Tom Nichols
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Well, normally he pays attention to the markets, but in part because he had to pay attention to the markets because he wanted to get reelected. Now he doesn't have to care. I mean, now it's, am I doing good? Are my enemies yowling? Remember, you know this, Tim, the one rule in MAGA world that the test of a policy being good or bad is how loudly someone else yells about it.
Well, normally he pays attention to the markets, but in part because he had to pay attention to the markets because he wanted to get reelected. Now he doesn't have to care. I mean, now it's, am I doing good? Are my enemies yowling? Remember, you know this, Tim, the one rule in MAGA world that the test of a policy being good or bad is how loudly someone else yells about it.
That's all they care about.
That's all they care about.
That's all they care about.
Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.
Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.
Normal is better than TikToks of female congressmen in fighting stances, which, you know.
No, no, no, no. I was cringing. I felt my cheeks get warm and embarrassment. We don't want that. It was bad, Tim. And again, it's bad. It's not just cringy. It's evidence of a kind of unseriousness. Like that's the kind of tick tock you put out when a normal Republican president says, I'm going to lower the minimum, the marginal tax rate from thirty seven point nine to thirty.
No, no, no, no. I was cringing. I felt my cheeks get warm and embarrassment. We don't want that. It was bad, Tim. And again, it's bad. It's not just cringy. It's evidence of a kind of unseriousness. Like that's the kind of tick tock you put out when a normal Republican president says, I'm going to lower the minimum, the marginal tax rate from thirty seven point nine to thirty.
No, no, no, no. I was cringing. I felt my cheeks get warm and embarrassment. We don't want that. It was bad, Tim. And again, it's bad. It's not just cringy. It's evidence of a kind of unseriousness. Like that's the kind of tick tock you put out when a normal Republican president says, I'm going to lower the minimum, the marginal tax rate from thirty seven point nine to thirty.
We're going to fight. All right. We're going to fight that, you know. What I said, and I took some static, I took some grief from Democrats. Look, Senator Slotkin gave a very good speech. It was clear, it was direct, but it was a very 2017 speech.
We're going to fight. All right. We're going to fight that, you know. What I said, and I took some static, I took some grief from Democrats. Look, Senator Slotkin gave a very good speech. It was clear, it was direct, but it was a very 2017 speech.
We're going to fight. All right. We're going to fight that, you know. What I said, and I took some static, I took some grief from Democrats. Look, Senator Slotkin gave a very good speech. It was clear, it was direct, but it was a very 2017 speech.
And when I think about Democrats, you know, getting more into fighting trim, they really should ask, always take a number and put it out there to say, you know, fighting for working families, don't want to give tax cuts to plutocrats. Did you really vote to have Kash Patel run the FBI? Yes, in MAGA World, we know you did.
And when I think about Democrats, you know, getting more into fighting trim, they really should ask, always take a number and put it out there to say, you know, fighting for working families, don't want to give tax cuts to plutocrats. Did you really vote to have Kash Patel run the FBI? Yes, in MAGA World, we know you did.
And when I think about Democrats, you know, getting more into fighting trim, they really should ask, always take a number and put it out there to say, you know, fighting for working families, don't want to give tax cuts to plutocrats. Did you really vote to have Kash Patel run the FBI? Yes, in MAGA World, we know you did.
But the voters were talking to, did you really vote for the, did you really vote for, to have the president of the United States publicly draw the link from autism to vaccines and put Bobby Kennedy in charge of it at HHS? Really? You have children. You voted for measles. Yeah, exactly.
But the voters were talking to, did you really vote for the, did you really vote for, to have the president of the United States publicly draw the link from autism to vaccines and put Bobby Kennedy in charge of it at HHS? Really? You have children. You voted for measles. Yeah, exactly.
But the voters were talking to, did you really vote for the, did you really vote for, to have the president of the United States publicly draw the link from autism to vaccines and put Bobby Kennedy in charge of it at HHS? Really? You have children. You voted for measles. Yeah, exactly.