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I think the 'imagine if Biden did X' stuff can easily get overblown, but given that age and physical stamina are supposedly one of the key differentiators in this campaign it is striking how little attention is paid to this.

Babe wake up, new evidence that child benefits don’t reduce labor supply just dropped nber.org/papers/w32343#….

The fundamental issue isn't about the stagecraft, it's that pro-Palestine activists have decided they want to help Trump win the election even though they concede that Trump's policies would be worse for Palestinians.

It's a vexing situation.

If they can go after Trump on this, they can go after anyone who cheats on his wife with a porn star and then pays her off to stay quiet about it while running for office.

Statistically speaking the biggest root cause of crime is “some people are men” but this doesn’t really get us anywhere in terms of having a solution.

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Reducing the cost of doing various kinds of research is underrated.

I’ve been thinking about clinical trials a lot recently but applies to many areas.

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Booze is bad…

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These leftist antisemites HATE Biden. The right-wing antisemites LOVE Trump.

We must root out this antisemitism on the far left. But do not let right wingers weaponize what’s happening on college campuses against Biden. They don’t care about Jews. They want Trump to win for FFS.