Now fully briefed on the McFlurry Spoon Update, but still need a take.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 04:17AM
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Wait. Mayorkas is now distancing himself from Biden’s first-day-in-office anti-Trump border moves that “threw the baby out with the bathwater”? Mayorkas had nothing to do with that? (He was confirmed on Feb 2, 2021.) https://t.co/dpSdJiJl5t

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 03:14AM
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Because the Dems want Jared in the next Trump White House, if there is one? A valuable asset for them. https://t.co/CpFIdYpRGe

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 02:49AM
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The main obstacle to a strong bill was McConnell embracing a weak one (making it “bipartisan”). If there was going to be a non-weak compromise, the Schumer/McConnell/Lankford bill had to die a humiliating death. https://t.co/mydyjbsOpl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 02:47AM
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One thing that endears Haley to conservatives is her instinctive lurch for anti-GOP talking points she knows the MSM will applaud her for and broadcast. Why shouldn’t Trump sabotage a bill if it’s weak? (Haley ducks the somewhat crucial issue of the merits of the “bipartisan”… https://t.co/vmEMLIZMdl https://t.co/X2LlzC8scx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 02:43AM
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Because they want Jared in the next Trump White House? A valuable asset for them. https://t.co/CpFIdYpRGe

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 27, 2024 at 02:29AM
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“To be sure, immigration is by no means the only issue confronting American workers, but it should not be dismissed as a ‘distraction’ when all of the evidence indicates otherwise.”

Controlling immigration is about the easiest lever we can pull to raise wages at the bottom. https://t.co/Ac6MY9Qlq5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:57PM
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“Costa and Shierholz would do well to consider what labor leaders knew in decades past: Immigration is generally not in the interests of American workers.” https://t.co/fcgqpyUwje

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:55PM
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Yes, apparently. “Last week, when Biden spoke to governors…one attendee said it was clear the president believes the politics of the issue had changed more in Democrats favor in the weeks since the bipartisan immigration deal failed.” https://t.co/1xN1YWu32q https://t.co/0XeQeX5h6Z

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:29PM
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“Democrats who think they can use Republican opposition to the Senate border bill to ‘flip the script’ on immigration may want to take a look at these two polls. It seems the public has noticed that the Senate bill, which mandates the catch and release of immigrants arrested… https://t.co/aXdKAiMBsU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:26PM
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“Separately, a new Monmouth University poll found that just 23% support the Senate border bill and that 47% said it was “not tough enough” on border security. Just 12% said the bill was “too tough.” Restores my faith in American voters. https://t.co/YHmaDObUeD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:24PM
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Looks like Biden really believes his Schumer/McConnell trick–‘GOPs are responsible because they didn’t vote for Schumer’s worse-than-fake border bill’–will work for him in November. https://t.co/1xN1YWu32q

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:14PM
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Key point (toward end of piece): Gabbard has not left Science of Identity sect behind. “The congresswoman surrounds herself with people who are linked to [sect founder] Butler and his followers, from her chief of staff, Kainoa Penaroza, to some of her closest campaign advisors” https://t.co/TvCNpg5jwn

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 27, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 11:08PM
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.@AnnCoulter reveals her two choices for Trump’s VP, and they are a surprise …. [about 54:00 in] https://t.co/SqEjH6SS4G

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Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 06:04PM
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.@AnnCoulter reveals her two choices for Trump’s VP, and they are a surprise …. [about 54:00 in] https://t.co/MbBwyZ6lU8

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 06:02PM
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You would think there would be a legal penalty for launching a Weapon of Mass Defamation. https://t.co/9kRbkfawQk

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 05:19PM
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Is Gemini just not biased but making it up? And can they be sued for libel? (They should be, you’d think–falsehoods by AI can be just as damaging as ‘human’ lying, if not more so. Gemini seems to have been slapped together with what might be called ‘reckless disregard.’) https://t.co/0rnaemBU2s

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 05:15PM
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Hello? She’s culted up. Will last one week under press scrutiny. (See https://t.co/0qCUR9mBMD)… https://t.co/20R1npOdW3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 04:55PM
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“Let it rip.” Why do I think Paul Ryan might not be wildly unhappy if Johnson was ousted. The two are diametrically opposed on immigration. https://t.co/AzNZzRrDPd

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 04:40PM
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What about the argument that ‘EV manufacturers actually contol your car. They can shut it down remotely if you miss a payment. Do we want Xi to have the power to shut down all our cars?’ Now we’re talking … https://t.co/FyL5dUHksk

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:50AM
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“EVs collect so much data that policymakers have started to frame this debate as one not just about trade but also about national security. That’s a harder debate for China to win.” TikTok’s winning it so far … https://t.co/FDySl1sL9D

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:48AM
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I do think (talking off top of head here) the (global) 60s rebellion reflected a surplus of creative hubris. Anhedonia ain’t that. Don’t detect that surplus now (much creativity going to destroy human creative primacy via AI). I keep waiting for a new Port Huron Statement. But… https://t.co/s1QVsljUlU https://t.co/SUOn8tYmjr

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:39AM
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And anything that raises the salience of the immigration issue (as Biden is currently doing) … ? https://t.co/tjbpf9bVNM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:32AM
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I sense a theme in tonight’s tweets … https://t.co/w7EHmjaNES

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:28AM
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Even Boomers get it because they remember the dissatisfaction-amid-plenty of the 1960s. Biden is not a Boomer. https://t.co/7nnA74MIsx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 26, 2024

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February 26, 2024 at 12:22AM
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