Here is an earlier study that also found more than half the employment gains were due to the ’96 reform’s work requirements https://t.co/5os7ByL2eG https://t.co/cNNrbWUCj4
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Apr 13, 2026
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There is now a billboard of the poet Mandy Kahn on Sunset Boulevard (!), featuring the lines of hers discussed in this piece. They’re good lines! https://t.co/kxN9NfMGLA
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Apr 13, 2026
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There is now a billboard of the poet Mandy Kahn (!) on Sunset Blvd., featuring the lines of hers discussed in this piece. They’re good lines! https://t.co/kxN9NfMGLA
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Apr 13, 2026
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First AI came for the lawyers, and I did not speak out because I didn’t want to be a lawyer … https://t.co/QZHbOKOUj4
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Apr 13, 2026
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From a local Republican leader … https://t.co/O620TUBv3J
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Apr 13, 2026
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Real Illiberal Democracy has never been tried
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Apr 13, 2026
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Now do Journolist … https://t.co/uYpWTSVJGu
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Apr 13, 2026
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You mean he’s the Ron DeSantis of Hungary … https://t.co/uJhyPpdrRO
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Apr 13, 2026
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“[A]n important principle: Conversation is not a reward to be bestowed on those with whom we agree; it’s a necessary habit in a democracy. The point is not to find agreement so much as to deepen understanding. To talk with others is to believe in the possibility of change —
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Apr 13, 2026
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“[N]othing would improve the region more than the replacement of this regime in Iran with one was focused on enabling its people to realize their full potential… The problem is I really don’t want to see Bibi Netanyahu or Donald Trump politically strengthened… And so I
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Apr 13, 2026
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A better theory would be that the problems left to solve –eg. health care, welfare before ’96, racial equality–are the ones that aren’t amenable to “3” compromises, or else they would have been solved already.
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Apr 13, 2026
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“If somebody is at a two and you are at four, there ought to be some way to get to three.” That Dole quote captures the dreary old-DC mindset of this piece. Sometimes either extreme is better than 3! The bipartiasn welfare reform bill of 1996, which @PostKranish mentions, wasn’t
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Apr 13, 2026
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Because the immigration “accomplishments”were disastrous and the proposed compromises were frauds? Just guessing here. https://t.co/aIfLOVNY40
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Apr 13, 2026
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Not much of a dictatorship if it allowed a free vote and accepted defeat. Think you need some more nuanced words. https://t.co/Gkl6MIT0Ny
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Apr 13, 2026
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Steve Hilton wants to hear it, no? https://t.co/tUZjwZM7pq
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Apr 12, 2026
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Given a choice in negotiations, I would rather have no nukes than no tolls. Much rather. https://t.co/xjgNiBw2qU
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Apr 12, 2026
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Doesn’t seem like such a terrible outcome, so far [ducks] …
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Apr 12, 2026
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“The two men shook hands, and the talks was [sic?] described as cordial and calm, the two senior Iranian officials familiar with the talks said. While no diplomatic breakthrough was reached, a taboo — shaped by decades of hostility, sharp rhetoric and chants in Iran of ‘death
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Apr 12, 2026
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They’re shocked shocked here in CA https://t.co/yspDwBSxTx
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Apr 12, 2026
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Yep. Not running for governor was a foolish and vain decision by Harris–the most recent of many. https://t.co/JnXi671t0E
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Apr 12, 2026
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Bad Bagel is a good name for a Jewish rapper https://t.co/a6tAtW8Alg
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Apr 12, 2026
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Solution: More theater! https://t.co/EzCKGbUaty
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Apr 12, 2026
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April 11, 2026 at 09:13PM
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A formal part of any due process is educating @mtracey…. https://t.co/ZwP3zAModV
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Apr 12, 2026
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April 11, 2026 at 09:11PM
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Becerra and Villaraigosa will still be Zombies on the ballot–and ethnic zombies are some of the most potent vote-drainers! Many voters simply vote for the candidate of their race. I learned this the hard way.
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Apr 12, 2026
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I admit I thought they’d winnow the field first by pressuring the low-polling candidates to pull out. But those candidates are both Latinos (Becerra and Villaraigosa) plus Mahan who just jumped in. Bad optics to bounce the Latinos! But if they bounce Swalwell first they can do it https://t.co/7viXecgnL7
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Apr 12, 2026
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