How to spend more than $40,000 per pupil: diagnose 22% of the kids as disabled, get a 9:1 pupil-to-teacher ratio, make it illegal to cut the budget as enrollment swiftly declines, and stop anyone from changing the laws. Then, increase the budget.
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@mattyglesias@theisabelb There’s not infinite data on this but it does seem like Gen Z men are indeed more likely to want to get married and have kids than Gen Z women
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@mattyglesias@halbennet What percentage of the hypothetical-marginal-housing-built-because-of-the-bill was supposed to be BTR? I would have guessed a small number. Is that wrong? I'm not sure I see how this provision could be such a big deal unless BTR was meant to represent a huge share of it
Republicans are trying to pass a bill that will probably hurt their chances of winning future elections. Democrats won't let them.
https://t.co/XCj2aO0wM4
The biggest reason Trump's approval rate has dropped is affordability. The reason people won't embrace Democrats is culture. As @jonathanchait and I write, Gavin Newsom, the overwhelming Dem favorite at the moment, has huge weaknesses on both fronts
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The special election last night in Tennessee showed how strong the Democrats' current position is, and also, how much stronger it could be
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I wrote about gerrymandering, where every constraint on the practice is falling away, and Republicans are not interested in an off-ramp. Including most of the ones whose careers will be ended by it.