Tuesday Tweets

"Eventually, for a democracy, the information comes out," @JamesFallows says on @ReliableSources. "Democracies eventually learn the truth. It's better for the administration, better for the military, better for the public if we shorten the time that it takes to learn that truth."

— Jim Maiella (@jimmaiella) January 12, 2020

The same disinfo formula I described in my CNN op-ed last month: Lie on Fox News, apologize on Twitter or CNN. GOP wants two realities so they can be Trump propagandists and respected representatives at the same time. https://t.co/i7G0FrdZot

— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) January 10, 2020

👇👇👇 https://t.co/MahvnIOmTb

— Russ Mitchell (@russ1mitchell) January 11, 2020

Two past-weekend reads:
1) Michael Lind in WSJ arguing that response to left-behind America is revived labor movement. From book ‘New Class War’ https://t.co/udNs5GPp2D

2) @ChristopherIngraham in WaPo on oversimplifications / stereotypes re Rural America https://t.co/Hl1yBUQtRF pic.twitter.com/24mAR6xfXe

— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) January 13, 2020

It's not Goop; it's the Goop Lab. That's way more sciencey.

— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) January 8, 2020

 

Please enjoy this 1939(!) brochure introducing the new science of polling.

"Within the past few years a technique for measuring public opinion has been developed....In the past, estimates of the strength and trends of public opinion have been based on pure guesswork." https://t.co/JercykJ75x

— Ariel Edwards-Levy (@aedwardslevy) January 10, 2020

And it takes a lot to make wasteland dwellers giddy.@Canadian_JACD

— Mark Palko (@MarkPalko1) January 11, 2020

Upper income Republican-leaning Americans are REALLY dug in on the narrative of individual effort and making your own “good luck”. Lower income Republicans are not so sure! https://t.co/4hD7hCR7Z8 pic.twitter.com/1LEztQwPDh

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) January 11, 2020

41% of Republicans (61% of all Americans) say economic inequality is a major issue in US today. Of those Republicans, 2/3 agree with higher taxes on the wealthy. 84% of total population do. Isnt this an open goal? https://t.co/4hD7hCR7Z8 pic.twitter.com/KvdBEqN9z3

— Adam Tooze (@adam_tooze) January 11, 2020

What, you didn’t see the little Skynet robot inside running on a hamster wheel?

— Ben Uy (@BenAllenUy) January 12, 2020