The left’ll want to give Manchin a tougher “means-test”-eg don’t send cash to $400K couples-if he’ll only keep no-work “refundability.” That’d be a bad outcome, as I think Manchin knows. We can help millions without creating a culture of non-work if we keep the old earnings test. https://t.co/bSES6KjnpO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 09:07PM
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IF YOU WANTED TO SOUND RETREAT ON ‘EXPANDED’ CHILD CHECKS this is what you’d say, no? “Biden economic adviser calls expiring Child Tax Credit expansion just one piece of a bigger puzzle” https://t.co/RLDItsnVrV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 08:56PM
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Wish this were more convincing https://t.co/2L2Az5pHoE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 07:28PM
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Data available here https://t.co/tQwAFYwlHO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 05:49AM
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INDICIA OF JUNK: “Yet child poverty hasn’t budged [since welfare reform]”
1996 Child Poverty Rate: 20.5%
2020 (most recent year): 16.1 %21% reduction https://t.co/1DnPmmKJ2J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 05:41AM
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Oc course to the left it’s much more important that the Child Tax Credit have no work-test — ie be like cash welfare — than that it phase out at any particular income level. Therein lies a danger. Hope Manchin hangs tough on the work requirement. https://t.co/NVJyGc0Vug
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 02:18AM
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‘Amplify”–that’s on the list too. Typically used to argue for manipulating a discussion, Twitter-style. https://t.co/qBjKLib6Ty
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 02:08AM
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True https://t.co/uV7oBCwZyn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 03, 2022 at 01:34AM
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Saying “cringe” is a bit cringe too … https://t.co/96EdmD9HXa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 09:55PM
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I guess @TheAtlantic isn’t going to be the publication to tell us about the Biden WH. … Not an easy reporting job, but Atlantic doesn’t even seem to be trying. https://t.co/0zwygZN9n6 Maybe @MarkLeibovich will crack it for them. https://t.co/wdjXS1tcTe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 09:51PM
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A bit surprised and alarmed that NY Gov. Hochul hasn’t rescinded this guidance yet. … https://t.co/F8gnUn6bRC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 09:39PM
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True https://t.co/s8tXInqi3V
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 05:10PM
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Hard to believe … https://t.co/mOhxXG8EO6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 04:46PM
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Strange, morally corrosive story in @meridak’s @Latimes. https://t.co/rirkymsleG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2022
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January 02, 2022 at 01:28AM
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Grudgingly concedes only that “Biden and his Administration were at times slow to recognize unpleasant realities.” https://t.co/ldNLKCWDFd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 1, 2022
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January 01, 2022 at 03:40PM
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Someone should really do this with Washington, D.C.. Surely it’s at least half as absurd & decadent as Hollywood. … https://t.co/7ZjBMGHr8z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 31, 2021 at 04:24PM
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Spoiler: It’s Ari https://t.co/o9ICHnTTAI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 31, 2021 at 04:22PM
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Plus “The View” … https://t.co/gnkIy4CvOp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 31, 2021 at 12:50PM
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Woke Medicine should terrify liberals. Do voters want a Medicare-for-All with the power to do *this*? https://t.co/rkJIsgzyb6 https://t.co/r9NjCFOmqZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 31, 2021 at 12:39PM
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New Parrot Room — 2021: The Reckoning https://t.co/XgxpKnFooJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 31, 2021 at 02:18AM
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My audition to be the new James Bond. https://t.co/56uWA0zkZb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 31, 2021
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December 30, 2021 at 10:52PM
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John Fund is right: We know way too little about how the Biden WH actually works–eg who has power, how decisions get made with POTUS at <100%. Not helping Biden! Answer is for staff to open up hermetic process, not for Biden to give more press conferences https://t.co/BzEWTBMmkb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 30, 2021
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December 30, 2021 at 12:28PM
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Hard to believe he’s not going to move on this — Defense Production Act — soon … https://t.co/tmNdpvTNMX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 30, 2021
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December 30, 2021 at 02:13AM
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Ellis tries to make sense of that crazy Josh Mandel bitcoin tweet… https://t.co/dC796m6AG3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 30, 2021
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December 29, 2021 at 11:46PM
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On Reid’s immigration reversal: Mehlman says Obama showed that “one of the issues that motivated voters [in his coalition] was mass amnesty and open borders.” Is that true? I’m skeptical amnesty was EVER an election winner. (Obama won for other reasons.) https://t.co/hQlQ8FAblS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 30, 2021
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December 29, 2021 at 11:16PM
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