European voters! Why are they so obsessed with immigration? Can't they think of anything else? https://t.co/MMbe7wan6f
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2018
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.@Axios' Allen and VandeHei say it's a "known known" that "Paul Manafort … changed the Republican platform to the benefit of Russia." It is? Isikoff/Corn book says "no evidence that Manafort had been involved." Doesn't seem "known" to Google either https://t.co/v96siP7MM7
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Also should've cut some kind of deal w/ Ryan/McConnell where they'd give him something significant on immigration along w/ what they wanted (tax cuts). He's President. That's what we elected him to do. Exercise power. Not yell futilely at staff after failure https://t.co/I21aypx0bd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2018
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"Trump Tirade Is Culmination of Immigration Frustration" https://t.co/fG6SW9at5Q I don't understand. These are people Trump picked. He picked Nielsen. He picked @marcshort45. He picked @MickMulvaneyOMB. He picked Ivanka! If he'd wanted a wall he shouldn't have picked squishes.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2018
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I wonder if the open-borders push in Europe has triggered some kind of reaction. Hmmm. Do you see a pattern here? https://t.co/MUOc6C9B82
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2018
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APOLOGIES FOR GRAPHIC NON-CLARITY: The Kinsley article (explaining why Medicare negotiating drug prices might bid them down too low) is here https://t.co/9FDcy0vPOr It is not the Chait article, to which I was reacting. https://t.co/vaNRWoIIsq
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Note: Letting Medicare negotiate drug prices isn't necessarily the obvious wonderful idea it may seem. Let @MichaelKinsley explain it: https://t.co/9FDcy0vPOrhttps://t.co/56Ns30VgFw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 12, 2018
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'Especially the professional immigration activists we interviewed …' https://t.co/96FTsZd57w
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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BOGUS HOMERIC EPITHET DEPT. (from @MikeDeBonis): "'dreamers,' children brought illegally to the U.S. through no fault of their own." NOPE: You can sneak in on your own up to age 16 and still qualify as a "Dreamer" https://t.co/KCAMp8QPXN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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Ryan might have trouble keeping GOP discipline (assuming he wants to) because he's a lame duck. Nobody's worried he'll deny them committee assignment next year. https://t.co/KCAMp98qPl Another reason he should #GoNow https://t.co/uxO491LffD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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Executive takeaways: 1) Trump's hearing 'help-we-want-more-immigrants [or we'll have to raise wages]' pleas from biz allies 2) One of them might be @speakerryan who 3) may be planning a final loose-borders push before quitting 4) I'm NOT paranoid. Not. No way https://t.co/Cm3RKrc6cW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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In other words Trump didn't misspeak (https://t.co/ngvJLxjaOr). He's repeating biz pleas for more immigrants. Whose district is Foxconn in anyway? Oh, right. (Ryan) But it's not like Ryan's Cong. is hurtling into a big immig fight. Oh https://t.co/9eucEl0u6n https://t.co/kncb2zDIUc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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So Wisconsin employers are using the coming Foxconn plant to push for more immigrant workers? https://t.co/21h81z42H1 That might explain why Trump veered off into Foxconn when talking about seemingly agricultural "guestworkers" on 4/28 https://t.co/NoTkfcpkvM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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.@Reihan argues Trump has the formula he can win on: "Let the economy run hot, and ignore self-serving cries of labor shortages from corporate CEOs." https://t.co/3lE5vK7TFi Hope Trump knows that this is the formula. He's been parroting the self-serving cries
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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But good to see Maureen Tucker high on the list. No. 37 and 2014 Trump harbinger to boot. https://t.co/K4Rc3f8DXb The sweet spot of politics she pointed to is still the sweet spot. https://t.co/DQFXD69sna
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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'Roseanne' Tackles Illegal Immigration's Disastrous Impact on Working, Middle-Class Americans https://t.co/e4gwqn1Nfl
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But see https://t.co/T4eua7CZFf. Maybe they will sort it all out by breakfast. https://t.co/2CCG1lfMCM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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.@JessicaV_CIS says @SecNielsen made a "colossal mistake" in her Tues. testimony ("please come to the ports of entry"). Maybe Trump had a point criticizing her. https://t.co/QwX0WGEygS On the other hand she advised Trump to veto the omnibus, and she was right about that …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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Lost me at "Blood on the Tracks is the best rock album ever made." It's not even in the top 3 Bob Dylan albums. https://t.co/Q9AuYPu5xR via @vulture
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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I'm bad at estimating what things cost, but I'm skeptical $12,000 a month buys you a whole lot 'o lobbying on today's K St. (The figure is carefully described in story as "formal payments" to "outside" firms.) https://t.co/LQEVmv8N4f
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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"Fifth-largest share" = 1%. That's the percent of DACA applicants who are Korean. DACA applicants are *overwhelmingly* from Mexico — 77% are Mexican. Second largest share are Salvadorans–with only 4%. Source: https://t.co/f2Gb5X4NDA https://t.co/xU8iZqkvPK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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Sleazy fundraising machine SPLC has its hooks in Spotify now https://t.co/mLmyuFn9Fj Thanks, @JonathanPrince !
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 11, 2018
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Klout says I am an expert in transhumanism and the U.S. Navy. OK! https://t.co/1MmFq7PkLs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 10, 2018
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Useful chart intended to show how Trump is transforming the federal judiciary instead shows how Trump ISN'T EVEN CLOSE to transforming federal judiciary. In one year (2014) Obama flipped over 3 times as many judgeships to his party as Trump has. https://t.co/y4SLwJuTA1 #axiosam
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 10, 2018
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"Homeland Security Secretary Was Close to Resigning After Trump Berated Her" https://t.co/8JHIxQ1pf6 Of course the major blame falls on Trump for letting Ryan prioritize his agenda (tax cut and failed Obamacare repeal) over border security. Should've made (b) the price of (a).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) May 10, 2018
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