Optics https://t.co/uCXMHNCupT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 8, 2018
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Shoulda listened to John Hart Ely on Roe. https://t.co/B8uj90f6iH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 8, 2018
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My suggestion for restoring shared values in a time of tribalism: Let's be willing to listen to each other instead of, oh, I don't know, instantly blocking anyone who writes a critical tweet? https://t.co/LoHu6S4mdy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 8, 2018
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Wait. You're still pushing the "autopsy" on immigration? Seems lik GOPs only won the WH (and now the SCOTUS swing seat) because Trump rejected the autopsy and came out firmly against "comprehensive" amnesty-first reform. https://t.co/tEajzErlSt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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It's almost as if they've been told for years that they're about to lose out to an unstoppable, "Coalition of the Ascendant" ("minorities, the millennial generation, and socially liberal upscale whites") that doesn't include them. … https://t.co/l2ura5Cu1e https://t.co/Fy2bHb2FiS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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I see a series of intensifying demonstrations in key House districts, blocking traffic at rush hour, demanding statehood for Guam, for expanding the Court (or shrinking it–your choice) &impeaching Kav, culminating in massive demo on, say, Nov. 5. Need to keep this issue alive! https://t.co/IAnemV35xm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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Don't think it would be unprincipled for McConnell NOT to hold SCOTUS seat open in-say-Trump's final year. The principle is that the Senate must consent to a nominee. The party that controls the Senate can control whether it gives consent. Constitution sets up raw political fight https://t.co/nltI8Pfi8U
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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If we build the wall (and wages keep rising) and they're still angry, you'll have a point https://t.co/QylxeHroG7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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Corporations response to rising wages seems to be an outsourcing binge https://t.co/vN6IVtkB20 Next: Demands for more immigration. Businesspeople know that more immigrants means lower wages, even if prominent economists don't.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 7, 2018
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"Khashoggi’s disappearance has drawn attention to Prince Salman’s crackdowns on his critics." Prince Salman (MBS) is @JaredKushner's good friend, right? https://t.co/Cxdptfe0fP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Trump's been very good for establishment Republicans. Tax bill. SCOTUS. You'd think he could leverage that and get from them what he campaigned on: his wall. You would be wrong. https://t.co/TLrRLhrsph
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Fact check: True https://t.co/OtAwKyLlo0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Trump pursues GOP Establishment's agenda (tax cuts, Kavanaugh) — he wins.
Trump pursues his own agenda (immigration) against GOP Establishment — he loses.
I sense a pattern.
Exceptions: Trade (maybe) entitlements (no Ryan cuts or voucherizing)— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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"[T]he complaints "centered on statements Kavanaugh made during his Senate confirmation hearings.
. “The complaints do not pertain to any conduct in which Judge Kavanaugh engaged as a judge." In other words, same complaings about his anger at hearings that you see on twitter. https://t.co/CcnfrRz7Tg— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Do you think "the battle over [Kav's] confirmation has swelled into an event of TITANIC CONSEQUENCEE in the country’s evolution on matters of gender and women’s equality"? [NYT's hype. E.A.] I don't. But then I thought 9/11' would blow over by Thanksgiving https://t.co/Lu6S62Lxki
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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"wasn't influenced by Collins." He's lucky its not a crime to lie to CNN. (It isn't, is it?) https://t.co/XYLds3Ix4S
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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They'll have to do better than that. https://t.co/ufyHm6FOX6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Happy to think Trump's criticism of Ford helped Kavanaugh but this piece doesn't realy make the case. Whom did it influence & how? How did it affect the 3 people that seemed to be the only ones who counted in the end? … https://t.co/MsNJJonmmy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Bork precedent isn't that you must vote against ideological foes. But you CAN-no need to defer to "qualifications" or president's wishes. Constitution sets up political fight. There are prudential reasons to vote yes-eg better than alternatives, need to fill seat somehow, voters! https://t.co/dStLVxN5m9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Republicans are clearly making a mistake in ending our horrifying, destructive national nightmare so quickly. GOP voters will have forgotten by Election Day. #feilerfasterthesis https://t.co/PCnneFAnIj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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Any more reassurances from Bushes and I'm heading for the elevators to yell at Sen. Flake. Just sayin https://t.co/eRpVsxFiZj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 6, 2018
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The idea that a SCOTUS nominee can't write an op-ed piece is another one of those "norms" that turn out — once they are broken — to have made no sense all along. https://t.co/2yAoA8Bua5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 5, 2018
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I think that *is* the Feiler Faster Thesis https://t.co/KzYKCyBPKP https://t.co/jaoaM66UEV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 5, 2018
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7/1/82 TRUTHERDAMMERUNG: "Ford would have ruled out much-scrutinized Kavanaugh calendar date, her team says" https://t.co/GrjFkQoHpR Now she tells us! Her "team" coulda said this last week & saved a lot of people embarrassment. "Timmy" lived in wrong town. https://t.co/00LIiN2YgY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 5, 2018
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