they’re definitely right that we need to bring earmarks back
The WSJ is getting in on the ground floor of the ‘sensible’ conservative hagiography of the Trump era.
One early test will be Iran, and whether Joe Biden will abandon the strategic gains that President Trump has made in the Middle East in a rush to return to the deeply flawed 2015 nuclear deal.
The Trump sanctions forced Iran to cut back on that support, and the killing of terror chief Qasem Soleimani was a loud deterrent. To abandon sanctions again in return for more Iranian promises would be diplomatic and strategic malpractice.
The Middle East has also changed for the better since Democrats were last in charge. Israel and the Sunni Arab states are normalizing relations after decades of conflict, and one reason is their shared worry about Iran. The Arab-Israeli conflict over Palestine is no longer the dominant issue.
President Trump gave both sides assurance that the U.S. is on their side, in contrast to Barack Obama’s loud disdain and his strategic embrace of Iran. If Mr. Biden rushes head-long back into the nuclear deal, he runs the risk of blowing up that regional progress.
Mr. Biden’s foreign-policy team should be thankful for the stronger hand Mr. Trump is leaving them.
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Lmaooooo
Who is this “Mr. Biden”? Is it Joseph R. Biden or not? How is the reader to know?
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NYT still writing “do Republicans actually believe the things they repeatedly say out loud?” pieces.
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The book SkyDiver recommended, Politics is for Power, does provide some good data that a lot of people view Politics like sports and just give what ever answer they think “their side” is supposed to give.
Would highly recommend the book btw, this board is like the perfect demo for it.
They’ve discovered a new fun euphemism for “lie!”
https://twitter.com/postpolitics/status/1333431333826285571?s=21
Note the complete lack of “Republicans in disarray” stories even as they are openly in a state of civil war
lol blatantly drunk Hannity on air
https://twitter.com/kentremendous/status/1334698355360813057?s=21
https://twitter.com/justinbaragona/status/1334681761461248000?s=21
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No, Trump isn’t Julius Caesar, Richard III or King Lear.
All those fuckers died at the end of the play.
Sorry for the Shakespeare spoilers.
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Has Hannity always been doing the orange makeup or is this some kind of display of reverence to Trump?
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chuck todd now convinced that biden should not do any progressive outreach when building his cabinet because (paraphrasing) “progressives actively tried to defeat him in the general” dude is smoking crack on live TV now apparently
Caesar died in the middle
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Huh, remember it being way later than Act III.
https://twitter.com/mattnegrin/status/1335610056558202880?s=21
https://twitter.com/mattnegrin/status/1335607687111962624?s=21
“Child prostitution.” Yikes. In addition to being impossible (children can’t consent), just straight up factually inaccurate.
https://twitter.com/ebruenig/status/1335698869917790209?s=21
I don’t think “child prostitution” implies it’s voluntary. You’re right it’s not the best choice of words but there’s no need to manufacture a grievance with Liz, who’s really on your side here.
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I was thinking that Dave Roberts was one of the few remaining “big names” at Vox. Wondering what the hell is going on there.
https://twitter.com/drvolts/status/1335999119035301888?s=20
Also,
https://twitter.com/ClareMalone/status/1335984991323435009?s=20