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    emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 12 Feb 2017

    I said this earlier: We are VERY lucky Trump was stupid enough to do badly written Muslim ban first. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/02/trump-white-house-staff-234949 …pic.twitter.com/srMCdaFoRO

    6:34 PM - 12 Feb 2017
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      2. Dorje Kirsten‏ @dorjepadma 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        why lucky?

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      3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @dorjepadma

        because it significantly broadened the group who would support protests, and did so for NatSec negative.

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      2. Robᵉʳᵗ Graham X🅂 Max‏ @ErrataRob 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        Alternatively, he may be very smart, wanting an opportunity to attack the courts early in his presidency.

        3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Peter Blake‏ @pblake142 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @ErrataRob

        I can't buy that argument because I see no strategy where it comes off well, short of an attack used for validation @emptywheel

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      4. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @pblake142

        At this point I don't pretend to know. I can see any possibility. But it's not helping thus far. @ErrataRob

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      1. Eric Osnes‏ @EricOsnes 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        "It's everyone else's fault, not his." That's his story?

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      1. Chip Faust‏ @ChipFaust 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        So why rush? Do Banning et al know Trump's time as POTUS is short and they're in a hurry?

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      1. Karen Wilcox, Ph.D.‏ @kswilcox 12 Feb 2017
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        Thinking someone needs to dig this up out of the archivespic.twitter.com/KFjdE5S4fu

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      1. Zendette‏ @Zendette 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        he’s president and he’s always blaming his subordinates for his failures. @realDonaldTrump, #FAIL, bigly!

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      1. Zach Martin‏ @zamartin 12 Feb 2017
        Replying to @emptywheel

        unless we get into a nuclear war over it, I think we're going to be ver lucky Trump is stupid a lot over the next 4-8 years.

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