Matt Yglesias
Matthew Yglesias is an American blogger and journalist who writes about economics and politics. Yglesias has written columns and articles for publications such as The American Prospect, The Atlantic, and Slate.1
1,008 posts tracked · 30 stories in 30 days · #79 on the Top 100
Latest takes
Democrats win House and Senate majorities in midterm elections
Grouped with voices who said: Democrats still need to define what they stand for
Amazing how all these winning senate candidates sound basically identical to Bernie Sanders.View on X
Democrats sweep statehouse races, flip chambers nationwide
Grouped with voices who said: Democrats scored sweeping statehouse victories
The end of purple Colorado? (by Halina Bennet). Colorado Democrats won supermajorities in the state legislature — is it a blue state now or just a blue wave?View on Substack
Republicans suffer sweeping midterm losses, blame fight begins
Grouped with voices who said: The Iran war sank the GOP
It’s not that Iran is the “biggest issue” but that it stacked a whole new weakness (gas prices) on top of a bunch of other problems for Republicans.View on Bluesky
Vance says Iran war cost Republicans the midterms
Grouped with voices who said: Vance oversimplifies a multi-causal defeat
The Iran War obviously drove a lot of backlash to Trump, but JD Vance's premise that it's the *only* factor that drove this week's huge blue wave is absurd.…View on Bluesky
Democrats sweep Texas governor and down-ballot races
Grouped with voices who said: This signals broader structural shifts beyond politics
To me one salient difference is that when I published a New York Times op-ed calling on Democrats to embrace the domestic oil and gas industry, @SeanCasten and a bunch of others…View on X
5 of 30 stories from the last 30 days. The rest are in Perspectives.
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60 of Matt Yglesias's posts drew a Community Note. In the last 2 years, 0 had a note shown on X.
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Elections & Campaigns 257 · Economy & Trade 81 · Climate & Environment 66 · Housing & Infrastructure 54 · Congress & Legislation 48 · Culture War 45
Often makes the same point as
The Young Turks 5 · Trita Parsi 4 · Ryan Grim 3 · Cenk Uygur 3 · Krystal Ball 2 · Ian Bremmer 2
Sources
- Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026
Public posts, grouped by what was said, not by who said it. Every quote links to the post. Updated Nov 8, 2026. How it works · Corrections: jack@newsreel.co