Reminds me, how is that FBI investigation of those mysteriously malfunctioning video cameras outside Epstein’s cell going? Been a while. Did I miss the FBI report?https://t.co/W73Lu47wGw https://t.co/zQVkm1LOL4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) October 1, 2019
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See last item here https://t.co/ULB1wFrYBx https://t.co/eG4waoevIr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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Say 'illegal alien' in New York City, and you could pay a $250K fine https://t.co/rCMmbhYFhq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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They all turn into Bob Shrum eventually. https://t.co/gEhKmA1ncU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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In the phone call transcript, Trump sure seems to believe the Crowdstrike and Biden charges. That means he’s not asking for “fake” info. He thinks he’s asking for true info. https://t.co/qfy1lGEZ3F
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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If President Hillary leaned on Russia to provide info showing Trump was on Putin’s payroll, would that violate campaign finance laws? Would it be impeachable? This seems like same deal. https://t.co/qYVBM4s19O
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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Why making providing oppo information a “thing of value” for campaign finance purposes is a really bad idea. Mueller didn’t try that. https://t.co/AIjnECLT42
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 30, 2019
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.@Vox’s defense: “[I]t is, unfortunately, routine business in Washington to hire the family members of powerful officials in hopes of gaining influence over public policy.” OK! Now it’s Explained. I think Biden should run with this defense, don’t you? https://t.co/cKPGZxxlt1 https://t.co/OchtRJT727
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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They (e.g. Schiff, Lithwick) keep saying Trump pressured Ukraine to produce “fake” info on Biden. Where is the “fake” part? I don’t see “fake” in the phone call, or the Whistleblower doc for that matter. Maybe I missed it https://t.co/1ltfdsj467
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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Because the Biden business stinks, whether or not the Shokin prosecution was “dormant.” Son Hunter clearly hired “to create the perception that [oil firm] was backed by powerful Americans at a time when Ukraine was especially dependent” on U.S. aid https://t.co/MtEzDiAeAR https://t.co/lzvQ3ZHMMe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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"[T]he president has admitted to asking the president of Ukraine to take actions which would benefit him politically.” That can’t be the standard for impeachment. A lot of things foreign govts might do-good things-also would benefit presidents politically https://t.co/ksqVbRfqOC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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$50G a month to be “decoration”? Nice gig. https://t.co/jL1Br2y9d9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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.@jonathanchait says ”Lots of officials were involved in disseminating these cover stories to hide the fact that Trump held back the aid to leverage Ukraine to investigate Biden,” then cites two people (Pence & Giuliani) who were candid about it. https://t.co/lKpYyCj2YS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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If Biden’s brilliant effort to oust Shokin (by threat of withholding aid) resulted in replacement by the also-corrupt Lutsenko, how brilliant was it? At least suggests lack of follow through in the threaten-aid-cutoff department. https://t.co/jL1Br2y9d9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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Deal! https://t.co/1fAuoT3ZaW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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It may also serve Trump purposes, if Trump is worried that enough of the establishment GOP senators (who hate him) might decide to vote against him if given enough time, no? Lock in the acquittal soon, move on. https://t.co/Gpb1Jkbp6u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 29, 2019
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“If Graham’s defense is going to be [why] Hunter Biden was making a bunch of money from a Ukranian gas company, he should look around Washington and he’ll see lots of people making lots of money because they know someone powerful.” Well, that’s the point https://t.co/Og8dTwyalD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 28, 2019
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Jeong is somewhere between annoying and awful (see 4th item here) https://t.co/XPzmoEiCIl But her recent tweets about cancellations seem totally defensible. https://t.co/fFqG0Xy616
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 28, 2019
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Bill Gates has some more explaining to do. “I didn’t go to New Mexico or Florida or Palm Beach or any of that.” But he went to Paris? https://t.co/qCAM0MCaUs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 28, 2019
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 28, 2019
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Now THIS was a “betrayal of US national security interests.” >>> https://t.co/BSaTq44YAo https://t.co/bpd6Y4SilR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 28, 2019
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But for Democrats (and NeverTrumpers) it’s not enough to beat Trump in an election. The Great Humiliation of 2016 must be declared invalid, annulled, expunged, vaporized, memory-holed. Mere election won’t do that. https://t.co/ULB1wFrYBx (last item) https://t.co/jiv4o37oAa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 27, 2019
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WE NEED A NEW FOX: Paul Ryan (now on Fox board!) urging the network to “decisively break” with Trump. https://t.co/Wcaecz1Cea
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 26, 2019
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Munro makes good point that Dems may want to hold these cheap tech workers hostage for possible giant 11M amnesty: “[I]f the business and investor groups get their extra Indian workers from Lee’s bill in 2019, then Democrats lose leverage to get CEOs’ support for a 2021 amnesty.” https://t.co/GhirLvCTkY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 26, 2019
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Sen. Durbin Blocks Indian Green-Card Giveaway: Wants Bigger Giveaway https://t.co/esmYY4By6T
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) September 26, 2019
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