Alternatively: Dems always thought amnesty was inevitable–Arc of history! Coalition of the ascendant! Then Biden fucked up the border so badly that amnesty is currently off the table. His bad. Terms of the debate have shifted. Don’t overthink this! https://t.co/UAJKOA4IDF https://t.co/KGBA2iIShd
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Feb 6, 2024
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“HBO is really easy to push around.” https://t.co/b3oJLe2hkP
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Feb 6, 2024
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It doesn’t seem impossible that Biden will react to the bill’s failure (assuming it fails) by cracking down on the border to change his image before November. He’s already gotten Mexico to slow the flow (until November). GWBush had a bit of that reaction after Gang of 8 fizzle. https://t.co/35X6ROxmYR
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Feb 6, 2024
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Biden wants to make the election about the border? Not his strongest issue, to put it mildly. Popularism would say talk about something else. no? https://t.co/ZwnzX6wB9Y
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Feb 6, 2024
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I am shocked, shocked to discover what is in the bill I supposedly co-wrote. https://t.co/k5QyARbvAD
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Feb 6, 2024
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Good lord. Here’s Tillis self-righteously defending the deal 10 days ago https://t.co/gABa3ZwQWJ https://t.co/k5QyARbvAD
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Feb 6, 2024
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This did not apply to Hannity or Ingraham, who opposed the bill.
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I’ve been listening to @FoxNews on a long drive — were a bunch of indications that the word is out to support the bill. (Of course, Murdoch may just be doing a favor for McConnell, who can do a lot for him). https://t.co/ANNz7Oy98c
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Seems sufficient to me. If you agree, Congress’ switchboard is (202) 224-3121 https://t.co/wXzJV7St6n
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Feb 5, 2024
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.@NumbersUSA opposing the Lankford/Sinema/Murphy deal. Gives these reasons:
“–Codifies catch-and-release through new ‘noncustodial proceedings;’
–Codifies the administration asylum rule which allows asylum officers to grant asylum without a hearing from a judge;
–Gives… https://t.co/hFRUBuukYg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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They could just cut and paste the E-Verify provision of HR2. No changes. Or the parole provision. Simple. If that was *all* the bill contained–none of Sinema’s chazerei–restrictionists would mostly go for it. Would be a big net win even if it didn’t address everything. https://t.co/NtRKJVhc4M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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Danger here. If history is any guide, Graham will just add more fake-tough complications with amendments to try to get it through, then push to go to “conference” with the House. He was in the 2013 Gang of 8, remember, a historic festival of Potemkin https://t.co/9xX4imUFiB https://t.co/DopvEoWWDH
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Feb 5, 2024
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But Schumer and Dems saw an opportunity to sneak through a legislative ratification of the much higher levels of migration under Biden. Misread their leverage (Biden desperately needs the cover of a bill) and did Ukraine no favors. https://t.co/C912VUbNXa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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But then Trump found a solution (“Remain in Mexico”) that worked. And then Biden killed the solution. And here we are. https://t.co/WoDTeLm41B
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Feb 5, 2024
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New Republic’s @GregTSargent boasts the bill “preserves Biden’s parole programs, which allow tens of thousands to arrive monthly from abroad.”
Exactly
https://t.co/GFdiPMMT7p— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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Her groove is -25
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Feb 5, 2024
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If, instead of another complex, loophole-ridden fake-tough deal, Schumer & McConnell had just picked ONE of these GOP reforms–E-Verify, say, or Remain in Mexico, or limits on parole–and stapled it to the Ukraine & Israel aid , they might have gotten the package through, no? https://t.co/I1sJ1ciA4u
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Feb 5, 2024
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They can be “surveilled”–but that doesn’t mean they’re not released. Good grief. @NBCNews has come to this. https://t.co/1nLr2ZTMEC
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Feb 5, 2024
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Impeach Lankford! This is going a little far. It was a McConnell joint, no? https://t.co/9sQJ6qaC2D
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Feb 5, 2024
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But she’s “found her groove”! https://t.co/BfE3V1jeNU https://t.co/o5YQk62sHb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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If the border bill’s author is complaining about a rush to judgment about his proposal–people should take the time to digest it!–how does Schumer than have a vote in 2 days? Seems like that schedule requires a rush to judgment. https://t.co/j4eaGmZ4m3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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Question: If the House has already passed an Israel aid bill (with offsets, unlike the new one Johnson now plans) why does Congress need a new House Israel bill to have a conference with the Senate? Couldn’t the Senate go to a conference with the already-passed bill?… https://t.co/GigFAO5QIv
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Feb 5, 2024
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“[Mayorkas] has established a process, dubbed the ‘Asylum Officer Rule,’ that allows low-ranking government officials to award asylum-and citizenship–during a brief review at the border. The rollout of this new process has been stymied by multiple factors, but if it is… https://t.co/srZAytMgKU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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“Sinema also said that migrants would be released under electronic surveillance. This is a critical issue because supervised release allows migrants to get the jobs they need to pay back their high-interest loans to the smugglers and cartels. If migrants are not released, few… https://t.co/mQZ5WfjRYi
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Feb 5, 2024
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Just as we suspected! https://t.co/TnhZ5UgWa9
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Feb 5, 2024
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