Can’t wait for the crosstown rivalry with Bari Weiss U. https://t.co/wpdXZvdRgE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 16, 2023 at 03:25AM
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I killed the kicker, because you should always kill the kicker. But it would have been: “I can’t believe @SenTomCotton is going to go along with this pile of 87% crap while @LindseyGrahamSC of all people is standing against it.” https://t.co/v0XBtNSYJW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 11:33PM
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Also delusional because, as @CBSNews notes, “the government does not have the personnel and facilities to screen and detain everyone who enters the country illegally.” https://t.co/ypqLNSrYYN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 11:28PM
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Wait–tweaking the “credible fear” standard “would not affect all migrants”? And they’re dropping the expansion of “expedited removal”? So the already weak package is (as usually happens) getting even weaker. https://t.co/bpmuE5sc4z

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 10:44PM
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I’m starting to be charmed by DeSantis’ weird affect, but if you watch this clip, he turns normal when he starts to move his hands. It’s all the hands! @RyanGirdusky should teach him how to talk like an Italian. https://t.co/Zzhe9xMnHP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 10:05PM
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Also, wouldn’t allowing 1 million a year still “significantly reduce the flow of illegal immigration,” and satisfy Tillis’ stated goal? Thanks to Mayorkas the flow is way *over* 1 million a year now, now?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 09:56PM
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Worth reading, some new tidbits. Why does Kavanaugh always come off looking very good in these accounts? https://t.co/qzbDd4Cyc1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 09:47PM
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“When Justice Alito arrived, Justice Breyer charmed him with a surprise visit from the Phillie Phanatic, mascot of his favorite baseball team.” https://t.co/qzbDd4Cyc1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 09:21PM
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Hope so, but that statement would work as hype for the ineffectual changes that have already been discussed. Missing word: “parole.” Do you have any other evidence that Tillis has ‘veered’? https://t.co/wV3XHbLM7A

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 08:25PM
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Note that WH security council spokesman Kirby does NOT say the GOPs are ‘holding Ukraine aid hostage.’ The WH itself linked the two issues, something Kirby defends because they are both urgent security matters https://t.co/4VLX6MuUTd

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 06:10PM
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.@CBSNews now making this point https://t.co/4VLX6MuUTd https://t.co/muEyZOynVU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 06:02PM
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Newsom for President! https://t.co/pKdbuWhuWY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:31PM
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I’ve noticed a lot of independent service workers (eg barbers) have NOT raised their prices, presumably because they worry about losing customers. No market power. They must be getting squeezed. https://t.co/ncjG4jPhK9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:30PM
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The wall must do some good if the gaps are so prized by smugglers and illegals. The 21-foot ladder option does not seem to be as easy as advertised. https://t.co/jCrlt2a8ls

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:23PM
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Still don’t see why Republicans can’t demand, as part of the deal, that Mayorkas be fired. Whatever reforms GOPs might achieve, you don’t want him implementing them. https://t.co/ETMG6a3aBL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 12:44PM
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Lankford-Tillis fake deal is too fake even for Lindsey Graham, who tweets they must address Biden’s “parole” abuse … https://t.co/0GoiFskWI8

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 04:05AM
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14 Republicans voted for the Gang of 8 amnesty bill–featuring an elaborate menu of Bubba-fooling fake-tough enforcement provisions–a decade ago. Not coincidentally, only 5 are still in the Senate (by my count)–Collins, Graham, Hoeven, Murkowski, Rubio. https://t.co/z62D8Qku6S

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 01:44AM
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Who are the 10 or so Senate GOPs who are going to vote for the Potemkin Kabuki fake feckless fig leaf border changes negotiated by Lankford? PS How many GOP senators are really happy they went along with Schumer and voted for the Gang of 8 amnesty bill in 2013? Rubio? Hoeven? https://t.co/2gty87omPn

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 01:34AM
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If @FrankSharry and the press’ other favorite pro-immigration activists had agreed to actually secure the border first, you could have had a full amnesty (“Dreamers,” everybody!) two decades ago. Most ineffective legislative strategy ever? https://t.co/nOhZZVWkue

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:58PM
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The migrant surge numbers will rise along with Trump’s polling lead, no? If would-be migrants think Trump is going to win, they’ll rush to the border now because they’ll think it’s their last chance before Biden’s easy-peasy policies end. (And the coyotes will tell them that.)

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:31PM
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Where to set the “trigger” for closing the border? The obvious logical place is at the capacity of our facilities to detain migrants as required by law (that’s 30,000 total, according to this piece). https://t.co/r1Dcdt0Z0I

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:24PM
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“the starkest implication of the bipartisan negotiations: The border can be closed. In essence, two sides are just haggling over the price; the fact that closure is legally and practically achievable has been established.?” https://t.co/bmhcFuZ3PT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:20PM
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Better no deal than to in any way normalize 3,000 illegal crossings a day. It’s not even close. That’s three times what Jeh Johnson said would overwhelm the system.

Get Lankford and Tillis out of there … https://t.co/bmhcFuZ3PT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:19PM
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Murphy-Tillis deal, the Gang of Fake! (Second-time-farce sequel to the Gang of Eight.) https://t.co/uxXnjbH9SY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 06:02PM
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.@Heritage, in a fundraising letter, is calling the Murphy-Tillis deal a “fake ‘compromise,’ though it’s not clear they are entirely up to date on it.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 05:57PM
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