Bill Kristol

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

@radleybalko @Hal_RTFLC Polydope? Polyfool? — PolitiTweet.org

Bill Kristol @BillKristol

RT @MaxBoot: I am disgusted by two people who know nothing of the military denigrating the US armed forces--the most capable fighting force… — PolitiTweet.org

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"For a long time, I believed the theatrically unethical behavior of certain elected officials was mostly a subplot in the story of American democracy... There were adults in the room making sure things were under control...How could I have been so naïve?" https://t.co/HvD7AzfUhB — PolitiTweet.org

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“Whether you think democracy is illegitimate (as Thiel seems to) or that our institutions are so corrupted that emergency measures are required (as Vance does), it’s a short step to believing electoral losses can be treated as illegitimate and nonbinding.” https://t.co/qXVCReQHfF — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NeuSummits: Yes, he was dead serious. I’m grateful Esper received clearance to tell the public. People think those of us that serve… — PolitiTweet.org

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Godlewski may be the first Senate candidate up with an ad on Roe. Intriguing because Godlewski occupies the moderate lane in the WI Democratic primary. Can a moderate who defends (in general terms) “reproductive rights” appeal both to liberal activists and suburban independents? — PolitiTweet.org

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“Pressed on his view of Mr. Trump, Mr. Esper — who strained throughout the book to be fair to the man…said carefully but bluntly, ‘He is an unprincipled person who, given his self-interest, should not be in the position of public service.’” https://t.co/CHJa96aSmH — PolitiTweet.org

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In other words, did Roberts assign the majority opinion to Alito, or did Thomas? If Roberts, that could interesting in various ways. If Thomas, why didn't he take it himself? He's senior, he dissented in Casey, he cares about the issue and the jurisprudence in this case. — PolitiTweet.org

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Q: Let's say the justices are 6-3 at conference to uphold the MS law, with 5 justices inclined to overrule Roe but not the Chief. Does the Chief assign the opinion since he's in the majority on the holding? Or does Thomas do so as the senior justice among those agreeing re Roe? — PolitiTweet.org

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“The lies and misinformation these people peddled caused tens of millions of Americans to refuse to take a life-saving vaccine and then resulted in many more thousands of unnecessary deaths. The people who pushed these lies have faced no accountability.” https://t.co/xmOS2XN1zl — PolitiTweet.org

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“Think about that. One million dead Americans…Scientists and modelers who suggested that the range of possible outcome could stretch this high were mocked and belittled and hysterics and frauds. The people who mocked them have faced no accountability.” https://t.co/xmOS2XN1zl — PolitiTweet.org

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"A more problematic element of the US response has been an incrementalism in our assistance that has been harmful...The flip side is if we hadn't sent the equipment, the Ukrainians would've lost by now. So I have to praise the Biden administration..." https://t.co/m9zdl86ao4 https://t.co/Ieh0gR44B1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @WindsorMann: Republicans want to make everything illegal, except attempting to overthrow the government of the United States. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LPDonovan: 2016 frame is instructive. Trump got 35.6%, distant 2nd to fav son Kasich, but a good indicator of his true base. Aha, Vance… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: The consistent reaction since 2015 is for people to just not want to deal with what's happening in front of them regarding T… — PolitiTweet.org

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"12 weeks before its Republican primary in August, Arizona shows just how firm of a grasp Mr. Trump and his election conspiracy theories still have at every level of the party, from local activists to top statewide candidates." https://t.co/1AUKCuzZqH — PolitiTweet.org

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Prediction: Whether he ends up writing for five or four or three justices, Justice Alito will drop from his final opinion in Dobbs his citation of the 17th century British jurist, Sir Matthew Hale. — PolitiTweet.org

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Peter Brimelow, who currently is on the payroll at Fox Corp reporting directly to Rupert Murdoch, is eager for the Court to overturn Brown v. Board. https://t.co/StjdCRY9Wv — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GrahamDavidA: In 2016, J.D. Vance called Trumpism "cultural heroin." Since then, h’s decided that Trump’s cultural heroin is too powerf… — PolitiTweet.org

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"Vance studied the Trumpified GOP electorate and figured that his transparent phoniness and opportunism wouldn’t be held against him. He was right. He turned himself into a troll spewing cartoonish bigotry on demand." https://t.co/tJs2LLzvOl — PolitiTweet.org

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"This is Trump’s party. But Tuesday’s vote showed us something else: The GOP circa 2022 is also the party of MTG and Matt Gaetz. It is a party comfortable with 'replacement theory' and willing to embrace the rawer forms of Trumpian authoritarianism." https://t.co/tJs2LLzvOl — PolitiTweet.org

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“Vance benefits from the presumption that he can’t actually believe what he says…A more accurate interpretation is that authoritarians are often cynics who simply want power and will do or say whatever they need in order to get it.” https://t.co/dzTtk84LSc — PolitiTweet.org

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“Matt Dolan, retiring Establishmentarian Rob Portman—they have lined up behind Vance without hesitation. In case you still harbored the faintest hope that the party has some moral red line, its unquestioning affirmation of Vance ought to dispel it.” https://t.co/dzTtk84LSc — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amandacarpenter: This isn’t a dig at Romney, per se, but we all need to be thinking like this. If you know there’s a massive problem, w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amandacarpenter: Ok. Now that people are waking up to this, or just fully admitting it in public, what are they going to do to actively… — PolitiTweet.org

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Isn't the whole point of an "establishment" that it PUBLICLY tries to enforce certain norms or persuade of certain mores. An establishment that privately wrinkles its nose at distasteful developments without doing anything about them isn't an establishment; it's a decadent elite. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @amandacarpenter: Lol, Karl Rove’s hot take for the WSJ. Would be funny if it wasn’t such predictable wishcasting. https://t.co/5QWQ0P2Z… — PolitiTweet.org

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“'So inevitable and yet so completely unforeseen' was Alexis de Tocqueville’s verdict on the French Revolution. Much the same can be said of Donald Trump’s hostile takeover of the Republican Party and the conservative establishment." https://t.co/mFQRjxBGM0 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Could it be the case that Senate Republicans can’t win primaries without Trump’s cloak, but in turn can’t win the key general elections wrapped in Trump’s shroud? The answer to that question will help determine control of the Senate." — PolitiTweet.org

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Veteran NY Dem strategist Bruce Gyory e-mails to note: "At first I was disappointed that J.D. Vance won the Ohio primary But the key question really is: What are the general election prospects of Republican candidates like him in the races determining control of the Senate?... — PolitiTweet.org