The June, 1995 result seems shocking. But June 1995 was still the early, heady days of Newt Gingrich's Contract with America, before the disastrous (for Newt) government shutdown and before Clinton agreed to sign a welfare reform bill (In July, '96). https://t.co/pLKGph0NA7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 17, 2019
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Is it really true schools have an incentive to sign up their kids' parents for welfare (i.e. TANF-formerly AFDC) because it brings more federal $? School lunches I could understand. But the government shouldn't be encouraging families to go on the dole even if they don't want to. https://t.co/TxHyLBTIR8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 17, 2019
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Whatever happened to the text of Jared's big immigration plan? Wasn't it due to be released soon? Even if your goal is to start a dialogue, it's hard to start a dialogue with vaporware …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 17, 2019
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If they were "startled" that doesn't reflect well on the "Trump team." …
PS: Wasn't McLaughlin Eric Cantor's pollster? …. I think he was! https://t.co/DgE0LB3yT3 https://t.co/cHYlRAgntJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 17, 2019
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'If the price falls, you must take them all' #whenEmmaLazarusmetJohnnieCochran https://t.co/T4iW4bLK51
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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What's inane is the idea that the important thing about a dramatic change in the composition of a school is whether or not it will lose federal dollars. https://t.co/7JqscDfGgb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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"The influx of poor immigrant families brought a flood of resources as the school’s official poverty rate rose above 90 percent …" Clearly more immigration was a good thing! https://t.co/Z7sm67Oqa6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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Cheesy and annoying move by Trump. Bushies can't complain, however https://t.co/pUP48CzhIr https://t.co/hXyW6VgKoI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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TIL the advertising model is especially ill suited to news coverage, because advertisers “explicitly avoid advertising next to Trump-related content," including, apparently, critical reporting about Trump. https://t.co/veSO0PcGaW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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Everybody thinks they're the 1% !https://t.co/WB0zdGHFLf https://t.co/93vmrjbVGp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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Later, classic Rasta Bob Marley … never liked it. Sorry.
But today I heard some early, very young Bob Marley. It's great: https://t.co/no0N17k6BF— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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I forgot "weaponize" https://t.co/yzNcCxENl1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 16, 2019
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Is the story here really "Trump cherry-picks ratings data!"? Or is it "Trump brandishes weapon that will terrify FOX"? https://t.co/6i6nsY4k8l
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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Like skyboxes, maybe these private big-$ airport amenities will be a way to finance airports in the future. The bigger the hassle for the common traveler, the more the airport can charge to avoid it!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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Unlike skyboxes, this doesn't degrade what should be a common egalitarian experience. But it's another ex. of affluent buying their way out of government hassles that afflict everyone else. Why does TSA go along? Better thay should improve the basic, non-private experience.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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Skyboxes for airports: "Private Suite" at LAX offers separate entrance, private room, and special private TSA screening and immigration (CPB) screening. https://t.co/Nf9I3vDMIm "Insulate, insulate, insulate."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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.@AnnCoulter (who retweeted this) and @mattyglesias, together again … https://t.co/LX2lmGPME0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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Went to an event full of Dem politicos recently and was shocked by the hostility to Garcetti. It's almost as if he staked his career on solving the homeless crisis and failed miserably. …
I'd think he'd get points for trying, but apparently not … https://t.co/x9tPSkCUYu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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Or "look tougher" … https://t.co/z3m8waAk2C
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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We need a simple hand signal that says "I don't want to listen to your f—ing cell phone conversation. Go somewhere else." But in a nice way. (No need for a confrontation. Roles could easily be reversed one day.)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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And I wouldn't mind disintermediating the mid-level editors at the @NYTimes. It's pretty clear to me, as a reader, that this is where the party line gets enforced. I'd rather read @maggieNYT's unmediated tweets. https://t.co/JbAKHLeglK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 15, 2019
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I don't blame the parents so much as I blame Judge Dolly Gee. This seems like the predictable result of her Flores decree. https://t.co/Ds9jxozkSd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 14, 2019
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Although if you really want to assess credibility you DO have to look at individual reporters. … https://t.co/vK6BljgNKk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 14, 2019
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For example, foreigners (even Russians) can fund a big ad campaign attacking US media's 'liberal bias' because the ads are not "election influencing.” OK! Sure they aren't. Got it. Clear as day. https://t.co/vFqtepe5sz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 14, 2019
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Reading these guidelines reaffirms my inchoate sense that campaign finance law is a swamp of BS. https://t.co/AjmqDAlE9A
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 14, 2019
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