I didn’t realize Walter Shapiro came in 2d in the Dem primary for Congress when he ran. Respect. https://t.co/eEtKojJvmu

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 23, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 08:48PM
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I’ve been trying to keep a list of things about which *everyone,* left or right, Trumpy or anti-Trumpy, woke or no, agrees. So far I have 4:
1. There was nothing undignified or embarrassing in actor Geoffrey Owens working at Trader Joe’s;
2. “Fast Car” duet at the Grammys
3. PA… https://t.co/DKEuW1LaRL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 04:42PM
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This was explained to me decades ago by the barber who later gave John Edwards his $400 cuts, while he had me in his chair. He should cut every candidate’s hair. https://t.co/hNCuyuSRru

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 04:16PM
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Brad @delong gets with Feiler’s ‘What’s today’s earthquake?’ program:

“So why won’t Republicans replace Trump with the more electable, more capable J.D. Vance?”

https://t.co/NANk46uOMK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 04:05PM
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‘Get me some gravitas, STAT’ https://t.co/omt2rBolqy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 03:22PM
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Biden’s border policy (ie ending Trump’s controls) is a shining success, no? Why wouldn’t Harris want to be known as “border czar”? https://t.co/E4g3Ob8Aj7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 03:16PM
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“Most immigrant labor goes to work Americans don’t want, like in farm labor and meatpacking.”

This is verifiably false. The @NYTimes should issue a correction.

https://t.co/8QfUN3racP https://t.co/ADIly9rDPs

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 02:27PM
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For example, I didn’t think Ford’s pardon of Nixon would be a big issue against him. WTF?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 03:35AM
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.@MarkHalperin says that, as with Romney and Hillary, with Harris “the private version is significantly better than the public version.” OK!

This concludes today’s Halperin report.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 03:32AM
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So, everybody agrees on this:

https://t.co/MGzb17evMu

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 02:40AM
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My guess is people will assume she covered for him but that that was part of her job, and they’ll focus more on what kind of president she’d be going forward–which will make it even harder for her. But I’ve been wrong before. https://t.co/QRM6mpzqiA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 02:37AM
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I didn’t realize that “Mr. Mayorkas himself said on Monday that the allegation of denied requests was ‘a baseless and irresponsible statement and it is one that is unequivocally false.’ It turned out to be true.

Why does he get to pick the investigative panel? He’s in the… https://t.co/PVbtTsQeee

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 02:20AM
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“Illegal immigrants work mostly in construction, cleaning, maintenance, food service, garment manufacturing”–jobs Americans are quite willing to do for a decent wage. https://t.co/ADIly9r5ZU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 01:47AM
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NYT’s @jonathanweisman says “Most immigrant labor goes to work Americans don’t want, like in farm labor and meatpacking.” That is clearly false. (Only 2% of immigrants and 4% of ILLEGAL immigrants go into farm work, for example. There seem to be only 210,000 or so meatpacking… https://t.co/Q5IbqEkjZM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 01:41AM
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And only 2% of all immigrants (legal and illegal) do farm work, if that’s the group @jonathanweisman’s referring to.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 01:32AM
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And there are only 205,000 or so meatpackers in the US. The industry seems to be about 64% native, 36% immgrant. Hard to argue natives don’t want to do the work. And even if immigrants took 50% of those jobs that would only be a tiny fraction of the millions of illegals streaming… https://t.co/MFDbubbsuG https://t.co/m0GmSbp0E5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 01:30AM
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“An attempt to pass bipartisan immigration reforms failed as well, leaving the Biden administration without the tools to address a surge in border crossing”
Are you serious? That’s your summary of Biden’s 3.5 year border legacy? (The first 3 years were spent sluicing in as many… https://t.co/dsXSnkpEGQ https://t.co/l2WxNk7og8

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 22, 2024 at 12:46AM
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Why does this make me think of Liz Truss? https://t.co/YOryAi4gpd

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 11:15PM
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Only 4 percent of illegals do farm work. Weisman and @NYTimes just wrong. Don’t overthink this! https://t.co/heGZeuymhL https://t.co/vw1s6dvj5L

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 22, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 09:14PM
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Kind of another Emperor’s New Clothes situation. Is there any reward for pointing out ‘Kamala’s awful’? Even if Pelosi and Obama agree? https://t.co/klqA48AGXz

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 06:57PM
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Yes, Trump’s convention speech was a disaster! As bad as Biden’s debate! Wrecked the GOP convention! https://t.co/0Cko23TtKf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 05:48PM
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FORWARD LEAN! If Biden weren’t still president, he’d practically be a forgotten man (in MSM) by end of next week. But he is still president, so if Kamala seems to flounder won’t there be a second round of pressure on Biden–to resign and let her run as president? https://t.co/dzhpWS2Zln

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 05:26PM
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Mark Kelly will save her! Perfect running mate. He’s everything she’s not. (Sentiment on @MarkHalperin’s 2-way.) So why not nominate *him* for President? https://t.co/W4iBKBLkWp

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 05:03PM
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His google page gives a pretty good impression of his worldview and his work, which never stopped. https://t.co/28C97L89Lr

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 03:42PM
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Kind of gives Kamala too much importance, no? Wouldn’t it be closer to the truth to say that the Biden people were disappointed in her and would never trust her with anything important? https://t.co/cdyxspTA0O

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 21, 2024

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July 21, 2024 at 03:33PM
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