It's as if George W. Bush had decided at the last minute NOT to invade Iraq, Rumsfeld had quit, and @TheAtlantic writers responded with odes to Rumsfeld ("the adult inthe room" etc.). https://t.co/BNPuJXm3P3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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This seems right, but an actual concrete Israel-esque wall (as in the prototypes on the Otay mesa) is almost certainly more effective than the glorified "bollard" wall Trump seems to be focusing on. Many people were easily shimmying up the bollard wall in Tijuana. https://t.co/vOWCyrOGux
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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So who is making it a "manhood" issue again? https://t.co/rZGnIMDsgf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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Jim, you're ignoring the underlying issue. As a long-time and perceptive critic of excess US military involvement, do you really think Mattis was right and we should stay in Syria controlling 1/3 of the country? @JamesFallows https://t.co/CPFCuwPz7Q https://t.co/j28w7jWtrN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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Don't think this is right. The core of the dispute isn't about the amount of money, but what barrier Trump can build with the money. Were Dems about to say yes to anything like Trump's wall? https://t.co/TMmdmYtsJ5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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Maybe Trump just read the @WashingtonPost:
"U.S. troops will now stay in Syria
indefinitely, controlling a third of the
country and facing peril on many fronts"https://t.co/onoMpLxEY5— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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Worst is it wastes some money.
Will the MSM ask this question in the coming days? https://t.co/aVLbSM6Pmj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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SHUTDOWN TOLL MOUNTS! "The National Weather Service office in Tallahassee, Fla.,… said that it … would limit social media posts “to subjects that are directly related to forecasts and warnings.” Those GIFs may be lost forever. https://t.co/PbGpKWXZ5q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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NYT IN OVERDRIVE: How does a central–maybe THE central–campaign promise of a candidate elected by the voters become "the impulses of a mercurial president"? What if it were a Democrat defending Obamacare? https://t.co/PbGpKWXZ5q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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'We have certainty,' Ms. Pelosi declared. 'We will end this the first week in January.'"
How does she do this without Trump's signature again?
I remember when Newt Gingrich won back the House and thought he could run 'tings from the Speaker's chair. https://t.co/atTJR0mXWK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 23, 2018
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Also,after a while won't voters shift to "Why not give Trump a bit of wall & end this? What's the big deal?" Pelosi/Schumer playing to Dem base now-but do average Dems/indies care THAT much about stopping wall, even if they oppose it? That's mistake Schumer made in DACA shutdown. https://t.co/ioyIKs6eh1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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"Note that the phrase 'returning United States troops home as we transition to the next phase of this campaign' leaves a lot of wiggle room" https://t.co/fViTbATKy4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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How could Trump sign this? https://t.co/YCaYdTWUnj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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"Other allies agreed with his idea for a path out of the Middle East, just not the chaos with which it was done." Can we hear from some of these people? https://t.co/F8ixidezAf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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I count 5, plus Corker who is leaving. Don't they need 2/3 to convict? Are you giving 10 votes to @lanheechen? https://t.co/bhpeZJWY1Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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Would you rather have a populist president who takes a sharp stand against the GOP establishment–on foreign interventions and immigration–or who gets assimilated? https://t.co/vR0FmZ0P1Z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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Dayen is v-good.** Best of luck
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** grudging admission https://t.co/1TYQaD2gjL— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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“We get what we deserve when we don’t do what we say we were going to do.” Mark Walker > Mike Pence https://t.co/vR0FmZ0P1Z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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And thank goodness. Those were two bad deals. https://t.co/wNLqlj6TUI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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They're all on top of the Wall https://t.co/jrNCTt66v9 https://t.co/kf6eZxG27u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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You got a problem with this? https://t.co/Qe2ek5PXRt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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There but for the grace of God … https://t.co/0gvZpalsj4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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Pretty clear from this report that the default position of House GOP leadership is No Wall/Con Trump. Dislodged from go-along torpor by caucus revolt as well as Trump reversal. Imagine if a House leadership actually *wanted* to control immigration https://t.co/mcWm10rGFe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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Earlier this week: "Vice President Mike Pence assured Republicans that Trump would sign the funding bill with no wall money," https//politi.co/2EJf5D9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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What matters is what they're permitted to build, no? Not so much the $$ amounts. https://t.co/F5XjspHbeb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) December 22, 2018
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