Weird that in her letter touting benefits of $3.5T BBB reconciliation bill Pelosi doesn’t mention “refundable Child Tax Credit” even though it’s supposedly a favorite of hers. Did something happen to it? Or does she think it needs stealth treatment?https://t.co/dolUWqRjRT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 04:49PM
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When the legend becomes fact, strike solidarity with the outrage about the legend. https://t.co/29ia2rITi1
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 02:19PM
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First @MrWalterShapiro https://t.co/IkK4WqAEmD, now @StarrProspect. Did Democrats take so long to talk about the weakness of Biden’s message because they knew they could count on the MSM to be supportive (“transformational”) however uninspiring it was? https://t.co/f8ayEM7XO9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 02:15PM
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Too bad @StarrProspect thinks they should focus on the “tax credit” dole …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 02:11PM
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Now they realize it: “There’s no single policy or idea at its center, no clear message about the Democratic project as a whole that is equivalent to the New Deal or Great Society.” https://t.co/TiZIXWVhBB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 02:09PM
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Except that doesn’t seem to be what actually happened. Here’s a straightforward video of the confrontation. https://t.co/mUq6HJ6H0E https://t.co/kggxTavVrM
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 01:43PM
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More Slack [$] = fewer Tweets? Alarming for freeloaders like me who’ve come to rely on @JakeSherman’s Twitter reporting. https://t.co/Tnlj0ox2UY
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 01:25PM
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New Parrot Room is up: “Nobody Wants to Read Your Back-in Lede” https://t.co/XgxpKnFooJ
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 01:42AM
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And it seems pretty clear that nobody’s being ‘whipped’ in any way. https://t.co/FuGGJM92Yv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 01:37AM
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Around 22:50 I say the migrant being grabbed by the shirt by the mounted BP officer was “supposedly…trying to get control of the horse.” That didn’t happen,per this video https://t.co/mUq6HJ6H0E He just tries to get past the cop who grabs him to stop him https://t.co/ptbqbSx1s9
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 25, 2021 at 01:33AM
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Yes https://t.co/s5xO3ZjkUa https://t.co/2RDNR4NjIu
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Sep 25, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 09:50PM
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It’s an infallible tell. https://t.co/W99EcbtLGl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 05:35PM
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Was there huge voter demand for a $3.5T “soft” infra bill? No. As @MrWalterShapiro notes, Dem pols are pushing it because they think they’ll lose Congress and it’s their last chance to tap into the Treasury…sorry, “fund liberal priorities for a decade” https://t.co/IkK4WqAEmD https://t.co/DH7FYur8GD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 05:27PM
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“Voters crave explanations—and right now the Democrats, from Biden on down, are doing a mediocre job explaining an overarching vision for what they hope to accomplish with the 13-digit reconciliation bill.” https://t.co/IkK4WqAEmD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:19PM
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Note this poll was taken Sept 13-19, so it probably doesn’t reflect the deportations to Haiti, which started on the 19th — even if it’s the Haitians who are highlighted in WaPo’s account of disaffected black leaders: https://t.co/7UoD2ospTm https://t.co/VFekZPXwUM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:06PM
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Of course, statements against interest are always more credible. This case no exception. https://t.co/BNYFCeEBx4
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Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:33PM
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This FT scoop deserves way more attention than it’s gotten. Proposed Wuhan “gain of function” research seems very irresponsible: Aerosols, chimeric spike protiens, MERS, etc. DARPA turned them down, but what happened next? https://t.co/SbP0vDLEpp
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Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:03PM
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Slatepitch to end all @Slatepitches would be ‘@FranklinFoer was right the first time about Alfa Bank, dammit.’ https://t.co/NBoPqhAoRa via @slate
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:50PM
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Seems to me if they just pass the one, smaller bipartisan bill, Biden’s fine. He wasn’t elected to enact a bloated, allegedly ‘transformational’ spend-a-thon nobody outside of Dem establishment is inspired by. (“BBB”?) He was elected to not be Trump and get some things done. https://t.co/ZqNXYLumlY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:40PM
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One reason Glasser’s more down on Biden than I am is this: “The difficult truth is that, should Congress fail to pass Biden’s bills this fall, it would, in fact, be the kind of political blow that few new Presidents can recover from.” Huh? If they don’t pass BOTH bills he’s done? https://t.co/XU2Y4pHgxg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:35PM
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“It’s Too Early to Consign Joe Biden to the Ash Heap of History” That will come as a relief to Biden. @sbg1 is his biggest defender! I didn’t realize MSM Dem establishment was that worried. (See also Axios- “President Biden bit off too much, too fast”) https://t.co/5XLBIrraqM
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Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:22PM
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So, a gigantic exercise in Make-Believe to pretend the reconciliation bill is nearing passage, so enough progressives will vote for the bipartisan bill to pass it (after which it may take its time getting signed?). OK! But once it’s passed, don’t moderates have big leverage? https://t.co/0CSKjLLVLM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 12:03PM
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RealClear piece on Jake Sullivan’s potential exposure more interesting than expected … https://t.co/jmfJDAtF22
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 11:57AM
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Is Biden’s $3.5 T plan studded with creative, supply-boosting innovations as @econjared and @ezraklein imply https://t.co/M0K4b5MBEQ or does it mostly just pump trillions into the same, often ineffective channels? Michael Strain says the latter: https://t.co/OodzDelfik
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 02:46AM
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Guy who first used this example with me was…Joe Torrenueva, the stylist who gave John Edwards his $400 haircuts. Except he was a lot cheaper then. And he had 9 people working & 1 on welfare (not “demanding”). He was *exactly* the person you’d want cutting John Edwards’ hair. https://t.co/mTG97nB2yV
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Sep 24, 2021
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September 24, 2021 at 01:02AM
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