The MSM and donors’ relentless premature hype for Haley hasn’t done her any favors. Now that the fabled Haley surge has failed to materialize (her numbers were flat in the latest Iowa poll while DeSantis edged ahead of her) she looks like a bit of a flop. https://t.co/YFBPa9nVl1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2023
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December 11, 2023 at 06:35PM
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“Australia to halve immigration intake, toughen English test for students” https://t.co/MYykZpwPtK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2023
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December 11, 2023 at 06:10PM
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Even worse for Biden, politically, wages for median-level workers (50th percentile) and higher did even worse since 2021–as did wages for better-educated Americans and for (non-Hispanic) whites. [See Figures 8, 12, 16 here https://t.co/4dCRTPNMu2 ] https://t.co/e2zXocyJ0X
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2023
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December 11, 2023 at 01:34AM
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According to first chart here [possible paywall] lowest earners gained steadily under Obama and Trump–then their wages more or less flattened under Biden’s 1-2 punch of inflation and mass migrant competition. Why don’t they love him? https://t.co/rhjFuwRoA5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2023
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December 11, 2023 at 01:24AM
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According to first chart here [possible paywall] lowest earners gained steadily under Obama and Trump–then their wages flattened under Biden’s 1-2 punch of inflation and mass migrant competition. Why don’t they love him? https://t.co/rhjFuwRoA5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2023
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December 11, 2023 at 01:11AM
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Immigration (second most important issue) rising in salience, economy (#1) declining a bit. https://t.co/LsXkEwkudX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 04:36PM
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“faster asylum processing, which Rs should like.”
Huh? Not if it means letting millions of economic migrants in faster. https://t.co/uOTgKW5kMG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 04:32PM
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Seems a little desperate. The goal is not to provide an “orderly alternative” for millions to come into the US and lower the wages of the US workers they compete against. The Republican goal should be to protect US workers from any attempt to evade statutory restrictions, whether… https://t.co/Ibg0utzmyc https://t.co/vLeUHb21mP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 04:29PM
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When Biden lets millions in, millions more come. That’s not order. Nor is it good policy, which would honor statutory limits on immigration & boost wages of the lowest-paid–allowing Americans “on the margins of the labor market to find stable jobs with decent pay,” as NYT put it https://t.co/cJkhXwcV96
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 04:07PM
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If I were a radio DJ, I think I would just play this thing on an endless loop. “Run, Run, Rudolph” as you’ve never heard it before [worth $1]. https://t.co/NUDIAsUtLP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 05:16AM
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Sessions was the only guy pursuing Trump’s border control agenda in the early months of Trump’s administration, when Trump was too busy being conned by Paul Ryan. https://t.co/S0CGEAWWRO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 03:42AM
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Why isn’t Haley Trump’s greatest asset? If DeSantis drops out, you think his votes are going to Haley (and not to Trump)? But if Haley drops out, her votes will go way more heavily to DeSantis, no? They’re anti-Trump votes. https://t.co/5nsn68Pulo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 03:40AM
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Any sitting Senator (Cotton, or Vance) who’d take a job in a Trump cabinet should automatically be rejected by his colleagues on grounds of stupidity. You want to be Jeff Sessions? https://t.co/9uQLQ6I4iz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 03:26AM
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**–Or they are named Jonathan Greenblatt.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 03:05AM
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And people “on the margins of the labor market” are the people we should care the most about getting better wages for–and Democrats should care the most about. It’s essential for social equality *and* social stability. https://t.co/fy95kdzIsF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 02:44AM
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Welcome converts, don’t resent them .**
**–unless they get on TV for saying it https://t.co/dKABn1f720
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Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 02:36AM
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Also [broken record-ed.] it doesn’t include *unknown* gotaways–those who successfully snuck in undetected. … https://t.co/qOXRuf2Zp8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2023
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December 10, 2023 at 02:29AM
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He needs a Bump right now … https://t.co/DQmFlNEWDX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 09, 2023 at 04:54AM
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First sentence: “Deft yet serious, quick-witted yet substantive, Nikki Haley’s debate performances are feats of political athleticism that few can match.”
How embarrassing for @WSJ https://t.co/jL0GvvvV59
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 09, 2023 at 04:19AM
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And that was in summer of an election year. The Left folded fast. Here they have a whole year to calm down — even if they weren’t a paper tiger on this issue, which they are. https://t.co/iFuhau7lT0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 08, 2023 at 09:32PM
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“Joe Biden remains terrified of his party’s left,.” True–but emphasizing the Left’s outrage re the border is what gives Biden what little leverage he has. (‘Sorry, Pramila won’t let me.’) It’s possible to stand up to the left. See Clinton, Welfare Reform https://t.co/mdlSkt0KMC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 08, 2023 at 09:15PM
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WSJ’s Nikki-boosting. … https://t.co/O22iU2bS4B
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Dec 9, 2023
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December 08, 2023 at 09:06PM
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Maybe he should serve out his term first instead of putting the GOP majority in peril? … https://t.co/x0Bn4vLcD8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 08, 2023 at 08:56PM
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Immigration a global hot button. https://t.co/lhuHsC3q7Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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December 08, 2023 at 08:55PM
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Juanita Castro, who scorned brother Fidel and helped CIA, dies at 90 https://t.co/kU4h1jeBpQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2023
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