STOP THE SEPPUKU! GOP opponents of the $2.3T reconciliation bill (or parts thereof) maybe need to convince Dem moderates they’ve got a chance to win, so they won’t fatalistically toe the Pelosi line. ‘No, really, you can survive! Our candidate sucks!’ Give Dems a reason to fight. https://t.co/HGvqcuQNVu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2021
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August 12, 2021 at 12:42AM
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 09:03PM
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NOTE: To avoid clobbering, they don’t have to kill the child tax credit expansion. They can make the credit more generous (as Rubio would). They can brag about that! Just don’t add in the 10 percent or so of households who do not work (the welfare part). https://t.co/eSAvNGo98R
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 03:25PM
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Also hope “moderate” Democrats will read it! An issue that could clobber them in 2022. https://t.co/7XToh2SCW1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 03:06PM
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Rare tropical disease showing up in Georgia, Texas, Kansas, Minnesota https://t.co/jh6FYayCxl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 02:02PM
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Tell us more about this “big piece of legislation that [House Dem] moderates don’t want to support.” https://t.co/O0fxamguk5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 06:53AM
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.@ddayen infrastructure update useful as usual. He’s trying to figure out which liberal priorities will get thrown overboard. https://t.co/Ai8PsRFuN2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 12:37AM
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Administration still describing its plan to send neo-welfare checks to families that do no work (and therefore don’t pay taxes) as a “tax cut.” [PDF–hope link works] https://t.co/yAF0RQpnB5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 11, 2021 at 12:30AM
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If Dems can do anything they want in reconciliation–including raise the debt limit — why *can’t* they just eliminate the debt limit itself? Would Dem moderates object? https://t.co/xB46MT2gnY via @politico
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 09:49PM
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There’s 1) a “welfare state” based on work, which includes Social Security, EITC, UE, etc. And there’s 2) “welfare state” based on money–giving people $ based on need or just entitlement. Big difference which you think is cool! Clinton built (1), but liberals always wanted (2). https://t.co/g3tR3iBplh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 08:51PM
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Amnesty and welfare. Dems want to run on that?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 12:46PM
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“Parents don’t even have to file taxes to receive the credit, and may simply sign up online and start receiving checks.” [From Rubio CTC memo] Didn’t know that. DEM PLAN IS NOT A TAX CREDIT. MSM SHOULD STOP CALLING IT A TAX CREDIT! IT’S A HANDOUT-OR CHILD ALLOWANCE, IF YOU INSIST
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 12:35PM
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“It is not pro-family to provide direct cash payments without ensuring parents with troubled histories, whether because of crime or substance abuse, are put on a path to recovery.” [Rubio]
Single mom has Fentanyl habit, no job. Here’s a $300 no-questions CTC check! Good result?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 11:20AM
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America is the only country he’s ever known! He’s DACA! He’s more American than Americans! Which is why he’s running for … Guatemala. https://t.co/hxiPUP08L6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021 at 03:00AM
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THEY SHOULD SAY THAT MORE OFTEN: “In more candid moments, Biden officials admit that it isn’t any circulating strain…that keeps them up at night.[The] urgent threat is a hypothetically more dangerous virus that could emerge amid unchecked transmission.” https://t.co/urk4aW6Fvm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 09:14PM
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The continuing education of @brikeilarcnn … https://t.co/ouvbNQ6ne6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 04:58PM
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Mayorkas has lost even @washingtonpost ed board? https://t.co/7Af91p8EEh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 03:30PM
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And of course there are also “gotaways” who got away UNdetected and presumably are not included in the count … https://t.co/ng55OJ7nTX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 03:15PM
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202 224 3121 (US Capitol switchboard) Ask for your Rep. or Senator. https://t.co/55HtKK20gG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 03:06PM
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I did not realize that “specialty” hospitals–orthopedic hospitals, women’s hospitals, etc-sprang up as a way to avoid having an ER (and having to take indigent patients). One reason beds for COVID patients are limited in some states https://t.co/OPuIseGNM7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 02:58PM
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The last paragraph here is what I was thinking about –e.g. what SCOTUS could do if it were really pissed off at Biden https://t.co/PPIab3fmqh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 02:49PM
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I did not really that “specialty” hospitals–orthopedic hospitals, women’s hospitals, etc-sprang up as a way to avoid having an ER (and having to take indigent patients). One reason beds for COVID patients are limited in some states https://t.co/OPuIseGNM7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 02:47PM
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A good friend in the Business once told me that Markie Post was one of the few–OK, he said only–successful actress who was a normal human being and nice. I met her once and she was both those things. https://t.co/Vwij2Vxtqp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 04:28AM
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Pinkerton: 6 Things Joe Biden Could Do About Covid if He Is Serious https://t.co/7Nq1OqPEzj Not sure about #3, but hope the Biden people read this. Outlines an attitude adjustment that could help save lives (and Biden’s presidency, maybe).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 03:48AM
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Realtors association apparently tried, but lost the first round. https://t.co/y7XiqiZ7Qf [Thanks to @AbhiDhabi5] That didn’t stop the steel industry in 1952! https://t.co/7WMRpqXP0y You’d think SCOTUS (if asked) could short-circuit somehow if they were really pissed off. https://t.co/sHl5v6GIka
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 9, 2021
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August 09, 2021 at 01:23AM
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