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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Ben Shapiro

      Threadhttps://twitter.com/benshapiro/status/1176878470288199680 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Ben ShapiroVerified account @benshapiro
      12/15. So is this him conditioning aid? That's utterly unclear from the transcript itself. It's bad behavior, of course -- ugly and inappropriate. If you're inclined to think of the whole conversation as a negotiation over aid, this is damning.
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    2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Kimberley Strassel

      Thread with another perspective. Of course, it is strange for the president to say that the AG will be in touch, and then not tell the AG to get in touchhttps://twitter.com/KimStrassel/status/1176865149673598979 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Kimberley StrasselVerified account @KimStrassel
      7)And, never mind, because: DOJ in statement says the President has not spoken to AG about investigating Biden and has not asked the AG to contact the Ukraine. Also, Barr has not communicated with Ukraine—“on this or any subject.”
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    3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Luke Thompson

      Thread. There is no way around the fact that Hunter Biden was making money - in fact, making his entire living - off his proximity to his father's political influence. And Joe Biden, in his fifth decade in DC, can't possibly have been unaware of thathttps://twitter.com/ltthompso/status/1176882652613361664 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Luke Thompson @ltthompso
      I’d really like to know why Biden felt Hunter needed to go with him on visits and fly on the same plane. What did he believe his son was doing in Ukraine and China?
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    4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dave Weigel

      Yep. It's not 100% verbatim, and it's wise to read a conversation impressionistically to get how it was perceived. But as these sorts of transcripts go, it's pretty diligenthttps://twitter.com/daveweigel/status/1176892328511979520 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dave WeigelVerified account @daveweigel
      “ACTUALLY it’s not a transcript” Twitter is already the worst Twitter
      3 replies 6 retweets 28 likes
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    5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      You will notice - and this latest controversy is by no means the only example - the pattern: 1. "Release X! X will bring down Trump!" 2. X comes out, isn't what we were promised. 3. "We told you releasing just X was a coverup! Release Y! It's not a real investigation until..."

      10 replies 20 retweets 63 likes
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    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      For example, remember when the be-all & end-all of things was the FBI interviewing Mark Judge? And then they did, & nobody ever mentioned him again?

      2 replies 5 retweets 32 likes
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    7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Dan Berman

      Schiff sure sounds like a guy who is backing away from the original marketing of this story as a quid pro quohttps://twitter.com/DHBerman/status/1176894713909174273 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Dan BermanVerified account @DHBerman
      Adam Schiff: “There is no quid pro quo necessary to betray your country or your oath of office. Even though many read this as a quid pro quo. I’m not concerned whether it is a quid pro quo or not. Ukraine understood what this president wanted.”
      12 replies 16 retweets 55 likes
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    8. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Noah Rothman

      It's not in Biden's political interest to focus more attention on Hunter Bidenhttps://twitter.com/NoahCRothman/status/1176895064104230914 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Noah RothmanVerified account @NoahCRothman
      Really weird that Biden is not leveraging this news cycle to his advantage in more visceral, personal terms. Giuliani is accusing him of being "bought" by China in service to his "drug-challenged son." Abandoning dispassion in this moment is, at least, understandable.
      5 replies 10 retweets 37 likes
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    9. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Ryan Lizza

      It would be useful to get someone more credible than Chris Murphy on the record saying thishttps://twitter.com/RyanLizza/status/1176897474017058817 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Ryan LizzaVerified account @RyanLizza
      The WP piece has been updated: Murphy said “Zelensky’s ‘entire’ administration was concerned ‘that the aid that was being cut off to Ukraine by the president was a consequence for their unwillingness, at the time, to investigate the Bidens’” but Zelensky himself didn’t say that.
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    10. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted David Leonhardt

      True, and oft-overlooked by people who are more interested in using Trump as a club against Republicanshttps://twitter.com/DLeonhardt/status/1176900229385347072 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      David LeonhardtVerified account @DLeonhardt
      And I'd add: Any meaningful lack of GOP support will likely have a major effect on how this plays out. Unspoken words can matter. cc @MattGlassman312 & @jbview https://twitter.com/JBuchdahl/status/1176896794145382400 …
      1 reply 2 retweets 14 likes
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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

      Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Nate Silver

      Likely true. Also likely true that virtually everyone will just chalk this up to Trump being exactly what they already assumed Trump is likehttps://twitter.com/NateSilver538/status/1176900396448722944 …

      Dan McLaughlin added,

      Nate SilverVerified account @NateSilver538
      Everybody's guessing, but my guess is that the public is going to see what's in the transcript as being very inappropriate conduct, and the White House's spin about quid pro quos to not be very responsive to their concerns.
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        2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          As to 2020, I'm still where I've been for months now: I resent being asked to cast a ballot for a man who is manifestly unfit for the job, but I also not want to hand power to a party that will make the lives of Americans worse & do permanent damage to its vital institutions.

          38 replies 26 retweets 116 likes
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        3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          Inasmuch as that means no good choices, well, there's no reason to make me want to commit any earlier than I need to. But I continue to not blame other conservatives who have cast their lot already with Trump 2020 or Never Trump 2020.

          5 replies 5 retweets 15 likes
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        4. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted bet snyder

          It will not surprise me if the outcome of this whole thing is to do only modest damage to Trump, but extensive damage to Biden, who after all still has a primary fight to winhttps://twitter.com/BetSnyder/status/1176902657413439488 …

          Dan McLaughlin added,

          bet snyder @BetSnyder
          Replying to @baseballcrank
          Nate is not factoring in the only truly new info that “low info” voters have been given. Which is that Joe Bidens son was making millions off of his fathers position. And the media never reported it.
          7 replies 8 retweets 21 likes
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        5. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted southpaw

          "A confidential diplomatic communication between the president and a foreign leader," singular.https://twitter.com/nycsouthpaw/status/1176906281074024450 …

          Dan McLaughlin added,

          southpaw @nycsouthpaw
          This part of the OLC opinion briefly summarizing what is and isn’t contained in the whistleblower complaint is, I believe, the most detailed official description to date. https://www.justice.gov/olc/file/1204586/download … pic.twitter.com/aS3O2Xq37J
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        6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          Readout of the call is somewhat ambiguous as to whether Trump actually asked Zelensky to investigate the Bidens or just cooperate with a US investigation, but it certainly appears that Zelensky interpreted it as the former, & Trump rolled with it:pic.twitter.com/3d2B9tp133

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        7. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 25 Sep 2019

          Dan McLaughlin Retweeted Gabriel Malor

          Yeah, and this gets back to my point about reading the readout impressionistically, as it would be received in a back-and-forth conversationhttps://twitter.com/gabrielmalor/status/1176929195093610496 …

          Dan McLaughlin added,

          Gabriel Malor @gabrielmalor
          I don't think the argument "the favor was about CrowdStrike not the subsequent request about Biden" is all that exculpatory. First, if I'm giving you a list of things to do in exchange for something, I'm indicating that I want you to do the whole list if you want that thing.
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        1. bet snyder‏ @BetSnyder 25 Sep 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          Nate is not factoring in the only truly new info that “low info” voters have been given. Which is that Joe Bidens son was making millions off of his fathers position. And the media never reported it.

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        1. Unsophisticated, but well-lived.‏ @BostonSweetSox 25 Sep 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I am tired of the "Republicans" that apparently feel they are not an imperfect beings. I voted for Trump, for being "Trump". Being imperfect does not have to mean morally corrupt.

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