*Unlimited* guest workers? Who needs open borders?
Trump/Jared going to go for that? https://t.co/LpygFmSjVq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 17, 2019
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The H-2B guest worker lobby? Isn't one of those groups the one that hired Matt Schlapp, head of CPAC (and husband of @RealDonaldTrump's Director of Strategic Communications)?
See "Seasonal Employment Alliance" here: https://t.co/o4h6OA83ex https://t.co/Ywii0PMqXJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2019
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Also: Fighting and losing isn't the same as actively betraying, in the belief that the base is *so* happy with all the fighting-and-losing on the wall that they'll swallow a big immigration increase.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2019
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.@HenryOlsenEPPC: "For the mass of [Trump] fans, all he must do is fight"–not win. Convenient for him if true. But does he need the "mass" of his fans, or *all* of them–and then some, to make up for suburban erosion? https://t.co/FljslzOKuw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2019
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IS THIS TAKE TAKEN? If the system were as rigged as people say, would Felicity Huffman et al have had to cheat? The meritocracy was about to weed out their kids, or at least deliver some downward mobility.
Take termperature: Hot? Luke? Cold? Ice Cold?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 16, 2019
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“Bannon recalls Kushner furiously shouting at him at the White House in 2017 after he confronted Kushner about holding secret talks with senators on immigration reform. 'He goes from a little boy to, like, this fucking devil,' ” https://t.co/Ebc41ppCMa Might be spin. Might not.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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I'm saying he fought not-very-competently, he prioritized other issues (eg Ryan's tax bill, Obamacare repeal), he appointed people who didn't want to fight (or actively opposed his agenda), took the base for granted and failed for two years. https://t.co/d83M7ZUHlW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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"With increasing competition for fewer hourly workers, Costco is not the only one raising pay. Amazon, Target, and Walmart have all raised minimum wages in the U.S. over the last year." https://t.co/MkQDjyx5OV Tight labor market=bosses no longer in the saddle.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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Means-testing entitlements is not crazy. Also not necessarily non-"progressive." https://t.co/AvGmfY4rNI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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That's the debate isn't it? My view: we elect Presidents in part to persuade Congress to pass laws. GOP had both houses. There were many things GOP & Dems wanted. A pol's job is to make it happen. The wall wasn't even a heavy lift for a skilled pol. Asylum tightening also doable. https://t.co/1szvF6cVt6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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"Workers at the lower end of the pay scale finally are getting the most benefit from rising wages" Can't have that. Somebody do something! … https://t.co/EyeLWLih45
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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V-useful rant/thread running through Trump's immigration failures–counterpart to Coulter's by-the-numbers indictment Wed. https://t.co/aeG7KWMiDu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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Taranto is Boot's Javert. He seems to have him dead to rights. https://t.co/Df3qY7uXSR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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So there's ZER0 miles of "new" wall or fence. But how many miles of hop-over "vehicle barrier" have been replaced by tall wall/fence–a huge improvement? The answer seems to be about 20 miles. Not impressive. There are 280 miles of "vehicle" fence. https://t.co/xSrlRDIRpB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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"[Toomey, Lee, and Rubio] all voted against Trump despite their collective desire for more barriers on the border." If all these Senate Republicans support more wall, why didn't they do something about it in the budget? https://t.co/opOMR9648b
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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We tried the fancy new technology–"virtual wall"– and it failed. https://t.co/PvjLyUEwC8 Maybe one day a "virtual wall" will work, like in "The Prisoner." Until then, Trump seems right. https://t.co/SMqhQYuI90
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 15, 2019
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A clarifying column on Varsity Blues. https://t.co/wbNNlQE1Co
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 14, 2019
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Are the Schlapps sure it was a good idea to pick a fight with Coulter?**
**–I mean good for Trump, not for the Schlapps. https://t.co/00AluRCuRT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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Trump *is* delivering on his essential promise–tight labor market producing wage gains for the bottom half. The problem is he now seems to be conspiring with Chamber of Commerce & Kochs to import workers and *un*deliver the promise. https://t.co/A3LE5kzXy8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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This seems clearly replacing existing hop-over "vehicle barrier" with bollard wall, as Army Corps admitted https://t.co/l1cQpIyt0k It's a big upgrade–Trump should get points for it–but it's not "new" barrier. https://t.co/d7h7gKzrjH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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"The Real Art of the Deal," by Charles Kushner https://t.co/p04BXCP38R
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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New chant not "Finish the Wall!," it's "Find the Wall!" https://t.co/3WTdDhjKc0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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Two tweets and @TweetDeck says my "rate limit" has been reached?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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Alternative theory (if you are immigration-centric): Pelosi dropping impeachment makes amnesty much more likely, because Trump no longer has to please the base so they will defend him against impeachment. (Still needs them for reelection, of course.) https://t.co/DfgLIjeIiS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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He's not wrong. https://t.co/tSwLwdfVaW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 13, 2019
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