Tuesday Tweets

Starting with some news you can use.

You've got to be kidding me. After all these years... pic.twitter.com/dhNgjCVzeG

— Chuck B (@chUckbUte) December 15, 2019

Not Harwood, of course, but how many pundits have used the wealth tax as an example of Democrats risking electability by moving too far to the left?

Elizabeth Warren has lost some political ground since the summer, but her wealth tax proposal is doing just fine

Fox News poll shows 68% of Americans support it - including 83% of Democrats, 68% of Independents, and 51% of Republicanshttps://t.co/pWKOGMvaDn

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 16, 2019

I've noticed this too.

It is frankly bizarre. He cld defintely hustle a mid-40s electoral college win, as he did in 2016. But objectively he is in a daunting, daunting position. Stuck w 10 pt approval deficit, more than 50% say they refused to vote for him. Top opponents winning by 5 to 10 pts. C'mon.

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 16, 2019

This should be a bigger story.

Wisconsin is set to purge 234,000 voters, 7% of electorate

Tonight Georgia is cancelling 300,000 registrations, 4% of electorate https://t.co/wOMypmPU12

— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) December 16, 2019

When actual engineers talk about drones and flying cars, noise pollution is one of the first things they bring up. Many (perhaps most) journalists skip that issue entirely.

Every article about drones should mention they are and will ever be extremely loud and almost certainly viewed as a serious neighborhood nuisance. https://t.co/QfwnrgwkEg

— David King (@dk2475) December 12, 2019

Check out the whole thread.

6\ Here @elonmusk forgets about the existence of Ohm's Law. Imagine the resistance on wires going from Arizona to NYC!https://t.co/2GCn6WnqMM

— "Elon Says" (@ElonBachman) December 13, 2019

Baker is terrible at his job.

@peterbakernyt on MSNBC on Thursday said with a perfectly straight face that “both sides” of the House Judiciary Cmte were keeping the fact checkers busy. It’s not just the cult like behavior of the GOP. It’s the NYT insistence that the GOP is not actually a cult that dooms us.

— Kevin Judge (@kevster57) December 14, 2019

But at least he has company in the office.

👇 https://t.co/n9sQlXVdgu

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 15, 2019

2016 showed us that the press still has a horrible problem with misogyny and that it's especially bad at the NYT.

When Buttigieg was on the Daily he was not asked why people see him as inauthentic or opportunistic.

But Warren gets asked repeatedly why she's "alienating" or "uncompromising"

"Why do people hate you?" is a question asked only to women https://t.co/UcWxm0Q6kR

— Charlotte Alter (@CharlotteAlter) December 16, 2019

Too many otherwise sober commentators have bought into the idea that all Trump has to do is hold the base. That line of reasoning never made any sense.

Maybe someone will noticehttps://t.co/8MpC7n7uQN

— Erik Halvorsen (@erikhalvorsen18) December 15, 2019

We've got your good billionaire press lords and we've got...

In fairness LPJ was running dangerously low on money and surely couldn’t afford to keep a 16 person publication running. She’s down to her last $24 billion. https://t.co/STsArXIHMm

— dylan matthews (@dylanmatt) December 14, 2019

We'll be coming be coming back to this one.

haha pic.twitter.com/00SydGuOjP

— Rachel Cohen (@rmc031) December 14, 2019

I also wonder if the bankruptcies have something to do with which farmers (and companies) are getting the money.

As a result, farmers have suffered, with a number going bankrupt, despite a bailout *twice the size of Obama's auto bailout* 5/ https://t.co/hZlIEojcvz

— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) December 15, 2019

Sincere question for those out there with relevant expertise, to what extent does the existence of today's unicorns depend on the innovations of the infamous Match King?

The Match King did make and sell matches. https://t.co/42wzLieUlF

— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) December 14, 2019

And finally, some yak karma. 

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— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) December 15, 2019