42. Point is, markets and existing regulatory structures also know that no source is available 24/7/365 and manage the grid accordingly. They don't learn anything from Yglesias insight about nighttime and you didn't either.

21. And before team Yglesias responds by saying "yeah, but it's bad politics to run on climate and energy"... I'd point out that I've won 4 elections in a very purple district running on climate and energy. Pro-tip: leadership is possible! You don't have to be stupid to win!

4. Yglesias instead seems to implicitly argue that politicians should only do what wins elections, virtue be damned. One wonders what he thinks of those foolish 1850s abolitionists. As Condleeza Rice once said, politics is the art of making the impossible inevitable. That ain't this.

The Supreme Court affected public opinion?

Yes. In Watergate the Court on an expedited schedule ordered the public release of the smoking gun tapes. That’s what struck the final blow to Nixon.

I had this exact same thought in real time as the situation in Gaza unfolded. Bombed out images on news recalled those even the casual observer would have noted bore similarity to what we saw out of Ukraine not that much earlier and the US policy contests toward each very stark.

Abandoning the obsession with the Abraham Accords and having individual relationships with each country in the region on the basis of the merits of the individual relationship would be a marked improvement over the status quo.

it sounds like the redacting is coming from inside the files
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