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Wed May 12 19:37:59 +0000 2021

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David Weigel @daveweigel

Anyway, I probably didn't tweet about it much under Trump - they stopped doing trad press conferences for months at a time - but "respond to this anonymous quote" was a dumb line of questioning then, too. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2021 Hibernated

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David Weigel @daveweigel

The dirty secret of anonymous quoting is that the anonymity is often handed out to people who'll restate the story's premise. See that story last week, in which the premise was "Dems worried about Biden spending" and all the anon quotes matched up. https://t.co/2vfGUWZlOy — PolitiTweet.org

Dave Weigel @daveweigel

Here's how the quotes line up in this story. Biden is spending too much: "One Democratic strategist," "another Dem… https://t.co/Xd5H0mqnfB

Posted May 12, 2021 Hibernated

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@BusterBroncoEsq It's the bubble, and it's a reason I spend most of my time not in DC. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted May 12, 2021 Hibernated

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