Ezra Klein
Editor, Ezra Klein
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Blogger/columnist for Washington Post, columnist for Bloomberg View, contributor to MSNBC. Eater of food. Hater of filibuster. Lover of charts.
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Finally found something to disagree with @JamesFallows about. The Dale's can is great! http://t.co/CFjaBe5G
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Huh. I'm a bit skeptical the VOW to Heroes Act did all this. But perhaps! http://t.co/ehNHUi01
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. @jbplainblog on the dilemma facing the House GOP: To fight or to hide? http://t.co/zoKwdCzY
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A critique of the Planned Parenthood chart, and PP's answer: http://t.co/uVtEjD7W
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I would eat potato chip cookies: http://t.co/xhfo9Dqf
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"Strip club scenes embody the worst sin of all, at least by television’s standards: they’re boring." http://t.co/4jICBoEA
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Are environmental reviews holding up infrastructure projects? @BradPlumer says there's not much evidence of it: http://t.co/33dS98xD
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Via @Slate : An impressive dance in a laundromat. http://t.co/2HDHtGfc Dead ringer for Community's @GillianJacobs , too.
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Komen’s accidental case against breast exams: http://t.co/weS1zB8D
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You know you can get Wonkbook -- our morning policy newsletter -- in e-mail form. This link will sign you up: http://t.co/HwIsMKyH
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Will be very hard to know what Komen's statement means until we know if their future grants to PP decline or remain steady.
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Is the Susan G Komen Foundation backing down? http://t.co/8eHGBi33
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#FFs: @Populista , who makes Wonkbook happen. @SarahKliff @SuzyKhimm @BradPlumer who make Wonkblog happen. @Vavreck cuz http://t.co/01YqmDWv
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The 50k new manufacturing jobs makes this @annielowrey article on WH's manufacturing strategy a key read: http://t.co/tnYX0ZRb
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.@tylercowen says 'Old Keynesianism" and liquidity trap theories are big losers today: http://t.co/ogbHx45O What say you, @delong ?
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In the @KarlRove post I just retweeted, Rove is saying the Bush tax cuts are a huge driver of deficits. More here: http://t.co/QwjRDy2A
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Moody's: "the very strong start to the year may also indicate that the U.S. economy is more resilient to these threats than we believe."
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From the great @Vavreck : For 2012, the unemployment rate doesn’t matter. The change in it does. http://t.co/01YqmDWv
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Quick take on the Jan Jobs report: It’s pretty much all good. http://t.co/aONqS89W
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Revisions also good: November goes from 100K to 157k. Dec. from 200k to 203k. Everything in this report is good.
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Professional and biz services added 70k jobs. Manufacturing added 50k.
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Private-sector job growth was 257k, but public sector lost 14k jobs.
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BIG upside surprise: Economy added 243,000 jobs in January. unemployment down to 8.3 percent. http://t.co/n7nwDW4g
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Yep, tax cuts increase the deficit: http://t.co/QwjRDy2A
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A very close read of a Thomas Kinkade painting: http://t.co/4p4azFJb
