How could Trump guarantee Dem control of Congress post-2018? Easy! He desperately needs his base to turn out so 1) Don't build the wall 2) Amnesty Dreamers (getting little in return) & 3) Hold lots of AL-style rallies where he pretends 1) & 2) didn't happen
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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From Yesterday: DACA fix compromise as soon as tonight, GOP rep says https://t.co/kvxQdesu7n
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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Visa Lottery (50K people/year) just doesn't seem that important. I wish restrictionists wld stop talking about it. Great danger is Dems will use ending it as cheap cover for DREAM amnesty. https://t.co/xNxLcRfpJV ("Chain migration," by contrast, is > 500K/yr)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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THE PERFECT NPR STORY: 'Is climate change causing gentrification?' Turns out probably not, but it's too perfect a concoction for @pritheworld not to cover for twelve–12!–excruciating minutes. https://t.co/OIGW6ZKTHX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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"a good number of the dreamers are from India."– unchallenged quote in WaPo. https://t.co/Qd4xp5t0pb About 3,000 are from India. 618.000 are from Mexico. https://t.co/gImApCCK45
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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Democrats unlikely to force DACA vote this week, probably averting shutdown https://t.co/Qd4xp5t0pb Just as @MarksKrikorian predicted
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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All @politico's sources seem to be on the loose-borders side. Hard to know how to assess. Reversion to bad old days when readers thought Gangof8 bill would sail through? https://t.co/NLpUqCyXJY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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All @politico's sources are on the loose-borders side. Hard to know how to asses it. Reversion to bad old days when readers thought Gangof8 bill would sail thorugh? https://t.co/NLpUqCyXJY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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From @CNNMoney, Oct., 2016: "A Trump win would sink stocks." https://t.co/R2SVHXWqzr (via @mkolken)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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Spouses yes. Nephews no. Doesn't seem that hard a line to draw. https://t.co/EokNl4pNT8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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Nearly 1-in-5 Illegal Aliens Would Go on Food Stamps After "DREAMer" Amnesty, Says CBO https://t.co/dkEEbGHnLq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 20, 2017
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Heartbreaking https://t.co/H5iOrHjktp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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What our immigration system really looks like https://t.co/xy5zqLH6cF Spoiler: Chain migration dominates system. But other useful numbers here.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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The playbook is written in German https://t.co/MTfnDhYTBL https://t.co/ACZdc6yVIM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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“If your friends are all high-score people, it’s good for you." Here's your dystopia, Hollywood! FICO + SJW = "social credit" hell https://t.co/vVGZL6QM5Q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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Does it still help B.O. to pitch your movie–in this case, "downsizing"–as anti-Trump? Did it ever? https://t.co/uVvJsjWFuo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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So is this thing I saw on 1-10 near Indio in 2013 the Secret Boeing plane? Suspect not (see tail wing angle here https://t.co/K8NnqTa6E8). But it's close … http://pic.twitter.com/sYDRaHXgLV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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"We want people to come in that can love our country." https://t.co/6YE8G9x6fP Lincoln said it better, but close enough https://t.co/JtnGbN5GOH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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AND THIS IS THE GUY GOING TO BAT FOR HER: "Thanks. I don't even mean to defend Rubin, who has gone off the deep end, but to identify an impulse that I think in some circumstances is defensible."-@DanFosterType (who's blocked me undoubtedly for a good reason)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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Five Years of Chain Migration Adds More People to U.S. than One Year of American Births https://t.co/rdwNRNxDCw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 19, 2017
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Reference is to https://t.co/rTLi12Nwq9 https://t.co/0qgVRVfv8s
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 18, 2017
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https://t.co/rTLi12Nwq9 https://t.co/0qgVRVfv8s
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 18, 2017
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Something's still missing … https://t.co/Gs1dXM5ab6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 18, 2017
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kausfiles casual empiricism suggests Manchin giving voice to views of large anti-Gillibrand faction of Dems. Backlash coming? Could Dem side get a bit Trumpy (e.g. a "stop this madness" faction accused of chauvinism, etc.)? https://t.co/BTP2ScC0Cd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 18, 2017
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Shouldn't the senators who've now apologized to Franken for (in their view) mistakenly pushing him to resign have the guts/integrity to go public about it (as @SenatorLeahy, but not at least two others, did) https://t.co/s10zrdQ7DR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 18, 2017
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