Bill McKay re-invented. The whole point of democracy is to not have male-based identity politics

This is a huge blow for any Marxian theory of political economy btw

The speed with which the media is suddenly going to tell us about the unrivaled strength of the U.S. economy is going to give you whiplash.

NY will be on its own, once again. At the top of Albany's post-election to-do list: ﹡Enact congestion pricing NOW ﹡Make it legally bullet-proof from the incoming Trump administration For the future of our city, state and region, there's no time to wait.

If you believe a major problem Democrats have is that a vast right wing grassroots media operation that uncritically supports Trump and a less vast left wing grassroots media operation that mostly criticizes Democrats, the origins of this problem are clearly down to Bernie losing

Why did democrats outperform so many other incumbent parties globally?

Should Biden allow massive BYD imports during lame duck?

news.ycombinator.com/item?id=421745… time to see if any of this is at all clear

They should get as much money as they can, but the New York City Council's inability to envision affordable housing that doesn't require a lottery and waiting list undercuts the entire effort.

I had the same thought earlier. Democracy requires knowing who the real villains are, and we don't even have party affiliation here to help us.

many fascinating figures one can dissect into WRT the Yoon impeachment vote but my personal favorite has to go Dr. Ihn Yo-han, a second-gen American-Korean who grew up in the Jeolla province, served as ENG translator during the Gwangju Uprising, and voted against the impeachment

It’s official. Jimmy Carter has outlasted Assad’s reign over Syria.

Elon has long hated public transit, which he thinks carries a bunch of “serial killers.” He instead wants everyone to drive a car (preferably a Tesla). Now he has government power & is trying to kill off CA’s high speed rail project. It’s called killing off the competition. 🧵

lmfao in case you needed proof of how stupid NYC’s new outdoor dining rules are, L’industrie (top slice shop in the city) just parked an old school bus outside and turned it into a dining area

The DH status page I've been working on is finally public. My beautiful task graph! 🥲 Now if I die, you know how to carry on the work.

jigar shah is tearing into jason furman and i am HERE for it

Historians date the fiscal revolution usually to Friedman or Nixon ("we are all keynesians now," "I am now a Keynesian in economics") but Galbraith said it here before either of them: "The distinction is no longer applicable."