Share this page!

Greg Sargent Profile picture
Twitter logo
27 Apr, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Two facts about this moment:

1) New Census data shows we're headed for long term demographic decline

2) Enormous numbers are begging for entry into this country, and we go to great lengths to turn them away.

Utter madness. Time to change this debate:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
I talked to demographer Bill Frey. Key points:

“These new Census numbers should reset the debate about what immigration means for this country."

“Modest increases in the birth rate, which is the most we can expect, won’t solve the demographic problem."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Time to retire the wretched phrase "economic migrant."

Severe material deprivation is not somehow a "bad" reason to try to migrate. We need to lean harder into being part of actual regional solutions, for our own good.

cc @Noahpinion:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@Noahpinion Our discourse around immigration is an utter disaster:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Greg Sargent

Greg Sargent Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @ThePlumLineGS

Greg Sargent Profile picture
20 Apr
Never forget: Trump told us that if Biden won, he'd fall prey to the radical left, driving us into depression. Instead, a broad Dem center-left is crafting ambitious solutions that are very popular, and Rs are the ones sinking into extremism. New piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
The next phase of Biden's plan, the caregiving phase, will include another $1 trillion in spending.

This draws heavily on core insights of progressive economics, which is why I think @DouthatNYT is off in claiming Biden is primarily repurposing Trumpism:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@DouthatNYT Why are these big progressive policies proving so popular? My suggestions:

1) GOP is entirely checked out of the conversation, adrift in an alternate info universe.

2) Covid collapse stripped bare brutal economic realities that can no longer be ignored:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Read 4 tweets
Greg Sargent Profile picture
19 Apr
Let's stop saying the 1/6 commission is the victim of "partisan infighting." Only one side wants a real accounting. The party of Trump, Stop the Steal and Marjorie Taylor Green cannot credibly pretend its objections are about its structure. My latest:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Until Republicans fully admit to these three things, they can't participate in a genuine accounting:

* Insurrection was incited by Trump

* Rioters were inspired by lies that Republicans themselves fueled

* Biggest radical threat is right wing extremism

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… Image
Awful to watch the idea that "the left made us do it" becoming so widespread.

Ron DeSantis just claimed Republicans should punish corporations who are allegedly manipulated by the "extreme left."

Tucker says the left is pushing the right into fascism:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… ImageImage
Read 5 tweets
Greg Sargent Profile picture
16 Apr
Striking new data from @RonWyden:

* Just after Trump tax cut, corporate tax revenues as share of GDP dropped 40% below modern average

* Corporate tax revenues will be 25% lower than that average for next decade

The GOP position is crumbling. New piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@RonWyden Here's what the 2017 Trump tax cut produced, in two charts. This is what Republicans are eager to maintain:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@RonWyden Some GOP senators want Democrats to do a separate bill focused just on "real" infrastructure. But Republicans won't raise corporate tax rates to pay for it.

Some Democrats see this as a trap. I gamed out how this might work here:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Read 5 tweets
Greg Sargent Profile picture
15 Apr
A Michigan Republican dared to criticize Trump.

He faced blowback from local Trump loyalists.

He went to a meeting with them to defend himself.

Very few were wearing masks.

He then tested positive for Covid.

It's the perfect story of our times:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
After criticizing Trump, Jason Watts was summoned to a meeting of GOP Trump loyalists. Many were maskless.

“I felt like I was going into a den of virus," Watts says.

“A mask shouldn’t have a political party. A vaccine shouldn’t have a political party."

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… Image
Trump's poison continues to harm our virus response. He suggested for a year that taking covid seriously constituted disloyalty that would lend aid and comfort to his enemies.

Vaccine-reluctant GOP voters recently interviewed by @ddiamond echoed Trump:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/… ImageImageImage
Read 4 tweets
Greg Sargent Profile picture
14 Apr
The GOP playbook for taking back power:

* Attack corporations as "woke" to get them to stop shining a light on GOP voter suppression

* Protect the low tax rates of those same woke corporations to keep the donor money rolling in

My new piece:
washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
There is a GOP autopsy of sorts, says @JVLast.

It's focused on "how to use institutional leverage to take power even while losing popular majorities."

The big 2020 lie is key to building the will to use maximal anti-democratic tactics toward this end:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
@JVLast Corporate defenses of voting rights are a problem for Republicans. They shed a harsh light on the GOP's slide into radicalization, which could alienate suburbanites and provoke a Dem countermobilization.

GOP counterattacks are meant to chill that:

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…
Read 4 tweets
Greg Sargent Profile picture
11 Apr
1) “When MLB pulls its all-star game to protest Georgia’s voting law, that’s corporate free speech.”

This is a good @DavidAFrench piece about the dark illiberal turn in attacks on MLB, Big Tech and woke corporations.

time.com/5953715/claren…

A few additional points.

*THREAD*
@DavidAFrench 2) As @DavidAFrench notes, each of these are being attacked for different things. MLB and companies like Delta are faulted for criticizing the Georgia voting law, Big Tech for supposed suppression of conservative viewpoints.

time.com/5953715/claren…
@DavidAFrench 3) But in all these cases, @DavidAFrench argues, these are forms of speech. That’s what MLB is doing by pulling the game, and what private platforms moderating content are doing.

And conservative voices *aren’t actually* being suppressed:
Read 9 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @ThePlumLineGS has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @ThePlumLineGS!

Read all threads by @ThePlumLineGS