Can we really say things were anti-establishment when 97% of incumbents won?

Thanks for the thoughtful response. Is there anything that stands out to you? I’ve found their reporting to be very strong this season. Farenthold is probably in line for a Pulitzer for doing the kind of reporting I think we need more of: in depth, exhaustively researched, continuous review to get to the bottom of…

What did WaPo ever do to you? They’ve been solid for a while.

No one is putting a stockyard in Brooklyn. Besides, that doesn’t mean that all regulations are good. The anti-density regime is costing us all.

It’s not a problem; taxes don’t even need to go up when (a) actual taxable value increases by so much and (b) now many more people reside in the city paying income taxes. Even if property taxes go up, they have a tiny impact on rents.

He might actually become a billionaire now.

Or just build enough for everyone. As long as we restrict the supply of housing so that people have to play musical chairs, people without money will always be the ones left out. Build a luxury condo and that’s one less person that buys up a townhouse to remodel and gentrify. That’s been the story of a lot of…

Getting rid of rent control won’t do anything because it can’t increase supply. the problem is that new construction is prohibited, not that people don’t want to build.

Materials cost and wages aren’t big issues; it really comes down to land use regulation. The problem is that zoning fights are enormous political battles and wealthy landowners have lots of power, while the people who would move in to the new housing don’t have any. One helpful move would be to take land use…

Plus the new tax revenue from those apartments and their residents helps you afford the new infrastructure and then some, since they tend to be wealthier.

Permitting, zoning, parking minimums, setback requirements, etc. In almost every part of the country, it’s illegal to build dense housing. Big cities can’t really go further out, so the only way you get more housing is to fit it into the existing space, which requires more density.

It’s not really about construction costs; it’s about land use. Most new housing is going to be luxury until that market is sated, just because that’s what’s most profitable. Imagine if only 1000 cars were allowed to be sold in the US each year: there wouldn’t be any cheap Civics in that group. You can have things…

Or that he doesn’t realize that Border Patrol’s budget is up 40% since 2009, or that they’re no different from any other federal employees in terms of not getting raises.

No that’s not widely known. That’s what people say when they don’t like what NPR reports. You’re trying to discredit factual reporting by saying “well everyone knows they’re in the tank for the their side, so I can ignore whatever they say.” Do you see the circular logic?

No, I don’t think that. You’re claiming this massive industry-wide conspiracy across, at minimum hundreds of journalists, each of whom is looking for an edge/insight over the others. It’s completely ridiculous to just dismiss every single news outlet around (other than the partisan sources that agree with you) as…

Embiid is the same age as a college senior.

Right, literally every news source that doesn’t agree with whatever beliefs you happen to hold at is biased. I bet that conspiracy goes all the way to the top.

Ate you serious? They reported the polls they had what super secret polls do you have that you weren’t sharing with us?

Oh I totally agree. We need to be selling the entire working class population on the importance of policy. The most persuasive case is “Donald Trump promised you the moon and gave you nothing, here’s what we can offer.” I’m just saying that you don’t have to win over the entire population. Tying with college…

Also, let’s not overstate the issue here. We don’t need to see a sea change: just cut into the GOP margin by a few percent among blue collar whites to get to like 40% and that’s enough to swing the election.