He is, for one thing, making Laura Loomer’s case for her. Americans did not vote for no numeric caps on immigration.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 03:00AM
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Agree with @Idomeneus_OG that this is a solid Vivektomy … https://t.co/n2Y6bFAaMn

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 02:50AM
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Musk, Sacks, and Lonsdale are retreating to defensible positions and Vivek is still pushing his idea that we should have *no* “numeric caps” on immigration because we need to be #1 (Beat China). Still crazy, even if you call it a “hard truth.”

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 02:44AM
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Yeah, I don’t like the slogan but that isn’t what it means.

Vivek is getting really annoying. https://t.co/nNrBnGdEsc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 02:35AM
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although that may make Vivek’s point.

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 02:10AM
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Who needs H-1Bs when you believe in no “numerical caps'” at all on immigration–Vivek’s brilliant third way in his NatCon speech https://t.co/O72qOeyd1M https://t.co/b5r395byYD

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 02:08AM
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Also, hard to believe @VivekGRamaswamy himself was a grind. … https://t.co/i0bYm92BUE

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 01:53AM
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Now we’re getting somewhere https://t.co/E4cuTvAioC

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 27, 2024 at 01:12AM
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‘While you were off venerating mediocrity I was curing Alzheimer’s! … Oh, wait.’ https://t.co/SlEWzAxifX

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 08:40PM
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This was his tune only recently: https://t.co/GtX0YcZtRt

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 08:35PM
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Nerds, stand back and stand by! https://t.co/aLslmXNLkR

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 08:25PM
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If @elonmusk is really only talking about the top < “0.1% of engineering talent,” he can prove it by endorsing the RAISE Act, or something like it, to “increase [the] number and share of new immigrants chosen for their skills and [reduce] the overall level of immigration.” https://t.co/ZvbAeepEw6

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 08:20PM
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The differences between Trump voters (who want immigration reduced) and SV tech moguls (who want more foreign techies) are eminently negotiable, if the SV types can cabin their self-righteousness. @MarkKrikorian has constructive suggestions here: https://t.co/mHtMYdvmZG

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 08:16PM
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I should probably have linked to this @ElonMusk tweet for the “wants a lot of them” point: https://t.co/zSiLwi5EgO https://t.co/67IIYkyWfz

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Dec 27, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 07:56PM
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Beating a welcome strategic retreat? …With the help of a seemingly paranoid conspiracy theory … https://t.co/AuCNV75k8g

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Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 05:05PM
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IT’S ALL ‘FRIENDS’ FAULT: What Vivek really thinks about America. He has a point. a) Also has the arrogance of many striving immigrant families (maybe also a tech thing–did German Jews who came here and flourished before and during WWII have it?) b) Does not seem to have a firm… https://t.co/QPf8ttGVGs https://t.co/Z5UffKqxbT

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Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 04:40PM
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IT’S ALL ‘FRIENDS’ FAULT: What Vivek really thinks about America. He has a point. a) Also has the arrogance of many striving immigrant families (maybe also a tech thing–did German Jews who came here and flourished after WWII have it?) b) Does not seem to have a firm feel for… https://t.co/sCCosZzFuX https://t.co/Z5UffKr51r

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Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 03:53PM
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Reinforces my view that a) a man who seems to be selling snake oil is usually selling snake oil b) it was a mistake to give Ramaswamy co-leadership of DOGE, and we will come to regret it.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 02:24AM
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The scam is how Ramaswamy suggest, when appealing to the NatCon crowd, that the number he’d let in via his civics exam would be close to the number needed to preserve wages. Zero reason to think that’d be true (unless he fiddles with grading scale to achieve illicit wage goal).

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 02:23AM
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Note that there’s nothing in Vivek’s speech about “winning” or “merit” either. He is against numerical caps because…well, I guess he thinks all people should be able to come here if they accept our values. Any attempt at limiting the flow is part of the evil “regulatory state.” https://t.co/hoJ1Aw2H5j

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 02:19AM
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See https://t.co/mCcwRkCbIA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 02:17AM
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Oy. In that speech you oppose all “numerical caps”! You’d whittle down the 700M people who want to come here with a civics exam. But there’s no reason to think 20M/a year wouldn’t pass the exam. You deride any concern for wages. At least Musk is only talking about tech workers https://t.co/6W0PSBcSRl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 02:16AM
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Et tu, Vivek? https://t.co/xRXm01yFh4

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Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 01:50AM
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Musk clearly wants a lot of them! https://t.co/v3KiTiAOsK Do @JTLonsdale s “superstars” = Musk’s “super talented engineers AND super motivated”? Does “super motivated” mean effectively indentured? No wonder there aren’t enough Americans …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 26, 2024

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December 26, 2024 at 01:20AM
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I dunno. @sriramk was appointed. Somebody pushed for him. @LauraLoomer objected, which is her right. Then @elonmusk weighed in with an extreme and unnuanced attack (“infinite potential for job and company creation”) on the idea of limiting immigration to protect American jobs,… https://t.co/TUn6Fdsct2 https://t.co/dsj2ML5eB8

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Dec 26, 2024

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