Matty Y sent out a bat signal to the group chats
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
December 20, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Matty Y sent out a bat signal to the group chats
Also he literally *ran ahead* of Harris so Matty is wrong on this account (again)
December 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Also he literally *ran ahead* of Harris so Matty is wrong on this account (again)
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
December 20, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is why I'm really starting to hate the data bros.
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty Y: "Dems should focus less on climate change/renewable energy, it's a losing issue."
Sean Casten (an actual Congressman): "I won a purple district multiple times by focusing on those issues"
Lakshya: "YEAH BUT YOU DIDN'T OVERPERFORM"
Matty has negatively polarized himself against the concept of activism to the point where he no longer seems to understand how political parties work at all.
December 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Matty has negatively polarized himself against the concept of activism to the point where he no longer seems to understand how political parties work at all.
I nearly quote posted the NYT climate post and then I realized it was matty in the NYT and come on y’all
December 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I nearly quote posted the NYT climate post and then I realized it was matty in the NYT and come on y’all
And like half of this is just realizing MattY doesn't have what it takes to win either
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And like half of this is just realizing MattY doesn't have what it takes to win either
That’s what popularism is, though, is “things that matty likes”
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
That’s what popularism is, though, is “things that matty likes”
Oh wow Matty Yglesias is on triple D
December 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Oh wow Matty Yglesias is on triple D
I forgot that was matty y. God he's so fucking dumb.
December 21, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I forgot that was matty y. God he's so fucking dumb.
this is basically Chuck Schumer's version of the "Bailey's," a white family from Nassau that doesn't exist, even in the abstract. MattY is imaging a similar "Gonzalez" family.
December 21, 2025 at 12:08 AM
this is basically Chuck Schumer's version of the "Bailey's," a white family from Nassau that doesn't exist, even in the abstract. MattY is imaging a similar "Gonzalez" family.
say what you will about Gallego, i can understand his "people like me want a big truck and a suburban home" vision
Matty.... just doesn't seem to actually know any swing voters?
Matty.... just doesn't seem to actually know any swing voters?
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
say what you will about Gallego, i can understand his "people like me want a big truck and a suburban home" vision
Matty.... just doesn't seem to actually know any swing voters?
Matty.... just doesn't seem to actually know any swing voters?
Me showing Matty a picture of the solar learning curve, and highlighting Texas's deployment of wind and solar.
"Not like that."
"Not like that."
December 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Me showing Matty a picture of the solar learning curve, and highlighting Texas's deployment of wind and solar.
"Not like that."
"Not like that."
I support Matty in his efforts to negatively polarize the entire Democratic Party against him.
December 21, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I support Matty in his efforts to negatively polarize the entire Democratic Party against him.
In a shocking twist: Matty Yglesias proven to be gigantic dumbass who doesn’t know what he’s talking about
December 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
In a shocking twist: Matty Yglesias proven to be gigantic dumbass who doesn’t know what he’s talking about
mattY has burners
It's amazing how many people here think there are only three categories of people: the enlightened people like them, fascists and "people without principles." They only disagree on whether Matt Yglesias is in the second or third category. Maybe consider growing up at some point.
December 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
mattY has burners
people don't think like this!!!
matty is a system 2 thinker trying to appeal to a system 1 voter
matty is a system 2 thinker trying to appeal to a system 1 voter
December 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
people don't think like this!!!
matty is a system 2 thinker trying to appeal to a system 1 voter
matty is a system 2 thinker trying to appeal to a system 1 voter
It is so immensely satisfying seeing a federally elected politician talk shit about MattY
December 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It is so immensely satisfying seeing a federally elected politician talk shit about MattY
please don't put in the newspaper that matty is mad
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
please don't put in the newspaper that matty is mad
If MattY believed his own arguments he'd support abolishing ICE.
A November YouGov poll had ICE favorability underwater by 14 points among all Americans and 37(!) points among political independents today.yougov.com/politics/art...
December 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If MattY believed his own arguments he'd support abolishing ICE.
After fifteen years of Mike Tracey and Glenn greenwald and will stancil and Nate silver and Matty yglesias and weird cocksure reply bots and outrage amplififation merchants and I'm really quite fucking over it
December 20, 2025 at 3:32 PM
After fifteen years of Mike Tracey and Glenn greenwald and will stancil and Nate silver and Matty yglesias and weird cocksure reply bots and outrage amplififation merchants and I'm really quite fucking over it
He’s not even really making that much of an observation about the politics of energy in that thread, as much as he’s just absolutely bodying MattY on basic facts.
December 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
He’s not even really making that much of an observation about the politics of energy in that thread, as much as he’s just absolutely bodying MattY on basic facts.
MattY long ago entered the “only my priors, no new information accepted” phase of his pundit arc.
December 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
MattY long ago entered the “only my priors, no new information accepted” phase of his pundit arc.
You can tell Matty Y is in the same circles and posts in the same group chats as the AI bros because he uses the term “electrons” to describe power generation and distribution.
December 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
You can tell Matty Y is in the same circles and posts in the same group chats as the AI bros because he uses the term “electrons” to describe power generation and distribution.
no she didn't.
stop listening to 'matty' yglesias for god's sake.
stop listening to 'matty' yglesias for god's sake.
Nobody wants to admit it but Harris ran a pretty good campaign *from the position she started in*
It wasn't enough! Sometimes that happens
It wasn't enough! Sometimes that happens
As someone interested in Dem factional fights I talk about this all the time.
People sometimes note that Harris ran popularist-approved paid media and lost anyway, but the evidence suggests that the paid media was reasonably persuasive as far as these things go.
People sometimes note that Harris ran popularist-approved paid media and lost anyway, but the evidence suggests that the paid media was reasonably persuasive as far as these things go.
December 18, 2025 at 8:43 AM
no she didn't.
stop listening to 'matty' yglesias for god's sake.
stop listening to 'matty' yglesias for god's sake.
My only two opinions on the MattY thing are 1) MattY sucks shit and anyone who kicks his ass in a 50 post thread is fine by me, and 2) climate change is bad and we should elect politicians who will do something about that. I don't think anything else really matters except to sickos.
December 20, 2025 at 10:39 PM
My only two opinions on the MattY thing are 1) MattY sucks shit and anyone who kicks his ass in a 50 post thread is fine by me, and 2) climate change is bad and we should elect politicians who will do something about that. I don't think anything else really matters except to sickos.