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Thursday thread
A lot of the responses to these threads recently have just ended up being anger about the campus protests. So just to switch up the vibes, what’…
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Ben Krauss
181
Restaurants should charge more for reservations
It's better for markets to clear
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Matthew Yglesias
515
Wednesday thread
Biden’s approval rating in the 13th quarter of his presidency is the lowest out of any previous president. And immigration is deemed, by a plura…
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Ben Krauss
99
America should spend more on prison management
Safer, more humane, less gang-ridden incarceration
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Matthew Yglesias
319

April 2024

Tuesday thread
Biden announces he’s chill!
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Ben Krauss
169
What the left gets right
Lofty moral ambitions, and a culture that values intelligence and systematic thinking
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Matthew Yglesias
605
Monday poll
Exercise your subscriptional right to vote… Mo Diddly: In many normie conversations I’ve had (across a wide political spectrum), it seems like t…
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Ben Krauss
169
Young voters care about the same stuff as everyone else
Inflation and health care, not climate and student loans
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Matthew Yglesias
392
Sunday Thread
You don’t need me to be the one to tell you, but submit your q’s for the Friday grab bag!
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Ben Krauss
303
We must end the litigation doom loop
It's time for Congress to impose a time limit on injunctions.
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Arnab Datta
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James W Coleman
107
Saturday thread
Curious about Slow Boring community’s moving plans. Do you think you’ll stay in the place you currently live for the rest of your life?
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Ben Krauss
84
Immigration can power American energy
A plan to unlock energy abundance and unleash economic growth
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Ben Krauss
91
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