Matt Bai
@mattbai
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"The great enemy of clear language is insincerity." Read me now at @PostOpinions: https://t.co/JNAdzBh3lU. More at https://t.co/h8EOTiesaq.
Washington, DC
Joined September 2008
Well, I think that's a wrap for me on X. To all who read, shared and argued here over the years, I'm very grateful. Please follow me on Bluesky at https://t.co/s4RIwtbyDU. (And if you're a Yankee beat writer, please share there as well!) Wish you all a terrific holiday season.
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On the bipartisan attack on #autism in Michigan. https://t.co/ZOCbtnDLBK cc @AutismAlliance @briancalley @TimAlberta @GovWhitmer @RepMattHall @EricMGarcia @davidaxelrod @autismspeaks
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The shutdown is only proving Trump’s point, @mattbai writes. https://t.co/btaIy2dwnf
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The president argues that the federal bureaucracy is useless. Shutdowns tend to reinforce that view.
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"Rarely has the corrosion of social media been so plainly exposed as it has been since last week, after the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk." The latest from @MattBai:
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I used to be a cautious optimist, but social media has changed our politics for the worse.
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"To my horrified friends on the left, though, I feel compelled to ask a different question," @MattBai writes. "Now do you understand why all speech is worth defending?"
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Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension shows how one person’s dissent is another person’s “hate speech.”
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"Rarely has the corrosion of social media been so plainly exposed as it has been since last week, after the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk." The latest from @MattBai:
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I used to be a cautious optimist, but social media has changed our politics for the worse.
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"I can’t stop thinking about the giant banners of Trump that keep appearing on the front of our national buildings," @mattbai writes.
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Here’s why I am so bothered by the giant banners of Trump’s face on government buildings.
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Is Trump an autocrat, or does he just play one on TV? Read more from @mattbai:
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Here’s why I am so bothered by the giant banners of Trump’s face on government buildings.
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"What Trump is doing now is the antithesis of what makes America exceptional," @mattbai writes. https://t.co/XPmXydgv3g
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Trying to sanitize the American story is the antithesis of what makes the country exceptional.
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What the Smithsonian taught me about Trumpism, @mattbai writes. https://t.co/XPmXydgv3g
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Trying to sanitize the American story is the antithesis of what makes the country exceptional.
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"Maybe the most culpable institution in our national breakdown isn’t any branch of government or industry." The latest from @MattBai:
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It is the American people who must hold the president accountable, and we’re failing spectacularly.
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"Maybe the most culpable institution in our national breakdown isn’t any branch of government or industry." The latest from @MattBai:
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It is the American people who must hold the president accountable, and we’re failing spectacularly.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency, @MattBai writes.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency, @MattBai writes.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency, @MattBai writes.
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After skipping the California governor’s race, she should make the same call on the presidency.
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"In keeping with his generally nostalgic worldview, Trump seems to harbor the ideal of a country that produces most of its own goods, and mostly for its own citizens," @MattBai writes.
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Mexican Coke, now made in America. But the rest of his agenda is taking us in the opposite direction.
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From @MattBai: Trump wants you to have your choice of Cokes — and not much else
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Mexican Coke, now made in America. But the rest of his agenda is taking us in the opposite direction.
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Democrats have only one escape route, @MattBai writes.
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Unifying behind platitudes isn’t the way out of irrelevance. Making voters choose is.
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CVS locked its products behind glass, @MattBai writes. I can’t handle the stress.
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My local pharmacy’s products are now encased in glass, and the whole thing makes me very nervous.
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CVS was so worried about shoplifting that it stole its own soul, @MattBai writes.
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My local pharmacy’s products are now encased in glass, and the whole thing makes me very nervous.
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CVS was so worried about shoplifting that it stole its own soul -- @mattbai
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My local pharmacy’s products are now encased in glass, and the whole thing makes me very nervous.
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