James Medlock
More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
- Reposted by James Medlockwe will greet them as liberators
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- Happy Halloween, the holiday that reminds us that it’s fun and cool to give every child a welfare benefit
- Food stamps remind me of vaccines, we basically eliminated hunger like we eliminated measles, both incredible human accomplishments the GOP is determined to reverse.
- Conservatives love doing the opposite of occam's razor. "Over 10% of people are on food stamps because over 10% of people are in poverty" is too simple. It has to mean there are actually half a billion people in America.
- In areas with increased SNAP take-up rates, grocery prices increased *less*
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- It feels immoral not to sign up for an effectively wild patreon sub as a sort of hazard pay after this game
- “I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit
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- Seeing Curtis Yarvin tweet is like if you watch a horror movie that sets up this mysterious evil villain, and then at the end of the movie comes the grand reveal… and it’s just Alf. And you can’t help but laugh and also feel a bit let down. That’s it??
- More than anything, they want to be patted on the head and told they're a good boy by the liberal elites
- RFK at HHS is like if a baby crashed a car in to a crowd of people. Sure I'm mad at the baby, if not particularly surprised by the outcome - but my bigger concern is all the adults who handed the baby the car keys and insisted it'd be fine.
- Goldbugs are so insane
- How it started // How it’s going
- Conservatives love to darkly say stuff like “you aren’t prepared for what’s next, we’re not going to be moderate anymore, you have no idea what you’ve unleashed” and then cry like babies when you call them fascists
- I'm going on vacation, what books should I read?
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- The case against worrying about pre-transfer poverty
- It’s funny that Cuomo used “unhoused” in his big callout post, while Zohran uses “homeless”
- After years of suffering with a single hose portable air conditioner, I have finally upgraded to a far more efficient dual hose unit. Thank you, TechnologyConnections youtube channel for changing my life.
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- If you want an electability focused dem who has moderated on key issues but hates the GOP with a burning passion and is willing to fight fire with fire, Gallego would be so much better than Newsom
- Conversely, I had dinner with a bunch of professors the other day and I don't think the right is prepared for the radicalization of formerly centrist types against them
- I love that tricking umpires is such a valuable and quantifiable skill in baseball
- Happy Birthday Social Security 🫡
- The plan? Make vegetables substantially more expensive and give candy and soda makers low-impact PR wins
- The NL West is incredible, 4 out of 5 teams have a positive run differential but the combined run differential is -200 thanks to the Rockies