GOP had a lot of leverage to make border progress in exchange for Ukraine aid. What happened? Short tentative answer: McConnell happened. He allied with Schumer to preempt issue with wildly inadequate bill. https://t.co/cLd9L0k68q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2024
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February 07, 2024 at 05:48PM
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Hard to believe he could be that isolated and manipulated. https://t.co/frnUdFEb4b
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2024
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February 07, 2024 at 05:05PM
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“This border deal was dead on arrival without Trump’s opposition.”–@CesarConda, Gang of 8 veteran https://t.co/iZNsiLn8XG
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Feb 7, 2024
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February 07, 2024 at 03:48AM
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‘And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren’t for you meddling kids.’ https://t.co/ZZpbIvgZBm
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Feb 7, 2024
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There’s a column in this for someone. Assuming it stays kneecapped, think the answer is yes. 1) Text available online & analyzed immediately by huge crowd 2) @ChrisMurphyCT had to defend bill to the left on platform where his claims (border still “open”) could be read by right https://t.co/AE2zMOtVvi
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Feb 7, 2024
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Here’s a very useful article–get into weeds, but not too into weeds–about what was wrong (and right, but there’s not much of that) with the maybe-dead deal’s brilliant new asylum pathway https://t.co/pm3IRtKvye
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2024
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February 06, 2024 at 03:39PM
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“Congress can set all the “90-day deadlines” for adjudications it wants — it can’t force asylum officers to comply with those deadlines, and soon the deadlines proposed here won’t be.” https://t.co/pm3IRtKvye
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Feb 6, 2024
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Feiler Faster Thesis (https://t.co/ge9fWplKtE) also working against Biden here. How many voters are going to remember the fabulous Schumer-McConnell deal next week, let alone in November? Did they remember the Gang of 8? https://t.co/qjI8OPipuQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2024
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Minimum high regard for @MarcACaputo https://t.co/Vobz2iyYI4 https://t.co/Sj2OhuNIyb
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Feb 6, 2024
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Alternatively: Dems always thought amnesty was inevitable–Arc of history! Coalition of the ascendant! Then Biden fucked up the border so badly that amnesty is currently off the table. His bad. Terms of the debate have shifted. Don’t overthink this! https://t.co/UAJKOA4IDF https://t.co/KGBA2iIShd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2024
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“HBO is really easy to push around.” https://t.co/b3oJLe2hkP
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Feb 6, 2024
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It doesn’t seem impossible that Biden will react to the bill’s failure (assuming it fails) by cracking down on the border to change his image before November. He’s already gotten Mexico to slow the flow (until November). GWBush had a bit of that reaction after Gang of 8 fizzle. https://t.co/35X6ROxmYR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2024
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Biden wants to make the election about the border? Not his strongest issue, to put it mildly. Popularism would say talk about something else. no? https://t.co/ZwnzX6wB9Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2024
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February 06, 2024 at 01:33PM
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I am shocked, shocked to discover what is in the bill I supposedly co-wrote. https://t.co/k5QyARbvAD
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Feb 6, 2024
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Good lord. Here’s Tillis self-righteously defending the deal 10 days ago https://t.co/gABa3ZwQWJ https://t.co/k5QyARbvAD
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Feb 6, 2024
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This did not apply to Hannity or Ingraham, who opposed the bill.
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Feb 6, 2024
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I’ve been listening to @FoxNews on a long drive — were a bunch of indications that the word is out to support the bill. (Of course, Murdoch may just be doing a favor for McConnell, who can do a lot for him). https://t.co/ANNz7Oy98c
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Feb 6, 2024
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Seems sufficient to me. If you agree, Congress’ switchboard is (202) 224-3121 https://t.co/wXzJV7St6n
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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.@NumbersUSA opposing the Lankford/Sinema/Murphy deal. Gives these reasons:
“–Codifies catch-and-release through new ‘noncustodial proceedings;’
–Codifies the administration asylum rule which allows asylum officers to grant asylum without a hearing from a judge;
–Gives… https://t.co/hFRUBuukYg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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They could just cut and paste the E-Verify provision of HR2. No changes. Or the parole provision. Simple. If that was *all* the bill contained–none of Sinema’s chazerei–restrictionists would mostly go for it. Would be a big net win even if it didn’t address everything. https://t.co/NtRKJVhc4M
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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February 05, 2024 at 03:43PM
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Danger here. If history is any guide, Graham will just add more fake-tough complications with amendments to try to get it through, then push to go to “conference” with the House. He was in the 2013 Gang of 8, remember, a historic festival of Potemkin https://t.co/9xX4imUFiB https://t.co/DopvEoWWDH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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February 05, 2024 at 03:30PM
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But Schumer and Dems saw an opportunity to sneak through a legislative ratification of the much higher levels of migration under Biden. Misread their leverage (Biden desperately needs the cover of a bill) and did Ukraine no favors. https://t.co/C912VUbNXa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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February 05, 2024 at 03:17PM
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But then Trump found a solution (“Remain in Mexico”) that worked. And then Biden killed the solution. And here we are. https://t.co/WoDTeLm41B
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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February 05, 2024 at 03:07PM
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New Republic’s @GregTSargent boasts the bill “preserves Biden’s parole programs, which allow tens of thousands to arrive monthly from abroad.”
Exactly
https://t.co/GFdiPMMT7p— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2024
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Her groove is -25
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Feb 5, 2024
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