The latter impulse may make sense for most carmakers. But @Buick? I mean, who’d go online and, faced with the vast array of cars on offer, buy a BUICK? The reason people buy Buicks is because there’s a dealer nearby whom they know, no? Kill the dealers, kill Buick. /2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 23, 2023 at 02:22AM
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“GM has bought out about half of its 2,000 Buick dealers nationwide, based on their decision to not sell electric vehicles.” Is it culling EV skeptics, or does it just want to get rid of a lot of its Buick dealers and sell cars direct on the web? /1 https://t.co/RfL27vX7Sm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 23, 2023 at 02:10AM
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This is a $29.9 million house? Where are the stables? https://t.co/wHnLhuR6QD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 23, 2023 at 02:03AM
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Rogan might actually get some results … https://t.co/IGPQmc3Tmd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 23, 2023 at 12:09AM
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Seems like mindless bureaucratic overregulation to me–without much statutory support. Same for Romney case NYT cites that seems to have established what precedent there is–Romney was using materials from his losing campaign 5 years earlier. So what! Here’s useful explanation of… https://t.co/LwyfnMyQ39
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 22, 2023 at 11:59PM
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NYT doesn’t explain why “republication” is a no-no. You could see where it would be “coordination” if an “independent” group just republished ads from the official campaign–FEC says it’s an illegal contribution to that campaign. But here the official campaign race is over! 1/ https://t.co/9w8HJS8LE4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 22, 2023 at 11:52PM
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Doesn’t seem like they’re worried about a President Trump actually carrying out mass deportations –but they know that Biden is way more likely to wave them in. I’d expect a surge from here until end of 2024, unless Biden gets way ahead in the polls … https://t.co/6t5R2IZ1s4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 22, 2023 at 11:26PM
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The Senate negotiations seem to have become an excuse for Biden to do nothing to stop the border crisis. … https://t.co/8lsR5HcpUF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 23, 2023
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December 22, 2023 at 11:19PM
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Has Macron traded legalizing discrimination against foreigners for legalizing illegal immigrants? That’s what it says here. Seems a bad deal (that will attract new illegals) but maybe I do not understand France. … https://t.co/Pk8VeB5hkI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 22, 2023
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December 22, 2023 at 02:47AM
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“I can hear the marching band, doin’ the best they can.” https://t.co/jE4oA1IEl7 https://t.co/eCPnXBpcYH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 22, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 07:41PM
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Cunning use of ‘vegetable.’ https://t.co/HFKHVvR7ml
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 06:09PM
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‘Lincoln and Kennedy each have seven letters!’ https://t.co/O2JPuJhXsw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 06:08PM
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Good lord, she’s into numerology now. https://t.co/QX7IVT1Z4u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 06:00PM
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If a giant rock fell on his head, I think he could say “I regret a giant rock falling on my head.” May not be the most introspective or self-critical answer. On the other hand, the indictments were the biggest event in the campaign so far, and they were regrettable. https://t.co/on7cYSdvWW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 05:52PM
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Hasn’t one of Harvard’s common de facto attitudes always been: ‘We need to uphold rigorous ethical and legal standards, with a little flexibility at the top’? https://t.co/KVNyXzqrHN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 05:08PM
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Why can’t you regret the indictments? https://t.co/CaddyNzQJd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 04:45PM
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You don’t think he’d like some at least cosmetic improvement before the election? Maybe he thinks he can wait on that (and Feiler Faster principle says he maybe can) … https://t.co/6HOx1OR1Ey
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 04:41PM
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“[W]hat’s being talked about would affirm in clear law certain policies that Mr. Biden has already tried to implement by stretching existing authorities.” THAT’S THE DANGER. Say Biden”s let in 800K. “Compromise” might give him clear OK for 400K-which wasn’t clear before.… https://t.co/tbNSFuM7P5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 03:44AM
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“To some extent…what’s being talked about would affirm in clear law certain policies that Mr. Biden has already tried to implement by stretching existing authorities.” That’s the danger. Say Biden”s let in 800K. A “compromise” might give him clear OK for 400K–which wasn’t… https://t.co/x4r0zhidPb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 03:42AM
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“Biden was merely the vegetable voters convinced themselves they had to eat in order to rid themselves of Trump.” https://t.co/xty8VGM5U4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 03:16AM
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“By September 2021, as the Biden dip became palpable, the press assembled to make excuses for him …” https://t.co/xty8VGM5U4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 21, 2023 at 03:15AM
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Bonus for working “branded congressional mouse pad” into the video https://t.co/b6hPyz6pSh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 20, 2023 at 11:16PM
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I finally heard Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).” I’m good for this year. https://t.co/Qxm3JFfZGe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 20, 2023 at 10:50PM
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Why “parole” is a big deal … https://t.co/eocH8t8813
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 20, 2023 at 10:32PM
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I finally heard Darlene Love’s “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home.” I’m good for this year. https://t.co/Qxm3JFfZGe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 21, 2023
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December 20, 2023 at 10:18PM
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