OK. Pelosi playing 3D chess! But what if Trump, put back on stage, calls attention to all the unpopular early Biden moves (Keystone, "equity," amnesty, trans atheletes, vax glitches) his impeachment is supposed to distract from? https://t.co/N8jgRtYYGc
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January 29, 2021 at 03:27AM
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Goal is to have a society where rolling up in a '92 Justy ain't a big deal for *anyone*. https://t.co/By1MpO0Rk2 Though I admit a Justy is really putting that ideal to the test. https://t.co/uIDyB1GJf4
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January 29, 2021 at 03:05AM
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Example: Elite schools like Harvard are, as Green says,the sellers of entry into the oligarchy. But they aren't necessarily meritocratic anymore. See Kushner, J. So maybe there's room for resentful, passed-over meritorious SAT winners? See Krein, J. 2/ https://t.co/t0euZnwXFc
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January 29, 2021 at 02:57AM
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Used to be rich/powerful oligarchs were sneered at by social elite & Meritocrats. Today, Green says, "Our oligarchs are the social elite." I would say today the Meritocrats are rich. Subtle difference! Green's formula may be more up-to-date 1/ https://t.co/kfmRTHmZ2W
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January 29, 2021 at 02:52AM
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"The gap between the rich and the rest is more than economic. It is now civilizational, its mutual incomprehension and contempt a modern variation on the premodern gap between the medieval nobility and the peasants." True, or becoming so … https://t.co/kfmRTHEzUu
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January 29, 2021 at 02:44AM
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Think KIA is what he was reaching for.
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January 29, 2021 at 02:34AM
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"Better a Tesla than a Prius, and better either than a Subaru Forester, the danger-signal that confirms the college professor’s downward mobility. " That's off. Forester's a fine car and not a sign of distress. Troubling automotive error in fine essay. https://t.co/kfmRTHEzUu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 29, 2021
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January 29, 2021 at 02:33AM
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"Trump’s refusal to accept Joe Biden’s victory and his incitement of a riot at the Capitol reduce and possibly even nullify the chances of the Republican party developing as Trumpism without Trump." Hmm. Trump blotted his copybook. He's now vulnerable no? https://t.co/kfmRTHEzUu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 29, 2021
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January 29, 2021 at 02:11AM
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a) Is a guy like Cotton "just" working to restore Trump. Don't think so. There's some space there already. And b) Some populist will come along (probably not Cotton) who actively pushes back against Trump's destructive egotism, which will create more space (probably for others)2/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 29, 2021
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January 29, 2021 at 01:32AM
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"Trump requires embracing the belief that he just had a landslide election stolen. And as long as that idea defines the right, the space to be a populist who isn’t just working to restore him..seems somewhere between cramped and nonexistent." Hmm. >>> /1 https://t.co/7A0RScCjjN
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January 29, 2021 at 01:29AM
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DOUTHAT: @HawleyMO's Electoral College stunt "a stark example of how any attempt to build a conservative populism after Trump is likely to be sucked into the vortex of crazy around the former president."
Hmm. Tom Cotton seemed to avoid it pretty easily. https://t.co/7A0RScCjjN
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January 29, 2021 at 01:21AM
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Will the Biden Adminstration bring them in in buses, or planes? How is that possible without taking a big COVID risk? https://t.co/at4rp98FcE
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January 28, 2021 at 11:37PM
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Swamp Chic https://t.co/zsOSLIFCDJ
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January 28, 2021 at 11:24PM
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Will Parker Petit be there? https://t.co/GeOWl0pW5a
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January 28, 2021 at 09:47PM
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No white vans, though https://t.co/zW0DsGg3CJ
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January 28, 2021 at 09:43PM
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I had missed this — for Epstein completists: "Les Wexner sells control of Victoria's Secret amid declining sales" https://t.co/SqSnA9WAME
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January 28, 2021 at 09:12PM
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.@tedfrank do you have an opinion on the plausibility of Epstein's $158M fee? Thanks https://t.co/U67nmuK09M
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January 28, 2021 at 08:34PM
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The "Kaine option"? Why not the King option?https://t.co/0sKVxpeFfh Drop doomed quickie impeachment trial in order to actually find out what happened, what Trump knew and what he did and didn't do. Might be v-damning. /1354739554855526407 https://t.co/JiHGO5gNTF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 28, 2021
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January 28, 2021 at 06:38PM
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In this passage, Psaki seems to think she can just needs to invoke "first female" like she was in meeting with Dem activists. Maybe she is … https://t.co/is18l5SR9G
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January 28, 2021 at 06:28PM
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How are the Kochs *not* allied with the left on immigration? This is a nuance that has escaped me. (I'm sure you're right — just want to know. Thanks) https://t.co/DENLSKo26M
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January 28, 2021 at 05:46AM
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In other words, ditch the impeachment trial & the vote (with its foregone result). End the impeachment. But appoint an investigative body with evidence-gathering power to find out what Trump did/knew that day. Could take months. Wouldn't jam up Biden or give Trump a new platform. https://t.co/RYV3Ku0dfM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 28, 2021
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January 28, 2021 at 05:38AM
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Sen. King wants "to document how much Trump personally knew about what the rioters planned and what actions he took to quell the violence." Seems like something we should know.. Why not an actual special investigation instead of quickie impeachment trial? https://t.co/EyR3wuBs1K
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 28, 2021
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January 28, 2021 at 05:34AM
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If you're from a billionaire family and an incoming Biden official you don't just get the story corrected, you get the story RETRACTED and moved to the archives. [PS The Editor's Note seems absurd. The foundation donated the money. It's an issue.] https://t.co/NteDtQbz3j
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January 28, 2021 at 04:26AM
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Think it's on https://t.co/Htp2f11Pdf
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January 28, 2021 at 02:23AM
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A lower priority (for all voters) than "reducing the federal budget deficit"! https://t.co/3FenmkSCWf
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January 28, 2021 at 02:07AM
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