This is from a Census Bureau visualization of child poverty in the US, sent in by reader BGinCHI. Brown means poor, son, numbers add up to nothing. No matter how much richsplaining Paul Ryan does about how it’s all the young bucks fault, what’s been done to these children is fucking awful.
About the same as Ezra – Open Thread
I’m very excited to announce that I have been offered a paid gig with Vox.com writing about how fake old ladies are bit shit, mainly because they’ve chosen to be old and a bit shit. However, I admit that I haven’t read any of my own articles, and besides Andrew Sullivan likes me, so that’s …
Ezra’s Gone
Ezra Klein is leaving the Bezos Daily Bugle, possibly to go to Vox media, which publishes the Verge and SB Nation. He apparently tried to get Bezos to invest in a new venture, but Bezos was unwilling to throw down “eight figures”. If Vox is starting a politics site, I’d be interested in reading it, …
Ezra is Concerned
Ezra Klein is worried that the Obama administration has created a monster by “helping vault” Paul Ryan to the national stage. His piece is worth a read because he makes a fairly convincing case that Obama made sure that the Ryan plan was the face of the Republican Party. But, this I don’t understand: Putting …
Ezra makes a funny…
To add an exclamation point to John’s earlier post I thought Ezra’s tweet was spot on: Too bad the size of your protest only counts if it is a Conservative protest. After all, who remembers those anti-war protests from 7 years ago in the weeks leading up to shock and oops. I love the smell …
One more reason to read Ezra Klein
He renounces it now, of course, but still, good for him for writing it in the first place. (Washingtonian via Wonkette) Maybe this is the Malbec talking but I think “Fuck Tim Russert” might be a good new category tag. Update. This was well before Russert died, so there’s nothing tasteless about it.
Why You Should Be Defending Ezra
Several of you called “Inside Baseball” regarding my post a little bit ago that included Ezra Klein’s tweet that the Lieberman office is calling around asking about him, but failing to call him directly. That made me state “With Wittmann sniffing around Ezra, you have to wonder how long is before Hiatt has Klein working …