DRUMBEAT OF PESSIMISM underlying Impeach Team twitter now. Do they sense, as I do, that trajectory is now downward? They took their best shot at hearings and failed to rally voters (and representatives) to their cause. [Of course Trump can still change trajectory with a tweet] https://t.co/vcHaXOTV8S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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On the other hand, someone in authority mobilized a lot of resources to (mostly) enable citizens to exercise their right of speech and assembly, so overall a good day. Don't quite know how Coulter pulled it off (given the difficulties 2 years ago, when YAF chickened out on her). https://t.co/os4Itawime
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Berkeley spokesman: "'I understand that students are deeply disturbed and unsettled by someone whose views they deeply disagree with.' He said counseling and other services are always available to students." https://t.co/1OqIkusrlW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Alternative view: Let everybody dig! In foreign countries! On U.S. citizens! Let Hillary dig. Let Trump dig. If there's dirt, there's dirt. (All depends if it is credible dirt.) Why the horror at trying to find dirt? It's what reporters do. https://t.co/GtQXXANt9x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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And of course Ukraine was just as desperate for aid in 2016, so the 'encouragement' carries at least *some* of the same implicit threat as Trump's requests. https://t.co/wLT9LLEj3R
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Purpose of hearing was to change public opinion with riveting TV. Cutting away suggests a certain amount of failure to rivet, no? Did they cut away from the Watergate hearings?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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The hearings are still going on? ABC and CBS seem to have cut away. …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Jeffrey Epstein had some thoughtful ideas about this. [Cheap shot. But I wonder how effective these self-serving promotions are when they basically provide an easy platform for trolling] https://t.co/SoKiszjEzM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Another "personal political errand." https://t.co/5kuiZqRKmN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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If Joe Biden shot a man in Kiev just to watch him die, would getting Ukraine to prosecute him be a "personal political errand"? This national/personal distinction is in the eye of beholder and hinges on whether what Biden did was worthy of inquiry, no? (It was.) https://t.co/vzYbRSLT3E
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Solution: More immigration! https://t.co/MbvbqQptQu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Buried lede: "…acknowledgments by Ukrainian investigators that their Obama administration counterparts encouraged them to investigate Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort." So the Obama people can do it, but when Trump people do it it's "intereference" in our election. https://t.co/V5OvxZrTII
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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I'm all for refinement. https://t.co/Pnx83hRPAd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Remember, Hunter Biden might be a witness at any Senate trial. Could this come up? Well, his credibility will be an issue and he initially denied sexual relations … https://t.co/blzeuEEU4z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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.@RobertWrighter on why Hunter Biden was paid so much by Burisma: "I know what he was getting paid for. He was getting paid in the hope that he could somehow get [V.P.] Biden to do something-or-other." OK! And that's a guy DEFENDING Biden. … [at 21:37] https://t.co/Lfx6tSkU7J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Those Burisma payments may come in handy after all … https://t.co/blzeuEEU4z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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This is the DEMOCRATIC author of the bill, Zoe Lofgren:
" …. wages are expected to increase by another seven to eight percent next year. Under this bill, those wage increases won’t happen."
Kind of makes the "cheap labor" aspect of this more-visa-workers bill explicit, no? https://t.co/cbBxraMqL6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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So Elizabeth Warren WOULDN'T take down Trump's border wall …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Friends who saw him at a recent fundraiser said he was very shaky. Maybe I had lowered expectations. He seems OK. https://t.co/5fS58USRBk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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(Haggar worked on The Apprentice) https://t.co/VjwO00ZNxY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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The correct link to watch the whole thing is https://t.co/qAmR37105J https://t.co/naquWACp2g
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 21, 2019
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Worth reading. Late entrants (Patrick, Bloomberg) trying to cause a traffic jam. https://t.co/nmcuiOFS7w
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 20, 2019
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Good column, esp. Point #1. https://t.co/4s842jzYGn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 20, 2019
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Assignment Desk: BATTLE OF THE GOP GHOSTS: Who is actually writing all these fabulous, deep speeches for the post-Trump GOP presidential contenders (eg Rubio, Hawley)? Why not cut out the middlemen and have the ghostwriters debate? https://t.co/cULg84ff2D
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 20, 2019
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YES, THERE"S AMNESTY! "There’s More to Life Than Liberty and Robbery" Sorry. I don't care if smart people write thoughtful speeches for Rubio. He will end up promoting more wage-reducing immigration. Maybe if he started with an apology tour for Gang of 8. https://t.co/mkuoa0ZvkK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 20, 2019
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