Democrats: ‘We need to help the working poor. We’re on their side. We’ve got their back! … But first we screw them.’ https://t.co/7c04dl0MGa
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Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 01:13PM
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DELICATELY PUT: “Recent immigrants tend to earn less than U.S.-born workers because of their lower level of education…. They might also compete with existing workers with less education and put downward pressure on their wages, too. Through these channels, the surge in… https://t.co/xkaTAsfScM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 01:10PM
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Official data on Biden’s 9 million (net) new, mostly illegal immigrants: “They paint a picture of an overwhelmingly Spanish-speaking cohort that is younger, less-educated, and more available to work than the native U.S. population.”
Shorter: All stereotypes confirmed.
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Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 01:08PM
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“The most-common occupations, according to the census data: construction laborers, maids and housecleaners, and cooks. Such jobs are more likely to be held by immigrants, especially those who arrived recently, than by American-born workers.”
Don’t think this is true. See… https://t.co/A9kU9BI1L7
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Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 12:56PM
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“Who do you think would have a tougher 2026 reelection, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) under Harris or Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) under Trump?”
Get-up-and-get-a-beer-line of the year. https://t.co/KX6XJWgYbi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 12:12PM
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Get-up-and-get-a-beer line of the year: “Who do you think would have a tougher 2026 reelection, Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) under Harris or Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) under Trump?” https://t.co/KX6XJWgYbi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 12:05PM
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.@Jmart generalizes about anti-Trump views of unnamed “GOP leaders” while abstracting from discussion of actual issues. Where do they think their “post-Trump” GOP go on immigration/taxes/trade/choice/health care? Inconvenient for a pundit to discuss! Would reveal huge splits.… https://t.co/AKp2L1fxx5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 12:02PM
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Economist Robert Shapiro, maybe: https://t.co/rhNljCtPPt He wants free retraining at community colleges. Seems worth a shot. But he doesn’t really claim it can reverse all of globalization’s impact on the less skilled. (And community college is already pretty cheap.) https://t.co/XDPdkRmJj4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 01:20AM
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Condi Rice: “There can be no more platitudes about the advantages of globalization for all. There must be a real effort for meaningful education, skills, and job training.”
Pols have been saying this for decades. Does anyone still think it will work? https://t.co/DatPadFzLq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 4, 2024
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September 04, 2024 at 01:15AM
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A seemingly amazing, embarrassing cave by Bloomberg. https://t.co/hIv1dBXUYV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 3, 2024
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September 03, 2024 at 06:28PM
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Gas cars rationed in UK to help manufacturers meet government quota for sale of EVs, which customers don’t seem to want to buy (at least not enough customers). https://t.co/dlENsoYrXT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 3, 2024
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September 03, 2024 at 03:05AM
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Gas cars rationed in UK to meet government quota for sale of EVs, which customers don’t seem to want to buy (at least not enough customers). https://t.co/dlENsoYrXT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 3, 2024
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September 03, 2024 at 02:48AM
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“It’s a nuanced story.” Not all that nuanced. @NYTimes puts the best face on the disappointing results of give-everybody-cash experiments favored by billionaires and the antipoverty blob https://t.co/FJP0aNonVH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 1, 2024
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September 01, 2024 at 01:21PM
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“To give voters a deeper and more accurate picture of her views would require a more probing journalist with more than 27 minutes for Q&A.” https://t.co/QkL57Z4UHq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 03:13PM
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INSTA-LEGALIZATION: One overlooked provision of the “strongest border bill”–front-line asylum officers could hold informal meetings at the border & “grant asylum applications right there during the screening interview.” No wonder Mayorkas likes the bill. https://t.co/zKRS4wMTfC https://t.co/rytXA6LfsT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 02:29PM
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I don’t know why this rule holds, but it does.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 02:23PM
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It’s just one more example of the rule that every time the MSM gives an example of someone who’s supposed to be witty, profound, or a great writer it will not be witty or profound or great writing (even it the person actually *is* witty, profound, etc.) https://t.co/AcESSwxYG7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 02:17PM
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This actually isn’t news–“comprehensive immigration reform” IS amnesty and virtually all Democrats support “comprehensive immigration reform.” But it’s a useful reminder. …. https://t.co/7U5OXAqIbp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 02:04PM
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Under “the ‘strongest border bill in decades’ … [f]uture presidents wouldn’t have to violate federal law to fling open the border, as the Biden administration has done — they would be required by federal law to fling open the border ….” https://t.co/nj5vkkP220
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 01:49PM
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“Needless to say, every conservative group, publication and member of Congress had trashed the [‘bipartisan’ border] bill before Trump even mentioned it.” https://t.co/nj5vkkP220
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 01:46PM
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Poll by Wick Insights for Halperin’s 2 way suggests picking Shapiro for her running mate really would have had a big payoff for Harris in PA. https://t.co/532bxXvXlG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 31, 2024
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August 31, 2024 at 01:39PM
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It was especially odd because all he had to say was “Yes, I misspoke.” (Bash had fed him that answer.) https://t.co/eiEQfOeLNL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 30, 2024
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August 30, 2024 at 10:37AM
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18 minutes? https://t.co/a6vR2FSDw4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 29, 2024
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August 29, 2024 at 06:24PM
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I hope Bash made some attempt to find out what Harris actually thinks, eg re border wall. https://t.co/3f2XKtxVkv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 29, 2024
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August 29, 2024 at 04:57PM
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1) Softball way to ask that question 2) “deadlines around time.” 3) Hand chops effective. https://t.co/TcuSlhQY94
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 29, 2024
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