What's the "lede": Nunes' behavior or DOJ behavior? Not a Nunes fan but he doesn't have power to get wiretaps on US citizens. (Note: his report was technically accurate as far as it went-DOJ didn't mention Clinton or DNC tho did cite anti-Trump purpose https://t.co/CODchJAHt6) https://t.co/xAlLleRdFt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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You'd think the @NYTimes would tell readers that "what could become one of the biggest campaign finance scandals in recent years" would use the same theory as the oft-derided John Edwards prosecution, which failed https://t.co/twrtK9OZU2 https://t.co/T6qg2k0Naj See
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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If the @NYTimes tees stories up in coordination with the Clinton campaign, is that an illegal contribution to the campaign, Mr. Wertheimer? Asking for a friend https://t.co/T6qg2k0Naj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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NYT: "raising thorny questions about when coverage that is favorable to a candidate strays into overt political activity, and when First Amendment protections should apply." https://t.co/T6qg2k0Naj Here I thought political activity was at heart of what the 1st Amendment protects
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Bad Judgment from Scott and Rubio https://t.co/2YVjjfSC9T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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"We must preserve not only the bodies of the unemployed from destitution but also their self-respect, their self-reliance, and courage and determination." FDR then proposed the WPA to replace "this business of relief." His concerns would seem to apply full force to the UBI.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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"To dole our relief in this way is to administer a narcotic, a subtle destroyer of the human spirit. … I am not willing that the vitality of our people be further sapped by the giving of cash, of market baskets …"
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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FDR on UBI: "The lessons of history, confirmed by the evidence immediately before me, show conclusively that continued dependence upon relief induces a spiritual disintegration fundamentally destructive to the national fiber. " https://t.co/OzGGnceZhQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Anyway, if there's no difference, why not give the FISA court the full story? Was DOJ worried they'd gag if they knew it was Hillary? They would at least have done a double-take, no?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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2) The opposing candidate, unlike rando rich funder, was likely to be president soon. Another big extra reason not to disappoint her.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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1) Any old someone just "looking for information" to discredit Trump could be a rich dilettante on a lark. Relatively easy for Steele to disappoint. But an opposing candidate likely desperate for some dirt, any dirt.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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I'm new to this, but it seems to me there's a subtle but definitely non-trivial difference between 'speculating' the dossier was funded by someone "looking for information" to discredit Trump's campaign and disclosing it was funded by his opponent. https://t.co/jVMG3RUfp8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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I'm new to this, but it seems to me there's a subtle but definitely non-trivial difference between 'speculating' the dossier was funded by someone "looking for information" to discredit Trump's campaign and disclosing it was funded by his opponent. https://t.co/jVMG3RUfp8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Does everyone get pot doorknockers now? pic.twitter.com/zOCvXHGJIv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Helped put a lot of small restaurants & new foods on the map–not necessarily expensive restaurants. Very sad. https://t.co/NNu5lEbnhF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Right.** Now do "open borders."
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**–Job guarantee still a good idea, I agree. (Better than UBI.) https://t.co/3P6ty1lz9v— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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Actually Trump aides seem to have stopped a pro-Ukraine zealot from making it more pro-Ukraine. (In the process they made platform slightly more ANTI-Putin). https://t.co/hw20ZCDZxj See also Isikoff/Corn pp 164-66. https://t.co/o8pEmx93UP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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It's a basis for wiretap that Trump wanted platform (like Dems') to keep language avoiding call for lethal Ukraine aid? ("Contradicting [GOP's] foreign policy leaders …") Not instantly adopting McCain's foreign policy is always suspicious! (Isikoff/Corn confirm York's account) https://t.co/S7fUY7MKXv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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"Costa Rica has long wanted to close its borders to Nicaraguan economic migrants. As Nicaragua’s crisis deepens, it will surely tighten border security." So they may be heading here instead soon. … https://t.co/zQ1jXwBSuJ via @ConversationUS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 22, 2018
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* inequality! https://t.co/0TwrBLDi5O
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 21, 2018
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Don't know if this is the (rare) trend toward more income equality in an industry–recorded music–or instead a trend toward no income at all. Suspect the latter.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 21, 2018
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Remember the "Superstar" theory of economic equality? https://t.co/DjRh8hfQbd Technology made recorded performances available to all. So Madonna made zillions but the 23d-best singer was outta luck. But now even the #1 singer isn't making zillions. https://t.co/W1Q8rUPQP0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 21, 2018
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.@sullydish explains Trump's actions v-a-v Russia as product of grand, long-term, thought-out critique of post-WWII arrangements. That (especially the long-term part) seems as far-fetched as the pee-tape explanation, no? https://t.co/LqzjWNYnbD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 21, 2018
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Taylor Swift made $9 million last year. That seems shockingly … low. https://t.co/AA8KiZGmmx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 21, 2018
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Didn't I read somewhere that the Obama admin. was in such a rush it hadn't actually collected all the data on DACA recipients that we think the bureaucracy has? Maybe that's why won't release it. Or did I dream that? https://t.co/1oBx0ftZ6T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) July 20, 2018
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