Split on Biden’s immigration policy is only 2d largest because his policy isn’t popular with Democrats either. https://t.co/e8XAdjc2Ii
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 07:08PM
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Isn’t it time we had an accountant at @TheNewRepublic? https://t.co/yL0BXGn5bx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 06:38PM
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They were asking for that one … https://t.co/580w9tw2rH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 06:16PM
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Also isn’t there a non-trivial chance Trump’s heavy-handedness will backfire–either helping Haley in the primary or hurting Trump in the general? https://t.co/QDT5HMSX8V
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 06:11PM
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Kinsley wrote a good column on this topic at the time https://t.co/Qf4MIeCWIM https://t.co/tezGYjfJ2w
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 06:09PM
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When did A.P. get so bad? https://t.co/Y4tGawTVJY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 05:47PM
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They really need to have hearings on the effect of the proposed “lookback” CTC provisions (2 years of benefits for one year of work) on creation of non-working households. https://t.co/3ox7kq1AiY https://t.co/SdzJ52ubFY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 04:05PM
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One way to muddle the (dumb) anti-GOP “they don’t want a solution” narrative might be for McConnell to let negotiations limp along for a while. And (above all) make public whatever they come up, even if it’s an non-done deal, so everyone can see how weak it is. https://t.co/5ktbRCBFbT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 03:57PM
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It’s @punchbowl vs. @politico at this point … https://t.co/qIwkQ8HSTx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 03:19PM
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“There’s a chance that [McConnell is] signaling to Democrats that they have to budge a whole lot more than they have so far…There’s a chance that he sees the political writing on the wall”–Sen. Vance https://t.co/qIwkQ8HSTx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 03:19PM
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Even @TheEconomist realizes it. But since it’s @TheEconomist, do not take their advice. https://t.co/tUBCj7OYm1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 02:43PM
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You might even call the deal that the GOP is rejecting “incrementalist bullshit.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 01:45PM
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This is crazy. Your own substack has explained why the tinkering changes in the deal won’t come close to solving the border chaos. “Expedited Removal Won’t Fix Asylum” https://t.co/YXx0T14q02 https://t.co/R8zU4iHkMp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 01:41PM
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Outcome is likely to be that he’s ripped apart his caucus and not gotten the Ukraine aid. Did Schumer sell him on this strategy? https://t.co/mfFnZmVFjL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 12:56PM
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New Dem bumper sticker:
GOP TURNED DOWN UNKNOWN SECRET DEAL TO ADDRESS BORDER CRISIS WE CREATED
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 12:49PM
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No. That was Trump’s incompetence–getting snookered by Paul Ryan when he had the Congress. https://t.co/LAA5zcvVmE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 12:33PM
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I doubt the Dem spin strategy (“You turned down a border deal in January!”) will be very effective. In November, are voters are going to remember a failed secret January deal on obscure immigration issues covered in Substacks–or 3-4 years of Biden opening the floodgates? https://t.co/NbkODSl96T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 11:56AM
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It’s time for him to go? https://t.co/mfFnZmVFjL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 11:50AM
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It’s McConnell who seems to have completely screwed it up. Settled on a double-bank-shot strategy of getting Ukraine aid (hard enough) while getting actual border solutions from Dems (impossible, apparently). Now he’s admitting defeat while spinning it in way that undermines GOP. https://t.co/a3l5TWoEpQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 11:50AM
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Romney buys the Dem spin and gives the MSM what it wants. … (The deal, which is still secret, would not “solve the problem,” or come close, if the leaked provisions are any indication. It’s a pretend fix designed to let everyone say they’ve done something, not unheard of in DC) https://t.co/awPF70BzeW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 11:47AM
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.@JakeSherman hardest hit https://t.co/mdl4er7w27
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 10:51AM
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The deal was clearly a non-solution long before Trump spoke up. Now Dems are trying to lay its failure on boogeyman Trump. MSM will probably go along (@PunchbowlNews leading the way). https://t.co/Hp1otCt3yA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 10:50AM
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Not like @JakeSherman to naively swallow 100% of Dem spin. But here we are: “[T]he GOP prefers to use the border crisis as a political talking point instead of solving the underlying problem.”
Nothing in proposed deal would solve the problem. https://t.co/UYU5moTjte
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 10:47AM
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Not sure Texas can handle all the Californians who’d move there. … https://t.co/vQYiwumSWZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 10:39AM
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“Nothing in the deal the Senate was negotiating with the White House would have ‘helped stem the crisis at the border.'” https://t.co/mdl4er7w27
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 25, 2024
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January 25, 2024 at 10:37AM
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