“[L”ike the animals that persisted after the great comet struck the earth, most publications will be tiny and eke out an existence in the shadows.” https://t.co/BZNFVCiGpx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 28, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 10:02PM
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“Targeted advertising on the web has diminished the old advertisers’ complaint that 50 percent of their ad budgets are wasted and they just didn’t know which half. Now they do, and they avoid newspapers and magazines.” https://t.co/BZNFVCiGpx via @politico
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 28, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 10:01PM
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Something to worry about https://t.co/iAG5AelWqE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 28, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 09:10PM
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“Even worse is the proposed child tax credit expansion, which would let parents claim eligibility based on current or prior year of earnings. …” https://t.co/Fi0y12Mwg6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 11:19AM
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Also, even if they are interviewed, the change in standard seems to make only an incremental difference. It’s already being tried by Biden and it “has reduced the percentage of people who pass their screenings from over 80% to “the 60s.” https://t.co/ILDNuFe6Pj https://t.co/1V087W0wuO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 10:55AM
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“Don’t make us come back there …” https://t.co/SBwHdgPdNm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:26AM
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I’m beginning to think when Biden says “shut down the border” it doesn’t mean what we think it means … https://t.co/Ial990kH25
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:25AM
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This one’s almost comical: “Anyone who tries to cross twice during the shutdown would then be barred from reentering the country for a year.” If they disobeyed the law TWO times why would they obey the new “bar”? A “This time we really mean it” clause. https://t.co/dl40S1PvF5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:19AM
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In @Politico’s version, even AFTER the so-called “shutdown authority” is triggered, “asylum seekers would still be authorized to present claims at authorized ports of entry,.” Parole too? https://t.co/dl40S1PvF5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 27, 2024 at 01:15AM
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.@BillMelugin’s version of the border deal is different from @mkraju’s version … https://t.co/xVmEfy6LxF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:32PM
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And, finally, can those who don’t claim asylum still get PAROLED betwen ports of entry–even if the trigger is reached? Is this the only category that is actually stopped by the border “shutdown”? https://t.co/bCjhSDfkny
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 10:34PM
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Also, does what @mkraju wrote mean that even if the 5,000–or whatever–daily trigger IS reached the border is NOT shut down to migrants not fleeing persecution who DO enter at ports of entry? https://t.co/sdaBZkXEWz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 09:46PM
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Wait, the border is not shut down now to to “migrants (not fleeing persecution and who are not entering at ports of entry)? https://t.co/eeGTVwGJRQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 27, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 09:40PM
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.@WSJ hardest hit. https://t.co/jfy9uNWlqm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 04:59PM
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The problem, of course, is that as soon as Biden’s reelected (if not before) Mexico will call off the crackdown and the surge will resume … https://t.co/s176RxJo9m
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 02:13PM
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Should be
GOP TURNED DOWN UNKNOWN SECRET DEAL THAT PRETENDED TO ADDRESS BORDER CRISIS WE CREATED https://t.co/Fn42ApR019
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:58PM
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Looks good https://t.co/7AtoQw6qh9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:46PM
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“This supplemental bill is a kamikaze plane in a box canyon with no exit headed for a train wreck.” Pretty good from Sen. Cruz, though it’s also a dumpster fire. https://t.co/RanFQswDE2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:25PM
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And not so long ago! (Two months.)
It’s true what they say about Mitt … https://t.co/VLMWlxf3U5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:14PM
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It’s not just Trump who opposes the ‘negotiated’ border bill. It was once this guy … https://t.co/L2tOsP2vX5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 01:11PM
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Rector also argues that the 1996 welfare reform shored up marriage: “Work requirements reduced the utility of being a single parent…As a result, the rapid decline in married families halted.” https://t.co/XX5rRRHtAI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 12:41PM
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I didn’t know you could “transfer” the work requirement. “Often, the custodial single parent will transfer eligibility for the benefit and the work requirement to relatives or other adults who don’t even live with the child.” Seems “porous,” as he says https://t.co/XX5rRRHtAI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 12:34PM
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In other words, a new mom could use last year’s income to give her CTC benefits this year–but not if she used last year’s income to claim benefits last year. … Trying to be constructive here! https://t.co/e51LzQXfwT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 12:26PM
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Huh? Not so confusing. The provisions of HR2 would be available to the next President. And Johnson leaves open the hope that Biden will shift to enforcement (it would, after all, help him politically). https://t.co/R17MGaJJzp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 12:20PM
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No love lost between these two … https://t.co/UowSdVkfPl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 26, 2024 at 11:41AM
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