I would expect a lawsuit against this policy (which seems constitutionally suspect, at least). Where is it? https://t.co/qwIoRvVS3u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:50PM
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Now do Mike Huckabee https://t.co/oQHZRDRfiH
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Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:40PM
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The pros chew this over in the comments here https://t.co/LQUEGkNqyz Maybe Manchin is just (shrewdly) making them come and beg for his offer, instead of having his offer become the baseline for another Pelosi/BIden Christmas tree … https://t.co/tdd2I9SHNN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:34PM
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Trying hard not to use the word “pathetic” here. Failing! https://t.co/tmg43egM7a
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:23PM
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If Biden really can’t pass Manchin’s significant, progressive proposal because it has no “funding for racial equity initiatives” — well, that says everything about Biden’s presidency and his weakness in the face of Dem factions. https://t.co/tdd2I9SHNN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:22PM
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DID BIDEN TOTALLY BLOW IT? @JStein_WaPo piece doesn’t really say that Manchin’s decidedly non-trivial $1.8 trillion spending offer is no longer “on the table.” It says there is no table (“at least not at the moment”) https://t.co/2B1WasFGMQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:18PM
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I was surprised @robertwrighter immediately recognized the opening mug-shot this week. Very Washington of Bob! I thought he was off in his mindful, anti-tribal, apocalypse-averting world. But no… https://t.co/Hj6uAjeKAx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 04:01PM
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They’re binary? https://t.co/rjTNlbeTsx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 08, 2022 at 02:18AM
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David Gergen/Willie Brown or Willie Brown/David Gergen? Trying to ffigure out who should be on the top of the ticket … https://t.co/ocYdnROnld
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Jan 8, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 11:12PM
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Bob’s epiphany about January 6 is disturbingly plausible … https://t.co/Iz2Ipix2QK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 11:10PM
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Democracy Corps: Don’t talk about “racial equity” or immigration “path to citizenship” …. https://t.co/obJhMBIEeJ
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Jan 8, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 11:07PM
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It’s Gergen Time, people! https://t.co/Iz2Ipix2QK
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Jan 8, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 10:44PM
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Well, this is evidence that NYT reporters know that Biden’s filibuster push is theater for the Dem base. … https://t.co/kXkFIjYjen
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 01:57PM
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The T-WORD: Don’t call it “transformative”! https://t.co/m8EnlXeOvw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 01:31PM
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“You can’t love your country only when you win.” https://t.co/h5nNsvR9Qm Do you think this would be the reigning sentiment among Democrats if Trump had eked out a reelection victory?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 02:14AM
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US Constitution: “Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors …” That’s the root of the problem. Seems pretty clear that @marceelias’ solution, whatver its merits, violates that provision, no? https://t.co/nnNW4T5CRp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 07, 2022 at 12:05AM
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I mean, what if massed troops hadn’t blocked the October, 1967 March on the Pentagon and protesters had gotten in? Most would have been peaceful but some would have been determinedly violent and wreaked havoc. It’d still be a huge deal today. https://t.co/JPvNEoJLzk https://t.co/HrYMLkGMzs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 08:37PM
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And a ‘Feeney move’ sure looks like what we’re worried Trump is planning in Georgia for 2024, no?
WaPo is fighting the last war (2020) when it should be fighting the next-to-last war (2000). https://t.co/3GrQIb3oDf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 08:27PM
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WaPo on Electoral Count Act: “The key is to clarify that the states, not Congress, are the ultimate arbiters of their elections for presidential electors.”
NO! That’s what’ll enable states to pull an election-throwing Feeney move https://t.co/sOPYrmsisE https://t.co/z6LYhDcQQZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 08:25PM
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“The more the vitriol has risen the less consensus there is about the origins of anger.” Re: origins of anger, try the final page of Michael Young’s Rise of the Meritocracy.
Everybody knows where we’re headed, nobody likes it. https://t.co/EPByRkmpaQ
https://t.co/TaltUZeZrO— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 05:41PM
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 04:58PM
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Somewhere Steven Hatfill is smiling https://t.co/b2EO99N6n1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 04:57PM
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These are not the ex-Trumpers we were looking for … https://t.co/UvMzx8MC2h
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 04:17PM
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Judging from all the news accounts, it looks like the Jan 6 Committee hasn’t uncovered much (of significance) at all and they’re trying to make the best of it. If they had even a warm gun, don’t you think that would have leaked by now? https://t.co/ob0wG94Mrw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 04:07PM
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“The committee wants to determine whether Trump indicated a desire to see the mob continue disrupting the electoral count. [Duh-ed] We don’t know if it will prove this.”
In other words, they DON’T have the smoking gun. https://t.co/7K6rLbrfRY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2022
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January 06, 2022 at 03:50PM
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