REUPPING: Hope I'm wrong https://t.co/RTf1JnIm8Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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REUPPING: Hope I'm wrong https://t.co/RTf1JnIm8Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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Some kind of hot @MichaelAvenatti feud I don't have the energy to figure out https://t.co/ifvh1j053N
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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"There will be no national emergency — or, if there is, he will be in front of the Supreme Court,” The Supreme Court! Not exactly a briar patch, but not necessarily a bad thing from Trump's point of view. … https://t.co/zVZL7JGr6K
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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True of every president who wants to get things done, no? They start out saying cabinet will be like "spokes of a wheel" and soon learn better. https://t.co/pdQOf07MYP
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I certainly hope so. I worry it will be worse … https://t.co/oCii6xqaSd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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Howley is going to bounce every adult man and woman in the state of Virginia until he gets down to Krikorian. https://t.co/0CNWrn1YK2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 5, 2019
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If Jared's running 'tings, hard to believe SOTU won't mention an amnesty of one sort or the other … https://t.co/F0v9tJn60v
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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Where would White House reporters be without "Chris Whipple, author of 'The Gatekeepers'"? https://t.co/v71soRj2LB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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STAY PARANOID: "Power has consolidated around presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, a senior adviser who is functioning as a de facto White House chief of staff." https://t.co/v71soRj2LB
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Don't understand why this is a huge deal. As the story says, "Republicans expect that Trump would veto the resolution, and that the House and Senate would not be likely to muster the supermajority vote needed to override his veto." https://t.co/T2YSMma66z
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Expected a powerful to-be-sure-we-still-hate-Trump paragraph on this one. But NYT readers will be disappointed. This is all they get: "While Mr. Trump’s foreign policy has been unwise if not self-defeating in many areas, he is right …" https://t.co/yM59EYd7r3
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Who needs a "national emergency" when you have Section 284? https://t.co/IJ4TUhPNxH Authorizes construction of fences in "drug corridors." SCOTUS is going to say 'Southern border is not a drug corridor'? https://t.co/T2YSMma66z
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1. Never piss off @buzzfeed? https://t.co/uEsbZwHKZo
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CLOSE SCOTUS: If Trump relies on "Chevron deference" to his DHS's decision to invoke emergency powers to build wall, can he count on Kavanaugh's vote? Kavanaugh hates Chevron https://t.co/IJ4TUhPNxH [PDF]
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Congress Has a Little Time to Get Immigration Right https://t.co/Xru1xv082a
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Was Treemonisha any good? I mean, how bad could it have been, given its author? I have the same question about Mindflyers of Gondwana https://t.co/V03ehIdAUR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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The 'Learn T_ C___' censorship was ridiculous. … https://t.co/ME3W0kDX1Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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Ads ragging on corn syrup. promoting wind power, not methanol. Archer Daniels Midland's lobbyists were asleep at the switch when this Super Bowl came down the chute.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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GIVE THE BRITS WHAT THEY WANT: “NFL games are one of the last places that it’s socially acceptable to enjoy country music.” Right. Get this man a job at Der Spiegel. https://t.co/bAnSpUS2AN
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Dems do want to make exploiting the asylum loophole more attractive, however. 'Come with a questionable asylum claim. We'll give you housing & health care and release you into the US.' Cost of the program: $18,000 per illegal immigrant https://t.co/SZZgWazAYG
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But the conference committee is NOT, apparently, talking about an amnesty. This is good. Worried Trump will mess it up by introducing amnesty in the State of the Union … https://t.co/iIiCivceQq
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"Some members of the conference committee — not just Republicans — were surprised when Pelosi made an opening offer [that] zeroed out the $1.6 billion for border fencing that Democrats had previously agreed to" https://t.co/iIiCivceQq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) February 4, 2019
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So the Dems have a good cop-bad cop thing going for them … https://t.co/iIiCivceQq
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The Lindsey Vonn Effect https://t.co/vZeEgHmkaQ
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