This chart makes Trump look pretty good, no–US out of woods by the time Biden takes office? https://t.co/KRHqImO8r5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 05:38AM
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There really is something called Lipo Queen Shapewear https://t.co/n4iTw8i6GP @TheAnkler was not making it up https://t.co/EOtRvnoLY6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 05:25AM
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Shrinkflation? Bring it on. We’re all on Ozempic now. (In Hollywood, anyway.) https://t.co/EOtRvnoLY6

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 05:21AM
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Obvious problems: 1) You’d need some elementary vetting, especially if you’re in a hi-crime or hi-homeless area. You might need to charge a small entrance fee. 2) Commonality helps, including living in neighborhood. (Dramatic diversity is not the friend of this idea). 3) You need… https://t.co/Kq5ju3QutD

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Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 05:13AM
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“Community Living Rooms”–worth a try, if some modern Andrew Carnegie type wants to fund them. We have the billionaires … https://t.co/suXwysKKFT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 04:51AM
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Doesn’t even slowing population growth intrinsically help cut fossil fuel use and help the fight climate change? Seems like a plus. Also: more room for you and more room for me. Yes, if extraterrestrial invaders engage us in WWI-style trench warfare, we’ll lose.

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Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 04:31AM
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Good column but not at all convincing that with smaller populations we’ll be in a “world of pain.” It’ll be “melancholy”–OK. And Africans from still-populous countries may try to move to Europe & US which “drives up the probability of right-wing politics.” Is that it? https://t.co/rrdDloJ3Tc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 10, 2024 at 04:24AM
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I. E.: started yesterday. Runs thru next Thursday. https://t.co/osA7RTu7MC

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 08:54PM
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Misuse of Texas Data Understates Illegal Immigrant Criminality https://t.co/RRvSU7Rv4t via @CIS_org

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Mar 10, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 07:32PM
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Go deeper: Buzz? https://t.co/IFQWh5Zncu

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Mar 10, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 07:28PM
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And the hell with marginally employed native minorities, high-school dropouts and ex-offenders who might have been hoping that a tight labor market would finally offer them a good shot at steady, decently paid employment …. https://t.co/uwz3nQ7flv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 07:16PM
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.@NPR Science! Remember, this is the study *they* cite for the immigrants-commit-fewer-crimes talking point. https://t.co/IDfAkZYUfh

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Mar 10, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 07:13PM
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Ah, “mostly.” What a weasel paragraph in that study–“large portion”…”likely” … “moderates”…”in most years”…”remain slightly more likely to be incarcerated” –but, hey, they’re lower than *this* crime-prone subgroup of Americans! Hey, there’s still a gap–but the… https://t.co/OrgqfGi18o https://t.co/wpom9Szpc4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 06:51PM
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TNR’s @GregTSargent gave the game away weeks ago, when he lauded the Biden-Lankford deal as “having more migrants come here successfully and efficiently.” https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx If you want One Billion Americans (or more), not very skilled or well vetted, this bill’s for you! https://t.co/tcLm5MgUVz

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 06:14PM
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Reupping: Why spending billions in “resources” to flow migrants in faster–the Biden/Lankford “conservative” plan–isn’t a promising policy. https://t.co/FXBM3M1Pnc

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Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 06:08PM
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But the key phrase in here is “orderly flow.” It’s clear from this-if it wasn’t already-that Biden wants to continue the much higher flow of migrants than the elected Congress decided to allow, and his “conservative” bill is designed to achieve it, not reduce it to legal levels. https://t.co/2rShaQOJgI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 06:01PM
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OK. Will wait for signs of positive effects to come flooding in… https://t.co/OP7HnrawrU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 05:24PM
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Almost two-thirds counted! Don’t rush them! https://t.co/0CP590OfQ9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 04:17AM
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.@NPR cites big Stanford study for dogma that immigrants are “less likely to be incarcerated than U.S.-born people.” But there’s a caveat sentence in the study: “The one exception is Mexican and Central American immigrants who remain more likely to be incarcerated relative to… https://t.co/A7NttBtM5r

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2024

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March 09, 2024 at 03:48AM
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There was something Biden’s SOTU last night reminded me of, and I’ve figured out what it was: It was like being barked at by a TSA agent at an airport security checkpoint. “Laptops out!”

Maybe it was a more pleasant experience for you.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 06:18PM
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As this was posted the “parole” lawsuit was being dismissed on standing-to-sue issue at the District Court level, but that can be appealed, ultimately to SCOTUS https://t.co/bcCpUIwypH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 06:03PM
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“Illegal” was the most effective thing Biden did last night, I thought. Campaigning as a ‘guy who cuts through the BS’ a good groove for him. https://t.co/YmQ66e26Rf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 05:57PM
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I dunno. The interaction at previous SOTU about Social Security was educational & a coup for Biden. Don’t see where “Oh you don’t like that bill, huh?”-spoken with a weird stage smile-was either informative or effective theater. Imagine a British PM saying that in question time. https://t.co/ABYYMWN6Dz

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 05:20PM
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“Exit question!” https://t.co/bpcd3sKOSc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 04:52PM
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Even the supposed toughening of the “credible fear” standard is a fake https://t.co/ChSyn6rrA4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 8, 2024

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March 08, 2024 at 04:50PM
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