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Rafael Yglesias

@rafaelyglesias

Novelist. Screenwriter. Ann Packer’s husband. Father of Matthew & Nicholas. Grandfather of Jose, Lily & Alexander.

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When I was my son's age, all arguments devolved into comparing the opposition's ideas to Hitler as a refutation. Nowadays my son has to explain why it's bad the opposition thinks he's not bad. slowboring.com/p/the-troublin…

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It's very stubborn and churlish of Harvard not to bring this squabble with Trump to its easy and obvious solution: honorary degree with honors for POTUS.

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On one of the few consequences of Trump policy that would gotten a laugh out of my father, who otherwise I am glad is not here for the rest. politico.com/news/magazine/…

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Dr. King defeated racist government officials & ended segregation through disciplined non-violent resistance. Defeating Trumpism, oligarchy & authoritarianism requires that same level of discipline. Violent protests are counterproductive and play right into Trump’s playbook.

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Good news: Trump seems reluctant to use military force against Iran. Bad news: He wants to use military force against Americans instead.

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Appreciate Senator Padilla’s point here, this is not about how he was treated it’s about what it says about how they’re treating everyone else if this is how they handle a senator in his home state.

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Something Netanyahu, Xi, Putin, and basically everyone who isn’t an American businessman or a congressional Republican all understand is that Trump has very low pain tolerance and if you blow him off he’ll probably back down despite this cultivated reputation as a hardass.

Something Netanyahu, Xi, Putin, and basically everyone who isn’t an American businessman or a congressional Republican all understand is that Trump has very low pain tolerance and if you blow him off he’ll probably back down despite this cultivated reputation as a hardass.
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It seems like there are two leading ideas of how to increase fertility: On the left, implement Nordic family policies even though the evidence is that this won’t work. On the right, point out that this won’t work and offer no ideas at all.

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You can’t defend democracy without meaningfully contesting a larger set of senate races, and you can’t do that without coming closer to rural America’s actual views on cultural and environmental issues. slowboring.com/p/why-im-obses…

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Our Q-Teams have made a real difference in the six pilot areas: ➡️Cut response times by an average of 16 minutes ➡️Issued over 2,700 parking summonses ➡️Towed ~500 vehicles ➡️Seized ~200 illegal e-bikes, mopeds, and scooters ➡️Shut down problematic smoke shops