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May 05, 2022 at 03:27PM
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Isn’t it also possible that Roberts, as an institutionalist, would in the end join Alito’s anti-Roe majority because it’s bad for the Court to overturn such a big precedent with a mere 5 votes?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2022

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May 05, 2022 at 03:44AM
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Note that “disabilities,” in the hands of bureaucratic administrators, tends to degenerate into any “employment barrier,” including drug addiction, “special needs such as clothing and tools,” or lack of “job seeking/retention skills,” or obesity. https://t.co/oLT5v25hzF

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May 5, 2022

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May 05, 2022 at 02:59AM
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E.g.: “There should be broad exemptions from work requirements — including for caregivers, pregnant women, students, and people with disabilities [**] preventing them from working.” That’s *after* flatly exempting everyone with a kid under age 6.

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May 5, 2022

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May 05, 2022 at 02:53AM
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In the Biden child check (CTC) debate, we’re at the “OK, how about a work requirement so shot full of exemptions and vague loopholes that it might as well not exist” stage. Maybe that’ll con Manchin!

Now *there’s* some traditional liberal thinking … https://t.co/JGvyLSZf5V

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2022

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May 05, 2022 at 02:43AM
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Seems like Biden’s been in office so long he must be nearing end of his first term. But he isn’t even halfway through. Normal pace of history has not been restored.
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May 5, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 08:10PM
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Sorry, if the Supreme Court’s legitimacy survived the embarrassment of Bush v. Gore, it will survive a leak. …. https://t.co/pL3XxQvOJc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 05:57PM
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.@Politico makes it clear there was concerted effort to get Vance’s numbers up–through ads & stress on immigration–BEFORE Trump endorsed. This effort succeeded. Not saying Trump endorsement wasn’t huge–probably decisive. But didn’t pluck JDV from teens https://t.co/pOcTvzmYCY https://t.co/y99gnkLNxg

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 03:46PM
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Arrow is in the wrong place, I think. Trump endorsed 4/15, arrow’s at 4/14. The 4/15 bump reflects Trafalgar poll which surveyed voters on 4/13 and 4/14, before endorsement, and had Vance at 23%. (There were rumors of endorsement, but it was uncertain.) https://t.co/oX9wV3nvBL https://t.co/OR0IYuAnml

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 03:33PM
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.@Politico article makes it clear that Vance campaigners knew they had to come back on their own before Trump would endorse. And they did that. Vance’s debate performances (pre-endorsement) played crucial role. https://t.co/pOcTvzmYCY https://t.co/iMM9C51u5U

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 02:22PM
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Hypothesis: The Biden administration is like pre-Musk Twitter — the wokesters in the middle and at the bottom are running the show. Titular heads at the top don’t have control of what their organizations are actuallly doing (i.e. galloping to the left) https://t.co/NlBSqMaLdq

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May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 02:13PM
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Old WHCD ethos: ‘We had Hitler at our table!”**

New WHCD ethos: “We had COVID at our table.”

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**–@michaelkinsley’s crack …. https://t.co/3SvPgfHhRo

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 02:01PM
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Argument in Axios that Vance’s lack of enthusiasm for Ukraine involvement actually helped him: “Voters who supported a more interventionist approach wouldn’t vote on the issue, while America Firsters would potentially vote on it.” https://t.co/tSBx74xLAq

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May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 01:55PM
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They’re also desperate to stop Vance because they know he can be very efffective. Has a talent for talking about serious issues in acessible, sensible ways. https://t.co/Wyj3ei6Fns

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May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 01:04PM
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Not just a victory but a decisive victory for Vance. … https://t.co/GZuwaN857w

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May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 04:34AM
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Hannity: “[Vance] was in the single digits… and then somebody by the name of Donald J. Trump endorsed him.” https://t.co/dDVf06BtHa

This is BS from Hannity. Trump endorsed Vance on 4/15. Vance was at 23% in Trafalgar poll taken 4/13 to 4/14. https://t.co/4UGgUoESrl

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May 4, 2022

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May 04, 2022 at 03:39AM
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May 4, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 10:08PM
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MSM will want to tell a story about Vance languishing in the polls until Trump saved him. I don’t think that is true. Probably more like Trump endorsed Vance when he saw Vance was moving up on his own. https://t.co/dlTyosd4Eo

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 09:58PM
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Note that Vance had moved up to 23% in the Trafalgar poll taken *before* Trump endorsed him. He did very well in the debates, for one thing. It wasn’t just Trump. https://t.co/4UGgUoESrl https://t.co/Yu3v4a8q4r

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May 4, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 09:56PM
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Congratulations to @JDVance1 ! Good decision by Ohio voters (and Trump). https://t.co/WAk9oAtZ3R

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 09:49PM
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I mean, if she’d said “I thought it was a Drudge editor. It wasn’t. I should have checked it out before I said it was. Apologies to Drudge”–end of story. NBD. Instead we get ha ha I thought it was “hilarious” … https://t.co/MPOyKphwzH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 3, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 04:46PM
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That draft is from Feb, right? For all we know it’s already been rewritten https://t.co/jluCbxYIYX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 3, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 01:19PM
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Prediction: The Court will soon be functioning much the same as before–just as happened after publication of “The Brethren.”

Why? They have no choice. https://t.co/y0Dj41alIP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 3, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 03:57AM
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The tweet says: “It’s fine I just got a good laugh over the idea Drudge Report would have any impact whatsoever on my career lol.”

Definitely not “apologizing.” … The apology tweet must be in there somewhere! … https://t.co/Mg41EBp3Zd

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 3, 2022

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May 03, 2022 at 03:46AM
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I know this makes me sound like Andy Rooney, but are there any grownup editors left at @washingtonpost? This person thinks she can block and pretend-joke her way out of a jam. https://t.co/urgEy8U4Ly

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 3, 2022

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