Politics

Into The Weeds: Debate Day Special

Here is this weeks forum for long-form political discussion.

GROUND RULES:

  • Embeds are fine but make sure they can facilitate discussion deeper than “Oh that’s neat.” or “Oh that’s bad”
  • TLDR Policy: While everyone is heavily encouraged to read the articles, tweets, bills, studies in full before responding you can still feel free to post excerpts especially if they contain something specific you want to talk about
  • Jokes are going to happen but try to keep them in the snark while making a larger point mode and not just a quick one-liner

OPTIONAL TOPICS:

It is the first Night of the Democratic 2020 Primary Debates where the top 10 will be on one stage together for the first time. To celebrate I am going to link a piece on each candidate on stage

  1. Elizabeth Warren on how to expand Social Security https://medium.com/@teamwarren/expanding-social-security-4db2f3617ca9
  2. Ezra Klein interview with Julián Castro ” Julián Castro’s Quiet Moral Radicalism”  https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/9/12/20860452/julian-castro-2020-immigration-animals-policy-trump-climate-homeless
  3. Maggie Aster writing about Biden’s Policies for The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/us/politics/joe-biden-on-the-issues.html
  4. Dylan Matthews on Kamala Harris’s LIFT Act https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/19/17995374/kamala-harris-lift-act-basic-income-cash-eitc
  5. Umair Irfan and Tara Golshan on Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal https://www.vox.com/2019/8/22/20827396/bernie-sanders-2020-climate-policy-green-new-deal
  6. Mehdi Hassan interviewing Pete Butigeg https://theintercept.com/2019/03/21/mayor-pete-buttigieg-on-trump-islamophobia-and-his-presidential-bid/
  7. Freakonomics interview with Andrew Yang http://freakonomics.com/podcast/andrew-yang/
  8. Sarah Kliff on Cory Booker’s Baby Bonds https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/10/22/17999558/cory-booker-baby-bonds
  9. Maggie Aster again this time with a rundown of Beto O’Rourke’s policy https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/us/politics/beto-on-the-issues.html
  10.  Matthew Yglesias on Amy Klobuchar’s 1 Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/3/28/18285343/amy-klobuchar-infrastructure-plan