Tweets on returning to office work

After more than two years of fighting against return-to-office mandates, workers are fed up with their bosses’ inflexible policies and are taking their battle to court. https://t.co/qBnnkPUvfY
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 6, 2024

Many workers dreaded going back to the office. Now that the long-anticipated return is here, how's it going?

Free coffee doesn't do the trick, and the dogs at home are not happy, but readers told us what has helped them with the transition. https://t.co/z6jvOO47TN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 29, 2022

Commercial property woes grow with only 9% of Manhattan office workers back in the office full time https://t.co/yEO6KLUVss
— MarketWatch (@MarketWatch) October 4, 2022

Even transitioning to just three mandatory days in the office is proving difficult for some companies. https://t.co/Z8yMECcXjE
— FORTUNE (@FortuneMagazine) September 28, 2022

WSJ Editor-In-Chief Matt Murray emails staffers with an updated return-to-office policy: "It's now time to take the next steps toward normalcy," he writes.

Staffers are expected, starting Nov. 1st, to be in the office at least 3x a week; senior editors and managers full time. pic.twitter.com/CB3Ornyp1y
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) September 15, 2022

Bosses want workers back by Labor Day. They’re not going in without a fight.

Employees still have plenty of leverage and they’re not afraid to use it to keep working remotely. https://t.co/tJn9FUGoqW
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 5, 2022

Weekly peak office attendance is still nowhere near pre-pandemic levels https://t.co/6EDjy51PKs
— Axios (@axios) March 18, 2024

Amazon is requiring its workers to return to the office full time, a switch from the company's three-day-a-week policy. https://t.co/m32rLwIrDo
— NBC News (@NBCNews) September 16, 2024

https://twitter.com/YahooFinance/status/1851714402719797264

New York Times article on the 50th anniversary of Stevie Wonder’s Talking Book

Great album

“Superstition” is one of my favorite songs ever.

Half a century ago, Stevie Wonder reinvented the sound of pop with his album “Talking Book.” On the anniversary of its release, 27 musicians reflect on the album, song by song. https://t.co/sK4EfMOMWJ pic.twitter.com/RjNT699DOE
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 27, 2022

Biden should raise the debt ceiling

If he doesn’t, Republicans in Congress will use it as a bargaining chip to destroy good programs.

Biden's rejection of eliminating the debt ceiling was a dangerous gaffe, and now he has to correct it before it's too late https://t.co/M2HjcAnd3r
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 25, 2022

To summarize:

1. If the GOP wins the House it can use the debt ceiling to force Dems to choose between an economic crash and massive program cuts

2. The GOP already did this in 2011, so we know they will

3. Democrats can unilaterally stop them, but are afraid of attack ads pic.twitter.com/YneSCmstBG
— Will Stancil (@whstancil) October 21, 2022

If the GOP wins control of Congress on 11/8, you'd have to be an idiot not to raise the debt ceiling and take the issue off the table for 2023/24. It's the right move politically and economically.

Unfortunately, though, we're talking about Congress, so there are lots of idiots. https://t.co/3frBrM207p
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) October 21, 2022

The debt ceiling has nothing to do with fiscal responsibility. It doesn't control how much Congress takes in or how much it spends.

Rather, it says: Once we hit this limit, we'll stop paying our bills, including our debts.

It's a fiscal time bomb. Keeping it is irresponsible. https://t.co/3W7uK24iYC
— Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) October 21, 2022

Finally: A group of House Democrats is pressuring Dem leaders to disable GOP debt limit extortion during the lame duck. As one Dem tells me, it's insane to expect that a Speaker Kevin McCarthy will buck Trump and the MAGA caucus on this. Disarm them, Dems.https://t.co/EKPplPC2bj
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 21, 2022

SCOOP: The Biden administration is in early, quiet discussions with key Senate offices about raising the debt ceiling in the lame-duck session of Congress. https://t.co/fWz2qNdKCu
— Axios (@axios) October 25, 2022

I think this is correct. If Republicans trigger a global depression by breaching the debt ceiling, voters are likely to blame the incumbent Democratic president and elect a Republican supermajority.

The American system of separation of powers is very, very bad. https://t.co/lniKq4eygj
— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) October 25, 2022

Greedy oil companies

High profits, giving money to shareholders instead of reducing prices

Can’t believe I have to say this but giving profits to shareholders is not the same as bringing prices down for American families. https://t.co/Q84NNK9sck
— President Biden (@POTUS) October 28, 2022

Q3 profits for Exxon: $20 billion

Q3 profits for Chevron: $11 billion

Q3 profits for Shell: $9.5 billion

Republicans who voted to stop oil companies from price gouging: 0
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) October 28, 2022

Shell just posted its second-highest quarterly profit ever.

$9.5 BILLION.

Like other oil companies, it’s exploiting the moment to make billions off the backs of working families.

I have the bill to hold Big Oil accountable and lower gas prices immediately. We should pass it.
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) October 28, 2022

Shell will buy back $4 billion worth of shares and increase its dividend by 15% after posting another gigantic quarterly profit thanks to strong oil and gas prices https://t.co/WnrDRHGFGf
— CNN (@CNN) October 27, 2022

Imagine if more of these gains went to relief at the pump, instead of corporate stock buybacks. https://t.co/L8jhtQuva9
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) October 27, 2022

Valero boosted profits by 500% in just one year by price gouging families at the pump. The House passed my bill to hold Big Oil companies accountable for ripping off consumers in May. The Senate needs to act.https://t.co/xssOATcHE7
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) October 27, 2022

ExxonMobil’s profit set a record for the second straight quarter as oil and gas prices remained high. No. 2 US oil company Chevron also posted much-better-than-expected results. https://t.co/aCDbhVdPHD
— CNN International (@cnni) October 28, 2022

Q3 profits for Exxon: $20 billion

Q3 profits for Chevron: $11 billion

Q3 profits for Shell: $9.5 billion

Republicans who voted to stop oil companies from price gouging: 0
— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) October 28, 2022

Another example of bad New York Times coverage

This is a crystal clear example of media bias in political narratives https://t.co/2EFhNqUvZb
— Magdi Jacobs (@magi_jay) October 28, 2022

The “fresh evidence that the Republicans are poised to retake Congress” is that they’re not winning in any of these four polls of “archetypal swing districts,” and they’re losing one by double digits. https://t.co/aJBJfvPUOZ pic.twitter.com/ErCNqVKFl8
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) October 28, 2022

The NYT just released four new House polls: a GOP-held district, two Dem-held tossups, and one lean Dem district. The polls find Democrats leading in all but one, where the race is tied.

The headline: “Polls in Four Swing Districts Show GOP Strength in Midterms.”

What?
— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) October 28, 2022

More signs Republicans won’t accept election losses

This is disgusting

The Republican effort to delegitimize potential midterm results has very much already begun, particularly about Pennsylvania: https://t.co/t5H5PXy6gu
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) November 6, 2022

Exclusive: Recording from last week of architect of Trump's failed attempt to overturn 2020 election:

👉Eastman urges allies to file complaints that could be used for court challenges to the upcoming midterm and presidential elections.

https://t.co/rR0BnX0ZvZ via @politico
— Heidi Przybyla (@HeidiReports) October 28, 2022

It is dangerous for Tucker Carlson to prime his viewers to treat Democratic wins as illegitimate. We’ve seen the dire consequences of such manipulations in the recent past.https://t.co/1LuJWJqyQS
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 27, 2022

"Elias said he’s bracing for a deluge of litigation challenging election results, particularly as some Republican candidates have already said they will not accept a loss or have planted doubt on the election process despite no evidence of fraud."https://t.co/hYiLHICP3J
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) October 27, 2022

Read @Milbank on the election-denying mess in Nevada:

"Officials expect the eventual losers of several contests, perhaps a dozen, to contest the results…the state legislature could…throw out the results in any contested state election."@PostOpinions https://t.co/aWwvYr916B
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 21, 2022

Bad New York Times tweet on GDP increase

The GDP increase was higher than predicted but you wouldn’t know it from the Times. https://t.co/FsVb7z9a3p
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 27, 2022

more positive comments on the GDP increase:

U.S. GDP accelerated at 2.6% pace in Q3, better than expected as growth turns positive https://t.co/UnMkNVD6hn
— CNBC (@CNBC) October 27, 2022

A nice GDP report: The headline is 2.6% with consumers remaining strong (+1.4%).

But it also shows moderation in key respects that should reduce some overheating, specifically nominal GDP growth slowed to 6.7% and the Fed is successfully cooling investment, especially housing. pic.twitter.com/a1PlBAmcjv
— Jason Furman (@jasonfurman) October 27, 2022

Here is today's Real GDP number against the CBO prepandemic projections from January 2020.

I still believe this recovery to trend is a remarkable achievement that is worth defending. pic.twitter.com/GWWxk1isRd
— Mike Konczal (@rortybomb) October 27, 2022

CNN is addicted to Trump

The media is addicted to Trump https://t.co/dV6RaCzzGy
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) October 28, 2022

In the week after Kevin McCarthy said the GOP would hold the debt ceiling hostage if it took the House, CNN spent only 11 minutes on that story.

It spent 14 minutes on repairs to Trump’s “fabled Boeing 757” https://t.co/h7BaUr7xa3
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 27, 2022

Tweet on Warren Zevon’s last appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman

This is a great article

On October 30, 2002, a cancer-stricken Warren Zevon returned to ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ for one last performance. Twenty years later, Letterman and more remember the gravitas and emotion of that stunning night.@AlanSiegelLA: https://t.co/Yfydf87C7S
— The Ringer (@ringer) October 28, 2022

The McRib is back…again

The McRib is a toxic boyfriend, and we need to stop backsliding https://t.co/poE2KYkPoq
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 27, 2022

terrible news for the eight people who believed that the mcrib was smoked over the course of five hours to perfection in a mcsmoker overseen by a master barbecuer known only as Frank Meats https://t.co/TQ8g31SjOv
— Sam Sykes (@SamSykesSwears) October 26, 2022

Long live the McRib 🙏 pic.twitter.com/OXXrVXrQa2
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 27, 2022