Shout out to all the people who like to talk about what a great country this is yet can't be bothered to lift a finger.
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 19 Nov 2020 18:44

Sixty-two more days of watching Donald Trump trash the United States on his way out.
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 19 Nov 2020 18:44

RT @helaineolen: I stand with @NickKristof. Open the goddamn schools. A society that can't prioritize its children is a society heading do…
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 19 Nov 2020 12:58

The New York schools news is bad but at least they were trying to strike some kind of balance. Here in DC we haven't had a day of school since March of last year.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 18 Nov 2020 20:38

I think I'm going to start sending my kids to restaurants during the day. It's the only place they can be truly safe.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 18 Nov 2020 20:33

I am increasingly convinced that Trump's behavior since the election has been more damaging to the future of American democracy than anything he has done until now.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 18 Nov 2020 16:22

The true cost of Donald Trump's post-election behavior is going to play out in future elections across the country. He and his allies are preaching against democracy, and we all are going to reap the whirlwind.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 18 Nov 2020 16:22

RT @simonjkennedy: Interesting page for Fed watchers from the Obama memoirs. Obama says he promised Larry Summers the Fed chairmanship to g…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 18 Nov 2020 00:17

RT @KevinQ: This map, of the shift in Georgia from 2016 to 2020, is one of the most striking election maps I've ever seen, and know that I…
Binyamin Appelbaum Tue 17 Nov 2020 15:16

RT @Nate_Cohn: Georgia is the first state where we have fully updated vote history data, and it shows the Black share of the electorate fal…
Binyamin Appelbaum Tue 17 Nov 2020 13:36

RT @JimPethokoukis: Good (and accurate) lede here: "There are two reasons senators should vote down Judy Shelton’s nomination to the Federa…
Binyamin Appelbaum Tue 17 Nov 2020 13:31

RT @ExumAM: We are living in an Elmore Leonard novel. There’s a actually a line from Cuba Libre where one of the characters shouts, “Rememb…
Binyamin Appelbaum Sun 15 Nov 2020 13:39

RT @jmhorp: South Korea Population: 51 million COVID deaths: 492 South Dakota Population: 0.88 million COVID deaths: 568
Binyamin Appelbaum Sat 14 Nov 2020 22:19

I have not eaten inside a restaurant since February because I am trying to be a responsible adult. The nation's leaders, meanwhile...
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 13 Nov 2020 21:48

RT @lpolgreen: Reading about Charles Koch's "regrets" I immediately thought of this, one of the most powerful pieces of opinion writing eve…
Binyamin Appelbaum Fri 13 Nov 2020 21:03

RT @ernietedeschi: Prioritizing schools where safe & possible is even more important in the US, where female labor force participation had…
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:42

RT @asymmetricinfo: Okay, all of you folks yelling IF YOU THINK ISOLATED CASES OF FRAUD OCCUR, WHY ARE YOU SO SANGUINE? HOW ARE YOU COMFORT…
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:32

Just to review some of the highlights: Greenspan kept unemployment at an artificially high level; provided crucial validation for the Bush tax cuts; and refused to regulate the financial industry. Shelton's got some work to do to catch up.
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:32

Judy Shelton is not qualified to serve as a Fed governor, but people who think she'd be the worst Fed governor should do a little more reading about the record of one Alan Greenspan.
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 21:27

RT @arpitrage: Every time I update my views on the negative consequences of air pollution, it turns out not to be enough. h/t @annastansbur…
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 18:07

Instead of Robert E. Lee how about this nice poodle? It even looks a little like Robert E. Lee. https://t.co/ChgaGCBpjH
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 16:42

There were more than 12k retweets and more than 44k likes on the latest Trump tweet before Twitter got around to posting its (feeble, least they can do) warning message.
Binyamin Appelbaum Thu 12 Nov 2020 00:26

What I'm trying to say is CLOSE THE BARS.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 11 Nov 2020 23:41

Sometimes I think about the fact that two 737s crashed more than a year ago and they're still not allowed to fly 737s. Imagine if we took a similar approach to the coronavirus.
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 11 Nov 2020 23:41

RT @katiekings: NYC must prioritize keeping its schools up and running. With current surge, that requires shutting down indoor dining, gyms…
Binyamin Appelbaum Wed 11 Nov 2020 22:51