RT @ezraklein: The key question now is whether congressional Democrats facing purple or red electorates learned the lesson of 2010: You win…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 05:23

The needle is great. I believe in the needle. But it sure would help me get to sleep if the vote count would catch up with the needle.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 05:18

RT @michikokakutani: John Lewis in an essay written just before his death in July: “The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent y…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 05:03

Don't forget to join us here again on Twitter tomorrow, when Joe Biden wins Georgia for the seventh time.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 04:23

The graphics on the Times website are just such a good way to follow/understand the results on a night like this: https://t.co/zWVrBHsIPr
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 04:08

RT @nytopinion: "For the record, falsifying vote totals, or soliciting someone else to do so, is a crime under both federal and state law.…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 06 Jan 2021 03:03

RT @adamconover: Vons and Albertsons stores in California just laid off every one of their full-time, union delivery drivers, and will repl…
Binyamin Appelbaum Tue 05 Jan 2021 12:38

RT @DLeonhardt: The average New York Times reader got 15 out of 30 questions right on our 2020 news quiz. You can try to beat that here: ht…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 04 Jan 2021 16:12

RT @mattyglesias: They made it illegal to build new homes for people
Binyamin Appelbaum Sun 27 Dec 2020 12:55

What compares with Pixar's astonishing run of brilliant movies? Soul is wonderful -- and they've been doing this regularly for a quarter of a century now.
Binyamin Appelbaum Sun 27 Dec 2020 03:29

RT @bencasselman: Just got some very grim Christmas Eve news for unemployed workers: If the president doesn't sign the relief bill by the e…
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 25 Dec 2020 04:02

RT @mcottle: i started getting weepy around 2 minute mark.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 23 Dec 2020 23:26

RT @MaraGay: More than 300,000 Americans lost their lives to covid. In these short films, the NYT asked five people close to them to remem…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 19:14

RT @Zachary: .@BharatRamamurti will be NEC deputy director for financial reform and consumer protection. He was a key aide to @SenWarren on…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 14:29

RT @arrpeebee: @BCAppelbaum @nhannahjones I work 2 jobs. My wife works one and is trying to start her own homemade all-natural soap & body…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:24

RT @ernietedeschi: I've been blaisé about stimulus checks--there are better-targeted uses of money but they'd be fine to tack onto a deal i…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:24

RT @HarrySteinDC: It’s not just $600. It’s also ~$7,000 for an unemployed gig worker on PUA or long-term unemployed worker on PEUC. The de…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:24

RT @BCAppelbaum: It should be larger. It should have happened months ago. But an agreement on coronavirus aid is still a welcome dose of go…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 13:19

RT @ronlieber: Our first pass on what the new relief act means for you, by @tarasbernard w an assist from me. Much more to come once we hav…
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 05:14

The $600 checks are just part of a broader package. This bill also includes billions of dollars for unemployment benefits, for food aid, for rental assistance, and for a host of other targeted efforts to help those who need it most.
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 02:49

A lot of anger about the inadequacy of the stimulus deal in my comments this evening. It's true that it's not enough. But $900 billion is a lot of money. And there is entirely too much focus on the $600 stimulus checks.
Binyamin Appelbaum Mon 21 Dec 2020 02:44

I wonder how much it mattered that we held the election while COVID deaths were relatively low and the economy was relatively strong.
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 18 Dec 2020 15:11

RT @emilymbadger: Some states are lately reporting better than expected budget outlooks. Why? States with more progressive tax structures…
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 18 Dec 2020 14:56

RT @kevinroose: This is the greatest non-vaccine innovation of 2020
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 18 Dec 2020 01:41

RT @KalebNygaard: In honor of @TheEconomist cover this week... A sampling of 50 years of inflation on the cover of major magazines (18 in…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 16 Dec 2020 14:10