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17 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read

https://twitter.com/IsaacFitzgerald/status/1328685729103360002

It is I suppose a great example of the Twitter bubble that no one on here other than wonks seems to know about the $600/week federal unemployment supplement while out in the world that money kept the economy from crashing and almost gave Trump a second term.

https://twitter.com/IsaacFitzgerald/status/1328685729103360002

I personally know a bunch of people who were clearing more during those months of state + federal unemployment than they did in their working lives up to that point.

https://twitter.com/princeramsess/status/1328714081264656386

Personal income went up and poverty went down this year as a result of pandemic assistance, and as a matter of political fundamentals, income growth in the first half of the year tends to matter most for evaluating an incumbent. Sorry you think the take is shitty though.

https://twitter.com/princeramsess/status/1328714081264656386

The problem with the UI assist is that it a) was not broad enough and b) relied on ramshackle state systems. Making the UI assist an automatic stabilizer and also investing in modernization and revamp of state UI programs is a policy no brainer.

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18 Nov

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1329055330286891012

“America, nobody can serve God and the military; you cannot serve God and money; you cannot serve God and mammon at the same time. America, choose you this day, whom ye will serve.”

This is pretty standard “you can’t serve two masters” stuff.

https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1329055330286891012

Clear in context that this isn’t “you can’t serve in the military and serve God” but “you can’t serve militarism and serve God”...which is true!

Interesting though to see whose religious beliefs are fair political game and whose are not.

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17 Nov

https://twitter.com/kevinmkruse/status/1328696351497007104

one way to definitely get another Trump — or just Trump again — is to pretend like he didn’t spend four years doing crimes

https://twitter.com/kevinmkruse/status/1328696351497007104

hey maybe one problem that needs to be solved is rampant criminality from the president and his family

perhaps one way to appeal to some of those 73 million is to show with evidence and investigations that the man they invested their hopes in was a crook who fleeced them at every opportunity

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17 Nov

https://twitter.com/srl/status/1328465578374389760

looks like we found at least one attempt at fraud

https://twitter.com/srl/status/1328465578374389760

they really wanted to steal this thing

we all know “voter fraud” is just bullshit meant to delegitimize any election republicans don’t win, but i am always a little struck when they outright say it

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15 Nov

https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1328027058933522432

malapportionment of the Senate would not be as a big of an issue if the Senate did not have a de facto supermajority requirement for legislation & if it wasn’t governed by party cartel. with both of those in place, however the Senate just acts as an intractable veto point.

https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1328027058933522432

not hard to imagine a Senate where weak party leadership meant all kinds of legislation got to the floor to be deliberated on and voted on with passage guaranteed by simple majority

if the senate is just going to be a veto point, rather than a governing partner, the best solution is to change the nature of the veto, such that one needs a supermajority to reject legislation from the House, rather than a supermajority to approve it.

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14 Nov

https://twitter.com/megankimble/status/1327371528342810625

really feels like so many places won’t be happy until their cities are paved over with highways and parking lots

https://twitter.com/megankimble/status/1327371528342810625

“our cities are concrete hellscapes but at least i always have a place to park!”

even in a place like charlottesville, it is an uphill battle to convince decision makers that actually, yes, you can have a vibrant downtown without building hundreds of additional structured parking spaces

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