Paul Ryan pushes stealth labor-importation from Ireland–plus amnesty for Irish illegal immigrants https://t.co/oA3IQyysXY
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Pence Chief of Staff Nick Ayers won’t be next White House staff chief, officials say https://t.co/VxTb73bDuZ
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Prosecutors:** “In the process, Cohen deceived the voting public by hiding alleged facts that he believed would have had a substantial effect on the election.” How many campaigns try to do this? My rough guess: all of them. https://t.co/tavyP1wVUc
** SDNY. [Corrected]
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Mulvaney a disaster for restrictionists. He's one of the people who jammed Trump on the no-wall omnibus. https://t.co/iDiG87Hy7c
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Article limns** the issue in Edwards (and Trump) payment cases.
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** Good Twitter word. https://t.co/6xrPmahFXA— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 9, 2018
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Whether or not it's illegal is what we're arguing about. https://t.co/Gp5eIknYnA
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Not rooting for recession like 75% of the other people on my Twitter feed? https://t.co/3ylNzfS1bz
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Quote is from Southern District of NY prosecutors' memo, not Mueller's. Point is the same. Don't think anti-Trumpers should get so excited about this charge. It's an iffy theory (even if prosecutors got Cohen to plead guilty under it) https://t.co/gIx0YBxhYh
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You think that instruction would have held up on appeal? It would REQUIRE campaigns to pay for LOTS of personal expenses, no?. Good news for Duncan Hunter! Your honor, he thought it would help his campaign to be seen with the family pet on vacation … https://t.co/nJ6IQvCYzc https://t.co/XfcxyQRPQo
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Influence? You mean "manipulate" https://t.co/nJ6IQvCYzc https://t.co/wKlk31XBOg
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John Edwards was one of the most hated men in America, and they still couldn't get a conviction based on Mueller's hush-money-is-a-campaign-expense theory. What does that tell you? https://t.co/9kxFu8iOml
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For the record, I thought Edwards' prosecution (on charges similar to those Mueller seems to be making against Trump) was wrong at the time (2011). https://t.co/qKIxDt5Mhe https://t.co/BKRb6edla7
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Mueller: “In the process, Cohen deceived the voting public by hiding alleged facts that he believed would have had a substantial effect on the election.” How many campaigns try to do this? My rough guess: all of them. https://t.co/tavyP1wVUc
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A.K.A.: John Edwards' Dilemma. You have to decide if it's "campaign" or expenditure you'd ordinarily make if you weren't running. Whatever you pick, prosecutors can say you picked the wrong one & haul you before criminal jury? https://t.co/fseSiDrDRG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 8, 2018
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Still … https://t.co/ntfwtdZhYh
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At what height does wall go from moral to "immoral"? Say Pelosi's barrier is 12 ft high. Trump's is 30 ft. Is 20 ft the morality line? Or does it stop being moral at 13 ft & enter a sort of film noir zone of moral ambiguity for a few yards until it emerges as pure evil (28.5 ff)? https://t.co/a6hYogyi1R
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What if expenditure wasn't so sleazy–ie. Trump knew he might run for President in a year, so he spent $130,00 repaying people he'd unfairly stiffed so they wouldn't badmouth him. Is that a campaign expenditure? Or just doing the right thing? Should we criminalize? https://t.co/ZHUwVMeON4
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If Trump was planning "to buy women's silence as far back as 2014" doesn't that HELP his defense? He wasn't candidate in 2014. Helps him argue he was buying silence for lots of other reasons–protect his marriage, brand, etc.–so not campaign contribution https://t.co/tD2JV0YdBW
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CONFUSED: "Each approach was met with enthusiasm,"– Garrett Graff (@vermontgmg). But "Cohen didn't follow up on the information …" That's enthusiasm? https://t.co/UfQE2zfK8y via @WIRED
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So it all comes down to this particular structure? Why is her barrier "moral" and Trump's higher barrier "immoral"? Because Trump's barrier might work? If we knocked a foot off the top, would it be more moral? https://t.co/4LSlxKAWPp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 7, 2018
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"The illegal we do immediately …" https://t.co/7NrG3vB27Q https://t.co/2YRK28skAN
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The DACAns are very well-organized & have a lot of juice in the Dem caucus, as Pelosi well knows. They want a "permanent…solution." Pelosi will sacrifice them? She might get some blowback for this. How would agreeing to a Wall hurt current illegals? Wall doesn't deport anyone. https://t.co/CEvrWwZc92
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 7, 2018
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Stewart may have won the PR but he was so wrong. Today we'd be grateful for a Crossfire-like show–informed people arguing with each other, not just agreeing with each other. https://t.co/rxKon41dxN https://t.co/mbzkk5HN22
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Beto's judges: We'll see how this turns out. My bet would be badly. https://t.co/bhoj8n7fVg
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