Austin Ostro

[John Kasich @JohnKasich]

Love the halftime show which celebrates the wonderful Latino culture. Great pick and great show. Bad Bunny hit a grand slam home run!

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

@j_fishback You’re a subhuman cringemaxxer

[Boring_Business @BoringBiz_]

One of the most significant moments from the Trump Davos speech was when he said the quiet part out loud

You cannot lower housing costs for young people without destroying millions in wealth for boomers

"Every time you make it more affordable for somebody to own a house cheaply, you are actually hurting the value of those houses. I don't want to do anything to hurt the value of their house.

If I wanted to crush the housing market, I could do that so fast that people could buy houses. But you would destroy people who already have houses."

Our politicians are sacrificing people in their 20s and 30s for the prosperity of boomers

Let that sink in

[Governor Kathy Hochul @GovKathyHochul]

It’s go big or go home.

I want to scale us up to five gigawatts of nuclear power, more that's been built anywhere in the U.S. in the last 30 years.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

Vance is such a profile in cowardice.

[Jacob Frey @Jacob_Frey]

Minneapolis kept rents far below the national average by building more housing, affordable and market-rate, and that’s essential to my plan.

Your rent control proposal would make that nearly impossible. It's failed in city after city, and would be disastrous for Minneapolis

[Kenny Burgos @KennyBurgosNY]

Zohran not taking a position on ballot proposals 2-4, that will undoubtably build more housing, shows we’re in for another mayor who presents as bold but will fall victim to politics as usual.

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

@mattyglesias But you should also rank your preferred option between Cuomo and Mamdani fifth. Given the overwhelming likelihood that this will be the final round match up- not registering a preference on it is a huge mistake. We really want to hear your explicit preference between the two Matt

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I’m sorry, but I just can’t stand it anymore.

This massive, outrageous, pork-filled Congressional spending bill is a disgusting abomination.

Shame on those who voted for it: you know you did wrong. You know it.

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

Thanks for answering @mattyglesias

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Iran and Russia are close collaborators specifically on developing military drones, it makes no sense for Republicans to be blocking Ukraine aid while calling for more anti-Iranian measures.

https://t.co/ulfVHZ5pVd

[Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur]

That was *quite* a transition in Sen. Britt’s SOTU response from the sunny optimism it began with to the intense, morbid tone. It was always going to be a challenge playing to the Reagan suburbs and MAGA world at the same time. Did she pull it off? Watch and decide for yourself.

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

@jesse_history Trying to figure out in which army my friend’s great-grandfather served in WW1. Pre-war he was a Jew living in Ottoman Palestine but the timeline is a bit murky. Can we tell from the uniform/gun?

[Fareed Zakaria @FareedZakaria]

America’s top universities should abandon their long misadventure into politics, retrain their gaze on their core strengths and rebuild their reputations as centers of research and learning.

My take:

[Armand Domalewski @ArmandDoma]

I know this is a grim time and any jokes are in bad taste but I would be lying if I said my first thought wasn’t imagining Hitler seeing this and having a stroke

[Melissa Lantsman @MelissaLantsman]

Erasing history to forget this?

You are a disgrace.

I’m glad I wasn’t there to witness this pathetic display, today. I’m even more glad the @CPC_HQ said no. #cdnpoli

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

@esnaHBC What McCarthy can’t get done- Make 👏 Molinaro 👏 Speaker

[Austin Ostro @Austin_Ostro]

@sarbetter The oversample of Republicans is just for their concurrent GOP Primary poll... not in the general election matchups.

[Joe Bernstein @Bernstein]

The median restaurant in Western Europe is called “King Taco Burger Kebab” and mostly serves machine espresso to 58 year old drunks.

[Brian Kemp @BrianKempGA]

The 2020 election in Georgia was not stolen.

For nearly three years now, anyone with evidence of fraud has failed to come forward - under oath - and prove anything in a court of law. Our elections in Georgia are secure, accessible, and fair and will continue to be as long as I am governor.

The future of our country is at stake in 2024 and that must be our focus.