Analyst: Outsourcing U.S. Jobs Responsible for GM Layoffs, Not Tariffs https://t.co/JCBESsRJ6o What I take away from this is if you really want to save US auto jobs you have to make the tariffs permanent (as they are with pickup trucks).
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 27, 2018
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So the argument against a wall is that San Diego cities like Imperial Beach already have a wall, and
"We’re the safest beach city in San Diego County.” OK! https://t.co/FuVCqL36tw— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 27, 2018
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THE OBVIOUS SHUTDOWN_ENDING DEAL now is 1) Better facilities at the border (doctors, EMTs, heat, bathrooms etc) for 2) Wall. No? You'd still need to close catch & release/asylum loopholes in a separate deal (or in the courts, or in Mexico) https://t.co/e0BfqKJuNi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 27, 2018
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Okay, I get it. He got his numbers and he's betting on you. You don't have to tell me agai …
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 27, 2018
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Does seem that many reporters & commentators are invested in a recession as a sort of vindication of their judgment of Trump. Impeachement would be cheaper. https://t.co/GXdhpRxJQI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 27, 2018
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“The secretary does not want the wall.” Did Ag Secretary Perdue's chief of staff really say that? https://t.co/B11cSETutv via @usatoday
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 26, 2018
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OTAY OUT: "Agreeing to spend new money only on bollard-style fencing is a significant concession for the White House because it rules out any of the concrete designs that Mr. Trump forced the Border Patrol to test last year." https://t.co/mfT5SbI0hq Clarifying. From Dinan & Co.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 26, 2018
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SHUTDOWN TOLL MOUNTS: #EB5 has halted! That's the sleazy $$-for-green cards program Kushner's family marketed. The $$ are supposedly invested in "distressed" areas–like…Beverly HIlls, where they built a state-of-glitz Waldorf-Astoria. Been meaning to check out the rooftop bar. https://t.co/rwWwXDpNfd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 26, 2018
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A multi-count indictment of Mattis' tenure at Defense from @AlanTonelson https://t.co/7na7ZQvRVL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 26, 2018
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Sure *looks* like we have the upper hand in trade war with China … https://t.co/uZ6j6Ou9qN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 25, 2018
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All quiet at Nakatomi Plaza. You'd think there would be some sort of party. pic.twitter.com/xH8vhH3bAM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 25, 2018
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AP: Trump wants a wall. "However, an AP Fact Check found that U.S. arrests on the Mexican border jumped 78 percent in November .. Increased arrests indicate that more people are trying to cross the border illegally"
Why the "however"?https://t.co/lVtb9ZNk4N— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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5) should be "Establishment accuses him of being 'mercurial.'" As in 'You F___ed up. You let us con you." " https://t.co/wlt9rqzrFp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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The Trump Cycle 1) Trump campaigns on anti-Establishment principles (on eg Syria, Wall); 2) Establishment types Trump's appointed jam him into jettisoning his principles; 3) They rush out & tell world 4) Trump rebels & reasserts principles; 5) MSM accuses him of being "mercurial" https://t.co/9dQ8hbsvZr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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The Trump Cycle 1) Trump campaigns on anti-Establishment principles (on eg Syria, Wall); 2) Establishment types Trump's appointed jam him into jettisoning his principles; 3) They rush out & tell world 4) Trump rebels & reasserts principles; 5) MSM accuses him of being "mercurial" https://t.co/9dQ8hbsvZr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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There's a sort of Newtonian principle at work: The more a column implicitly praises Trump's action, the nastier the To-Be-Sure-I-Hate-Trump graf has to be. And this is a very pro-Trump column … https://t.co/Ti7KhoABnQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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Someone should collect all the "To-Be-Sure-I-Hate-Trump" grafs columnists have to insert anytime they want to say Trump's right about something. Andrew Sullivan's here is a doozy (Trump "should have been removed a long time ago").https://t.co/yIKylgef6X
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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You forgot to blame Trump https://t.co/5V2XRTCghJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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Backfill: Jeffrey in September, regarding long-term US military presence in Syria: “I am confident the president is on board with this.” I don't think that's what you say when you are confident the president is onboard with this. https://t.co/NNUGfpnLIZ https://t.co/xMCt7uY7YH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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May or may not be relevant, but Coulter wrote an early (for Obama years–2010) column against the war in Afghanistan, calling out @BillKristol by name. https://t.co/Q3KfGItnro She's also against involvement in Syria. But she does want a wall, so carry on … https://t.co/dSlfljqimB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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.@JamesFallows and @BillKristol, together again — making the same incomprehensible point https://t.co/xVfGfz2Y4y https://t.co/qKmVNwDzOe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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One characteristic of an MSM Tom-Toms-of-Doom piece, of which this is an example, is that complications get overlooked. For example, does Jared approve of withdrawing form Syria? If not, how "ascendant" is he? https://t.co/HK8ORncsAg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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So now "nuance" and "careful deliberation" and listening to "seasoned advisers" is conflated with staying in Syria on a more or less permanent basis? https://t.co/HK8ORncsAg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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Special envoy Jeffrey promised Kurds that U.S. forces "wouldn’t withdraw until they had achieved … the expulsion of Iranian troops from Syria and a political settlement that stabilized the country"? Who authorized him to promise that? Not Trump, I bet https://t.co/OuntGR8aDl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 24, 2018
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We made fun of bollard fences when @seanspicer tried to pass them off as walls. Not clear what's different now (aside from the spikes) except that @RealDonaldTrump has failed to get the money for his actual wall wall. https://t.co/q7xV6fn7Mr https://t.co/jrNCTt66v9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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