This is Trump-level disingenuousnes — like saying he just went to the bunker to inspect it. https://t.co/BIcgNCk0l3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 5, 2020
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National Guard now deployed in 32 states. Is that provoking more unrest or calming things down? Seems like we will have an answer soon. https://t.co/MWBOamQYo2 https://t.co/i1kNBTTZI8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 5, 2020
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Don't quite understand the sharp military/police distinction here. Were our troops in Iraq killing the enemy, or policing, or being diplomats during, say, the surge. I'd say all three. https://t.co/o4zth3A1i9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 5, 2020
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.@41jellis–This "framing" isn't that bad … https://t.co/g7Ihh67ELi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 5, 2020
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Local pharmacy broken into Sat night. Smashed side door. Proprietor says every pharmacy in Bev Hills was broken into between 8PM and 11PM. Sounds well-organized. "What were they after?" "Drugs and money."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 5, 2020
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So, Vance/Weiss 2020 or Vance/Yglesias? I say go for the big tent!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Thread https://t.co/EMMfipBjeh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Vandalism and theft aren’t helping https://t.co/464OVnXXkR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Problem #1: If Biden "embodies the politics of the past," so do Social Security & Medicare.
Problem #2: Focusing on net will highlight left's call for UBI-ie superdole. Can Biden distance from that? We seem headed for half the country on dole. Is that what swing voters want? 2/2— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Referendum on Trump won't work, Ellis says. Better to punish Trump for his alliance with Ryan on safety net programs. "Paul Ryan Republicanism is a lot easier to beat than Donald Trump populism." Save the nets! Problems, though …>>>1/ https://t.co/DiWo6WLTnA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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OK, so Trump is LBJ. Biden is … Nixon? How does Biden-as-Nixon tap into "forgotten Americans" distaste for urban unrest without his (pro-BLM) party calling him racist? Tricky! Biden's done it before (eg on busing), I guess, but only as senator https://t.co/JlgSJl6y4G
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Curfew in LA, Beverly Hills cancelled. Don't know if I can handle this much normalcy.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR W.H.O..: Stopping a scientific trial of hydrochloroquine because of a "questionable study." Lancet and New England Journal of Medicine also looking bad … https://t.co/RGgy0vCj2x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Alert reader @DavidPoland notes this video of an LA gallery looting is apparently from 4 days ago. Doesn't mean this sort of thing's still happening (or not). Here is a dated video of the same incident https://t.co/ZHaLVCM8TQ from a different angle https://t.co/g88xG88Bz5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 4, 2020
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Why did Donald Trump stay in his bunker for so long while the cities burned? Turns out he was waiting for the President to return from celebrating a Jewish holiday. https://t.co/gzRmiFAAIH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Biden's not as far ahead in swing states as you'd think, given Trump's recent performance, no? I remember the 17-point Dukakis lead in the summer of 1988! These are more polarized times, but still I'd be worried if I were Biden's people. https://t.co/iwHnaSAliA https://t.co/E8gz8GQEU0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Did Trump make it harder for blue state leaders to embrace sensible, second-to-last resort to National Guard (a la LA Mayor Garcetti) the way he made it harder for Dems to support a sensible border barrier? Entirely possible. https://t.co/8N9H6i3gc9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Because Bush is going for a Strange New Respect Anti-Trump Rehab in the mainstream liberal press after his rightly disdained presidency? Just a thought. https://t.co/Q8s35bV3Qq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Seems gratuitous to me-actually detracts from the anti-Trump impact of the story by dragging in weak, old chestnut quotes–like Trump claiming power to "do whatever I want" when in reality he's obeyed hostile courts & been (too) deferential to governors. https://t.co/LkCd7JO6v6 https://t.co/ymoPOJ5rvR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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It may have been just a "facilities building" https://t.co/w266CboHsy Still, a more substantial attack than the @NYTimes (with it's "small basement fire" in the church) lets on. https://t.co/UB2Gqgt02L
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Here is a link that works. Apologies. https://t.co/BaWQBhHezX Here is an article on the subject: https://t.co/gu4QSTOsf9 @robertwrighter denounced this study on the last two episodes of @bloggingheads. Looks like he might have been right. https://t.co/V0VjXPn6ni
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Lancet issues "Expression of Concern to alert readers to the fact that serious scientific questions have been brought to our attention" regarding that anti-chloroquine study [via @IngrahamAngle] https://t.co/ujPteGJp9l
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Ingraham identifies "the facilities building" as being burned https://t.co/w266CboHsy NPR says rioters also set fire in the (huge) AFL-CIO building https://t.co/Vll2wnynVp Both seem worth mentioning in elaborate NYT piece … https://t.co/LryA1w7wxl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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We could use a name for the gratuitous remember-Trump-is-awful paragraph in NYT pieces. Here it's Graf #8, beginning "Throughout." Do reporters actually write this graf, or do editors insert it? Or is it written by an algorithm? https://t.co/ubWUo3K2RZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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Unless @dkahanerules thinks he's already lost the election, in which case @dkahanerules buried the lede …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 3, 2020
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