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- The Price of Paid Vacation http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/09/the-price-of-paid-vacation/ 13 comments
- Newt Gingrich: Oil Subsidies Are Good Because Liberals Want “All Of Us To Live In Big Cities In High Rises, Taking Mass Transit.” http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/05/newt-gingrich-oil-subsidies-are-good-because-liberals-want-all-of-us-to-live-in-big-cities-i-high-rises-taking-mass-transit/ 6 comments politics
- American Taxes Are Low http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/04/american-taxes-are-low/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed:+matthewyglesias+(matthew+yglesias) 4 comments reddit.com
- Social Security & Medicare Are Government Programs, yet 44% of those collecting social security do not believe they're using a government social program. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2011/02/social-security-medicare-are-government-programs/ 100 comments politics
- Want to know why the Democrats lost? Why Prop 19 failed? Why Feingold was voted out? Here's why. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/richvoter-1.jpg 16 comments politics
- Insurance ≠ Healthcare. Americans need healthcare, they do not need insurance. Only the mafiosi need insurance. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/09/health-care-is-not-done/ 3 comments reddit.com
- Paul Ryan is a Fraud http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/08/paul-ryan-is-a-fraud/ 3 comments politics
- Lindsay Graham is a moron http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/07/lindsey-grahams-uncynical-apolitical-crusade-against-birthright-citizenship/ 11 comments politics
- Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/07/conservatives-dont-care-about-the-deficit-4/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+matthewyglesias+(matthew+yglesias) 5 comments politics
- Angela Merkel is lucky the bar for "Worst German Leader" is very high http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/senators-annoyed-by-john-kerrys-obsession-with-averting-massive-ecological-catastrophe/ 3 comments politics
- GOP; We would like to extend unemployment benefits, but we can't afford it. Oh, by the way, lets get rid of the tax on children of millionaires. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/millionaires-vs-the-unemployed/ 430 comments politics
- To all of you who think that there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans: 1 Republican Senator just destroyed any hope of starting the process of getting us off foreign oil http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/06/this-is-the-sound-of-hope-dying.php 7 comments politics
- A Crime Wave All His Own -- Arizona, Crime, and Immigration http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/06/a-crime-wave-all-his-own.php 6 comments politics
- You can't be poor if you own a cellphone http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/you-cant-be-poor-if-you-own-a-cellphone.php 6 comments politics
- This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Dr. George Tiller’s murder, a terrorist act committed to stop him for providing women with safe, legal abortions. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/trust-women.php 33 comments politics
- Who is buying these tickets? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/who-is-buying-these-tickets.php 3 comments politics
- Conservative Affection for Property Rights Dims When the Property-Holders Are Unionized Workers http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/05/conservative-affection-for-property-rights-dims-when-the-property-holders-are-unionized-workers.php 34 comments politics
- A guy can be a Vice President at one of the most prestigious investment banks in the world and be emailing people in private about how he doesn’t understand the complex exotic trades he created? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/04/fabulous-fabs-damning-email.php 3 comments politics
- Rep Brian Bilbray Says He Can Spot Illegal Immigrants Based on Their Shoes http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/04/rep-brian-bilbray-says-he-can-spot-illegal-immigrants-based-on-their-shoes.php 5 comments politics
- Defense Spending in Europe http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/03/defense-spending-in-europe.php 8 comments politics
- The Latest and Greatest in Congressional Cluelessness: Rep Steve King (R-Iowa) Says Racism and Homophobia Are Okay With Him http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/03/rep-steve-king-r-iowa-says-racism-and-homophobia-are-okay-with-him.php 4 comments politics
- American Public Prepared to Support Israel in Endless War With Arabs http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/02/american-public-prepared-to-support-israel-in-endless-war-with-arabs.php 4 comments politics
- The Filibuster: How Many Votes Does it Take to Change the Senate's Rules? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2010/02/how-many-votes-to-change-the-senates-rules.php 9 comments politics
- CBO Says Senate Health Bill Would Cover 94 Percent of Americans, Sharply Reduce the Deficit http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/11/cbo-says-senate-health-bill-would-cover-94-percent-of-americans-sharply-reduce-the-deficit.php 5 comments politics
- Really interesting charts and statistics indicate that parental wealth has more to do with a child's success rate than does a child's personal abilities. In effect this creates an informal caste system where it takes wealth to gain wealth... http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/08/parental-income-and-educational-attainment.php 4 comments politics
- "No One in America Should Go Broke Because They Got Sick" - this phrase sums up Obama's health insurance reform goals http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/08/no-one-in-america-should-go-broke-because-they-got-sick.php 34 comments politics
- Matthew Yglesias: British Growing Tired of GOP Lies About UK Health Care http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/08/british-growing-tired-of-gop-lies-about-uk-health-care.php 10 comments politics
- Pat Buchanan says that if McCain had played up race he might have beaten Obama. You know, he may be right. And the fact that McCain didn't play the Jeremiah Wright card is one reason I will always respect the Senator from Arizona. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/buchanan-gop-needs-more-race-baiting-not-less.php 9 comments politics
- Non-Whites Hold Increasingly Negative View Of GOP http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/06/all-nonwhite-converging-on-hypernegative-view-of-gop.php 10 comments politics
- What would the ADL say about a poll showing a large majority of Iranians supported the idea of military action aimed at destroying Israel’s nuclear facilities? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/05/adl-poll-israelis-want-attack-on-iran.php 3 comments politics
- After tax income 1979-2006 http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/ 5 comments politics
- I Have Smoked Pot and Don’t Really Care for It http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/04/i_have_smoked_pot_and_dont_really_care_for_it.php 10 comments politics
- The Plan: Obama picks bankers over base. Surprise! http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/03/the_plan_3.php 3 comments politics
- So in the past month the GOP has come out for Fiscal Responsibility, abolishing the Fed, ending Income Tax and now ending the Embargo of Cuba. Where the hell were these ideas for the past 8 years? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/02/senator_richard_lugar_calls_for_new_approach_to_cuba.php 9 comments politics
- Remember this: The Republicans Hate Government Whatever Good It's Trying to Do. Yet They Still Want to Run It. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/02/fish_passage_barriers_and_stimulus.php 25 comments politics
- McCain's story about Eisenhower writing a resignation letter before Normandy? Bogus. http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/10/mccain_and_eisenhower.php 7 comments politics
- Palin: It wasn’t a personal vendetta, I just don’t like vigorous enforcement of rape laws http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/pretext_worse_than_the_crime.php 13 comments politics
- Perhaps the Republicans should have listened to the lyrics of "Barracuda" before choosing it as Palin's theme song... http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/barracuda.php 5 comments politics
- Palin: She's a "Friend" and "Advocate" for Families with Special Needs Kids, But She's Slashed FUNDING for Programs to Help Them http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/09/palin_and_special_needs_children.php 3 comments politics
- McCain Has Houses and Condos and Mansions and Ranches (But Senator Obama Is Called "Out of Touch"???) - - Note: One Ranch Includes SIX HOUSES http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/08/the_ranch_house_dilemma.php 3 comments reddit.com
- McCain Spent $273,000 Last Year On "Household Help" - - A Guy Needs A Butler For Each Home, Right? http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2008/08/income_distribution_fun_facts.php 13 comments politics