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Alex Yablon

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Policy analyst @nyccouncil, write about policy and economics when I can. formerly @patriotact and @teamtrace.

Short Kings County, NY
Joined July 2011
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RT @Sulliview: Another good day not to be the New York Times public editor.
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RT @jdcmedlock: It's so funny how these guys say "import the third world, become the third world" and then their own policy preferences end….
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RT @NYPDPC: ZERO shootings or murders in New York City on July 4th. The last time in recorded history that happened was…never….
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Ok while I get that this is economically problematic, haven’t life expectancies massively increased during this time? Why would we have spent an equivalent amount on pre-wwII healthcare that didn’t work?.
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damn this is pretty crazy, not gonna lie
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Watching Monterrey Pop for the first time and this documentary is half about scoping hippie babes.
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RT @BrusselerMel: if only there were a film exploring the complex "masala" of race, identity, and politico/cultural belonging in the US and….
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The thing about calipers guys like Cremieux is they’re all idiots and liars.
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Shouldn’t the times story be “man accurately fills out form that asks country of origin”
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RT @ReichlinMelnick: With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per y….
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RT @jamiedupree: Rep. Keith Self R-TX was one of a dozen Republicans who had refused to advance the Senate-passed BBB - but those GOP lawma….
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RT @AP: US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as Palestinians seek food in Gaza.
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This same piece comes out every few years. Historically speaking arent all but the top 1% smallholders at best? imagine the same article about early modern sheep farmers in NW England. “These protocapitalists got into the top 10% of earners in Britain, but they don’t feel rich”
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OK but what if Zohran ran on increasing NYC's tractor production.
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Ross Barkan
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The democratic socialism espoused by Zohran - social democracy, with some added government programs and strengthened welfare - is very different than 20th century Soviet-style communism. This is not that complicated.
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at what point did the plenum of the CCP surpass the US senate as 'world's greatest deliberative body'.
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RT @edmundlee: The "extra information" from the subject in this story, arguably, is very promotional — she cites, for example, a client. I….
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RT @advaitarun_: Yesterday @CtheLala and I broke down what the OBBBA is about to do to the Inflation Reduction Act, and how it's likely to….
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RT @dwallacewells: This map is incredible for several reasons, one that it suggests that people who actually take the subway aren’t nearly….
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Is Pete the least quirked up white boy of all time.
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Steve Kornacki
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Emerson polled a bunch of Dem prospects for the '28 WH nomination. Results are muddled but notable that Buttigieg, as in '20, still hitting a wall with black voters in this:
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RT @SalAlbaneseNYC: This is hysterical from a union that endorsed @andrewcuomo. It means that their enthusiasm for C was not even lukewarm.
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