Brian Riedl 🧀 🇺🇦 @Brian_Riedl
Sr. Fellow @ManhattanInst Sen. Portman chief economist (2011-17), DC think tanker (2001-11), budget policy for 4 prez campaigns. Independent. Tweets mine.🏳️🌈 manhattan-institute.org/expert/brian-r… Washington DC (originally WI) Joined February 2013-
Tweets22K
-
Followers28K
-
Following802
-
Likes26K
I'm in economic policy rather than political communications ... but I think this may not have been the best week for the Biden White House to be emphasizing and expanding its student loan bailouts.
Crazy stat showing that velocity (not the pitch clock) is driving pitcher injuries. Of the 11 starting pitchers whose fastball averaged at least 96.7 mph last year, 9 are currently on the injured list (per baseballHQ).
Today, Mises Caucus leaders of the Libertarian Party announced Donald Trump as the headliner for the Libertarian National Convention in May. The MAGA "infiltrate and destroy" op of the Libertarian Party is officially complete. Today, I get to say, "I told you so." A thread 🧵
These are pro-war protests.
These are pro-war protests.
This is like breaking into someone's home to rob it, and then complaining that the mean homeowner didn't cook you dinner. Again, these aren't principled activists, but rather cosplaying children who deserve mockery (and in many instances, jail).
This is like breaking into someone's home to rob it, and then complaining that the mean homeowner didn't cook you dinner. Again, these aren't principled activists, but rather cosplaying children who deserve mockery (and in many instances, jail).
The one redeeming aspect of this antisemitic campus thuggery is exposing again how the campus speech codes, safe spaces, etc., were purely about power and silencing critics rather than sensitivity. Good luck enforcing those rules on the rest of the student body ever again.
Article says the policy added 1,000 daycare slots, but also mandated significant raises for child care workers and limited class sizes. So they raised prices across-the-board and then subsidized that cost for a lucky small group of families. I bet the day cares wrote the bill.
*YELLEN: CONCERNED ABOUT 'WHERE WE'RE GOING' WITH US DEFICIT You're the one driving! Pull the damn car over.
Trump tells Time his tariffs on all imports could be higher than 10%: "More than 10%, yeah. I call it a ring around the country." time.com/6972022/donald…
🚨Holy Moly🚨 We're on course to spend $𝟎.𝟗 𝐭𝐨 $𝟏.𝟒 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 on debt cancellation. That's more than we spent ALL higher education spending before 2020, and as much as we are on course to appropriate for TOTAL education over the next decade. crfb.org/blogs/total-co…
JUST RELEASED: Research from AEI's @MEaglen estimates that China's true military spending is $710.6 billion. This calculation is 3x larger than Beijing's self-reported totals and several billion dollars higher than estimates from the US intelligence community.
I've been saying his ad nauseum. Even if the Fed won't remain this tight, anyone expecting mortgage rates to return to 3% or int rates on the federal debt to return to 2% will be quite disappointed. The anomalous pre-inflation int rates aren't coming back. wsj.com/economy/centra…
Good grief. This is like everyone raising their hands and saying Biden is an alien. Unserious people that don’t deserve your vote or even the respect of a serious debate. Like, why are we even asking them questions to hear what they have to say? Waste of everyone’s time.
Good grief. This is like everyone raising their hands and saying Biden is an alien. Unserious people that don’t deserve your vote or even the respect of a serious debate. Like, why are we even asking them questions to hear what they have to say? Waste of everyone’s time.
This is probably right. Most people don't form political opinions through deep examination of the issues or reasoning from first principles. It's more like picking some particular fashion label or way of dressing. Especially for younger people, who face more peer pressure.
This is probably right. Most people don't form political opinions through deep examination of the issues or reasoning from first principles. It's more like picking some particular fashion label or way of dressing. Especially for younger people, who face more peer pressure.
If Kristi Noem thought Cricket was erratic, untrainable, and violent, what until she starts working for Trump in his next administration.
Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch
367K Followers 1K Following Editor-in-Chief, @TheDispatch (https://t.co/ogdkK1lQ3E), LAT columnist. AEI Fellow. Host Remnant Podcast. Majordomo for Zoë and Pippa.Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank
108K Followers 2K Following Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, New Yorker, retired from lawyering. Opinions 100% my own. Not the ex-Cardinals broadcaster.Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome
74K Followers 998 Following @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you? Go @Rangers.National Review @NRO
359K Followers 1K Following Standing athwart history, yelling Stop. A magazine founded by William F. Buckley Jr. To send tips: https://t.co/ydK0a6j9er Instagram: NationalReviewIlya Shapiro @ishapiro
64K Followers 2K Following Dad x4. Const studies @ManhattanInst. Author, Supreme Disorder. Tweets on law, liberty & pursuit of happiness. Opinions my own https://t.co/DTEgpcHK1FMichael Brendan Dough.. @michaelbd
70K Followers 3K Following author of My Father Left Me Ireland. Senior Writer @NRO. Visiting Fellow for the Social, Cultural, and Constitutional Studies division at AEI. Yes, DMs.Seth Mandel @SethAMandel
115K Followers 2K Following Dad to the six Irishest Jewish kids on earth. Senior Editor @Commentary Magazine. @bethanyshondark is my better half. [email protected]Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty
111K Followers 1K Following NR senior political correspondent, Washington Post contributing columnist. Author. Three Martini Lunch podcast. Intermittent cable news talking head. #TJAMSBrad Polumbo 🇺🇸.. @brad_polumbo
63K Followers 2K Following Co-Founder, BASEDPolitics | Contributor @DCExaminer, @NYPost, @Newsweek @TheDailyBeast | Views My Own |David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi
90K Followers 995 Following Sr. editor, @FDRLST +syndicated columnist +@nro & @nypostopinion +author, https://t.co/QWAYulPg3L +You're Wrong w/@mzhemingway. Classical liberalJay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger
55K Followers 2K Following Senior editor, National Review; music critic, The New CriterionShoshana Weissmann, S.. @senatorshoshana
69K Followers 9K Following Digital Director & Fellow @RSI: Occupational licensing reform, social media regulation. @FedSocRTP. Fellow @SlothInstitute. Mountaineer. 12/58 CO 14er🏔📸 More⤵Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman
101K Followers 2K Following Senior writer @NRO Author: https://t.co/aNAUe6RLgM Host of “Issues” on TwoWay: @2WayTVAppEli Lake @EliLake
107K Followers 6K Following Reporter for @theFP Host of the Re-Education podcast @nebulouspods. Contributing editor at @commentaryJeremy 'adjusted for .. @jmhorp
18K Followers 1K Following Dad, Economist, and Arkansan. Associate Professor @UCAbusiness, Director @ACRE_UCA, but these tweets are mine alone.Wojtek Kopczuk 🇵�.. @wwwojtekk
48K Followers 1K Following Economist, tax policy/inequality. Editor of @JPubEcon. President @iipf_org. Professional skeptic. Anti-illiberal. Persiflageur.Jenny_yiong @jenny_yiong23
0 Followers 49 Following Beauty, cosmetics & personal care Fairies rely on faces to make a living Girls refuse to admit defeat👧ᵕ̈ ᑋᵉᑊ 🔸ℚ𝔹𝔼𝔼𝔽𝕃𝕐 Brand|Quick consultationPatty McNashville @PMcnashville
0 Followers 25 FollowingJordan Pakula @JordanPakula
58 Followers 364 Following Kenyon College graduate. Georgia to Ohio to France to Wyoming to D.C.HAMDAN BIN MOHAMMED A.. @hamdan019822
3 Followers 345 Following TO BE HAPPY YOU HAVE TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPYMcCallum @BK_McCallum
2K Followers 2K Following Husband, Father, Constitution supporter. Constitutional adherence is the cornerstone of a legitimate and rights-respecting republicMcSeakne @MSeakne54403
2 Followers 213 FollowingLuz Clarita 🇺🇸 .. @Decire_Veritate
2K Followers 4K Following Irreverent Westerner with little tolerance for lies. There's a war being waged against the West and I came here to fight it. Re-tweets are not endorsements.Nathan @Nathan84938831
22 Followers 2K FollowingRebecca Weiss @Rebeccaweiss
490 Followers 5K FollowingRalphSupermaxiEroe �.. @Daddiz1973
2K Followers 4K Following #NAFO adjacent - serial reposter - doing my best to amplify Ukrainian voices and fundraisers - fella in the makingDan Brandt @brandt_dan13308
10 Followers 112 FollowingAlisha @Alisha17048932
20K Followers 5K FollowingRarifiedGem @loverainonme
285 Followers 822 Following Teacher, learner, cats 🐈, history, politics, physical fitness, reading 📚john e vistic @johnevistic
881 Followers 5K Following The Ark, Singer songwriter/ Guitar player/ Shakespearean/ Creative Director, The Russian Winter https://t.co/7I8u6JpgMBjamesmcdonald @jamesrosewell01
1K Followers 1K Following Works in Advice ... Photography, dogs, and politics.PY @YPPY00
0 Followers 4K FollowingBryan Gleeson @bryangleeson
68 Followers 707 FollowingS Greenwald @SollyGR
747 Followers 4K Following 🇮🇱 1:1.7 civilian to enemy combatant death ratio. Most humane ever in the history of urban warfare.Aimee Hart @aimee_hart
156 Followers 3K FollowingCharlie_Goodnight10 @CGoodnight41653
1 Followers 179 FollowingWetheLiving 2022 @WetheLiving2022
131 Followers 599 Following #NeverAgainIsNow #StopAntisemitism #RecoveryPosse #TwitterNatureCommunity 🌈🫰 🇺🇸🇮🇱Thuy @2weebird
41 Followers 574 FollowingNTTR @NTTR25355324
558 Followers 4K FollowingTHNYLA @thnyla
0 Followers 252 FollowingJenny K @jennifermk1982
34 Followers 527 FollowingAnnie Aitken @AitkenAnni49237
1K Followers 7K FollowingJM&M. @jmk2tog
151 Followers 1K Following M.Ed, Harvard Graduate School of Education: Technology in Education; MSC, Tufts University: Museum Studies. BA, NASC: English and Theatre; Mom; Wife; landlady.Laeeth @Laeeth
2K Followers 5K Following Problem recognition & overcoming constraints. Intuition, unusual talent,process simplicity,contrarian thinking,mass psychology. Live player. fmr hf exec ctteeAlliy @allisone29
379 Followers 3K Following #resist #blacklivesmatter #feminist #lgtbq #bluewave she/her #voteblue #resistance 🇺🇸 🇺🇦🇮🇱 #neveragainjohn @john23089884
221 Followers 492 FollowingThat - Finkelstein Ki.. @KotDailey
213 Followers 1K Following Happily incoherent. Semi competent in a few languages.Dennis Shoup @DennisShoup1
119 Followers 175 Following A people person. Happy that lime Skittles are coming back.Eric Sackett @ericsackett
140 Followers 330 Following Purified by Reverse Osmosis https://t.co/A3v8ucB2ZFKenneth Zauderer @kenzauderer
309 Followers 2K Following Now: . Past lives: @mike2020, @hwkfsh, @HarvardHBS, 🚲🚅🛴, @MonitorDeloitte, @Columbia. Into: 🗞 🛫🏛. Always: ✡️🇺🇸. Follows/RT/likes≠endorse. Views my ownJoseph Malherek @jmalherek
149 Followers 3K Following Historian of capitalism and intellectual migrations. Author of FREE-MARKET SOCIALISTS: European Émigrés Who Made Capitalist Culture in America, 1918–1968.Oldrndurt @Oldrndurt
286 Followers 894 Following a person who no one listens to and they should.. Good nite and God Bless! Pro-Ukraine and Pro-Israel. Love old movies #TCMParty and some new movies. #DumpTrumpQuantum is the Future.. @FutureIsQuantum
876 Followers 130 FollowingTerlingua Girl @terlinguagirl
334 Followers 1K Following Wife, mother, Texan, Burkean conservative public school teacher. Yes, we exist.STARKS3 🎗️🇮�.. @lionabl
306 Followers 3K FollowingJonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch
367K Followers 1K Following Editor-in-Chief, @TheDispatch (https://t.co/ogdkK1lQ3E), LAT columnist. AEI Fellow. Host Remnant Podcast. Majordomo for Zoë and Pippa.Dan McLaughlin @baseballcrank
108K Followers 2K Following Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, New Yorker, retired from lawyering. Opinions 100% my own. Not the ex-Cardinals broadcaster.Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome
74K Followers 998 Following @CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er. CH❤️RTS. You didn't read the article, did you? Go @Rangers.Ilya Shapiro @ishapiro
64K Followers 2K Following Dad x4. Const studies @ManhattanInst. Author, Supreme Disorder. Tweets on law, liberty & pursuit of happiness. Opinions my own https://t.co/DTEgpcHK1FMegan McArdle @asymmetricinfo
97K Followers 680 Following Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own. Email me: Megan.McArdle -at- https://t.co/0v35DOybb0 Buy my book, The Up Side of Down https://t.co/awicv1MdkXSeth Mandel @SethAMandel
115K Followers 2K Following Dad to the six Irishest Jewish kids on earth. Senior Editor @Commentary Magazine. @bethanyshondark is my better half. [email protected]Jim Geraghty @jimgeraghty
111K Followers 1K Following NR senior political correspondent, Washington Post contributing columnist. Author. Three Martini Lunch podcast. Intermittent cable news talking head. #TJAMSBrad Polumbo 🇺🇸.. @brad_polumbo
63K Followers 2K Following Co-Founder, BASEDPolitics | Contributor @DCExaminer, @NYPost, @Newsweek @TheDailyBeast | Views My Own |David Harsanyi @davidharsanyi
90K Followers 995 Following Sr. editor, @FDRLST +syndicated columnist +@nro & @nypostopinion +author, https://t.co/QWAYulPg3L +You're Wrong w/@mzhemingway. Classical liberalJay Nordlinger @jaynordlinger
55K Followers 2K Following Senior editor, National Review; music critic, The New CriterionShoshana Weissmann, S.. @senatorshoshana
69K Followers 9K Following Digital Director & Fellow @RSI: Occupational licensing reform, social media regulation. @FedSocRTP. Fellow @SlothInstitute. Mountaineer. 12/58 CO 14er🏔📸 More⤵Noah Rothman @NoahCRothman
101K Followers 2K Following Senior writer @NRO Author: https://t.co/aNAUe6RLgM Host of “Issues” on TwoWay: @2WayTVAppEli Lake @EliLake
107K Followers 6K Following Reporter for @theFP Host of the Re-Education podcast @nebulouspods. Contributing editor at @commentaryJeremy 'adjusted for .. @jmhorp
18K Followers 1K Following Dad, Economist, and Arkansan. Associate Professor @UCAbusiness, Director @ACRE_UCA, but these tweets are mine alone.Sean T at RCP @SeanTrende
65K Followers 930 FollowingWojtek Kopczuk 🇵�.. @wwwojtekk
48K Followers 1K Following Economist, tax policy/inequality. Editor of @JPubEcon. President @iipf_org. Professional skeptic. Anti-illiberal. Persiflageur.Pinpoint Policy Insti.. @Pinpoint_Policy
95 Followers 96 Following Pinpoint Policy Institute is a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting & defending the essential pillars of America’s economic growth and prosperity.Ben Harris @econ_harris
4K Followers 790 Following Brookings VP and Director of Economic Studies. Former Assistant Treasury Secretary and Chief Economist to VP Biden. Co-author of The Retirement Challenge.ringwiss @ringwiss
17K Followers 175 Following 🏳️🌈 🇪🇺 🇵🇱 🇬🇧 He/him. Armchair parliamentarian. I type at 140 wpm. RTs are endorsements.Robert Buschman @BuschmanBob
319 Followers 278 Following Economist / Finance Guy / (Classical) Liberal-Conservative #PrinciplesFirst / Oh, and Go Blue Devils!Principles First @Principles_1st
21K Followers 3 Following A grassroots effort to rediscover and champion principles in the 21st century #PrinciplesFirst(Stephanie) Slade @sladesr
16K Followers 1K Following Senior editor, @reason. Fellow in liberal studies, @ActonInstitute. Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?Pedro da Costa @pdacosta
135K Followers 30K Following Fed reporter. Head of Policy for the Americas at @MNIMarketNews. Host of FedSpeak podcast. Opinions my own.Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5
81K Followers 4K Following Reporter @CBSNews digital covering the Biden White House and Trump 2024. “Unrepentant candy corn apologist.” Cheez-Its stan account. [email protected]Samantha Handler @sn_handler
2K Followers 1K Following covering Congress for @tax | prev @blaw, @bgov, @medillschool | tips 📨 [email protected] | tweets ≠ endorsement | bravo enthusiastDavid Brooks @nytdavidbrooks
255K Followers 1K Following Op-Ed columnist, @nytopinion. Author of The Road to Character, The Social Animal, and Bobos in Paradise.Danny Yagan @dannyyagan
9K Followers 659 Following Professor @BerkeleyEcon researching and teaching public sector economics. Former chief economist to @ShalandaYoung46 and @PeteButtigieg.Michael Thorning @ThorningMichael
3K Followers 4K Following Democracy, Congress, Institutions, Elections. Director @BPC_Bipartisan. Fmr @SenatorTomUdall. @UNM Alum. 🏳️🌈 Thoughts=my own, RTs≠endorsements. he/himBurgess Everett @burgessev
146K Followers 2K Following POLITICO congressional bureau chief. Photo by @frankthorpCenter for a Free Eco.. @CFEconomy
910 Followers 70 Following The Center for a Free Economy is a policy-based, conservative non-profit. We work to advance the cause of free market public policy reforms.Sharon Parrott @ParrottCBPP
2K Followers 258 Following President of @CenteronBudget, formerly OMB/HHS, Nats fan, mom.Jake Sherman @JakeSherman
438K Followers 4K Following Founder of @punchbowlnews. @nbcnews/@msnbc. Phish/Dead fan. Author of NYT best seller, “The Hill To Die On”.Damian Lillard @Dame_Lillard
3.4M Followers 3K Following They say the truth shall come to the light...so everybody grab ya shades cuz ya boy that bright. (Instagram: DamianLillard)Cato Institute @CatoInstitute
366K Followers 7K Following A public policy research organization dedicated to individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.Nancy Cook @nancook
20K Followers 3K Following Senior national political correspondent for Bloomberg News (@business). Covered Biden + Trump White Houses. ❤️ economic news. Tips to [email protected]Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis
85K Followers 9K Following @ProPublica. Author of FULFILLMENT and THE CYNIC.Reid J. Epstein @reidepstein
39K Followers 2K Following Politics reporter @nytimes. Born and raised in the center of the universe: Peoria, Illinois. If you wanna chat email me at [email protected]Billy Binion @billybinion
27K Followers 845 Following Associate editor @reason. Yes, this is my real name.David John 🇺🇦 @dcjretiresecure
2K Followers 692 Following Retirement & emergency savings and pension policy for AARP & the Retirement Security Project at Brookings. Views are my own, following or RT not endorsement.Barbara Comstock @BarbaraComstock
33K Followers 4K Following Baker Donelson • Natl Council on Election Integrity Co-Chair• ABC News •Former VA10 Rep. •FormerVA Delegate •Lawyer•Mom 🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦Ken Gardner @KenGardner11
17K Followers 970 Following Aristotelian. Retired litigator who could have been a professional violinist. Right of center, but politically homeless.Mark Antonio Wright @mawrightjr
2K Followers 931 Following Okie / USMC 0302 / Executive Editor @NRO / Views are my own and do not necessarily represent the U.N., FIFA, National Association of Realtors, DoD, or USMC.Christian Vanderbrouk.. @UrbanAchievr
34K Followers 6K Following proud @43ForAmerica alum, occasional words for @bulwarkonlineMark Strand @marknilsstrand
2K Followers 3K Following Adjunct Professor of Legislative Affairs at GWU. Former President of the Congressional Institute and 2017 Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics Fellow.Patrick Hedger @pat_hedger
4K Followers 998 Following Executive Director of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (@Protectaxpayers). Moderately-educated thoughts on policy. “Irrelevant.” - Sitting member of Congress.Brian Albrecht @BrianCAlbrecht
26K Followers 2K Following Applied economic theorist: competition and information. Chief Economist @LawEconCenter 📝Price Theory Newsletter https://t.co/1S7TB6ANUPCongressman Blake Moo.. @RepBlakeMoore
11K Followers 441 Following Serving Utah’s First District in Congress on @waysandmeansgop & @housebudgetgop. Vice Chair of @HouseGOP. Little league dad.internet hall of fame @InternetH0F
2.8M Followers 842 Following alt @TPayst | credit is given when original source is known. if no credit is listed, OP can DM us with credit request.Dan Ronayne @danronayne
372 Followers 773 Following SVP @ Touchdown Strategies. UMD J-School/Diamondback/Rugby. Jobs include much PR, Bush-Cheney '04 spokesperson, '16 Invictus Games Comms Director. Go Terps!Dr. Helen J. Knowles-.. @KnowlesGardner
373 Followers 350 Following Research Director @InstFreeSpeech Marathon🏃♀️for #TeamRWB Married to disabled Navy vet @jcgardnernavy1 🏴 by birth 🇺🇸 by choice Opinions my own.US Rep Brendan Boyle @RepBrendanBoyle
60K Followers 4K Following Congressman from Philly. Ranking Member, Budget Cmte. Proud Dad to Abby & husband to Jenny. Notre Dame & Harvard alum. Diehard Philly sports fan.Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor
40K Followers 376 Following Oklahoman. Attorney. Mostly not here anymore. If you need to get a hold of me, shoot me an email at [email protected]All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies
828K Followers 140 Following The account on classic and hit films. Detail in our making of stories is from cast/crew or 3+ sources. To support what we do, please subscribe 😁Stephen Miran @SteveMiran
16K Followers 948 Following Economics Fellow @ManhattanInst // Alumnus @USTreasury #77, @HarvardEcon 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏋️ **Personal views only, not advice**William Beach @BeachWW453
202 Followers 328 Following Economist, former Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Coffin Fellow at the Coolidge Presidential Foundation and Senior Economics Fellow at EPIC.Kim R. Holmes @kimsmithholmes
3K Followers 2K Following Former Assistant Secretary of State. Former Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of The Heritage Foundation.Matt Grossmann @MattGrossmann
33K Followers 3K Following Michigan State political scientist & @ippsr Director; @hookedlansing Co-owner; Pod: @niskanencenter Science of Politics; Next book: Polarized by DegreesBipartisan Policy Cen.. @BPC_Bipartisan
36K Followers 3K Following Democracy depends on bipartisanship. BPC works across the aisle to craft viable solutions that improve lives.Michael Tanner @tanneronpolicy
5K Followers 99 Following Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP). Former Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute.Rachel Leah Siegel @rachsieg
10K Followers 2K Following Covering the Federal Reserve and economy for @washingtonpost • Dallas native • history nerdPaul Van de Water @PaulNVandeWater
2K Followers 1K Following Senior Fellow @CenterOnBudget | Budget policy, health, Social Security | Dutch heritage | Siberian cat loverAcyn @Acyn
482K Followers 6K Following Senior Digital Editor for https://t.co/ok280opPL9 Clips made with @SnapStream Internet Hooligan…Ah yes, Donald Trump, who wants to...cut off immigration, execute people for drug crimes, institute tariffs, and ratchet up military spending. The current Libertarian Party is not interested in libertarianism. They're interested in getting attention on the internet. Such a joke.
Today, Mises Caucus leaders of the Libertarian Party announced Donald Trump as the headliner for the Libertarian National Convention in May. The MAGA "infiltrate and destroy" op of the Libertarian Party is officially complete. Today, I get to say, "I told you so." A thread 🧵
These days, I'm feeling a lot like the Michael Bolton character from Office Space when it comes to calling myself a libertarian "Why should I have to change my name, he's the one that sucks!"
Today, Mises Caucus leaders of the Libertarian Party announced Donald Trump as the headliner for the Libertarian National Convention in May. The MAGA "infiltrate and destroy" op of the Libertarian Party is officially complete. Today, I get to say, "I told you so." A thread 🧵
My Father turned 18 in 1945... Never served overseas, but got a WWII victory medal. Things that happened by the time he turned 18: -Stock market crash -Great Depression -Rise of Hitler (including a Nazi rally at MSG when he was 11) -WWII & Holocaust
Pat Murphy has been suspended 2 games and is serving it beginning today. Freddy Peralta suspended 5 games. Abner Uribe suspended 6 games. Both are appealing. Jose Siri got 3 games.
It's not an "allergy to relevance." He's not libertarian, his first term was not some giant win for liberty, he shouldn't be perceived as associated with libertarianism, and this is merely an opportunity for him to bloviate and/or pander. How the hell is this a win?
I know there are some libertarians who have a severe allergy to relevance, but it is an undeniably great thing that Trump is speaking at the Libertarian Party National Convention. The former President of the United States of America, and current front runner for that office is…
@Brian_Riedl these pitchers almost all have huge spin as secondary pitches (eg degrom, slider), and IMHO the most compelling explanation is the recent slant towards increased spin rates on things besides 4 seam.
@Brian_Riedl Funny this. Turns out when you treat your pitcher like an Indy Car, you have to send them into the pits for new tires a whole lot. Who could have imagined?
Gonna keep re-upping my story on the GOP flamethrowers: Gimenez: "Some of my party are not happy getting 90% of what they want, they’d rather have 0% of what they want.” Diaz-Balart: "They force the House to go left consistently" semafor.com/article/04/16/… x.com/mkraju/status/…
Asked Lauren Boebert about Dems coming to aid Mike Johnson over MTG’s threat to oust him. “We are passing the Democratic agenda each and every day that we're here. We have a slim majority in the House, and it's — everything's being passed overwhelmingly with Democrat support. So…
@Brian_Riedl I almost recommended it in the tweet above. It was very well made and incredibly interesting.
@Brian_Riedl I appreciate your honesty. I also appreciate the acknowledgement that Ryan was magic.
Just the modest opinion of a local knownothingsman: The rationale for determining with certainty that Peralta had intent to hit Siri while admitting nothing went on between the two during Siri's home run is, at the least, very bold. At worst, it's an absurd stretch.
"And there's a base hit to right field from my boy, Tyler Black." Tyler Black's dad got to make the call during his son's Major League debut. 🥹❤️
@Brian_Riedl You've given me a great idea! Rather than giving them what they want (confrontation), just turn off their electricity and water. Then wait and arrest them as they come out.
This policy is completely unfair. Need to block all the cancellation so we aren’t treating people differently based on their actions.
@Brian_Riedl @kerpen I remember when I had three young preschoolers. If you had to pay for care, it was indeed a financial burden. I was very happy when they all reached kindergarten age. Having somebody else pay would have been nice. It is right? No, unless you think socialism is a better model.
The elite festishization of campus protest is embarrassing. latimes.com/opinion/story/…
@DonFSchneider As a former Biden Administration economist, all I can say to tariff advocates who want to argue to consumers that "actually this is not inflationary because strictly speaking this is a price level adjustment" is: Good luck with that!
@barryknapp I don't think she has one. My colleague @Brian_Riedl has done excellent work on the paucity of her proposed solutions: manhattan.institute/article/the-li…
this is a major issue. the fact that Jewish students are not afforded the same protections as other groups is indicative of the systemic anti-Semitism in academia. We need to use the tax code to discipline this idiocy
These are civil rights violations. Call the police, National Guard, whatever, and arrest these losers and wannabe thugs. See how tough they are in jail. We all know if these mobs were instead anti-black, anti-immigrant, or anti-LGBT they'd be long-since expelled & arrested.
This is the guy a bunch of gold-fish-memory Very Online Righties keep saying was a bad president.
Do you know what time it is? Time for some Zombie Reaganism™️ right now.