What if Manchin calls Pelosi’s bluff? Pelosi’s going to run in the midterms on “We passed nothing”? https://t.co/Prx9Gc4rxi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 25, 2021 at 03:47AM
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.@NYTimes story on the state of “infrastructure” deals describes the “reconciliation” package twice and doesn’t once mention the dole-like “Child Tax Credit” which is the key thing in it for many Dems. There are some things NYT doesn’t want voters to know. https://t.co/G2XBj2UUWX https://t.co/TAVDHwInyP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 25, 2021 at 03:28AM
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NARRATOR: “It won’t be paid for.” https://t.co/20wi8T8ca7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:52PM
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‘Wind’ includes … voters.

But it’s not a switch from his earlier proposal with Lee. https://t.co/gxJPvqhlJL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:51PM
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Makes Biden look weak and improvisational …. (Opposition from ‘soft infrastructure’ Left was a surprise?) https://t.co/EJs4HpX2i2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:42PM
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If Progressive Dems could push a button and make the bipartisan infra bill go away, they would, right? And it’d be rational-from their POV-to push the button https://t.co/wADwIVzd2j

Maybe they’ve already pushed it. https://t.co/EJs4HpX2i2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:39PM
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‘I won’t sign this popular bipartisan bill I negotiated unless you also give me a bloated partisan bill.’ Not sure that works. Maybe! https://t.co/Zs9O5bmjn9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:33PM
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The night is young https://t.co/uaVLAmmbbR

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 25, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 08:25PM
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Prediction: He will delete this. https://t.co/CgtyqQhKvF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 07:55PM
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Communications director for respectable @RepDonBeyer runs around calling people “imbeciles.” And they say our civic discourse is coarsening. PS The cited reference says bill will cut poverty. Doesn’t say how or even mention the tax credit provision. Could be by reviving economy https://t.co/CgtyqQhKvF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 07:54PM
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Also if Breyer is busy cutting deals that defang the Kavanaugh Court, he may feel his services are badly needed by liberals right now. A newbie could not trade those horses! https://t.co/cGqOHoXgIs https://t.co/iO1Wid9eGZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 07:42PM
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Now if the other 3 guys would quit, we’d be getting somewhere https://t.co/XT46kfpnyb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 07:34PM
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Here’s the administration’s release on the Families Plan. Buries the refundable CTC checks in two sections on “Tax Cuts.” It’s not a tax cut. Biden–at least initially–not eager for voters to pay too much attention to it https://t.co/3rQ8vz6Pkt https://t.co/0J9q8SQhTX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 04:29PM
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NOTE: It’s all about the CTC (“Child Tax Credit,” or New Biden Welfare Dole)–or almost all. Dems hid it in the fine print for a long time, but now we have Awareness! That might not help its prospects. https://t.co/4RiCSoYETP https://t.co/f90Toqbn7g

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 04:12PM
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Also it is wildly expensive — $1.6 Trillion over 10 years according to Tax Foundation https://t.co/oHNX3X6Mkb https://t.co/zHnmCzYbkv

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 01:18PM
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THE REAL ‘CHILD TAX CREDIT AWARENESS’ HAS BEGUN: “These handouts will take away the incentives for single parents to work and get married. It will go to parents with histories of crime or substance abuse, with no questions asked or help provided.” https://t.co/IjzVZlhSqY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 01:12PM
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“[This is not a pro-family plan. It would re-create the failed welfare system that President Clinton and then-Sen. Biden opposed in the 1990s, when there was a bipartisan consensus that the goal of welfare should be to encourage work and marriage rather than dependency.” https://t.co/OqS8qpOyam

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 01:06PM
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RUBIO STEPS UP: “For the next six months, the Child Tax Credit, claimed by working families every year at tax time to keep more of their hard-earned money, will be transformed into an anti-work welfare check.” https://t.co/IjzVZlhSqY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 01:01PM
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Reminds me of my high school driver’s ed teacher, who (as a teaser) promised to tell us who has the right of way when 4 cars arrive at a 4-way stop sign intersection at the exact same time … https://t.co/3TchopONYI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 12:49AM
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Does the conclusion (that a bipartisan Hard infra deal really does reduce chances of passing a big Soft ‘Leftovers’ bill) change if both bills pursued *simultaneously*? https://t.co/pXV7tvmCXm Could get complicated! One of ’em has to go first … https://t.co/Qi189Il5X2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 24, 2021 at 12:46AM
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Could be stronger … https://t.co/utF8mnWTnD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 23, 2021 at 11:47PM
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Can @KrisKobach1787 have his reputation back? https://t.co/NXnmMT9ETk

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 23, 2021 at 11:34PM
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New kausfiles newsletter “To Bi- or Not to Bi-” https://t.co/wADwIVzd2j

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 23, 2021 at 11:26PM
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If Hammond sells him on the “child tax credit” dole he’s dead to me! … https://t.co/F3KwGx6oH1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 24, 2021

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June 23, 2021 at 09:18PM
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If everyone fleeing a “culture of machismo” has a statutory right to come here, that means, what, half the planet gets to come? https://t.co/Zgg9qD6biu

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 23, 2021

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June 22, 2021 at 09:02PM
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