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@cameron_parker @mattyglesias yeah I think most people have a weird aunt or two

@pepsiskateboard @mattyglesias Harris seems real? Interesting.

@mattyglesias Isn’t Harris just a slightly worse version of Newsom? Feels like he’s a better bet.

@THEBOYLOVEHIVE @CoriBush @Zoomer_Doomer_ this *is* caring about her constituents

@CoriBush @Zoomer_Doomer_ Democrats should support someone who actually cares about their constituents instead of FaceTiming in front of the capitol and eating hot chips.

Let’s go!

@mrabig @NOLAnews and then have to rebuild it every 5 years

@NOLAnews China would build it in 2-3 years.

Louisiana wants to build a 94-mile 'landbridge' to protect the coast. Is that even possible? nola.com/news/environme…

@stogachess @mattyglesias jeez just say you hate women

@mattyglesias i would reverse this: i don't think Newsom is a great choice but anyone but AOC/Harris is my guidestar

I don’t think Harris or AOC are good choices per se, but Anyone But Newsom is my guidestar.

@Goodstyle42 @mattyglesias *Dem primary debate

@Goodstyle42 @mattyglesias my (Michigan-residing) formerly GOP (anti-Trump suburbanite) mom who was excited to watch the first Dem primary, and had "read good things about Kamala": "Was she on some sort of drug? What was wrong with that woman?"

@Pathstopeace1 @mattyglesias we tried that and it failed. next!

@mattyglesias Be open to Kamala earning your vote You haven’t even heard her platform IF she even runs

@cdwilsher @MrBeerseeks @mattyglesias @mnolangray "he's from California" will be a huge negative in the general, particularly in Midwest and southern swing states. Underappreciated reason for Harris underperformance.

@MrBeerseeks @mattyglesias @mnolangray Yet, he has run for office in eight general elections and won eight times. The Lefties are still mad that he beat Matt Gonzalez in '83. It was the one time the Greens thought they might win something.

@grayap9 @mattyglesias @mnolangray not if he's a "liberal from California" lol

@mattyglesias @mnolangray Nobody looks at records. Traditionally attractive straight white male instantly reads as moderate

@ImNotEmilyLee @mattyglesias The average wage quoted in the reporting is $20, which I see you've inflated, and no, lol, they're not paying competitive BCBA wages. This is an unregulated industry. Bottom of the barrel at every decision point. Also your patient : provider ratio is a huge underestimate.

@pepsiskateboard @mattyglesias Even assuming below average wages for NC therapists and BCBAs, and assuming the distributed cost for fully staffing and equipping is just $10, the raw cost per hour is gonna be $45, and this doesn't include cancellations, unbillable hours, generating reports, + therapy plans...

Uhhhh nytimes.com/2026/05/23/hea…

@ImNotEmilyLee @mattyglesias Yes, of course there other costs, all spread across all patients. No, they absolutely do not come close to $63/hr/patient.

@pepsiskateboard @mattyglesias Because the in-person therapist isn’t the only one involved? There’s at least a clinical supervisor that will help out and record progress, and a BCBA who will design the therapy plans. It’s like only paying the chef who made your food, and no one else

@LOCAL_GRAVEYARD @nypost accurate to Erika Kirk, though

@nypost She has 4 chins, and I'm not talking about her kids

Michigan Dem dons 'MAGA makeup,' mocks Erika Kirk in sick anti-Trump TikTok video trib.al/PvSxV6d

@daveweigel They're gonna run for president

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@DerekJMiller2 @LeslieProll @JNelsonLDF Who voted for them? (mostly white people, and by huge margins). I care about minority voter preferences. The color of the particular rep is of course irrelevant... unless you're racist.

@LeslieProll @JNelsonLDF You know it’s funny we have black elected Republicans all over the south Hispanic elected Republicans all over the south. But to you, they’re not minorities because they’re not Democrats. you’re a fucking racist.

.@JNelsonLDF argued Callais case. We should listen to her: They’re cementing absolute minority control because they don’t represent a majority of this country. And when they—if they—get away with the heist, we’ll be locked out of multiracial democracy for at least a generation.

@YvesofKermartin @dekabri91046268 @steveschale @daveweigel @KFILE No, it's from a gay Puerto Rican scholar (and was meant to be impractical and irritating on purpose!) Language as performance stuff.

@dekabri91046268 @steveschale @daveweigel @KFILE Latinx first rose in use among Mexican activists in Mexico.

The dewokification of Twitter bios is a funny untold story. AOC and Buttigieg removed pronouns from their bios after Peak Woke. Kamala still has them in (she/)hers

@MustelidDwyer @AlHendiify Yeah, I'm changing the subject a little (sorry). Not asking about wolves, which (aren't relevant near most human population areas anyway). I've always been confused about the relationship between tick pops and deer pops. just asking about this from a deer management perspective.

@pepsiskateboard @AlHendiify Well, maybe, but 1) wolves exclude other canids like coyote & foxes, which eat mice 2) rodent populations are denser in fragmented landscapes that are closer to humans, where apex predators are less able to survive and hunt. These are the areas where ppl get most Lyme

This can be prevented by reintroducing wolves and cougars to predate deer; and keeping wildlife like opossums, hawks, and snakes around to control the tick and rodent populations.

@MustelidDwyer @AlHendiify But they do basically need (or at least strongly prefer?) a large mammalian host (deer) for the third blood meal, right? If deer populations were brought down to lower levels, would black leg ticks also go down, or would they rely solely on smaller hosts?

@AlHendiify It’s still a good and necessary project to reintroduce apex predators even if it doesn’t reduce the prevalence of Lyme disease though

@mattyglesias @daveweigel Yeah but in Oakland you actually do have many Black lefty Dems, unlike other places. (Would wonder more about Hispanic pop.)

@daveweigel I think it’s gotta be Jayapal’s district in Seattle, you’re basically looking for the maximum number of non-black Dems in the electorate.