David Stacy

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    Jan 3

    Wow. All 10 living former defense secretaries write in the Washington Post. Carter, Cheney, Cohen, Esper, Gates, Hagel, Mattis, Panetta, Perry, Rumsfeld: "The time for questioning the results has passed."

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    29 Dec 2020

    In July of 1776 the entire of city of Boston was closed so they could safely inoculate for smallpox. It lasted months and no one could leave once it began. They did it again in 1778. The Founders would be proud that the government was protecting its citizens from disease.

    60 million Americans are subject to a stay at home order or curfew. 11 million are right here in Ohio. What would the Founders say?
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    23 Dec 2020

    Paul Manafort met with a Russian lawyer to try to obtain dirt on Hillary. He shared confidential campaign information with a Russian agent. Roger Stone tried to establish a back channel to a Russian asset, Wikileaks, to help the Trump campaign. Both pardoned. Pure corruption.

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    23 Dec 2020

    This whole year feels like a dystopian version of "It's A Wonderful Life", where we learn how petty our grievances were "back then" , how gladly we'd embrace that life--only in this version, Clarence the Angel says, "sorry, fella, you're stuck here."

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    23 Dec 2020

    Yes. If the US had the lower curve there would be approximately 200,000 more Americans alive today. The virus is indefatigable, but avoiding multiple out-of-control outbreaks is pretty key if you care about mass fatalities.

    Remember: Germany is supposed to be a SUCCESS STORY.
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    21 Dec 2020

    A little history to close the evening:

    Since the Lee monument was FINALLY removed from the Capital today, I thought it would be fun to look back at the moment of national unity in 1910 that brought it there in first pla- oh, wait, no, the opposite happened. Here's New York's GAR with a WTF and a GH Thomas namedrop
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    21 Dec 2020

    Our daughter has been very concerned about Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus this year because they are "elderly." She also didn't want to lick the envelope on her letter to Santa because of coronavirus concerns. This news made her smile.

    Anthony Fauci tells kids not to worry, he gave Santa Claus the Covid-19 vaccine via
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    20 Dec 2020

    OK. I may get slaughtered here, but there is a kind of pundit who doesn't know what he doesn't know. I'm not talking about ordinary people on who shoot the shit on a variety of topics, but people with millions of followers, readers. 1/

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    19 Dec 2020

    There's something so anti-journalistic about this. Usually when you look at data and something seems to make no sense, that's an invitation to dig deeper. There might be a story there! Instead, Nate just jumps to the conclusion that the experts are wrong and he's right.

    It's also pretty embarrassing for the public health profession that it's largely outsiders like me and and who are **actually looking at the scientific evidence** and pointing out these obvious problems and that there aren't more critiques from within.
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  10. 19 Dec 2020

    This is a really valuable point. Democracy as entertainment creates many bad incentives that make governing and policy making harder.

    [Thread] I’ve spoken often about how politics has become a religion for far too many people...but I’m equally worried that it is becoming something else: Sport. While many are concerned that sports has become too political, I’m worried that politics has become too sporty. 1/
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    19 Dec 2020

    If anything, the past four years have demonstrated that the old fantasy that "what we really need in Washington are outsiders" is not a formula to get the fresh thinking we rightly desire but instead brings inexperience, ignorance, slow learning curves and sometimes, disaster.

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    18 Dec 2020

    The idea of John Kelly surveying the mountains of dead bodies strewn across this country, the incomprehensible personal and economic destruction, and thinking "thank goodness this thing didn't go off the rails" is almost comically dark.

    The problem with this is that the enterprise was indecent and the train did careen off the tracks.
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  13. 18 Dec 2020

    This is 100% correct. And under oath to protect and defend the Constitution.

    I mean this in all seriousness. If you thought that the struggle was keeping the president from wrecking the train of state—as the sane ones all did—then you obviously thought he was unfit for office, and you had a moral duty to speak up and say that in real time.
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    18 Dec 2020

    I mean this in all seriousness. If you thought that the struggle was keeping the president from wrecking the train of state—as the sane ones all did—then you obviously thought he was unfit for office, and you had a moral duty to speak up and say that in real time.

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    18 Dec 2020

    I'm sorry, but the correct and better approach would have been for everyone on the train to get together and say, "The engineer is stoned, and we need to get him out of the cab."

    John Kelly to : “The vast majority of people who worked in the White House were decent people... they kept the train from careening off the tracks."
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  16. 18 Dec 2020

    Some mask-less drunk is going to claim to be an elf. I guarantee it.

    This is the bleakest shit I have ever seen.
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    18 Dec 2020

    Trump just appointed the star of this laughably bad Prager U video as the vice-chair of his 1776 Commission, so I'll go ahead and repost the thread I did on it. Be sure to read through to the end, as it's got a hell of a kicker.

    I'd really rather stop talking about this, but the video at this link has nearly 10 million views now, so ... buckle up.
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    18 Dec 2020

    Two journalists. Same statistic. One informs by providing context. The other misleads by uncritically parroting a line from a public official with an agenda.

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    18 Dec 2020

    Senator Cruz just singlehandedly blocked our legislation to help people fleeing Chinese repression in Hong Kong, accusing us of advancing a partisan political agenda. In fact, our bill was fully bipartisan, led by me and Republican , and passed the House unanimously.

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    Just objected to Democrats’ exploiting the crisis in Hong Kong to advance their political agenda. We need to have a substantive, bipartisan conversation about standing up for our allies and countering the Chinese Communist Party. Democrats’ bill does not advance that objective.
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  20. 17 Dec 2020

    Maybe the Senator could ask his staff the answer to this very knowable question, rather than accusing Dems of disrespect on Twitter. He would find out that Trump is unwilling to pledge to no recess appointments if the opening of Congress were delayed. A very reasonable request.

    US Senate has NEVER convened a Congress on Sunday out of respect Not once in 231 yrs Constitution says Congress starts Jan 3 but can be moved by law. Senate Dems won’t agree 2change 2021 cong start date/usually done by unanimous consent WHY? Don’t kno
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