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–Here’s Alan Tonelson explaining why it’s foolish to make some sort of signed treaty the end-goal of the war https://t.co/wMrbHxYOLp
–It’s a little much to expect any nation to permanently renounce nuclear weapons after what happened to Ukraine and Gaddafi when they— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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It’s not just that an antiwar and prowar figure almost agree–the plan they almost agree on seems like the way things may go and should go. 1) No written out deal; 2) VDH doesn”t insist Iran give up their uranium or renounce forever their “right” to enrich; if they restart nuke https://t.co/x6qiBbdQ95
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This is not a clip that covers the cops with glory. (Some seem to be TSA.) https://t.co/SSET9S3cFZ
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.@megynkelly and VDH approaching agreement on endgame in Iran. VDH asking for 2 more weeks of blockade. https://t.co/1FsnV5rXqK
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Been waiting for this. It may not be just in Ghislaine’s self-interest that she throw someone to the wolves. But how likely is it to be a friend of Trump rather than a non-friend, say someone named Bill? That said, not much to this story https://t.co/riFmWlTkfJ
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She rolls her eyes at constituents. She walks out when a speaker she disagrees with comes to the podium. She says she’ll quit if she doesn’t get elected. I don’t know Raman but I’m getting a picture of an entitled credentialed Urban Planner who lacks the democratic resilience https://t.co/mxcQtQer8c
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How D.C. Republicans catering to “a small cadre of donor-class interests” could lose their strongest issue. Trump could shut this down, no? https://t.co/ZhiES3Mm6G
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Pratt’s also exploiting the grief of crime victims! Because it’s just inevitable that car thefts would go up and shoplifing would explode. Or that a town of 30,000 would burn to the ground after a) the FD fails to completely put out a previous fire and b) there’s no water in the https://t.co/3iiOmhbOx3
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If Raman really said that if she loses this will be “her last political campaign”–as reporter Tom Wait says she did … well, that’s an odd thing for an allegedly passionate up-and-coming young councilwoman to say. Is she cracking? Does she seem a bit entitled? https://t.co/wlhSuPZm3M
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Pratt’s also exploiting the grief of crime victims! Because it’s just inevitable that murders would remain high and shoplifing would explode. Or that a town of 30,000 would burn to the ground after a) the FD fails to completely put out a previous fire and b) there’s no water in https://t.co/3iiOmhcmmB
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If she really said that if she loses this will be “her last political campaign”–as reporter Tom Wait says she did … well, that’s an odd thing for an allegedly passionate up-and-coming young councilwoman to say. Is she cracking? Does she seem a bit entitled? https://t.co/wlhSuPZm3M
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Pratt’s also exploiting the grief of crime victims! Because it’s inevitable that a town of 30,000 would burn down after a) the FD fails to completely put out a previous fire and b) there’s no water in the reservoir to fight the fire with.
Why do we have elections if politicians https://t.co/3iiOmhcmmB
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Flesh this out a bit, as magazine editors say … https://t.co/uI9lvjkAZn
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Discombobulating fires … https://t.co/WYf7t7k0Sj
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Another winner https://t.co/YReLLprF4t
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“Xavier Becerra getting into the runoff hands the Trump administration the power to release Becerra’s FBI file and make Hilton our next CA governor. Buyer beware.”
Not until someone can describe this scandal to me clearly in one sentence. … https://t.co/mThHVkYNWx
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Barbra https://t.co/zEc2VMXeLg
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Isn’t this a violation of 2 elementary campaign rules: 1) If you’re ahead of your opponent attacking him raises him up 2) Barbara Streisand. Now everyone knows Nithya lives in a nice house.
Conclusion: Pratt has rattled her, and her lead in some polls is tenuous. https://t.co/7em6U9S3kv
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They will never get rid of Jared as long as Ivanka is married to him https://t.co/y1B9GrTHrg https://t.co/jgI2XgxDQ1
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“Immigration policy should be designed to maximize the national interest”–@mattyglesias. Since when has Matt Yglesias thought that? (I remember him arguing we had to balance the loss to Americans against the huge potential satisfaction gains of migrants.)
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“I’m a Great Society Democrat.” She’s running. (And I don’t think this degree of repositioning would be necessary to run against Schumer.) https://t.co/OSKKM4mdga
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Inviting ordinary Americans to the ballroom on a regular basis to have dinner and schmooze with the President and cabinet would be a good idea–for Trump and in general—if it’s possible, security-wise. https://t.co/J8yDlqKIRk
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I actually did have “Bibi and Jared destroy Trump’s second term” on my bingo card.
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As long as it doesn’t run into Justice Roberts’ “Hotel California” rule https://t.co/l2xExPsF78 https://t.co/YWHiVwVetU
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I wasn’t far off! (re Smith) https://t.co/vgCqHUBv5m https://t.co/Qs9Aexrmsv
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