Walter Shapiro

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Obit ran on Page 44, which is also a rather large shift from the farewells to Limbaugh. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thinking of the Rush Limbaugh obits, I looked up how the NY Times sent off Father Coughlin in 1979. It was, shall we say, rather non-judgmental: "Charles Coughlin, 30s 'Radio Priest,' Dies." https://t.co/Me79HxK7o7 — PolitiTweet.org

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@Bencjacobs Do I count as the people? If so, "Run, Ben, Run." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @wiczipedia: You can just call me the Mary Poppins of disinformation 💁🏻‍♀️ https://t.co/eGV9lpctYn https://t.co/WVQFA2bPmq — PolitiTweet.org

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@MartyDavis Link? — PolitiTweet.org

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@mattklewis @jenmercieca I remember becoming acquainted with Limbaugh during long solitary car trips covering the Iowa caucus in, say, 1996. And I suddenly understood his appeal because he was hypnotic in those days on the radio, despite my abhorrence of his views. — PolitiTweet.org

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What I love about this 1898 letter is that if we assume that the writer "an elderly lady" was born in, say, 1828, she probably first read a Jane Austen novel in the 1840s, just about two decades after it was published. It's like somebody reading a 2001 novel today. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @lmlauramarsh: Being wrong does not feel good. @pareene and I made an episode about a year of the misapprehensions on our own show, with… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the single best house float in New Orleans that I have seen. A single Dr. Fauci book title: "Oh, the Places You Won't Go" captures the cleverness and the manic spirit. — PolitiTweet.org

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@terryshumaker Mine too. — PolitiTweet.org

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Did I hear H.L. Mencken cheering? — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan Attacking Mitch for his "lack of political insight" sounds like a true Trumpian epithet. — PolitiTweet.org

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Is there even a sentence, a single clause, in here that makes anyone think that Trump wrote it? Presumably, he approved it and hates McConnell, but these are not his thoughts (such as they are). — PolitiTweet.org

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@dceiver This Edsall piece is entirely right down to its discussion of "good corruption." My original theory about earmarks was lifted from David Mayhew's great 1973 book, "Congress -- The Electoral Connection." — PolitiTweet.org

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Earmarks also give members of Congress something tangible to brag about instead of just loudly taking whatever positions will land them on MSNBC or Fox News respectively. And voters know that no one other than their House member cares about the new bridge over Main Street. — PolitiTweet.org

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It's all name recognition. Pompeo is only at 2 percent because of all the attention he received as Secretary of State. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BystanderInTX Never said it was. I said it was a triumph of being intrepid under difficult circumstances. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 He needs information for 2023 insider trading. — PolitiTweet.org

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@EJDionne "The stuff that dreams are made of." — PolitiTweet.org

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This beats every 19th century story about how back in the old days, I walked 12 miles to school in a blizzard. This wins the all-time award for Covid intrepidness. And what the headline didn't reveal is that the 90-year-old woman did it on a new hip. https://t.co/INYy1cKdby — PolitiTweet.org

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@JonAshDaniels I am honored. I do miss that USA Today. Thanks again. — PolitiTweet.org

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Governor Noem, where is Donald J. Trump? — PolitiTweet.org

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@JonAshDaniels I think words like that should be left outside for the dustman. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MichaelMcGough3 In fact, I just saw an advert for a medical. — PolitiTweet.org

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I don't normally adopt Britishisms as a trans-Atlantic affectation. (Or, at least, I hope I don't). But I have decided that "jab" is a much better word for a life-protecting injection than the more violent American word "shot." So I am going with the gentler "jab." — PolitiTweet.org

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Yay. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RadioFreeTom: Democrats: This is the door opening to become a large, coalitional, governing party. But only if you can convince the com… — PolitiTweet.org

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Hasn’t Gallup already detected a drop in self-identified Republicans so the defections have already begun? — PolitiTweet.org

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Terrific piece and one that should be read for the veneration of Washington, the implicit downsizing of Lincoln by ignoring his birthday and to improve the historical outlook of used-car dealers across America. — PolitiTweet.org

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@MilliganSusan @rschles @BeschlossDC Isn't it enough that I go to the barricades to defend Grover Cleveland, the pride of Buffalo's legal community. — PolitiTweet.org