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Columnist at the Washington Post. Opinions my own. Email me: Megan.McArdle -at- Buy my book, The Up Side of Down

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    23 Sep 2019

    I just muted anyone who doesn’t follow me. If you want to troll me on politics, you’re going to have to endure my opinions on DC traffic and the proper way to make pie.

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  2. Retweeted
    Jan 3

    There is an enormous difference between between trying to build something that never works, or even building something that was probably never going to work - and claiming it IS working, faking results, faking endorsements, and faking contracts. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    3 hours ago

    All of Trump’s post-election antics have been a small net negative for the GOP but a *huge* positive for Trump personally who has managed to completely the avoid the “fuck this loser” backlash that normally accrues to people who lead their party to defeat.

    So this is something
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    3 hours ago

    Relatedly, something Trump has going for him is that unlike anyone else I’ve covered in my career other GOP party actors believe he both could and would deliberately tank Republicans in a general election if he got mad at them.

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  5. 3 hours ago

    Sadly I can easily believe this.

    I can’t believe the dominant election reformer take on this is “we shouldn’t reform the law that enabled Trump’s coup and should instead hold out for two bills that were obviously dead months ago”
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  6. 4 hours ago

    This is the reason that "green jobs" messaging has fallen flat outside the Democratic base

    "At present, green energy does not promise comparable gains. In 2019, the median annual wage for a solar-photovoltaic installer in the U.S. was $44,890...Median wages in the fossil-fuel power sector, by contrast, paid between $70,310 and $81,460."
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    4 hours ago

    This is the best explainer I've seen in a long time explaining why the politics of climate change are so tough for Ds -- using "Don't Look Up" to get at it:

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    6 hours ago

    It's 2022! Disappointed with the "masks aren't useful for you because we don't have them" vibes around rapid tests, and CDC justifying it by saying tests would provide "a false sense of security". Denying tools to the public with a claim they'd otherwise be reckless isn't okay.

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    8 hours ago

    Human connection is the fundamental reality. Defy it at your own risk.

    Why are liberals less happy than conservatives? They are more likely to take an *individualistic* approach to core institutions like marriage (👇🏼) focusing on the losses rather than the gains assoc w/ our most foundational institution. They forget we’re social animals.
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    17 hours ago

    The reason this style of thinking drives me nuts is a lot of liberals have convinced themselves they can talk AROUND ideological disputes like this -- disqualify and exclude their opponents so they never have to sell their views. That's not how politics works.

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  11. 19 hours ago

    Well, I don't know about you, but I'd love to live in a world free from sin.

    If half the statements and a quarter of the letters of rec in PhD applications talked about how devoted the applicant is to Christ and their passion for freeing the world from the prison of sin that would be weird, right?
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    20 hours ago

    This is Tinsley. She was in a car accident with her humans last night. She escaped the wreckage, got the attention of police, and led them all the way back to the site of the crash. Her humans are being treated and expected to survive. Tinsley is awarded our very rare… 15/10

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    22 hours ago

    Great thread, somewhat missold in the first tweet. Spoiler: the strategy needs to be to go in strong on talks, with threats. Only way peace is imaginable. Diplomacy is not simply seeking positive sum solutions, granting things to adversaries.

    My original thread on the high likelihood of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in the next 2 months has sparked a lot of great conversations and debate, so I now want to follow it up with another that discusses a potential solution to resolve this crisis peacefully🧵
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  14. 22 hours ago

    What is this product? Why is this product?

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    22 hours ago

    Since Ethan keeps walking down Theranos lane, here is my interview with Holmes he keeps talking about. His voice is in it.

    Oh good- more pics!
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    Jan 4

    "Humiliation strikes us when we are revealed to have had aspirations and beliefs that are beyond us...If shame is the consequence of not living up to what one ought to, then humiliation is the consequence of trying to live up to what one has no right to"

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    Jan 4

    NEWS: is LEAVING the NEW YORK TIMES to start a new news organization with .

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    Jan 4

    A reminder that you can get all of my columns delivered to your inbox automatically. And lots more! Sign up for free here: 

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    Jan 4

    Just out in JPubE: Highly-publicized killings by police officers tend to be followed by a period of reduced self-initiated police activity (i.e., fewer stops and arrests). Effects may persist beyond the immediate aftermath.

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    Jan 4

    "The problem is not that America is incapable of conducting an election with integrity. We just did. The problem is that too many Americans — predominantly Republicans today, but perhaps Democrats tomorrow — do not believe or accept the results."

    I don’t always appear in The New York Times. But when I do, I try to be as depressing as possible. Happy New Year:
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    Jan 4

    Good morning from I95 in Virginia where I have been trapped in my car for more than 20 hours. I’m not sure but I think I now qualify for Virginia residency.

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