PS “Foreign born” and “native born” are BLS’ categories, not mine. But they seem like a useful window into what’s going on in the Trump economy.
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Jul 3, 2025
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If I’m reading latest BLS stats right (entirely possible I’m not) June was another month when employment of foreign-born workers declined a bit while employment of native-born increased more than a bit. See Table A-7 here https://t.co/uqiWfm5iXj and here https://t.co/Wysb5wnhut
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Jul 3, 2025
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Reverse Putnam: ‘Diversity is good because it undermines support for generous government programs.’ New Dealers take note. https://t.co/SMTzZuhOJA
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Jul 2, 2025
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Theory: Even when the Ford Foundation wasn’t woke, it was awful (eg fighting welfare reform; inventing “Latino” category) https://t.co/C0MmpWU55a
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Jul 2, 2025
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Theory: Even when the Ford Foundation wasn’t woke, it was awful (eg fighting welfare reform) https://t.co/C0MmpWU55a
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Jul 2, 2025
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Q: What comes next after intermittent fasting? https://t.co/C7QSzMuDoU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 06:53PM
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No point being dogmatic about public v private ownership–Trump & MAGA aren’t free market purists. But as a Marxish ex-college socialist I can say it’s really important that someone has basically made their peace with capitalism. Otherwise you keep pushing for the next phase … https://t.co/ZkEF5aeYmP
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Jul 1, 2025
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I’m not for the Medicaid work requirement, but don’t you think it weeds out bigger-than-average risks, on average? https://t.co/mk7xzf5SPU
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Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 04:43PM
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I’m not for the Medicaid work requirement, but don’t you think it weeds out bigger-than-average risks? https://t.co/mk7xzf5SPU
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Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 04:42PM
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Best quote is “maybe not federal” https://t.co/WaMDrYI1Qd
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Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 04:33PM
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One interpretation: This is what in CA is called a “juice bill.” Why pass it now when there are years more lavish contributions to be milked from Silicon Valley? https://t.co/mSmQQbaAaF
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Jul 1, 2025
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I don’t quite understand this. He is doing such a good job as a candidate he doesn’t need this victim stuff. https://t.co/3U2p39rVXI
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Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 04:05PM
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Isn’t the political divide, almost everywhere, between the cosmopolitan cities and the conservative countrysides? Are there exceptions? (Venezuela seems like one.) https://t.co/YffQQ1C7fd
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Jul 1, 2025
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Harmless boilerplate! https://t.co/O2wrdwtroE
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Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 03:42PM
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Has any company ever bet as wrong as @Jaguar? Killed their gas cars, betting on an all-EV future at the very moment it became clear there won’t be an all-EV future anytime soon. Ads suck. Font sucks. Prototype sucks. Sold 49 units in Europe last month. https://t.co/pInJpxhMW7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 1, 2025
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July 01, 2025 at 04:34AM
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Well, there’s this complication (from 2021). https://t.co/iGDemfJadU https://t.co/YJEIyj7pLu
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Jul 1, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 11:42PM
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If 15 different companies can contact me when my auto lease is about to expire … https://t.co/0QpskuH7N3
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Jul 1, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 11:27PM
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We’d gain democratic accountability but lose Ben Sasse. I’ll take that trade. https://t.co/YxTHqVUJzy
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Jul 1, 2025
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.@newrepublic doesn’t really even try to explain the “provider tax” gimmick to its readers, especially what I think is a key point: The tax gets the feds to send higher Medicaid reimbursements which DON”T all get spent on Medicaid. (Let me know if I’m wrong.) It’s just $ for
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 30, 2025
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.@newrepublic doesn’t really try to explain the “provider tax” gimmick to its readers, especially what I think is a key point: The tax gets the feds to send higher Medicaid reimbursements which DON”T all get spent on Medicaid. (Let me know if I’m wrong.) It’s just $ for states,
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Jun 30, 2025
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And think of all the crap writing it produces https://t.co/Q966cWgTW1
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Jun 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 03:04PM
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Did FDR have party discipline, as well as huge majorities? Suspect he did.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 02:52PM
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I don’t know. If we consistently had more party discipline Congress might be able to pass lots of regulations democratically and we would have less (no?) need for the unelected “independent rulemaking agencies” that are such a constitutional headache. https://t.co/OZmT0204Nh
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Jun 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 02:49PM
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‘Tell Zohran Mamdani to keep his rice fingers off our money’ https://t.co/ZxVHukEWD8 https://t.co/DkyNkec30v
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Jun 30, 2025
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June 30, 2025 at 01:07AM
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The usual constant explanations (polarization, personality, etc.) wouldn’t seem to explain why Trump isn’t gaining much even as positive results materialize. Is it possible there’s a Ninth Planet effect–eg an underlying shift to the left in the general electorate (that just https://t.co/EOSEfj7XK6
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Jun 30, 2025
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