Matthew Yglesias

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Worked for William F Buckley

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@BetseyStevenson @BrendanNyhan @besttrousers Yes, look, the Republicans are very bad.

But Obama didn’t nominate anyone to fill vacancies until after the 2010 midterms.

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Maybe instead of putting experienced lawyers on federal appeals courts we should give the jobs to linguists who, unlike lawyers, would have the relevant expertise?

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The idea that jurisprudence should be conducted as amateur historical linguistics seems odd to me.

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Or bring back Sandra Day O’Connor.

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Can Kennedy un-retire?

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@StevenTDennis But I think that’s in part because if you believe Flake then you believe that adult circuit court judge Brett Kavanaugh is lying to the public about something important, not because the actions of Teen Kavanaugh are per se unforgivable.

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I don’t think a person inclined to like his jurisprudence (i.e., not me) would be irrevocably opposed to forgiving the bad acts of a teenager.

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I really wonder what would have happened had Kavanaugh expressed remorse, noted the prevailing party culture of the time as an explanation (though not an excuse) and praised a change in norms over the decades while promising to make restitution.

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3 weeks

Really worth emphasizing that there’s a good (~25%) chance Republicans hold the House, gain a senate seat or two, replace McCain/Flake/Corker with Trump loyalists, Mueller gets fired, Manafort gets pardoned, and then that’s game over — the coverup worked.

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The Trump Tower meeting was so innocent that they lied about it repeatedly during the campaign and again during the transition and then when they were caught lied about it then lied about who dictated the lie.

All just a big nothingburger.

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Nixon, it should be said, really took one for the team here.

No real politicians wanted to run a hopeless race, she stepped up, pushed Cuomo left on issues, shed light on the IDC situation and contributed meaningfully to their defeat.

Not bad work at all.

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There is a striking contrast between the scoldy, condescending tone of coverage of @Ocasio2018’s budget hand-waving and the decade of credulous-verging-on-worshipful coverage of the same from Paul Ryan.

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I guess this is the coastal elitist in me, but I don’t think a small cabal of unaccountable rich guys should be running the VA in secret without legal authorization in exchange for their cash payments to the President.

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2 weeks

Working for the occupying authority while telling yourself that your presence does more good than harm because you curb its worst excesses is not resistance it’s collaboration.

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5 days

Secretary of the Interior tells a gathering of oil and gas lobbyists that the government should work for oil and gas lobbyists.

Press was not invited to the event but the lobbyists are so comfortable they run they show they actually tweeted the quote proudly.https://t.co/PZaQv3kVPy

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I think folks are sleeping on this but if the GOP holds the House even narrowly and gains 1-2 senate seats, they’re gonna come roaring back with Medicaid cuts and health insurance deregulation no matter how poorly it polls.

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21 hours

This is the oddest conceit about this.

If Kavanaugh’s nomination goes down in flames, he’ll continue enjoying the exceptionally privileged life he’s always enjoyed.

He won’t go to jail, he won’t be poor, he’ll almost certainly retain a lifetime judicial appointment, etc.https://t.co/CQz22XwOYN

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There’s a good case for forgiving teenage misconduct but to receive forgiveness you have to seek it, not call the victim a liar and participate in a smear campaign against her.https://t.co/zWEkEQGvLB