I spot @swinshi’s influence on the phase in.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:38PM
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And why not wait until next year’s presumably more work-centric Congress? What if Dems water down work requirement & then try to push it thru this year via reconciliation? Would Romney provide a Manchin-like 50th vote? Presumably not-but do you trust him? He’d get great press! https://t.co/2tk05UQmTT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:36PM
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Under Romney’s plan if you don’t earn anything you don’t get a “child check.” But if you do earn $ the benefit phases in immediately until $10,000 in earnings. So if you earn $5,000 you get half the check. This in keeping w/ U Chi study suggesting “phase in” a big work incentive. https://t.co/hmUkbKANJD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:30PM
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Looks like Sen. Romney has added a work test to his previously dole-like child benefit plan. Good for him. But have a thought for Senators Rubio and Lee whose plan for bigger child benefit checks never made Romney’s “no-work dole” mistake to begin with. https://t.co/5yDv9ILniT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:23PM
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“The Tenderloin is home to two sprawling, overlapping transnational organized crime networks – one centered on drugs and the other on theft – which thrive in that neighborhood because of the near-total absence of the enforcement of laws.” https://t.co/dbxFyvJc4O

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 03:54PM
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Very useful analysis of whether it’s possible to block Trump from getting the 2024 nomination. Says probably not. One reason: None of challengers gets good ratings on Fox.

Except that one possible challenger does. Practically every night.

https://t.co/zQ4fHcEI4t

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:48AM
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But which historian? Beschloss? Meacham?

(*Someone* filled the incoming president’s head with delusion …) https://t.co/5ZxVq5cv3U

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 05:44AM
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New polls: Dems ahead in Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Tied in Georgia. https://t.co/lXzwtSS0uA
Who is counting on a GOP-run Senate, again?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 04:33AM
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The fear, of course, is that Dems will use this as the starting point for a negotiation that chips away at the work requirement. They are experts at that. https://t.co/Q9xMMjBYqU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 04:00AM
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“The face of poverty in America had changed dramatically over the past three decades (in no small part thanks to that successful welfare reform).”

How? Most people who read this article will want to know. https://t.co/Q9xMMjBYqU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 03:56AM
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“You have this new revisionism suggesting that we have to be pumping oil like crazy… We have to push back.”–US climate envoy John Kerry.

Isn’t Biden now telling the oil companies to pump like crazy? Think he is! For good reason, this article suggests: https://t.co/4HOsyu4PKS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 01:32AM
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You can’t accuse @AnnCoulter of underestimating the damage Jared did to Trump’s agenda https://t.co/zNihupVS5B

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 16, 2022 at 12:26AM
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THE TOASTER IS LOYAL: “Edward Snowden has expressed concern about a blender.” https://t.co/MnTOaEhubg

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 16, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 08:34PM
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“At a time of war …”? https://t.co/8Yq6UNtdbS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:38PM
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.@RobertDPutnam would be appalled, no? https://t.co/xf1eikLXwE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:45AM
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Second great article I’ve read in Palladium magazine. (I’ve only read two). … https://t.co/tws0nOmS41

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:25AM
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Stanford can’t be this bad. If there is a problem I’m sure administrators will come up with Anti-Loneliness Centers (numbered and assigned randomly). https://t.co/xf1eikLXwE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:22AM
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“I wonder how many sad kids are just lonely. Our former fraternity houses have been filled with offices to help us feel better, and we are sadder and sicker than any generation before. ” https://t.co/tws0nOmS41

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:21AM
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“In the name of safety and fairness, Stanford destroyed everything that makes people enjoy college and life.” https://t.co/sOhL9hrPjK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 03:18AM
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And the alternatives (Kamala, Hillary, AOC) present fresh dangers. (Trump too.) Enjoy this period of dreary near-paralysis while you can. … https://t.co/ffBR7gTjdm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 02:01AM
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Germ of good contrarian argument here: In the current situation, how much damage can Biden do? He’s a zombie, agenda stalled. SCt justices seem healthy. Inflation out of the bag, nothing he can do. Up to Fed. We should root for him to handle Ukraine well. https://t.co/qVD09rbevb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 01:49AM
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Sorry I missed this. https://t.co/Ny9dTkDmYG

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 12:52AM
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Ripped from the day’s headlines! …. https://t.co/3cUZ4uRcOm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 15, 2022 at 12:49AM
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Gas pumps in LA will now give you a full tank, or $100 worth, of gas — whichever comes first. Guess which comes first.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 15, 2022

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June 14, 2022 at 09:38PM
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Does that include @Twitter? https://t.co/GYCq4ER7kY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jun 14, 2022

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June 14, 2022 at 01:50AM
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