Essay is not just about government’s corruption (though it drives that point home). Turns out our “Interagency Consensus” — Vindman’s god –explicitly decided NOT to try to fight corruption! Question: Has entrenched Third World corruption EVER been successfully curtailed? https://t.co/w2KPtbuclN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 09:56AM
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They’ve been telling me Sarah Chayes’ essay is so great. They’re right. https://t.co/piJW2fmukV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 09:49AM
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“Path to America”–Axios basically assumes the 80,000 Afghans evacuated so far are destined for the U.S.. Seems like it should be at least debated whether, once they’ve been taken to a safe country, they *all* have a de facto right to come *here* https://t.co/FllE3ddwBr #axiosam
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 09:25AM
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.@jonathanchait may also be punditing under the same misconception https://t.co/eEJZThKC6s https://t.co/zoZcedrMyU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 02:28AM
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If I were paranoid (and I am) I’d worry that Pelosi got this unwritten side deal commitment (to vote for the $2.3T reconciliation package) in exchange for the alleged promise to craft a bill the Senate will pass. In other words, opposition delegated to Manchin & Sinema … https://t.co/kKwXcNMuqs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 02:18AM
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Contra the @ddayen argument that the bipartisan smaller/harder infrastructure bill won’t pass if Dem progressives decide vote against it. https://t.co/v9X0t26y1m
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 02:05AM
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As somebody once said, “[T]here are some things we feel, feelings that our prevailing, acquisitive, and competitive corporate life, including tragically the universities, is not the way of life for us. We’re searching for more immediate, ecstatic, and penetrating modes of living” https://t.co/BTlZsyCScW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 01:13AM
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Bring on Port Huron Statement II. https://t.co/MfZK6m0XFz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 01:10AM
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OK workers don’t like their old jobs. But what are the great new jobs they think they’re going to get? I hope these jobs exist! Have doubts. Maybe they’ve decided broadly they just don’t like what our capitalism offers-as did beats/60s counterculturists https://t.co/rH2f3o8yjv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 01:04AM
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It doesn’t even have to be good news. Whenever Clinton was in trouble it seemed like the Department of Energy discovered a new batch of people it had exposed to radiation decades earlier. https://t.co/MemvzcNyCx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 12:04AM
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Do you get the impression that when news is really bad for a WH, an order goes out to all agencies telling them to bring forward any news or project that might crowd out the bad news? Like … https://t.co/FAhdHLTiiQ
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Aug 26, 2021
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August 26, 2021 at 12:01AM
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.@NPR already covering the Afghanistan story it really wants to cover: Getting ready to welcome next “generation of Afghan refugees” https://t.co/wMlR5KJxDl Suspect they will feel torn between two worlds!
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Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 11:46PM
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Try this link: https://t.co/7u5Fwfsj6G
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:28PM
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Here is link to the (very useful!) Dayen article–hope it works: https://t.co/wfKoyzzbji 7/7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:20PM
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Even if Pelosi delays sending it, she’s obviously going to send it at some point. (Is she going to rip it up like Trump’s speech?) Moderates will already have what they need: knowledge that bipartisan bill will be law & they can now drive hard bargain on reconciliation. 6/7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:19PM
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Dayen (and @ThePlumLineGS ) argument #3: Even if the bipartisan bill passes House, Pelosi “doesn’t have to send it to the president’s desk right away.” Really? Historic bill will have passed & Biden won’t want it on his desk? 5/ok 6 or 7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:17PM
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Note that a conference gives the Manchins of the Congress TWO chances to hold the bill hostage: in the Senate (which has to repass any conference compromise) and in the House (ditto) where moderates + GOPs could block. This is Trainwreck Option 4/ok 5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:13PM
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Dayen Argument #2: “Peter DeFazio (D-OR), who will handle the IIJA, can simply write a manager’s amendment changing any aspect of the bill…moving the House and Senate into a conference.” Really? Biden wants to go to *conference* on his precious delicate Senate compromise? 3/4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:11PM
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After all, passing the bipartisan infra bill first radically increases the moderates leverage to get things out of the reconciliation bill that Republicans may hate: eg taxes, massive new expenditures including maybe tax credits (he said wishfully) 2/4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:08PM
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Also skeptical of ‘moderates lost’ arguments from @ddayen: #1: “House Democrats who want to maintain the original two-track timeline can simply vote down the infrastructure bill.” Will enough GOPs really not seize the chance to vote for bill & monkeywrench Pelosi’s plan? 1/4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 10:06PM
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Argument 3) Pelosi has rarely used “break glass” emergency authority to “unilaterally reschedule the vote.” Again, good way to win over the moderates! They have now proven that Pelosi needs them, no? Progressive dismissals seem a bit graveyard-whistley 3/3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 07:51PM
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Punchbowl argues 2) Pelosi “can change this agreement by inserting new language in a different rule, thereby nullifying the deal with the moderates. This would require a House vote,” So the moderates are going to vote to undo the deal they just won? https://t.co/BObizZnngq 2/3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 07:48PM
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Skeptical of argument that Pelosi still holds all cards! Punchbowl argues 1) Under deal they only need to “consider” bipartisan bill, not pass True, they can if they want to alienate 10 moderate Dem votes they’ll need on reconciliation. Pelosi’s talking like it means “pass”; 1/3 https://t.co/ncBMqddoDk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 07:42PM
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DISSUADER IN CHIEF Dem @RepStephMurphy decided her ideas were being ignored, and she had to blast Dem infra strategy publicly, AFTER a call from President Biden designed to get her on board the Pelosi team? https://t.co/9DGUAnaKJS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 07:22PM
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Why would a “side agreement with the speaker promising that any House-passed reconciliation bill has to be written to pass the Senate” be such a win for House mods? I would hope they’d be *tougher* than Manchin on some issues. And Senate has to pas anyway, no? https://t.co/9DGUAnaKJS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2021
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August 25, 2021 at 05:46PM
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