Jonathan Robinson
@jonrobinson2.bsky.social
Ex @Catalist_US. Proud Buckeye & Marylander. Dems are good. Affordable MD PAC YIMBY. Dad. Views my own.
Its her district
November 23, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Its her district
So you blame Friedson?
November 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
So you blame Friedson?
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One reaction: those of us who have worked in government think it is much much harder to get people to pay attention to the issues you want them to care about than a lot of folks who haven’t think.
November 19, 2025 at 12:03 AM
One reaction: those of us who have worked in government think it is much much harder to get people to pay attention to the issues you want them to care about than a lot of folks who haven’t think.
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Even the master of attention, Trump is struggling now to turn attention away from Epstein and has failed to get people to pay attention to the initiatives he wants like No Tax on Tips.
November 19, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Even the master of attention, Trump is struggling now to turn attention away from Epstein and has failed to get people to pay attention to the initiatives he wants like No Tax on Tips.
Agree to disagree. What matters is what was proposed and what was enacted. She folded.
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Agree to disagree. What matters is what was proposed and what was enacted. She folded.
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As far as I know not much has been written about the behind the scenes stuff on HR 1, but this post from Bruenig (who definitely is not a moderate!!!) on Childcare gets at a lot of the same dynamics.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/04/19/t...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/04/19/t...
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
As far as I know not much has been written about the behind the scenes stuff on HR 1, but this post from Bruenig (who definitely is not a moderate!!!) on Childcare gets at a lot of the same dynamics.
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/04/19/t...
www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/04/19/t...
Now you're cooking
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Now you're cooking
Ok but how correlated are they in your view even if one isn't sufficient (my view is you need intense media attention)
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Ok but how correlated are they in your view even if one isn't sufficient (my view is you need intense media attention)
What evidence do you have that they are uncorrelated? They are very correlated.
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
What evidence do you have that they are uncorrelated? They are very correlated.
Someone's got a plan for that
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Someone's got a plan for that
IDK there was a lot of policy coverage and debates in the 19/20 D primary. It wasn't ~everything the candidates did by a long shot but there was a lot.
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
IDK there was a lot of policy coverage and debates in the 19/20 D primary. It wasn't ~everything the candidates did by a long shot but there was a lot.
Yeah I also think that in a Pres primary getting people to listen to what you are proposing will not be a hard thing to get "attention" to
October 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Yeah I also think that in a Pres primary getting people to listen to what you are proposing will not be a hard thing to get "attention" to
Also excited to read. Will you get into why there's so much disagreement in the literature, you & Mike seem on the opposite side of a ton of different papers looking at this (from what I recall)
October 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Also excited to read. Will you get into why there's so much disagreement in the literature, you & Mike seem on the opposite side of a ton of different papers looking at this (from what I recall)
I don't understand your point
October 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I don't understand your point
I really think when people make these kinds of broad statements, it's worth rolling the tape and conducting a light fact check. For example, here's preferred minimum wage polling from 2016 vs state minimum wage, a huge gap (this was voters giving their #, not prompted). Voters are fine w/ this
October 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I really think when people make these kinds of broad statements, it's worth rolling the tape and conducting a light fact check. For example, here's preferred minimum wage polling from 2016 vs state minimum wage, a huge gap (this was voters giving their #, not prompted). Voters are fine w/ this
I think you need to work from first principles. Why would a world exist where people believe these things (let's suppose for a 2nd it's 100% true, though I'm skeptical) and yet they still vote for Donald Trump and Republicans.
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I think you need to work from first principles. Why would a world exist where people believe these things (let's suppose for a 2nd it's 100% true, though I'm skeptical) and yet they still vote for Donald Trump and Republicans.
What does "most" cases, mean to you? That's the plurality position (per Pew). The KS initiative did not advance any proactive new abortion policy agenda, it cemented the status quo Kansas legal regime (not progressive)
October 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
What does "most" cases, mean to you? That's the plurality position (per Pew). The KS initiative did not advance any proactive new abortion policy agenda, it cemented the status quo Kansas legal regime (not progressive)
You should read what the KS ballot measure in 2022 was about. What the stakes were, how they were messaged, what the policy debate was. It's so far from anything
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
You should read what the KS ballot measure in 2022 was about. What the stakes were, how they were messaged, what the policy debate was. It's so far from anything
No, because a climate bill didn't meet the moment. It met 2013
October 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
No, because a climate bill didn't meet the moment. It met 2013
Democrats signature bill from the Biden admin was a climate bill. Immigration soared under the admin's watch. Crime went up and then went down, but it also went up. Blaming that on some media opp is just an unwillingness to grapple w/ reality
September 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Democrats signature bill from the Biden admin was a climate bill. Immigration soared under the admin's watch. Crime went up and then went down, but it also went up. Blaming that on some media opp is just an unwillingness to grapple w/ reality