Alternatively: Ineffectual. tough-sounding changes hyped by reporters as “drastic” as part of plan to con Republicans, keep Biden border surge going, https://t.co/kF9rJlOn22
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Dec 14, 2023
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December 14, 2023 at 04:47PM
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First million’s FREE! https://t.co/AGM4sAZNIK
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Dec 14, 2023
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Tillis admits the obvious here: the showy outrage of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is an essential part of the Kabuki, in which everyone pretends these fake-“hardline” changes are a big deal (while the migrant surge surges on) https://t.co/XAt56Ryjfq
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Dec 14, 2023
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It’s “Washington Make Believe,” as the late, revered Charles Peters would call it. Everyone gets a fig leaf but nothing really happens.
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Dec 14, 2023
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Would be better for GOPs just to pass the damn Ukraine bill (with suitable conditions) rather than pretend that this pile of Potemkin is a serious attempt to address the border disaster. https://t.co/GQQeJNWbu4
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Dec 14, 2023
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Where is @realDonaldTrump for that matter. He could scuttle this, no? https://t.co/GQQeJNWbu4
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Dec 14, 2023
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Reupping: https://t.co/q6AT9YDGMB
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Dec 14, 2023
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Looks like the Full Potemkin. (See @DLind for why none of these will have much effect https://t.co/Gs6gDidJoC)
Republicans would be fools to accept this fake-tough package and let Biden pretend he’s cracking down with their cooperation.
Where is @SenTomCotton? https://t.co/vFfLEzQoiy
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Dec 14, 2023
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3,000 X 365 = 1, 095, 000. So a million a year get in before this authority gets triggered. What I’d expect from Tillis.
Where’s Tom Cotton? https://t.co/PxNSPeygkT
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Dec 14, 2023
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AMNESTY BROS: Remember when Paul Ryan and Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez went on their roadshow for immigration amnesty in 2013? Good times! They seemed to be having such fun. https://t.co/A27dx2j2bl
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Dec 14, 2023
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Paul Ryan was lobbying Speaker Johnson to sell out on
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Dec 14, 2023
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So:
1. Title 42 only gives Biden power he won’t use.
2. Geographic expansion of “expedited removal”– @DLind explains why this won’t have much impact (you still have asylum officer interviews & judicial review) https://t.co/Gs6gDidJoC
3. “Mandatory detention for new… https://t.co/uzGQ8AvWpW https://t.co/NbsQA3oHB2— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023
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.@DLind argues expanding “expedited removal” won’t lead to deporting many bogus asylum seekers (they still get a hearing and overload detention capacity) but it WILL help Trump do “mass deportation of millions.” Does she pull this off? Kausfiles says no! https://t.co/sg2Bewckcs
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Dec 14, 2023
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.@DLind explains why fiddling with the asylum screening standard (from “credible” to “reasonable” fear) & expanding “expedited removal” to more areas won’t do much to stop migrant surge. In other words, they’re mostly fake, Kabuki concessions by Biden https://t.co/sg2Bewckcs
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Dec 14, 2023
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The rise in wages during Covid can’t be ENTIRELY due to composition effects-can it? Lots of people at all levels dropped out of labor force, reducing labor supply at all levels-which you’d think would raise wages (ie a genuine raise). Workers may remember that raise as a baseline https://t.co/vxu1F69GZa
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Dec 13, 2023
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Yikes https://t.co/T7rtul36mP
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Dec 13, 2023
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“Republicans, you want the candidate the media fear….
Ever since he kept Florida open during Trump’s COVID shutdown, DeSantis has terrified the media.” https://t.co/sSTbeRlY1m
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Dec 13, 2023
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“Of course Haley’s a hit with megadonors! She wants to start wars on three continents and keep the illegals flowing. So do billionaires! And for that matter, so do the media.” https://t.co/G0x257J9oX https://t.co/sSTbeRlY1m
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Dec 13, 2023
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“The media are trying to pick the GOP nominee for us just like they did with John McCain. … Once again, their pick is the whiny warmonger — this time, Nikki Haley.” https://t.co/G0x257J9oX https://t.co/sSTbeRlY1m
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Dec 13, 2023
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I.e. Let Biden stew in his own border disaster through the ‘24 election …. https://t.co/9VMUFBFKTf
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Dec 13, 2023
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A straight vote for Ukraine aid, with conditions if necessary (ie gotta negotiate) would seem preferable.
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Dec 13, 2023
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Shutting down Biden’s “parole” firehose of migrants seems to be key. As long as it stays, is it worth GOPs becoming co- owners of Biden’s border disaster? https://t.co/WDsUcBud8F
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Dec 13, 2023
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If it satisfies Tillis, no real need to worry fellas … https://t.co/HyAfiGbKWb
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Dec 13, 2023
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Via @EllisItems: ‘Handing Trump a perfect metaphor’: The Biden Administration is building a “virtual wall” on the southern border. https://t.co/92i6tMuD8e
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 13, 2023
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What if GOPs agree on these limited or non-mandatory measures & the predictable result (under Mayorkas’ DHS) is…no reduction in the border surge? Doesn’t that hurt Biden in ’24? Or does he get away with saying “See, GOP get-tough solutions don’t work”? https://t.co/e5rkmveygK
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Dec 13, 2023
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