Waiting for Hannity to have another pro-amnesty “evolution” like he did in 2013. … https://t.co/fpJpkDe1n1

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Nov 9, 2026

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 9, 2026 at 02:09AM
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Can @StephenM fire the White House Rapid Response Team, or does Brooke Rollins control that? https://t.co/YNBUNNkqes

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 9, 2026 at 12:44AM
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They have various tricks they will use to say it’s not “amnesty.” For example: ‘It’s only renewable legal status, not full citizenship!” [But it still drives down wages, and it will become full citizenship soon enough because it’s crazy and wrong to have millions of legal permanent residents who can’t vote in elections.]

If they get to stay here legally, it’s amnesty.

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 9, 2026 at 12:43AM
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He’s being fed amnesty talking points. By Brooke Rollins? Jared? Murdoch ? https://t.co/Gm1FQZUTDI

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Nov 9, 2026

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Nov 9, 2026

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New Kafka manuscript discovered https://t.co/0DA6VbIsl0

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 9, 2026 at 12:14AM
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The problem with any amnesty “deal” is it is unenforceable against Democrats. Suppose they agree that after 10 years illegals get to stay. The next time they get in power, Dems will pass a new law saying it’s 3 years and they’ll open the border, Biden-style. There is nothing to stop them. You can’t control their future actions the way you can in an ordinary business deal, where one party promises they’ll do X and if they renege and do anti-X you can take them to court. Maybe a few years ago you could trust Dems to stick to any deal, but now they basically seem to feel any immigration controls are racist.

Note that it doesn’t work the other way around. Dems don’t have to trust Republicans to stick to any amnesty promise, because once people are amnestied they cannot be unamnestied. And once they are in the country it is very hard to get them out, as we have discovered.

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 11:58PM
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So impeachment and conviction will be near-unanimous? Voice vote! https://t.co/O5A0VmPyvb

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 11:43PM
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Listen to the snippet, people! Douthat appears to interrupt Trump when he’s in a non-combative mood and answering the question Douthat has asked about his proposed amnesty deal. Instead, Douthat switches the topic to a less important question (“Do you think immigration hurt you in the midterms.”) Now, maybe this was actually an edit by anti-substance CBS-ers. Hard to tell. If so Douthat shouldn’t have allowed the edit — I mean, why leave in the question (“What?”) if you’re going to cut the entire answer?

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Nov 9, 2026

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Listen to the snippet, people! Douthat appears to interrupt Trump when he’s in a non-combative mood and answering the question Douthat has asked about his proposed amnesty deal. Instead, Douthat switches the topic to a less important question (“Do you think immigration hurt you in the midterms.”) Now, maybe this was actually an edit by anti-substance CBS-ers. Hard to tell. If so Douthat shouldn’t have allowed the edit — I mean, why leave in the question (“What”) if you’re going to cut the entire answer?

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 10:40PM
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Nov 9, 2026

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And if so, how many billion people outside the US, egged on by cartels and “coyotes,” will immediately realize it is in their interest to come here illegally?

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 09:34PM
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And is so, how many billion people outside the US, egged on by cartels and “coyotes,” will immediately realize it is in their interest to come here illegally?

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 09:25PM
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Why not impeach Trump? He’s corrupt, he’s erratic, he led us into a stupid war he’d promised he’d keep us out of. There IS one big reason: He’s protected the border and US wages against the surge of immigrants that’s upending every other country in the Western World.

He just threw that reason away.

Why not impeach?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 09:19PM
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That was fast (the amnesty sellout). Does Trump think the Dems will do anything except pocket his amnesty and start planning for the next one (when they regain the presidency and open the borders again, Biden-style)? https://t.co/kFVxw5mdOw

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 09:15PM
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.@DLind comes out for the bold new idea of … amnesty. “The point is to make immigration law match the way so many Americans — the millions who’ve never had to experience it firsthand — think it already works.”

You come here illegally or under certain very clear restrictions, and in a few years, presto, the immigration lobby will make you a full citizen with no restrictions. Is that how many Americans think it works? Is that how they want it to work?

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 09:05PM
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Nothin’ woker than the NY publishing industry https://t.co/gW32HjlF5v

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Nov 9, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 08:33PM
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Claude says the job market is “stable,” not “strong.” Fine. It’s going up, unemployment is low, wages would be rising but for inflation (caused by… you know). Given what country’s gone through not a job market that would ordinarily result in punishment of party in power.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 8, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 03:20PM
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Claude says the job market is “stable,” not “strong.” Fine. It’s going up, unemployment is low, wages would be rising but for inflation (caused by… you know). Given what country’s gone not a job market that would ordinarily result in punishment of party in power.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 8, 2026

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November 8, 2026 at 03:10PM
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Homelessness rose in LA (a bit) but fell in San Francisco (more than a bit), whose mayor has been turning away from the left’s Housing First dogma. https://t.co/Gvgl9KE7k6

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Nov 8, 2026

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November 7, 2026 at 11:57PM
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Crime down, homelessness down. Job market strong. How did Trump lose? Or, right. He attacked Iran. https://t.co/QVlxLqwSB3

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Nov 8, 2026

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November 7, 2026 at 11:54PM
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Homeless population drops: @JasonDeParle actually partially credits the immigration explanation: “the trend likely reflects in part the ebbing of a crisis that began in 2022 when a wave of people seeking asylum were bused to Northern cities, where they flooded shelters.” https://t.co/A1cm8mC2Fu

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Nov 8, 2026

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November 7, 2026 at 11:51PM
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Rector was the heart & soul of Heritage and a powerful, credible voice on welfare issues. I assume he’ll continue to be the latter.

Note to my leftish friends: He favored work over welfare, including the imposition of work requirements (me too), but he had the balls to oppose putting a work requirement on Medicaid.https://t.co/hMrdUGfsCc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 8, 2026

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November 7, 2026 at 11:29PM
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.@Peggynoonannyc on voters and corruption: “They’ll accept a normal amount if the government keeps a strong economy and peace. But fail on the economy and peace and they’ll see your corruption and be angered by it.” OK. But it was the non-short war that disrupted the strong (non-inflationary) economy and peace. So even the corruption issue can be traced back to the war. https://t.co/AegW5STMDY

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Nov 7, 2026

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