Just to be clear, this is something she is said to have said "years" BEFORE the 2012 therapy session (as I read it). Seems very relevant. Might hurt Kavanaugh's case, might help it. But why did WaPo leave it all fuzzy and vague? https://t.co/GceCYxYxQ0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 23, 2018
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"As their relationship deepened, Ford told [her husband] that she’d been physically abused years earlier." https://t.co/mYFl1jrDIw Hmmm. What year did she say this? What exactly did she say? Was it obviously in reference to *this* allegation? 4 WaPo reporters but didn't ask?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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Note to @RealDonaldTrump: If you're looking for a way to distract attention from the Kavanaugh business, a government shutdown over the Wall would do the job. Just sayin'
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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"You weren’t just a chaise longue to be walked past to her." https://t.co/Gp2CODsEc8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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Center for Immigration Studies has long been skeptic of arguments that there are way more than 11M illegal immigrants in US. Here's their rebuttal to the Yale "22M" study. https://t.co/0DpTGtZyCf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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Which Charles Johnson? Both! Comedy gold. https://t.co/bneSdD3b5o
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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I see "Midnight Run II"– Robert DeNiro and Ricki Seidman must get a neurotic sex assault accuser from SF to DC to testify before Congress, while being chased by thugs from CRC Public Relations, clumsy ex-Fabians and Charles Johnson. https://t.co/3Pph3ZAHVr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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"Attacks on Feinstein backfire on California challenger" https://t.co/4lEBkMjw0W @Politico has no idea if they backfired or not–no polls, no talks to voters. (Instead: "Allies of Feinstein in California’s Democratic establishment have rallied behind the state’s senior senator.")
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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"Attacks on Feinstein backfire on California challenger" https://t.co/4lEBkMjw0W @Politico has no idea if they backfired or not–no polls, no talks to voters. (Instead: "Allies of Feinstein in California’s Democratic establishment have rallied behind the state’s senior senator.")
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 22, 2018
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I scored 528 on the Slate Friday News Quiz! https://t.co/PBGcjQiOjc Ha
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Alert reader @ColinLA notes it's a Waldorf-Astoria, not a Ritz. https://t.co/qiMb7mN6b3 https://t.co/pxQLLOIauB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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PS If @RealDonaldTrump doesn't sign Defense spending bill, does Pentagon shut down? Do auditors come and take bullets from our troops in Afghan foxholes? Suspect not. https://t.co/l4shaJBzj8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Will @RealDonaldTrump let his own party's Congressional leaders jam him?
He always has before.
Story of his presidency. https://t.co/XDvQUA7FGt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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'I'll stop the distractions if you give me the Wall' https://t.co/98RgNArbgJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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We have a fancy new Ritz hotel, built with the $500K program, down the street in the impoverished city of Beverly Hills. Not even the poorer part of Beverly Hills! https://t.co/mMs5lVFLg8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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John Madden could show her how it's done https://t.co/KaV9g09git
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Note Trump's problem with the Wall was always that House GOP doesn't care for it & won't push for it. Wouldn't even sneak it into massive Omnibus bill Trump signed. Of course Dems oppose-but GOPs have majorities. If they cared (or were made to care by Trump) could cut some deal. https://t.co/GzMqx9iJKT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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.@realDonaldTrump to @DailyCaller on Sept. 5: "I don’t see even myself or anybody else closing down the country right now.” This is Chloroformed Trump. No wonder House GOP doesn't take him seriously.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Clarifying @Politico analysis notes that GOP anxiety about pre-election shutdown is precisely what gives @realDonaldTrump leverage in wall fight. "House Republicans…will be incentivized to put the episode behind them so they can get home to campaign." They'll cave–enough.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Here is @realDonaldTrump, resigned, blaming the filibuster rule for his failure to build the wall. "[T]hey need 10 more Republicans elected." https://t.co/Z5xK7MPk3D As if presidents have never gotten what they want when they haven't had a 60-vote majority. Pathetic. https://t.co/RVYesShxjz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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POLITICO:
"No chance in hell that the leftward-drifting House will give him the wall if they get the majority in 2019. Zero. Zip. Zilch. If Ds win the House, there is no chance the president will get a wall in the lame duck, either." https://t.co/V5YZaBJQdY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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Especially now that it's completely clear the tax cuts are not going to get the GOPs over the top–more the opposite. https://t.co/nWhyEc6UUk https://t.co/uM4Gm7GwDi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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POLITICO (!): "Shouldn’t Republicans fear their base is going to stay home if an all-Republican Washington blows it on the wall?" https://t.co/V5YZaBJQdY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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It's bizarre–as if he doesn't quite understand that being president involves standing up to and negotiating with Congress. He just goes along and then says 'Well, we don't have 60 votes in the Senate. What can I do?' There's plenty he can do. Not signing the bill is the biggest. https://t.co/OdwuldGzhb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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You'd expect @Politico writers to accept the McConnell don't-rock-the-boat, can't-risk-a-shutdown CW. If even *they* don't buy the argument about risks of a shutdown, that's a powerful indication those risks are highly exaggerated. Is @realDonaldTrump a president or not? https://t.co/vBfiaWWBen
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 21, 2018
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