Bill Clinton's legacy was not ruined by the Marc Rich pardon, though it seemed like a huge deal at the time. This is worse, but perspective …. https://t.co/KkMxc6zI0r
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 8, 2021
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January 08, 2021 at 04:36AM
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Also "reckoning." https://t.co/Or72tPKjl5
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January 08, 2021 at 03:47AM
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PSST: Trump's statements on the Ellipse were not so provocative, at least in terms of encouraging a mob anyone to storm the building. https://t.co/AcbS0J0Mez
(May have been provocative in taking an adversarial stance with Pence, but that's not what you are talking about.) https://t.co/S0PjoK3n1m
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January 08, 2021 at 03:29AM
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Tucker beating Hawley this week. But it's still early in the campaign. https://t.co/kMjRrvroHK
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January 08, 2021 at 03:06AM
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Lotta fuss about New York's slow vaccine rollout (and the Cuomo/DeBlasio feuding). But Newsom's California is doing worse than New York, according to this tracker https://t.co/yPeMU1jOQi
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January 08, 2021 at 03:05AM
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I suppose this sentence should not make me burst into tears. Still … "Philips, the 50-year-old man who died [of a stroke], ran a pro-Trump social media website that also sold animal toys created to look like the president." https://t.co/fD8jZnvCEz
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January 08, 2021 at 12:33AM
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"It isn’t simply that the US produces no telecom equipment at all, let alone a world-class product that can compete with China; it can’t produce essential medical supplies in urgent demand in a public health crisis." https://t.co/yuOaMLRNV8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 8, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 11:32PM
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It's going to be a long 4 years. https://t.co/Tur3SbJFsK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 8, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 11:19PM
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You ain't seen nothing yet https://t.co/1ZjbV7PM6i
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January 07, 2021 at 06:27PM
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"TRUMP HIGHLY IRRESPONSIBLE" would be a defensible headline. Not this: https://t.co/5GJ3eh7VIm pic.twitter.com/ygQRFebySm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 06:24PM
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My God. This person is a reporter? https://t.co/AqpxODm6TJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 06:21PM
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Also, it's a bit hard to believe Trump thought the crowd would break into the Capitol, roam around and sit at member's desks since nobody thought that would happen (which is why it was such a shock).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:59PM
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"What did he think was going to happen" is the best argument for holding Trump responsible yesterday. (Maybe @maggieNYT will tell us.) Also was there enough for the crowd to do there other than what they did? It's still not "TRUMP INCITES MOB." https://t.co/iVUniCAydk https://t.co/kIVBcBAD9Y
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January 07, 2021 at 05:56PM
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"tea kettle that will expode at some point." That's one reason–among many–that it's a bad idea. https://t.co/OqkC6DPvFh
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January 07, 2021 at 05:37PM
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Seems a farfetched legal argument. Hard to name a political speech that does not use the word "fight." Was the lawyer (Cipollone) just looking for anything that might scare Trump into condemning the riot? https://t.co/GCFCCIKaYX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:30PM
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Anyway the @NYTimes headline didn't say "Trump incited a mob starting 5 years ago," it said "TRUMP INCITES MOB." I think that headline is false. https://t.co/cCt1sNvLhp https://t.co/7zqu7pzzsT
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January 07, 2021 at 06:46AM
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'Lock her up 'chants 5 years ago? This is like quantum physics– "spooky action at a distance." https://t.co/d2B4zxBrZo
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January 07, 2021 at 06:24AM
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Here's the speech. You can decide for yourself https://t.co/xRlGL00hIc
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January 07, 2021 at 06:11AM
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He's been telling them that for weeks. You can say he has some responsibility for what happened, sure. But this speech doesn't add much if anything. Incitement is usually something like 'If this election stands then we should not let that building stand. Let's go!' https://t.co/sy6vc9EER7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:59AM
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I hate Trump's destructive obsession with reversing the election (through strongarming, if necessary). His speech yesterday was arguably cracked, delusional. But he didn't incite the mob, at least not in what I heard. There may be ample grounds to impeach him, but not for that 5/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:29AM
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He's not telling the *crowd* not to show "weakness" (the impression left by NYT). The crowd doesn't sound very animated or violent. (The do chant "We Love You" at one point.) It's more likely they were bored to death by Trump's state-by-state recitation of voting irregularities4/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:24AM
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"…make your voices heard." Doesn't sound violent! Later he says the crowd'll give "weak" GOP reps "the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country," presumably on the votes they've scheduled. All the language about "weakness" is directed at Congress. 3/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:20AM
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Trump says "[W]e're gonna walk down to the capitol and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women" who support contesting the electoral votes, while not cheering senators who show "weakness." He tells the crowd to "peacefully and patriotically …" 2/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:13AM
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"Mayhem incited by Trump" (NYT) "The president incited the mob" (Liz Cheney). I've now listened to all 1 hr 11 min of Trump's Wed. Ellipse speech and I'll be damned if I can find any language inciting violence or mayhem. Maybe someone can point me to it. 1/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 7, 2021
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January 07, 2021 at 05:07AM
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** CONFIDENCE https://t.co/xcuyj45YIL
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January 07, 2021 at 03:08AM
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