Link: https://t.co/adc7tIn3xz
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Link to @elainaplott piece https://t.co/adc7tIn3xz https://t.co/T2YCSbMlnF
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Jared: “[E]verything runs through me.” https://t.co/dwVvnatzT3
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BURIED LEDE: Why has "trust in other negotiators such as Kushner and Pence … dwindled" on the Hill? Is it because they (and Mulvaney) sell what's obviously Trumps "soft yes" as a 'hard yes"? More on this, please https://t.co/T2YCSbMlnF
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Deeply suspicious of Knight (tax cut/Gary Cohn pick). Passage below doesn't relieve concerns. Also this: "[S]hutting down the government over a border wall is probably not something that, unlike the president, she was 'proud' to do." Can't Trump hire people who agree with him? https://t.co/SIG1I8OdGw
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We disagree https://t.co/JeBZRgrOe0
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Trump signing this would be consistent with Rope-A-Dope strategy (i.e. don't make shutdown too painful–shave off sharp edges, even reopen individual departments, so he can keep shutdown going and keep talking about immigration for a looooong time). https://t.co/bgypqCdR95
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You're more easily persuaded than I am. I'm more easily persuaded than Krikorian. But whole debate's pointless unless voters have CONTROL over how many we let in. Wall, etc designed to give us control. Dem positions prevent control–so mass immig. happens whatever voters decide. https://t.co/vaCY7NrVTM
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All about maximizing GDP to Dalmia. Not what I would maximize. Tenor and texture of US society also important. What good is high GDP if we throw less skilled fellow Americans on economic scrapheap? https://t.co/516i0biTKh
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HERE'S YOUR BARGAINING CHIP, MR. PRESIDENT: "Democrats Unveil Bill to Raise Federal Minimum Wage to $15" https://t.co/XUOYzA1d2I Give Dems a minimum wage hike in exchange for the wall. Think outside Lindsey's box!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 16, 2019
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Um, Hillary Clinton https://t.co/D8QUzQKkg2 https://t.co/Qe75HyiWFc
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Looks to me like figure would be around 590,000 if you take the 60,782 figure from this release https://t.co/B41oFvKcqk and plug it into this chart https://t.co/2Sq9Q9CsSw FY2019 still on track to surpass even 2014 surge, when "amnesty" talk was omnipresent. https://t.co/Llboo643NY
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This *would* be 3D chess … https://t.co/g30SInFhBR
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What would help prevent deaths? A border wall in remote areas (as well as near towns). Like a fence around a swimming pool to keep people from drowning. https://t.co/elk0a7DAbN
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Which way is the ski rental? https://t.co/WiJ6pcDkr0
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Up 5 points from August. Meanwhile the % who think government is doing too *much* is down 6, to 28%. Theory:
When people talk about immigration, the "control" side gains–and shutdown is keeping them talking about immigration. At some point Chuck/Nancy may have enough. https://t.co/k2s8dmC9cS— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 16, 2019
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If only there were some policy that could keep labor markets tight even if the economy cools a bit…. I mean, we have to let all our people –citizens, legal residents — get jobs. But what about … [just trying to think this through here ]… https://t.co/EtuEoi3V4C
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Again, Trump is delivering on his most basic promise: "[A]fter 35 years of essentially flat wages — are finally clawing back real added income, Last year, wages grew by 3.2%, the biggest increase since 2009 and a full 1.2% higher than inflation," https://t.co/dSy5p3GCRJ
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They could bring back only those federal employees who spark joy.
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Specifically grounds his New Constituion in globalism ("military presence in over 170 countries … trading relationships")? https://t.co/JtX8xMr1t2
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More nostalgia for the Days of the Gang of 8, when bipartisan statesmen convened to con the public into a giant amnesty & immigration increase with fake promises of enforcement. Swamp at its finest https://t.co/8BBO4SJfKu https://t.co/eoPB5Z4m9w
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‘Safe’ Border City Awash in Rio Grande Crime Wave https://t.co/pylOkCtZnj "[T]he actual crime rate is higher than official statistics let on….[C]rimes – even violent ones – are not always reported."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 15, 2019
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That will require retraining the manatees https://t.co/KkPngqHa4x
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"The Postman Always Rings Twice" https://t.co/jlmQj97x5E
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The so-crazy-it-can't-possibly-work-but-it's-deliciously-subversive possibility would be if the savings (in salary, or heating bills, or whatever) from furloughing all these workers and de facto shrinking government could somehow be used to … fund the Wall. https://t.co/XTPwtuebxP
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