The danger is that Trump now thinks he's home free on impeachment, doesn't need the base to defend him the way he did pre-Mueller. So he's freer to sell out the base on immigration. Signs of an employer-driven 'more workers!' push are mounting. #StayParanoid
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 25, 2019
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Close to an immigration restrictionist's nightmare foursome. https://t.co/70NjOzmEio
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 24, 2019
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Yeah, I don't think that was the best case. https://t.co/7mBbyFNDwS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 24, 2019
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(On the other hand the John Kerry backlash never happened, at least in Dem. primaries. I find that inexplicable to this day. Maybe it wouldn't have happened on Twitter either.) ..
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 24, 2019
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Alternate theory: Twitter goes through the same changes the real world does, only faster. Which means it's a useful guide to the future. I remember agonizingly waiting for a Gary Hart backlash in 1984. Awareness of his flaws eventually emerged. On Twitter would've taken a week https://t.co/33Wc3ddxoq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 24, 2019
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Problem is that curing voters' legitimate "sense of displacement" requires controlling immigration. What's @PeteButtigieg have to say about that? He does a so-so job resisting @ThePlumLineGS 's party-line nudging on the subject-certainly doesn't push back: https://t.co/J7fHKZ89gE https://t.co/iE2l1fg7lN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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Or their editors' part https://t.co/lVj1LHTtW6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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Tell us what you really think https://t.co/FtDrEambBd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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Puts some flesh on the charge that @SecNielsen is mismanaging DHS–wasting ICE manpower by making them (instead of CBP) handle the release of all the Caught & Released migrants. Result: Fewer interior arrests. Intentional? https://t.co/DYD6JwV3Yl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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Is Jeff Sessions off the hook?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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Add in worries about how he'll behave without threat of impeachment restraining him.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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If Mueller's come up empty-handed, does Trump become more or less popular? RUSH SLATE-LIKE HOT TAKE: Less popular! Or at least not more popular. Now people have to face prospect that he's here to stay, at least through his term. Harder to see him as useful short-term corrective.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 23, 2019
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???? They've run out of detention space and they're being released into the country. https://t.co/U4wLh5hLOr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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"The current system of college admission doesn’t have many defenders at this point … " V-good paragraph summarizing the rot follows…. https://t.co/eluvNdU0Qt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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PS Discussing the shadowbanning-is-simple-consumer-fraud theory and possible holes in it. https://t.co/0UTqOaUfqK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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On Ed Martin's show airing now https://t.co/yFGsQM73mT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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Slow news day https://t.co/KhIjI3oNWc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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Inserted phrase "EDITORS: STORY CAN END HERE" a highly useful reader cue. Encourage more publications to adopt. https://t.co/oWug4bh2eq via @HeraldMailNews
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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“They have slow-walked pro-Trump people to the point that they drop out or lose interest …They don’t like the pro-Trump crowd." OK, blind quote. But I know 3 highly qualified applicants, pro-Trump and his agenda, who got short shrift from WH. And I don't know many people. https://t.co/JVMzunTPhL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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They came in first place.
[thread] https://t.co/iEpl8WY0GO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 22, 2019
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So they've started giving out blue check marks again? Or just for Girdusky and Jane Mayer?** @robertwrighter is not going to be happy
**-Not that they don't deserve them.. https://t.co/7pzUQLrRHd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 21, 2019
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DID EU BLOW IT? For Brexit mess, blame the EU. Coming from the EU. https://t.co/BZdd1Onpxj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 21, 2019
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Of all the things to get Kushner on, this seems like the silliest … https://t.co/2GBqVekBjH https://t.co/xvGw8F6Axi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 21, 2019
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JARED'S PUSH: IMPORT MORE WORKERS! "The takeaway from Mr. Kushner’s White House meetings with business leaders and immigration advocates was that, to remain strong, the economy needs more employment-based visas." https://t.co/FO85rd8s1E
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 21, 2019
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The Drives of Others! https://t.co/dwJr4FFZOa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) March 21, 2019
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