Wait. Are we criticizing Trump for a) telling people in Rust Belt towns "you've got to get out… that greatness is in the past" or b) telling them they shouldn't sell their houses because he'll make America great again? I think it's b)! Can't be both. @peterbuttigieg seems off. https://t.co/UMazLjaV0h
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 7, 2019
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Perry said if you don't support in-state tuition for illegals "I don' think you have a heart." On the other hand, if he's someone who can convince a handful of Dems to back legislation closing the asylum loopholes ….. https://t.co/Bc6aLBiF7a
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 7, 2019
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Huh? If the wall (as Trump critics say) won't solve the current crisis of asylum abuse then it was hardly crazy for Trump to turn down a deal that amnestied DACA in exchange for the wall that won't solve the current crisis of asylum abuse. https://t.co/kYeJ5h8otA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 7, 2019
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At some point, enough time will have passed since Congress stymied Trump's wall request that Trump can credibly claim a new "emergency" arose *since* then, no? Statements like Romneys might be helpful then. … https://t.co/Xvkzg3UGTL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 7, 2019
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.@Jpalmieri also worked with John Edwards. Did she tell us the truth about him? Why believe her on Biden?"//"I worked with Joe Biden. Here's what to know about the frontrunner myth growing around him," writes Jennifer Palmieri https://t.co/sT9jir5Xsk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 7, 2019
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Here is the torqued NYT story https://t.co/xyJOImUDOP Note how Times omits key part of what Trump said. Here is editor @jonathanweisman's pathetic defense ("don't overthink this") https://t.co/UAJKOA4IDF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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Pretty clear from the transcript (https://t.co/cDrv7hl7TA) he was talking about criminals he's "taking … out of the country," including MS-13 . A misleading, torqued report from then @NYTimes is why people think he referred to migrants generally. https://t.co/0EX7PmV2oJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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Why doesn't Trump get a bill introduced that does these things, campaign for it and put Senators (including Dems) on the spot to support them? Seems obvous. https://t.co/EYcjMqdQy8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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I mean does anyone think *unskilled* wages would rise (if we let in millions more unskilled immigrants)? https://t.co/GFCgJ1P6R9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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You don't even have to rely on what employers think. It's happening right in front of us. 1) Immigration's been constrained 2) Labor markets are tight 3) Wages are rising. Does anyone-even @mattyglesias-think that if we let in millions more unskilled immigrants, wages would RISE? https://t.co/TntAb4pp7Q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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SSM adds avenues for possible* corruption …
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*-lawyered! https://t.co/YsNNtV9GdN— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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2% –and it's too much for what a Marxist might call America's capitalist class. Tthey need to hire lobbyists, unleash PACs, swamp the WH to bend the rules to let in cheaper competitors for Americans who do basic work. Really, it's too crude for Marx. https://t.co/T7X2eYNh6i
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 6, 2019
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OBVIOUS POINT: If there were any general labor shortage (as Jared's lobbyist-backed import-more-workers push would have it) wage increases would not be slowing. https://t.co/pku9cdiaa5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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Awkward timing…. But it's never a bad time for "more foreign workers" on K Street. https://t.co/62ZXUWAzTg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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Now put Pinch Sulzberger's moose in the chair and the stage is set for greatness .. https://t.co/k6Mfs7t7V7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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White Light/White Heat at Trader Joe's. I'm holding out for Sister Ray.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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It does seem more chaotic (and feckless) without Kelly and with Jared as "de facto chief of staff." Anyone who knows more want to comment? https://t.co/aPCNsyXXgI
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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No potential for corruption, political favors here … https://t.co/DpWhB8QH0Q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 5, 2019
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Usually WH walks back Trump's threats. Now it's walking back Trump's (seemingly pathetic) cave from his threat? https://t.co/MEwq5QlgXk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 4, 2019
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"[A] majority of Americans—in numbers well beyond Trump’s base—also want immigration laws to be strictly enforced and the border sealed against illegal crossings." This is in The Nation. Is any Dem candidate listening? https://t.co/N5DRyjOe0u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 4, 2019
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PS Hanson's book Mexifornia was v-sympathetic to undocumented Mexican and Central American immigrants, if I recall. Not marked by"hostility."
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 4, 2019
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.@VDHanson on his @IChotiner interview https://t.co/uJAnMmP3pq If an adversarial interview like that is to be "edited and condensed for clarity" by Chotiner, shouldn't he publish the full interview online? What's the argument against it? (And shouldn't his subjects insist on it?)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 4, 2019
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Except Trump is failing to keep out illegal immigration. So we'd get a million unauthorized migrants a year *and* an increase in the usual million-plus-a-year legals (not to mention guestworkers) we take each year. Good for Kochs. Not good for American wages-esp. for less-skilled https://t.co/y7QuB4Wvbn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2019
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WAIT, THERE'S MORE: "Kushner tells Ryan he found congressional committees [fiercely defended centuries-old institutions] to be 'inefficient.'” 'We’ll get to that later,’ Kushner told Ryan’s aides." https://t.co/SumeMDDwSr Right after Mid East peace! But before we get the Wall. https://t.co/1e0bcknUvV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2019
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As long as we insist that he achieve his grand Middle East Peace Plan first, I suppose we're safe. https://t.co/nA3RJq0Srx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) April 3, 2019
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