Monthly Archives: June 2025

.@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

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 30, 2025 at 07:54PM
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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

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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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June 29, 2025 at 09:50PM
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PS Those “outlier” levels cover most of the 20th century https://t.co/a8C3pKum6w

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:50PM
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1) Your chart ends in 2023. The RCP piece estimates over 16% now; 2) There’s a reason why we remember the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s as golden years! Wages were high, for one thing. https://t.co/tud7MF6yoM https://t.co/GpHHLfmgyT

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:43PM
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.@SecRollins is for a fully “LEGAL agricultural workforce, which she will achieve by legalizing all the illegal migrants who work on farms. https://t.co/1gGzSPKUGF

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:23PM
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Biden seems to have destroyed the basis for a “comprehensive immigration reform” compromise-which was always a trade of amnesty now for future enforcement measures. After Biden who’ll trust that a future Dem president won’t ignore or eviscerate any enforcement measures or limits?

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:21PM
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“Most of those who were added to the foreign-born population during the Biden years were added illegally.
… about 10 million illegal aliens were added to the U.S. population during the Biden administration.” https://t.co/cesgaAJmYb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:16PM
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“[A]bout one out of every six people now living in the U.S. is foreign-born, versus one out of every 21 on the eve of the Bicentennial. That’s a massive population transformation – one unlike anything our country has ever previously experienced.” https://t.co/mFkDFpuSaA

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Jun 30, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 08:08PM
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Everybody’s focused on the free buses and government grocery stores and tax hikes, but it’s the lax welfare policies and open migration policies that will destroy NYC … https://t.co/DRU5XWhikc

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Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 07:50PM
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Kagan hardest hit https://t.co/hA3Y1rR2wN

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Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 07:41PM
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.@SecRollins is for a fully “LEGAL agricultural workforce: which she will achieve by legalizing the illegal migrants who work on farms. https://t.co/1gGzSPKUGF

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Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 07:37PM
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Expect a lot of this BS to distract from the @SecRollins illegal migrant “free pass” sellout… https://t.co/4yGwu3sbuE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 05:32PM
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Unless you work in hotels or on farms https://t.co/PioDA8QvEm

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Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 02:47PM
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A nation mourns https://t.co/W39TQjzURX

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Jun 29, 2025

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June 29, 2025 at 02:25PM
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Not used to seeing sensible articles in @TheAtlantic. https://t.co/USOv4OsvW9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:32PM
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But the whole problem is ameliorated if @SCOTUS basically decides big issues quickly via the emergency docket. This seems to be the new equilibrium, per Kavanaugh, J. https://t.co/ssY9Lm8zPL Seems OK to me. We have the best Supreme Court in my lifetime. https://t.co/hi4haEilsi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:24PM
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But the whole problem is ameliorated if @SCOTUS basically decides big issues quickly via the shadow docket, no? https://t.co/hi4haEilsi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 28, 2025

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June 28, 2025 at 04:15PM
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