Between his own out-of-synchness and the wall of determined media opposition, he seems unable to take credit for anything now, even actual accomplishments. https://t.co/dCoSVHsyf5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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Eh. Bush was half an incumbent (sitting VP). On the other hand, the country wasn't in crisis on his watch. On the other hand, politics moves much faster now, meaning Trump has more time https://t.co/KkhcX7bDZF. Not clear how useful precedent is. I agree Trump's in big trouble. https://t.co/tXz6lIFxc6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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1) Non-affluent kids go to parties too 2) Since the Grosse Pointe kids initially spread the virus to their families, not completely obvious why this disproportionately hurts poorer communities. https://t.co/3weC5rLDPr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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BURIED CONCESSION: "mail-in voting is less secure than voting in person" … Tell us more! (Article doesn't even address problem of "harvesting"). https://t.co/ITHM7kqVdQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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.@nprscottsimon pushing the Trump-collapse line hard today: "the president's poll numbers almost in freefall." @NPRrelving has to correct him: "[W]e're really only talking about changes in single digits." https://t.co/pDZE39BmPx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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“Now we have a surge in the Imperial Valley because the situation is so severe in Mexicali" — New York Times, June 7, updated June 17 https://t.co/Bj1xWdCjy3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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Whether or not its legal migrants or undocumented migrants, at least part of the upsurge in cases that is freaking people out — and being blamed almost entirely on premature opening-up — appears to be the result of an influx of sick people from Mexico. https://t.co/3JdaquB9mi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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Note that this is the process reported by Todd Bensman https://t.co/gzgs34Nclz and Reuters https://t.co/u2SKRLTslL and NYT https://t.co/zzMZAcodTJ Is it really only expats and legal permanent residents? Bensman & Horowitz https://t.co/YW64zVKR2d are skeptical https://t.co/ugvoWUUneo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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Also: "More than 500 hospital patients have been transferred out of the county to relieve pressure on hospitals in the rural county." Many have been shipped to San Bernardino Co., now suffering its own spike In part due to "transfer of hospitalized patients from Imperial County." https://t.co/xxGD43oSSC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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FROM GOV. NEWSOM (D) HIMSELF: "Newsom said state health officials are working with the the [CDC] to determine whether the outbreak in Imperial County has been exacerbated by COVID-19 patients coming in from Arizona, now a coronavirus hot spot, and Mexico. The county borders both" https://t.co/R6Nf6Y3eLu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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FROM GOV. NEWSOM (D) HIMSELF: "Newsom said state health officials are working with the the [CDC] to determine whether the outbreak in Imperial County has been exacerbated by COVID-19 patients coming in from Arizona, now a coronavirus hot spot, and Mexico. The county borders both" https://t.co/R6Nf6Y3eLu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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STILL MORE EVIDENCE (of people with Covid entering US from Mexico)–California Gov. wants to reimpose stay-at-home rules in Imperial County, on the Mexican and AZ border. "Imperial County has the highest rate of coronavirus cases per capita in California"https://t.co/lXtv8NWQKU https://t.co/AK4BFmkbSt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 28, 2020
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"Even Trump’s fiercest critics on the left can’t pretend that U.S. guest worker programs aren’t an ongoing scandal." https://t.co/n6DZAyAhJi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 27, 2020
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You Shoot and Nearly Kill One World-Famous Pop Artist And They Never Let You Forget It https://t.co/xqKSidzRI4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 27, 2020
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Wish I were confident of that! https://t.co/KMavx6xO2R
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 27, 2020
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Illegal immigration rose nearly 40% amid coronavirus reopenings – https://t.co/UnXGP6AMLy Dinan is very reliable.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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To @RepMattGaetz: Why have you joined Trump's self-defeating vendetta against Sessions? You know Tuberville will be weak on immigration. You are making the world safe for Jared Kushner. https://t.co/2RRRS2jeM3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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"Manic" would contradict the CW I've heard about Jared, which is "Icewater in his veins." Doesn't mean he wasn't! https://t.co/cVBW96fGqD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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Not sure trade "reciprocity" is enough for populists. Reciprocity at low tariff levels mean low-wage foreign workers win–those jobs move overseas. Thay may be OK–unless lower-skilled US workers wind up unemployed & aimless @wrmead https://t.co/NQ1ysbieby
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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I mean, in the Oliver Stone version of this incident, we'd have Authoritarian Trump barking "I don't care what you need to do, move them out of there! I need my photo." My impression is that didn't happen. No? https://t.co/uxuUWuR4d8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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This has to be one of the longest build-ups in years. Believe it when it happens. This leak seems designed to mobilize cheap-labor business opposition. I guess it's a sign of progress that they are worried. https://t.co/jKKbvQF3j3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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CORRECT ME TWITTER: I've now read NYT and WaPo accounts of the 6/1 Lafeyette Sq/photo op incident. Maybe a stupid question, but is there evidence Trump knew the route hadn't been cleared yet when he decided to do it/began his speech? Seems like nobody dared tell him + Barr ran it
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 12, 2020
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Just a little purge ("resign an editorship") … https://t.co/rDLLELaSRZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 11, 2020
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If they ban leafblowers I may switch sides https://t.co/79EtRGvp1u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 11, 2020
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Lady G was taken https://t.co/AEVIKuEDV1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) June 11, 2020
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