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I want to know what happens to Irena Briganti a.msn.com/01/en-us/BButn…
Monthly Archives: July 2016
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Ryan following the Cantor playbook
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Just an uplifting person. Brilliant, serious, funny. You were never not happy to see him. twitter.com/jacobwe/status…
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We can argue abt all these things (eg, why wouldn’t he be open 2 means-testing)? But sun is coming up. Need 2 sleep! twitter.com/kausmickey/sta…
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$10 trillion nowhere in piece. Argument that “demonizing” outweighs his plusses not in piece. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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No, I read piece. Agreements (“Trump has put his finger on a real problem”) seem big & bold, disagreements quibbles twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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Under no illusions. But even touchback’s not so bad if do wall/eVerify 1st. Beats waiting for Salam/Douthat ’24. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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I meant assertions you’re making in these tweets aren’t in the piece. Assumes NYT readers agree Trump unthinkable twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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Again, if you’d made those arguments in the piece, we could have it out. But you didn’t. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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Were I your editor, I’d tell you to make those arguments (“Say that”). Instead you seem 2 assume he’s fatally flawed twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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Think you have to consider the question. No President implements all his position papers. Instincts matter. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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Acknowledge his contradictions. But als0 don’t want 2 wait until ’24. & he’s consistent on building wall, Soc Sec. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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If you did,you’d have 2 consider whether Trump’s failure 2 match full Douthat/Salam agenda justifies waiting til /24 twitter.com/kausmickey/sta…
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Problem is you don’t make the arguments you’re making in these tweets in the piece, except in glancing way. twitter.com/reihan/status/…
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We can have ‘Trumpism without Trump’ in 2024. Or Trumpism with Trump in 6 months. Why isn’t latter preferable? nyti.ms/29DeAXl
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Trump’s right on policy, say @DouthatNYT & @reihan. So why isn’t fastest way 2 get where they want 2 go 2 elect him? nyti.ms/29DeAXl
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Turkish Coup Live Blog wp.me/p4ja0Z-AxG via @aminterest
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This is the Coming Apart Song: I’ve been tuning in to country stations after ignoring them for years, and I’m hearing a lot of songs like this one (from 2012):
I wake up, put a dip in, crack a cold one
Put my boots and my overalls on
This is the country boy song
I like to gig frogs
I like to gut hogs
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Chew it up, spit it out
Crack a cold one and tilt it back
I’m tired of these city boys runnin’ their mouths
If their truck gets stuck I ain’t pullin’ them out …
I keep a twelve gauge by my water bed
Cause the next trailer over lives a meth head, uh huh
And that ain’t biscuits he’s cookin’ …
Gettin’ country drunk in the back of my truck
The night is young I’ma gonna get messed up
Didn’t commercial, play-on-the-radio country songs used to reflect a confidence in down-home values (faith, work, marriage, cheating) that formed the sturdy foundation for the country? Now songs reflect a partly bitter, insular, defensive subculture that worries it may no longer be the foundation for the country, and reacts by getting drunk and … well, screw you. I hadn’t realize the full extent to which the music reflects these real trends. It’s Charles Murray in three chords, I tell you. Also Trump, of course. If he could turn the bitterness into something positive, that would be a considerable accomplishment. …
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Last thought, best thought. twitter.com/DanaBashCNN/st…
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Pretty clear analysis of the many ways Pence’s 2006 “touchback” amnesty was a fraud. eagleforum.org/column/2006/ju…
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Whatever Happened to Mike Pence? eagleforum.org/column/2006/ju…
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‘IT’S ONLY 3 YEARS OF OPEN BORDERS!’ Here’s Pence defending his touchback amnesty plan vs. Steve King in 2006 youtube.com/watch?v=lpeLgO…
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Danish People’s Party supporter: “Our economy doesn’t increase along with the never-ending supply of immigrants” nyti.ms/29usACI
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IT’S THE IMMIGRATION I’d missed non-crazy Euros telling the NYT how EU immig. policies made them vote far-right nyti.ms/29usACI
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Prof. Borjas’ graph summarizing impact of Mariel influx on low-skilled wages, is fairly striking. Now peer-reviewed! gborjas.org/2016/07/13/fin…