More immigration! https://t.co/iD2iRw0qfN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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More immigration! https://t.co/iD2iRw0qfN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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We (reporters especially, but everyone) are really going to hate it when presidents go back to a "clear strategic message of the day." Stilted, manipulative & boring. Nixonian. Not so bad if Trump's not a pro. https://t.co/CJWEemKWje
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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If you're Murdoch, you're terrified of a new right-wing network stealing viewers of highly-profitable FOX. That's why Sinclair seems perfect for Murdoch: clumsy, ham-handed competitor takes up space that could be occupied by more effective rival.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Reminder: Insane Rounds/Collins/Schumer DACA fix actually *would* have protected the current caravaners if they made it to our interior. https://t.co/apFlQx27Am As long as they came before June 30 of this year https://t.co/aPRdgEbKWb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Guatemala, not Honduras, sends the most?//"South Texas Border Patrol Agents Overwhelmed by Illegal Border Crossers, Says Agent" https://t.co/TlhAGi4lxZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Schumer's ex-aide: Dems won't let border loopholes be closed unless they get a big amnesty in exchange; plan to use surge to force "comprehensive" reform. Confident courts are on their side. https://t.co/EmJX04usVb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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The 1996 welfare reform passed 3 months before an election. Sometimes elections focus the mind. https://t.co/ueyTs1oCKz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Prediction: Rubio will be the winner! https://t.co/VSfroDAWUN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Who said it has to be "comprehensive"? Fix the problems that dealing with the caravan highlights (e.g. lack of detention beds). https://t.co/ueyTs1oCKz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2018
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Please @RealDonaldTrump drop the 'I want to help DACAns' line. Actually think you, do but it's proven failed negotiating strategy. 'I want X so you have to give me Y for X!' New line-"NO MORE DACA"-seems better, if more conventional, negotiating posture. https://t.co/WtTcQnTqqm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Imagine what Pres. Eisenhower, what an eye on results as opposed to tweets, would have done. (This is also more evidence that Trump is not an Orbanesque autocrat. "If Congress won't pass my laws I'll just beg Mexico and complain here on Twitter.") https://t.co/CpaCEPunyg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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I thought the migrant caravan gave Trump an easy opportunity to score leadershiip/base points by blocking it. If laws have to be changed, demand Congress change laws. Call a special session. Hold up bills. Issue vetos. Send troops. Don't play victim. https://t.co/Zr81QDC6mP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Trump seems to be admitting that US laws cant keep the migrant caravan from getting in. Isn't that a huge incentive for more to come? In addition to being wildly uncreative and impotent. https://t.co/jFXwzKwpEP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Mexico aids Easter invasion of over 1,000 illegals into US https://t.co/eG9n2oe6Tf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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So Trump has to beg Mexico to stop the migrant caravan because he (and @MarcShort45 and @MickMulvaneyOMB) let Nancy Pelosi hose him on issue of detention beds and legal loopholes. Am I missing something? https://t.co/jFXwzKwpEP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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This was actually an enjoyable, conversational debate–you can see it on the Unruh Institute's Facebook page https://t.co/EuLTD0Ys37
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Pay no attention to those people marching through Mexico! https://t.co/6vjgmtGUsS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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"AP’s anti-Trump 'fact checks' are wrong as often as they are right … If the AP is to be Facebook’s principal fact-checker for the midterm elections, Facebook may as well outsource the function to the Democratic National Committee." https://t.co/KgpS2EtDPd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Amazing last-second shot that's actually amazing. https://t.co/39vymlv3n3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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There is also, of course, the very lively possibility of fraud if DACA is codified–i.e. claiming you came here at age 15 or less before 2007, and, hey, here are some readily available phony documents to prove it. https://t.co/NuYwf2ZoP8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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L.A. Mayor Garcetti's $350M homelessness initiative (on top of a $1.2B in housing bonds) passed over a year ago. Diverse stakeholders were consulted! Took this in my LA neighborhood today. Wasn't like this last year. Don't you want to make Garcetti president? pic.twitter.com/a030nDyW6I
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Agree. Twitter allows MSM reporters to escape control by layers of editors and show what they really think–including their non-trivial biases. People can then judge for themselves. Winner: Democracy. Losers: Editors. https://t.co/LLq0JzTbhW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Maybe they're coming for the next DACA. (Obama already tried to push up the date once–to 2010 https://t.co/9NJmSpyIVx.) More likely they're coming for "catch & release." Possible they (& Trump) don't make fine distinctions. They think they could get to stay. https://t.co/imxpsN70sc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 2, 2018
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Trump HAS to demand wall-funding-or-veto in Sept. CR, no? If loses, it's a good mid-term base-rousing confrontation for him–'give me the votes I need.' In any case, last chance before Speaker Pelosi https://t.co/JdUrJLjRYi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 1, 2018
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1) They might be coming in hopeful anticipation of the *next* DACA that'll be pushed if current one gets codified 2) You don't have to be brought by parents to qualify for DACA-just come on your own before age 16! 3) More likely coming for "catch & release" https://t.co/UsSHWyN28l
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 1, 2018
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