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Editorial Features Editor, in charge of op-ed pages. Best of the Web columnist 2000-17. Pu.

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NEW: The conservative movement’s next big play for their power in the states is to “scare the hell out of Washington' with an unprecedented convention to rewrite the Constitution. And they're willing to play the long game to win. From @BrentGriffiths & me: businessinsider.com/constitutional
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WRITE BETTER HEADLINES
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Americans have grown exhausted from the constant barrage of bad headlines that have replaced Trump-era crises, scandals and tweets. trib.al/2KJsGhh
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Or so people close to the president say.
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“Beyond policy, Biden is unhappy about a pattern that has developed inside the West Wing. He makes a clear and succinct statement — only to have aides rush to explain that he actually meant something else.” nbcnews.com/politics/white
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Two adjacent headlines on Slate's homepage. Sarcastic first one makes it harder to take the earnest second one seriously.
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If only you'd thought of that in 2016
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"Scores of candidates endorsed by Trump will need to lose in the general election. Only sustained defeat delivered by high Democratic turnout and suburban voters refusing to support Trumpy candidates will change the trajectory of the Republican Party." nytimes.com/2022/05/04/opi
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All I can say is, Chief Justice Roberts is going to have to work extra hard on his opinion concurring in the judgment if he wants to prevent the erosion of the court's institutional legitimacy!
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If only WFB were still around to purge National Review from the conservative movement.
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The conservatism of DeSantis and Abbott, of @benshapiro and @NRO, is perfectly recognizable. It’s not the American conservatism of Reagan to Romney (which may well prove an anomaly in the history of conservatism), it’s the European conservatism of the 1920s and early 1930s.
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For argument's sake, suppose she used the wrong definition and it does qualify as a sanitation measure. Even then, the absence of a determination that it's necessary makes it illegitimate!
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The government characterized the mask mandate as a "sanitation" measure. Mizelle held that it didn't fit the definition of "sanitation" (or any other type of measure authorized by the statute), and therefore was illegitimate.
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"As of Tuesday, the agency hadn’t made a determination, officials said." The mandate had been scheduled to expire Monday anyway, but the CDC extended it for 15 days. Now we're told "the agency hadn't made a determination" that it was "necessary for public health."
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Justice Department spokesman tells AP (in reporter's paraphrase) "the CDC had said it would continue to assess public health conditions, and if the agency determined a mandate was necessary for public health, the Justice Department would file an appeal."
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dude, it's krugman
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But I try not to accuse people of being obviously wrong, dishonest, or just aiming to crowd please for saying something that I myself was saying up until recently. I also try to explain why I changed my mind. P.S. Would love to hear why @paulkrugman changed his mind on this one.
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Not sure I'd recommend siphoning diesel fuel or slashing a steel belted retread under 100 psi, but you're the expert Professor Tow Truck
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The convoy protest, applauded by right wing media as a "freedom protest," is an economic and security issue now. The Ambassador Bridge link constitutes 28% of annual trade movement between US and Canada. Slash the tires, empty gas tanks, arrest the drivers, and move the trucks ✔️ twitter.com/WSJ/status/149…
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My latest piece on WSJ. Hope to draw attention to Chinese citizens who are being thrown into jail because of the Olympics, like Zhang Xiao Feng’s mother, Ji Yunzhi. 我在華爾街日報的最新文章。希望籍此幫助因為奧運會而被關進監獄的中國人,如張曉鋒的媽媽季雲芝
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I unpacked "frustrating" first Reached in and found the word "worst" Then I picked "soggy" and Next I picked "foggy" and Then I was ready to tell them my tale 'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives
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The only effective way to undo the right wing’s Supreme Court power play is to unpack it by adding four justices. The conservative justices want us to bow respectfully before their radicalism. Democracy, justice & moderation demand that we not capitulate. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/
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The Soviet Union is a free country. Companies there can also ban books about Reagan.
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What the hell is Facebook doing? Banning ads for books about Reagan because some pathetic people complain? It reminds me of how Putin's trolls game the moderation system to get pro-Ukrainian & opposition content removed. twitter.com/bethanyshondar…
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They "talked publicly" and "their presentation was leaked."
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Two Central Valley middle school teachers talked publicly on the challenges of running a gay-straight alliance in a socially conservative community. When their presentation was leaked, the district was thrown into turmoil — and their program shut down. trib.al/L1PeroM
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