Where is @lnstapundit when you need him? (He was always suggesting the non-delegation doctrine wasn't dead.) https://t.co/WcgU0KO47T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 18, 2019
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Patrick Caddell: The real election surprise? The uprising of the American people https://t.co/mL4J6Zu2S5 Published day before 2016 election. Prescient! Also think he may be right about "tribalism" not dividing America–80% were pissed off in a potentially fluid way.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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My interpretation of this: Trump thinks he needs to keep the pot boiling. As immigration fight devolves into tedious court proceedings on wall funding, he senses vacuum of polarizing drama ahead. Fecklessly lashing out at media is his default pot-boiler. (Prediction: Won't work) https://t.co/cCrjMPGcW0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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"Whether we come from poverty or wealth…we are all equal in the eyes of God. (Cheering) But as Americans, that's not enough. We must be equal in the eyes of each other."– Reagan, 1992 convention address https://t.co/HBIMT5YWQQ https://t.co/1e398vyxte
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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"At one point, he declared the aides did not represent him and the statement should be rescinded," Tick-tock from @WaPo confirms Trump's adversary relationship with his own aides–e.g. Marc Short. Why did he pick them, then? https://t.co/9SuakR5PTQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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We disagree https://t.co/5mEPNFLcR8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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One exception would be ensuring those at the bottom have enough to fully participate in society–ie don't fall out bottom into some kind of underclass. That's the case for raising unskilled wages by regulating trade and immigation.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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The classic institution that enforced social equality directly was the military draft. Now it's gone, apparently never to return. Harder to come up with alternatives, but Medicare-for-all could be one of them. Or national service. Or just expanding the public, class-mixing sphere https://t.co/xvyms79ZfH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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And it's especially perverse to try to produce social equality/respect by extending and perfecting meritocratic mobility, which only reinforces the idea that those who win really deserve to win (and those who lose…). Think you need to reinforce social equality directly. https://t.co/oGePl6k4wQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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We want social equality even for those stuck on bottom. Think that means we have to decouple respect from material success. Seems hard to produce social equality by manipulating the mechanisms of material success in a capitalist sociey, which will always generate money inequality https://t.co/Vgj8sUaIzm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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And while mobility can subvert of social *in*equality–rigid classes–it's not enough to produce social equality. Will people say "I made it from bottom to top so can't judge by class!" or "See, meritocracy's working ever more perfectly! Those stuck on bottom really are losers"? https://t.co/RTZPGoWirS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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Seems a mistake to make social equality (or respect) depend on continued mobility. We want social equality whether mobility is rising or not https://t.co/By1MpO0Rk2' https://t.co/OO1uXzpQmo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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Right. But couldn't SCOTUS revive the "non delegation doctrine" to say Congress can't just give its legislative power to another person/agency? Would be a huge deal (esp. if also applied to administrative agency rulemaking). Probably won't do it. https://t.co/sRxknnLyMm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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Thread … https://t.co/R3drWBWtqR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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True. But (key point) "Democrats in Congress will not only try to stop the national emergency declaration but also the spending that the White House argues does not require an emergency declaration." https://t.co/plq5ejEYnG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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Byron York: A glass quarter-full reading of Trump's border deal https://t.co/gFc3Ds9yVy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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I heard Caddell talk to a solid red crowd a few years ago, and was shocked that everything he said seemed right, including the anger–and including telling Republicans to stop using "Democrat" as an adjective. A big loss.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 17, 2019
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Why is Jared's first thought always to give Dems an amnesty? WSJ on WH during shutdown: "Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, pushed for a broader deal with Democrats to provide protections for some immigrants living in the U.S. without permission" https://t.co/NbNwdwopX8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2019
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Shine Flu! https://t.co/ezizA7QQ0j
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2019
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Awfully odd that 2 @FoxNews hosts (@TuckerCarlson and @IngrahamAngle) seem to be on vacation or AWOL (taped show) on the same evening–Thursday, when WH decides to sign the budget bill. Does that even happen over the holidays? Rupert running a loose ship! Or maybe a tight ship.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2019
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Trump says he's not playing 4-D Chess ("I was a little new to the job"). This is clearly a calculated deception, part of his deep strategy to lull the Swamp to sleep while he carries out his long-term plan. 5-D Chess! He's got everything under control, people… https://t.co/57OotU6jpT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2019
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IT'S A NIGHTMARE! Still don't understand why Senate vote on the emergency is a big deal. They decide how to vote. They vote. If disapproval wins, Trump vetos. Veto is upheld. SCOTUS decides. –30– Senators seem scared to do their jobs (take tough votes) https://t.co/IJ38HzNKpU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 16, 2019
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NOT 4-D CHESS: Trump himself-in his Rose Garden remarks-confirms the critique of his first half-term re wall: "I was a little new to the job…And we had a little disappointment for the first year and a half." As close as he's going to get to 'I Effed Up.' https://t.co/VU5eOE5rce
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 15, 2019
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CORRECTION: If this NYT report is correct I was wrong about Mulvaney–he urged opting for a continuing resolution https://t.co/oXEYyNTOCZ Meanwhile it's hard to believe Nielsen urged Trump to sign a bill crippling her agency's enforcement ability (in the notorious Sec 224 (a) … https://t.co/j4RzTfOcsm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 15, 2019
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Nobody will ever be verified after the cutoff, except @JaneMayerNYer https://t.co/RFNBgQOUOH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 15, 2019
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