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https://twitter.com/JamesFallows/status/1815775569667059932Many of you asked me WELL WHO DO YOU WANT, TOM in that "we dare you to name a name" way. I didn't say Harris or anyone else. All of them had risks, and I didn't want a pile-on, especially on a candidate who becomes "the one you Never Trumpers" want, and esp before Biden quit. /2
https://twitter.com/_themoman/status/1802425518400115192During the Cold War, you assumed that a crisis could erupt into hemisphere-wide, all-out nuclear war. So you wanted a way to get at least some of your nukes out of the way early - and show the enemy your readiness. Bombers are A+ for that./2
https://twitter.com/stephenfhayes/status/1798371642466537716Franck reminds me of the political scientists years ago who scratched their heads about why people bothered to vote when no single vote can affect very much. But voting even when you don’t like any of the choices is part of civic maturity. /2
https://twitter.com/RadioFreeTom/status/1780386474774425716We are a far more affluent, leisure-oriented - and generally trashy - mass culture than we once were. (Note: *mass* culture.) "But gosh, edgy stuff happened back then!"
https://twitter.com/MecCoffee/status/1759604353659215924I didn't just come to this conclusion about Trump (or Carlson or anyone else) off the cuff; it's part of what I wrote about in my last book. So much of American politics among elites on the right is driven by a frustrated ambition, a sense of being denied respect. /2
https://twitter.com/jentaub/status/1722946093728575571I knew kids who protested, say, nuclear power 40+ years ago who now, in late middle age, probably agreed with leaders like Obama that maybe nuke plants are okay. So you can walk back your fun stories of getting maced at Seabrook and say, "yeah, maybe I was wrong."
https://twitter.com/esswoofie/status/1718028005476352316Of course the Soviets were pissed about NATO nukes around them, but that's not what Cuba was about. Cuba had more to do with internal Soviet politics. Khr was trying to reduce the size of the Soviet military; it was eating money K wanted to make good on other promises. /2
https://twitter.com/KoriSchake/status/1707854860312264760I've been pretty resolute about respecting the office, right down to referring to Trump properly as "the President" while he was in the Oval. But Milley is not required to pretend that nothing happened since 2018. I think he handled it right while in his last hours in uniform. /2