A lot of agonizing 1) what Republicans can say to counter Dems’ Social Security and 2) keep appealing to working class now that Biden’s stolen the ‘reindustrialization’ theme. In other words, fun, fun, fun. https://t.co/yjrx03hzfS
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Feb 24, 2023
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February 24, 2023 at 01:19PM
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Clearest explanation yet of why Biden’s new “rebuttable presumption” transit rule — the one immigration activists are being outraged by — is probably a Potemkin Pivot https://t.co/9DDI4qUAgI
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Feb 24, 2023
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February 24, 2023 at 01:00PM
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New Parrot Room: A day early. $700B short. https://t.co/220Fex0MUY
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Feb 24, 2023
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February 24, 2023 at 10:30AM
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Were there any losers in this blowup? Haley was a winner–free exposure as victim of unfair attack. Colllins, Harlow were winners–stood up to the attack. CNN a winner–generated attention & ratings. Licht–handled it OK. Even Lemon a winner–he’s back at show that’s now on map.… https://t.co/vMIO1iKtok
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Feb 24, 2023
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February 23, 2023 at 10:55PM
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Jordan not being skeptical enough? https://t.co/gda97QLRUD https://t.co/wdv7zR6YSe
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Feb 23, 2023
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Headline should be: “They’re popping champagne on K St.” Now corporations really need them. Better hire more lobbyists! Lobbyists are cheap compared to tax increases. https://t.co/xXxhjtAncg
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 23, 2023 at 09:44AM
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Do you think the other part of the “positive” agenda– plans to “support the American family–is enough to win an election on? I don’t either.
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Feb 23, 2023
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Good critique of today’s GOP and the stalling pro-working class “realignment.” But the centerpiece of the “positive governing agenda’ it envisions for a better GOP–namely reindustrialization–has now been coopted by Biden. Fails to confront that dilemma. https://t.co/Rxa3s7meLI
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 23, 2023 at 03:05AM
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c) This theory would leave Biden free to do the right thing-and, as Tonelson notes, the popular thing with voters (who want to stand up to China). The latter fits with Biden’s practice of not embracing policies that endanger his career. Also fits with the evidence (summarized by… https://t.co/GpPylyR929
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 09:39PM
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b) What about opening yourself to Chinese blackmail? Well, avoiding that only requires that you not give Chinese any written evidence they could leak against you, no? Biden could have done that (even if he & Hunter did give the US press enough evidence to write stories). >>
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Feb 23, 2023
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a) If you’re entitled enough to take the money, you’re probably entitled enough to think the money comes with your public stature and you aren’t actually committed to do anything >>
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Feb 23, 2023
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‘If you can’t take their money …”: Did Biden decide he could take Chinese money and still defy them on policy? That has to be a leading theory, no? https://t.co/rO7NwSnsC7
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 09:25PM
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Good for Rushfield. But did VF really ignore his excellent college memoir? https://t.co/p1fnQFkRr7 https://t.co/0CJqfnlSD6
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 08:32PM
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Some Republicans have not stopped longing for a Ryanist Restoration. For example, Ryan.
P.S.: Yes, Ryan still wants to make Medicare a “premium support” program–ie. ‘voucherize’ it. See >> https://t.co/ojM1mLa8Q2 https://t.co/8VI6Pgjxdo
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 07:58PM
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Good example of a thread that’d be much more convincing if it didn’t gratuitously belittle Taibbi as “Matty’ etc (“special boy”) and otherwise play to the home crowd. Same goes for Federalist or Vox when they do the same thing. Maybe try to preach to the unconverted? Crazy I know https://t.co/8dcms6P6g9
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Feb 23, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 07:30PM
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Pretty sure @JBennet said his only regret was adding the editors’ note, not “not including” it. Think the @Mailonline got that wrong. Here is the @Semafor interview it comes from https://t.co/BFJGdQbERQ https://t.co/20pzDYI3ft You make the call
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 06:57PM
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Also: 3% of GDP, in itself, is kind of a heavy lift. https://t.co/RcVjsHfhvB
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 04:01PM
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“The beam” is a great idea/gimmick. Potentially unifying. What if LA sent up the beam after every day on which there wasn’t a murder? Or something like that. https://t.co/CWfTkMIovg https://t.co/ZZsXAUa6NZ
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Feb 22, 2023
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A: So it takes 3% of GDP to shore up the current system. But if you want to EXPAND our health system–make it universal, end the multi-program stratification, bring the benefits of Medicare to everyone, pay for new treatments–we’re going to need more % of GDP than that. Would be… https://t.co/37umcPKLNE
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 02:07PM
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Only a shortfall of “3 percent of G.D.P.”. Piece of cake! Why are all the Very Serious People making such a fuss? https://t.co/vcFunHabqJ
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 01:59PM
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Strange off-hand to-be-sure reference in opening paragraph to “the obscentiy of the new populism” — something that’s never explained or defined in the piece, as far as I can see. Who? Why obscene? [Hello, editor?] https://t.co/bQK7NavqLI
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 22, 2023 at 01:28PM
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Isn’t the issue whether @MSchlapp will attend CPAC? https://t.co/qEIQTqG35B
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Feb 22, 2023
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February 21, 2023 at 09:22PM
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Good point that Fetterman’s primary opponent, Conor Lamb, could have held the seat for the Dems. https://t.co/OD0RPwEQSv https://t.co/fcnR2c4nSl
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Feb 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023 at 03:27PM
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Facebook is even emulating Musk’s verification-for-$8/mo subscription feature — except theirs costs more. https://t.co/jRhp07wwNl https://t.co/ceJ0i88UMg
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Feb 20, 2023
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February 20, 2023 at 02:56PM
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Good column. But I wonder if Biden’s “synthesis” with the Dems’ left wing–which he “welcomed” into his administration–doesn’t appeal in part because the most ambitious and left parts of the Build Back Better agenda didn’t pass. (I also wonder if Biden and his older group of… https://t.co/uE1La9CySx
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Feb 20, 2023
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