Trump attacked because his tariffs might "bring back 21st-century factories." https://t.co/7UNPI4CJba via @AlanTonelson
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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Monthly Archives: March 2018
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Following Up: More on the Trump Tariffs https://t.co/7UNPI4CJba via @AlanTonelson
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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Not sure you can pronounce "RIP" until they demand to bring back welfare as we knew it. https://t.co/GPMtmtWj5x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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I dunno https://t.co/RiaAgySMrC https://t.co/mwrqbFY0sb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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Jared doesn't get enough credit for his excellent Amazon search https://t.co/WNQGuGFNSf https://t.co/bo63dG5ehA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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So Rob Porter was more than just a paperwork traffic cop. Also key "globalist" voice on trade. PS Not like they didn't have a debate before Trump acted. https://t.co/YQaQ7jR7hi #axiossneakpeek
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 5, 2018
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Not really. The striking finding here is that (as Murphy says) "it is the 'slightly left' that have in recent years turned against free speech." Look at the graphs for "liberal" and "slightly liberal." https://t.co/YiGEPWvthX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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York's right. This week with some heartening closing-a-loophole-in-the-minor-carried-interest-loophole-closing news. And more. (Makes NAFTA renegotiation sound … normal.) https://t.co/IdVK7brD1p
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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Robbie Mook turns his hand to cooking https://t.co/4pc7dz7Avf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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RYAN AGAINST RYANISM: In PA race, Ryan-aligned PAC cuts back ads promoting tax cut because voters don't care. Now runs ads attacking immigration amnesty and defending entitlements. https://t.co/Dl79KNoMmz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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Narrator: "But Pete Wehner says it's all over" https://t.co/8z44bJ8TDD https://t.co/eV83brk26l
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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It's almost as if things can change over the course of time . https://t.co/i3qepDJMJu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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Venerable neoliberal (in Charles Peters sense) dream; an institutional way to fight the "Coming Apart" phenomenon Charles Murray describes in U.S.. Not dead! https://t.co/syBa4H7bN7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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Today's Designated Trump Doomsayers: Gen. McCaffrey, Pete Wehner. McCaffrey wins the nut graf. Brinkley now at back of rotation? When they get Ruddy to say Trump's imploding that will be more significant. Here he says the opposite. https://t.co/VGCxuq44Wt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 4, 2018
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"In themselves, these tariffs aren’t that big a deal." https://t.co/ntyl194qsx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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I was stunned when I ran for office as a nobody and learned there was actually a bureaucrat at the FEC assigned to my case. Like the Agriculture Department in the old "his farmer died" joke. https://t.co/XchCQeOwhd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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Some in Coalition of the Ascendant think they are more ascendant than DCCC/donors do https://t.co/BCgMBdcj5a
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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"Europe is complaining about the US’s latest policy…Europe has already imposed two dozen anti-dumping measures against Chinese steel exports….If Europe were so open, what is all the fuss abt Brexit & the inability of the UK to access the European market?" https://t.co/sZiGtKb26W
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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"The US is the least protectionist large economy in the world, while China is the most protectionist….China has half of the world’s steel production capacity, much of which is excessive and unnecessary"–Stephen Jen in FT Premium ($) https://t.co/xEIcFPdeHb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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Another silly "norm": "It is unusual for government officials to so openly discuss campaign politics in a White House staff meeting." As if they aren't thinking about politics all the time, whether they discuss it openly or not. https://t.co/BCTgiWFIPs pic.twitter.com/7wvqous44u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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For ex. NYT sez he was "supposed to focus on the opioid crisis, but a comprehensive list of recommendations written by a pres. commission last year is mostly gathering dust." Here's comm. member saying it's not: https://t.co/csGOhnhOyd NYT doesn't address
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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KUSHNERDAMMERUNG (in ranked order):
1. https://t.co/nlmbc1HDGA
2. https://t.co/KkQ5tmsqyZ
3. https://t.co/qoThV9zdO9
Wish any were convincing that Jared's really on the ropes.— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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Only @NYTOpinion could produce a piece on Jared Kushner that almost makes one want to defend him. Almost. https://t.co/qoThV9zdO9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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REALLY BAD IDEA: "require that presidential appointees across the federal government possess relevant credentials and experience, that they meet enforceable performance metrics."
1) Encourage credentialism/stifling consensus 2) lawsuit for every position? https://t.co/uSE2yJfPIM— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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Certainly looks like the successor to nationalism wouldn't be universal fellow feeling but stratification along lines of class and conflict between religions. https://t.co/OyGzL7kDo2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 3, 2018
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