https://theappeal.org/politicalreport/george-gascon-leaves-californias-district-attorney-association/

Interesting. I didn’t realize state associations of prosecutors had such power.

Huh. Sen. Burr (R-NC) actually voted to convict. Also, he’s retiring. And he seems to have done a decent job leading the Senate investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 election. I wonder what’s going on there.

(Not that I’d ever vote for him, but I still wonder.)

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/02/13/us/impeachment-trial#7-senate-republicans-vote-guilty-the-most-bipartisan-margin-in-favor-of-conviction-in-history

So… we’ll probably never be here again, b/c we’ll never again have a villain as incompetent as this one. He has proven that impeachment and the Electoral College simply do not work to prevent a severely problematic President from doing profound damage.

«Seven Republicans voted to find the former president guilty of “incitement of insurrection,” with all 50 Democrats, the most bipartisan support for conviction in any of the four presidential impeachments in U.S. history.»

https://twitter.com/quendergeer/status/1360003207477534723?s=20

Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) Tweeted: ME: i have two things to do today MY BRAIN: infinity things to do, got it ME: no, just two MY BRAIN: no point even starting

https://twitter.com/ChuckCBPP/status/1360576086556434433?s=20

Chuck Marr (@ChuckCBPP) Tweeted: Unless I’ve missed it, I’ve not sensed the type of concern about the work effects on wealthy heirs among conservative proponents of large tax-free inheritances, which we now see among some conservatives and Republican lawmakers around poor people and a larger Child Tax Credit

Not Motown, but I like it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/09/republicans-came-within-90000-votes-controlling-all-washington/

https://news.gallup.com/poll/329561/gop-image-slides-giving-democrats-strong-advantage.aspx

«History has shown that changes in party images can be temporary and subject to major political events. Barely a year after the GOP’s all-time low favorable rating in 2013, the party won back control of the Senate in the midterm elections.»

https://twitter.com/itsafronomics/status/1359169216818118657?s=20

(How DO you measure a subjective thing like “attractiveness”?)

Anna Gifty is on Instagram and young lol (@itsafronomics) Tweeted: Okay shock aside, isn’t it entirely possible that “attractiveness” here is just really a function of privilege, which is what we see across the workforce in high paying positions anyway, e.g. white guys are in positions of power so they’d be rated as attractive etc. #econtwitter

Anna Gifty is on Instagram and young lol (@itsafronomics) Tweeted:

My overall point here is that beauty standards are deeply rooted in colorism and racism so I just feel like “attractiveness” here would be selected upon who looks white and the most wealthy. Just my take.

Great paper though, excited to dive in. #EconTwitter https://twitter.com/itsafronomics/status/1359170217478356993?s=20