big progressive change has always involved massive compromise
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Matthew Yglesias
564
Sunday thread + Mailbag
Drop in your questions below for Friday’s mailbag!
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Ben Krauss
624
Saturday thread
Really don’t want Ken Paxton in the Senate.
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Ben Krauss
176
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