Actually, lots of people imagined that … https://t.co/pc81jirNoU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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Monthly Archives: February 2019
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It's restin' https://t.co/QoVhVpqOdf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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Wait. Isn't "nowhere" your district? https://t.co/0xfIxJ2ARi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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'Mr. D-League' to you, buddy https://t.co/dS8IstCIyy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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Did you know that, in the background of the current shutdown dealings, Jared K is cooking up a grand immigration bargain? Will it be
1. such a disaster, like Jared's other grand plans, that it'll never fly & is nothing to worry about? Or
2. such a disaster that it's a disaster?— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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TIL this chart-from Pew-is deceptive. Why? Recidivism. One guy who tries to cross border & gets caught & returned 3 times is counted as 3 apprehensions in 2006. But lately–eg 2016–more people just claim asylum and stay. They count only as 1. That 1.6M in '00 ain't 1.6M people pic.twitter.com/YsoRaKOF7C
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 13, 2019
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First, kill all the cows. https://t.co/nXaZtMpfDM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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Wow. That was fast. https://t.co/Nb3lCLjZXb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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Will Durbin's staff–who have the immigration exprtise– write the fine print of budget deal? Who knows what they'll sneak in?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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Two things I want to know about the compromise (but can't find) 1) Does it implement Dems looser definition of asylum (ie including domestic & gang violence)? 2) Does it allow the many miles of weak vehicle fencing to be upgraded to pedestrian barriers (would be big improvement)?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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a) Not according to @SusanFerrechio ("double the miles of new fencing," per GOP aide) https://t.co/5LbLkVFEvr spending-border-security b) 55 miles one year, 55 miles the next year and pretty soon … https://t.co/y2HP7HJB66
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More hidden flexibility? "[T]he GOP aide said all of the money can be used for physical barriers and is double the miles of new fencing funding provided in 2018. " https://t.co/3gSeT4tFx2 https://t.co/xpLgG9k4AF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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Hidden flexibility? https://t.co/xAS6xuPVqi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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Beto was pretty clear in a group phoner today: He wants El Paso to be a new "Ellis Island for so much of the world"–ie where economic migrants/asylum claimants can get into US (and limits on immigration levels apparently go out the window). Come on in! https://t.co/XnGDPS9yla
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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So Dems are doing what you'd rationally expect them to do: Figure the GOPs and Trump are so fixated on the wall that Dems can get crippling limits on enforcement–and loose come-on-in asylum rules–in exchange. Bad deal. https://t.co/i29RHqZJS9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Did Kushner really do that? https://t.co/dRPc795hWx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Im-Politic: Why Democrats Will Own a Second Shutdown https://t.co/jwNC9igLPa via @AlanTonelson
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Dem position: If you make it past the border, you should be home free. https://t.co/x7SAvf0L6p
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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"[P]eople in Latin America are noticing; Gallup reports that 'A full 5 million … say they are moving to the U.S.'” IIf only one in five actually follow through, this will be a crisis on the scale of what we saw in Germany a few years ago." https://t.co/7k0R9Noem2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Chelsea pounces! https://t.co/7yQ5zfIaEU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Though I suppose if you "extend" an existing barrier far enough …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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"Mr. Trump is set to hold a rally in El Paso on Monday night, using the border city as evidence for his exaggerated claim that a wall would reduce crime." Resistance Times now randomly inserts pejorative adjectives in Trump copy? They don't know how much wall would reduce crime.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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McConnell "had persuaded Mr. Trump to agree to a package for border security improvements that consisted mostly of repairs and extensions to existing barriers"? I didn't realize the deal was that bad. https://t.co/Y7Hr43ZsQI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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That degenerated quickly https://t.co/o4JZvsG6rD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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AOC/GND UBI DOA? https://t.co/l8Sr50oT0J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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