Newsom for President! https://t.co/pKdbuWhuWY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:31PM
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I’ve noticed a lot of independent service workers (eg barbers) have NOT raised their prices, presumably because they worry about losing customers. No market power. They must be getting squeezed. https://t.co/ncjG4jPhK9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:30PM
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The wall must do some good if the gaps are so prized by smugglers and illegals. The 21-foot ladder option does not seem to be as easy as advertised. https://t.co/jCrlt2a8ls

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 05:23PM
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Still don’t see why Republicans can’t demand, as part of the deal, that Mayorkas be fired. Whatever reforms GOPs might achieve, you don’t want him implementing them. https://t.co/ETMG6a3aBL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 12:44PM
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Lankford-Tillis fake deal is too fake even for Lindsey Graham, who tweets they must address Biden’s “parole” abuse … https://t.co/0GoiFskWI8

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 04:05AM
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14 Republicans voted for the Gang of 8 amnesty bill–featuring an elaborate menu of Bubba-fooling fake-tough enforcement provisions–a decade ago. Not coincidentally, only 5 are still in the Senate (by my count)–Collins, Graham, Hoeven, Murkowski, Rubio. https://t.co/z62D8Qku6S

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 01:44AM
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Who are the 10 or so Senate GOPs who are going to vote for the Potemkin Kabuki fake feckless fig leaf border changes negotiated by Lankford? PS How many GOP senators are really happy they went along with Schumer and voted for the Gang of 8 amnesty bill in 2013? Rubio? Hoeven? https://t.co/2gty87omPn

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 15, 2023 at 01:34AM
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If @FrankSharry and the press’ other favorite pro-immigration activists had agreed to actually secure the border first, you could have had a full amnesty (“Dreamers,” everybody!) two decades ago. Most ineffective legislative strategy ever? https://t.co/nOhZZVWkue

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:58PM
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The migrant surge numbers will rise along with Trump’s polling lead, no? If would-be migrants think Trump is going to win, they’ll rush to the border now because they’ll think it’s their last chance before Biden’s easy-peasy policies end. (And the coyotes will tell them that.)

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:31PM
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Where to set the “trigger” for closing the border? The obvious logical place is at the capacity of our facilities to detain migrants as required by law (that’s 30,000 total, according to this piece). https://t.co/r1Dcdt0Z0I

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:24PM
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“the starkest implication of the bipartisan negotiations: The border can be closed. In essence, two sides are just haggling over the price; the fact that closure is legally and practically achievable has been established.?” https://t.co/bmhcFuZ3PT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:20PM
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Better no deal than to in any way normalize 3,000 illegal crossings a day. It’s not even close. That’s three times what Jeh Johnson said would overwhelm the system.

Get Lankford and Tillis out of there … https://t.co/bmhcFuZ3PT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 15, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 10:19PM
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Murphy-Tillis deal, the Gang of Fake! (Second-time-farce sequel to the Gang of Eight.) https://t.co/uxXnjbH9SY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 06:02PM
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.@Heritage, in a fundraising letter, is calling the Murphy-Tillis deal a “fake ‘compromise,’ though it’s not clear they are entirely up to date on it.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 05:57PM
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Alternatively: Ineffectual. tough-sounding changes hyped by reporters as “drastic” as part of plan to con Republicans, keep Biden border surge going, https://t.co/kF9rJlOn22

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 04:47PM
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First million’s FREE! https://t.co/AGM4sAZNIK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 03:53PM
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Tillis admits the obvious here: the showy outrage of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus is an essential part of the Kabuki, in which everyone pretends these fake-“hardline” changes are a big deal (while the migrant surge surges on) https://t.co/XAt56Ryjfq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:55PM
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It’s “Washington Make Believe,” as the late, revered Charles Peters would call it. Everyone gets a fig leaf but nothing really happens.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:30PM
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Would be better for GOPs just to pass the damn Ukraine bill (with suitable conditions) rather than pretend that this pile of Potemkin is a serious attempt to address the border disaster. https://t.co/GQQeJNWbu4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:29PM
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Where is @realDonaldTrump for that matter. He could scuttle this, no? https://t.co/GQQeJNWbu4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:26PM
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Reupping: https://t.co/q6AT9YDGMB

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:15PM
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Looks like the Full Potemkin. (See @DLind for why none of these will have much effect https://t.co/Gs6gDidJoC)

Republicans would be fools to accept this fake-tough package and let Biden pretend he’s cracking down with their cooperation.

Where is @SenTomCotton? https://t.co/vFfLEzQoiy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:14PM
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3,000 X 365 = 1, 095, 000. So a million a year get in before this authority gets triggered. What I’d expect from Tillis.

Where’s Tom Cotton? https://t.co/PxNSPeygkT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 01:51PM
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AMNESTY BROS: Remember when Paul Ryan and Democratic Congressman Luis Gutierrez went on their roadshow for immigration amnesty in 2013? Good times! They seemed to be having such fun. https://t.co/A27dx2j2bl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:59AM
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Paul Ryan was lobbying Speaker Johnson to sell out on

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 14, 2023

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December 14, 2023 at 02:50AM
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