Didn’t big-dollar fundraising events used to be vaguely distasteful-candidates hobnobbing with fatcats, raking in $$ to affect a race when $$ really shouldn’t affect a race? But now portraying them as triumphant and glamorous gives Biden a lifeline, so… https://t.co/ZfcNrVJULg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 30, 2024
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March 30, 2024 at 02:14AM
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‘Lookback’ (2 years of benefits for one year of work) is still alive? If so, a sign of how much the Dems want to get a foot in the door of diluting the principle of work-based benefits … https://t.co/sAlMS5QEX1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 07:54PM
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Biden’s ICE appointees *favor* sanctuary cities. Not much of a pivot. https://t.co/PVNpkfc0XG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 07:40PM
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Not crazy, assuming you think the nation can survive Kamala… https://t.co/avCf22ivAl
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Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 06:37PM
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Hello…?! https://t.co/dnDlPYHiTS
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Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 06:27PM
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They should run the race for 500 miles, requiring a recharging stop (the length of which will count against their time). https://t.co/hjeofLTNfH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 04:36PM
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Slight whiff of this here https://t.co/ucDrvOIOJL https://t.co/dccEfi6qan
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Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 04:18PM
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The “grind” part comes out when Mead says they have sitzfleisch, and “are not rebels.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 05:43AM
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These are just instant half-baked Twitter reactions to Mead’s barbed and well-timed essay. A suitable follow-on to the most prescient book of our lifetimes https://t.co/E4Q8V42goJ 6/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 05:27AM
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“Wonks are not rebels or original thinkers. Wonks follow rules.” 1) Can’t say that of McNamara 2) Is it true? If you’re a high-testing hard worker you may have some security & can take risks. If you’re just a charming conference-goer with good-SATs, better stick with the herd 4/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 05:13AM
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Robert McNamara seems an obvious exception to this rule–as a wonk who rose to the top. That he did more damage to the world than anyone else alive might seem to validate Mead’s thesis. But he was still an exception 3/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 05:07AM
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Think Mead may be conflating at least two different groups: 1) High testing hard workers with sitzfleisch who staff bureaucracies, and 2) less wonkish types who have some other career-boosting quality (charm, connections, luck, drive, ethnicity), The 2s–not 1s–become leaders 2/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 04:59AM
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Twilight of the Wonks https://t.co/5f6IxwaaSu “Wonks do well on standardized tests. They pass bar examinations with relative ease..” OK, but do these people (grinds, really) become the mediocre leaders Mead decries? Is Claudine Gay a wonk? 1/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 04:53AM
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Twilight of the Wonks https://t.co/5f6IxwaaSu “Wonks do well on standardized tests. They pass bar examinations with relative ease..” OK, but do these people (grinds, really) become the mediocre leaders Mead decries? Is Claudine Gay a wonk?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 29, 2024
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March 29, 2024 at 04:52AM
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Disney CEO Bob Iger led with his chin on this one, no? https://t.co/mY0oXmsUPj Not that the outcome is entirely bad for Disney (or Florida)–but they clearly lost some control. https://t.co/Bn1g1SSwZs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 02:36AM
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It would be good to see this data compared with some leftish websites (aside from dailykos)–e.g. TPM, American Prospect, HuffPost, Jacobin, Raw Story. https://t.co/JDhN5WjwlD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 02:12AM
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They were corrupting for @TheAtlantic . They’re corrupting for @Semafor.**
** Is there something they had in common? Ask @Justin_B_Smith https://t.co/YVwlL1NmuF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 01:54AM
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Of course these events are inherently corrupting–you can’t be nasty to the official who is attracting $$ customers to your event. He/she might not show up. https://t.co/3Q6liCiPBe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 01:48AM
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“Sorry, honey. I love you but we’re not aligned.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 01:43AM
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They’re all people who are shorter than Xi https://t.co/8myu0mzwvD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 01:40AM
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‘Free to leave’: Agents in California say some illegal immigrants walk away without arrest – https://t.co/jUNRGrBob1 Dinan is one of the best reporters covering the border.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 28, 2024
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March 28, 2024 at 01:33AM
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Moreno may also be a talented campaigner in a way, say, Walker was not. https://t.co/atwq9Zhgs3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 27, 2024
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March 27, 2024 at 05:05PM
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Hostile Work Environment would be a good show. https://t.co/U0cZoSFZqg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 27, 2024
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March 27, 2024 at 04:41PM
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He’s a bullshitter for sure–but if he was doing it in 1987 where is the “cognitive decline”? Maybe when he was younger he’d be sharp enough not to BS about Hur when there was a transcript ready to be released? https://t.co/Xt5sH32Cif
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 27, 2024
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March 27, 2024 at 04:34PM
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Kausfiles is cohesive and aligned, and nailing its tracking.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 27, 2024
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March 27, 2024 at 01:49AM
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