Old CW: Democrats might win the House! Trump comeuppance nigh
New CW: "Democrats should be walking away with the midterms. " Why aren't they? https://t.co/mFfF5tSzmi
Since the obvious answer is "the power of the immigration issue," I like this new CW.— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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NPR segment promises to show how Trump's immigration remarks "were riddled with false and misleading statements," Does not deliver a single one. (Hard to believe there wasn't *one*.) https://t.co/ybmhgXgW09
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Conversely if Republicans do badly, will Trump figure the immigration issue isn't working for him anymore and suddenlty decide there's a pressing labor shortage that needs filling (something his business friends are presumably whinging about already)? https://t.co/pklUjru5g8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Another consequence: Maybe the Dems will realize they have to be more sensible on immigration control https://t.co/RkCRt1sTFg Worth it for that alone. (Not like a Pelosi House would be able to enact much legislation.) https://t.co/pklUjru5g8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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"The Clintons recently announced a 13-city arena tour,." How big a flop is *that* going to be? https://t.co/ujE45UpSb7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Another nonsensical norm broken. https://t.co/tlZec9Gxuy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Another nonsensical norm broken. https://t.co/tlZec9Gxuy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Another nonsensical norm broken. https://t.co/tlZec9Gxuy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Admits She Made Up Her Story https://t.co/8aysB48x6K via She "admitted that she was not 'Jane Doe." So the real Jane Doe is still out there!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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Brett Kavanaugh Rape Accuser Admits She Made Up Her Story https://t.co/8aysB48x6K via She "admitted that she was not 'Jane Doe." So the real Jane Doe is still out there!
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 3, 2018
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It's one source, which is one more source than @WashingtonPost cited … https://t.co/dglob89FM7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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WAPO's @PhilipRucker and @feliciasonmez: Caravan consists "mostly of families." Border Patrol official: Caravan three-quarters adult men. https://t.co/B7ZlNsMwCm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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WAPO's @PhilipRucker and @feliciasonmez: Caravan consists "mostly of families." Border Patrol official: Caravan three-quarters young men. https://t.co/B7ZlNsMwCm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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RATCHETING UP! @WashingtonPost: Trump portrays caravan "consisting mostly of families" as dangerous.
Does caravan consist mostly of families?https://t.co/N0XDd3VodI https://t.co/MwpMTgenBm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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There's been a "collapse of Republican skepticism on Trump’s border wall"? @RonBrownstein says so. Good news. Coulda fooled me. https://t.co/asQlLBVEhJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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So Kanye West wasn't mad at Trump, he was mad at Candace Owens? https://t.co/1xCfDB1IDT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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Is it possible the suburbs tend to vote early and the Ozarks … I mean hard core Trump working class tends to vote on Election Day, so Trump is playing on that differential? In other words, many of the suburban (women?) he might alienate have already voted. https://t.co/0Fhp9EL5ZJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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Cries out for reporting on what's happening behind the scenes. Negotiating with MX? Some policy fight? Lawyers? Are they going to announce their big pre-election initiative 11/7? (That would give the lie to @NYTimes' drumbeat that it's all to stoke base.) https://t.co/NBhzPJI3yF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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STRANGE HISTORY: NYT says that Trump, in disputing birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants and tourists, is "dismissing a core tenet of the 14th Amendment." Huh? It may be in there but if it were a core tenet SCOTUS would have made it clear by now. https://t.co/f9Aa0G9ycv
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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Higher than I would have guessed. 6% of all births. https://t.co/N1crD5ExUJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 2, 2018
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One, two, many caravans … https://t.co/4YbyRoTzcK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 1, 2018
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Well *some* people must be not "subject to the jurisdiction" or the clause wouldn't be there. Is it just people the government couldn't arrest? (Are there any such people? Even diplomats get arrested, no?) Maybe it's a weird term of art, like "actual malice" … https://t.co/CxVcmttYo6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 1, 2018
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Not by much–5 out of 6 still passed the initial "credible fear" screening in June. Let's wait for the July-September stats. … https://t.co/2G7nGG1vDJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 1, 2018
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Remember, MSM: NEVER, EVER quote the first sentence of this response. (Do as @Thehill does https://t.co/X5NwIsbTtt) https://t.co/WrJSSkFNgk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 1, 2018
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You can read King's interview with that "identitarian" Austrian organ–pretty clear he's not a "white supremacist." He's some kind of cultural nationalist. It's not about race. Amazing that NRCC head Stivers lazily repeats libel of one of GOP's own candidates. https://t.co/oPuJF5136I
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) November 1, 2018
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