First, kill all the cows. https://t.co/nXaZtMpfDM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 12, 2019
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First, kill all the cows. https://t.co/nXaZtMpfDM
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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)?
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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
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Hidden flexibility? https://t.co/xAS6xuPVqi
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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1) Still follower of Charles Peters! 2) UBI solution not contrarian in 70s-was the CW 3) But became clear that jobs-for-all a better solution than cash-for-all 4) Peters' magazine embraced this approach in 1982 @TimothyNoah1 article https://t.co/8S8wdQDcyf 5) Mr. Dickhead to you https://t.co/3vygKmWYps
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Now do Disneyland … https://t.co/T440OWhOgg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Not so weird. Voters don't like dole for "unwilling." Haven't abandoned work ethic … yet! Intraleft debate may just have encouraged AOC to be too clear. https://t.co/hpydBCbGjy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 11, 2019
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Current breakdown in shutdown talks–NOT over Trump's wall–reinforces a point made previously: For all its symbolism, a wall doesn't threaten the Dems' immigrant lobbies so much. Wall doesn't deport anyone or disturb migrants already here. It's ICE they hate. https://t.co/OEiKgLa9Ek
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 10, 2019
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Original, uncensored official GND document still available on @NPR site. For how long? https://t.co/voxlQaTiGG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 10, 2019
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Democrats Push for Hidden Deportation Freeze in Border Wall Talks https://t.co/EcpXqg1eYw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 10, 2019
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