.@WSJ hardest hit. https://t.co/jfy9uNWlqm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 04:59PM
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The problem, of course, is that as soon as Biden’s reelected (if not before) Mexico will call off the crackdown and the surge will resume … https://t.co/s176RxJo9m

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 02:13PM
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Should be

GOP TURNED DOWN UNKNOWN SECRET DEAL THAT PRETENDED TO ADDRESS BORDER CRISIS WE CREATED https://t.co/Fn42ApR019

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Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:58PM
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Looks good https://t.co/7AtoQw6qh9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:46PM
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“This supplemental bill is a kamikaze plane in a box canyon with no exit headed for a train wreck.” Pretty good from Sen. Cruz, though it’s also a dumpster fire. https://t.co/RanFQswDE2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:25PM
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And not so long ago! (Two months.)

It’s true what they say about Mitt … https://t.co/VLMWlxf3U5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:14PM
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It’s not just Trump who opposes the ‘negotiated’ border bill. It was once this guy … https://t.co/L2tOsP2vX5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:11PM
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Rector also argues that the 1996 welfare reform shored up marriage: “Work requirements reduced the utility of being a single parent…As a result, the rapid decline in married families halted.” https://t.co/XX5rRRHtAI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 12:41PM
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I didn’t know you could “transfer” the work requirement. “Often, the custodial single parent will transfer eligibility for the benefit and the work requirement to relatives or other adults who don’t even live with the child.” Seems “porous,” as he says https://t.co/XX5rRRHtAI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 12:34PM
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In other words, a new mom could use last year’s income to give her CTC benefits this year–but not if she used last year’s income to claim benefits last year. … Trying to be constructive here! https://t.co/e51LzQXfwT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 12:26PM
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Huh? Not so confusing. The provisions of HR2 would be available to the next President. And Johnson leaves open the hope that Biden will shift to enforcement (it would, after all, help him politically). https://t.co/R17MGaJJzp

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 12:20PM
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No love lost between these two … https://t.co/UowSdVkfPl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:41AM
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Yes, but the Smith/Wyden bill has found a grey ares, no?: Two years of benefits for one year of work. Why not 20 years of benefits? At some point work connection becomes tenuous. Why not keep a ‘lookback’, but say one year of income can only support one year of benefits? https://t.co/NJA33K2NuI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:40AM
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Congress’ estimates don’t even try to measure the anti-work effect of the “lookback” provisions … https://t.co/FKPwok82Xt

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:31AM
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Congresspersons–Dem as well as GOP–are supposed to be scared of not voting (a once in a generation chance!) to have “more migrants come here successfully”? https://t.co/9EG1bDOxRK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:16AM
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Sargent’s @newrepublic piece is a smoking gun. He’s obviously in touch with people putting the Senate deal together, and he clearly says the deal’s goal is “having more migrants come here successfully and efficiently.” That’s not “fixing” the border as most GOPs/voters mean it. https://t.co/ls9z3ihTVw

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:12AM
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And Biden gets his Ukraine aid … how? By decoupling after the House blocks the bill? https://t.co/Ti4eE6llQX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 11:03AM
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Seems obvious she has a limited range of sources she talks to … https://t.co/I96VC2qjnq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 10:48AM
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They’re “Politico.” They’re supposed to be savvy. Why do they play dumb? It can’t just be that otherwise their sources won’t talk to them. https://t.co/0VjO2G2Pmq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 02:41AM
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“The idea of pairing Ukraine aid with immigration policy changes originated with Republicans”–@Politico
It did? https://t.co/yynqlKfuDq
https://t.co/TKKN7KBlKa

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:41AM
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Dropping out was a brilliant move, it turns out … https://t.co/6pD3sZOKd1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:32AM
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Why does @Politico so often sound like it is credulously swallowing the official line. Eg “At the tail end of the Senate GOP’s last meeting of the week, however, McConnell removed any doubts.” No he didn’t. There are still doubts! https://t.co/YxOlxA49SK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 01:21AM
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CRAZY MAGA IDEA: “Pro-Trump literature at his headquarters in Manchester focused on familiar themes such as protecting Social Security and Medicare …”
That’s in the *Republican* primary. This is not normal! (I don’t think it’s a bad thing.) https://t.co/odLpQp62nI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 26, 2024 at 12:12AM
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If it’s the toughest border security bill in a generation that’s only because Congress hasn’t done anything in a generation. Ridiculous talking point. It’s not tough. (Read Greg Sargent’s piece–it’s designed to sluice in an unlimited number of migrants. https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx) https://t.co/R5fjjp83QB

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 25, 2024 at 11:30PM
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Sargent’s last graf’s just wrong. He says GOPs think “Anything that reforms immigration without dramatically slashing legal immigration must be rejected.” But we’re talking about ILLEGAL immigration-bogus “asylum seekers” who shouldn’t be here. https://t.co/ILeVcJ8Hbx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 26, 2024

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January 25, 2024 at 09:31PM
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