This was my error message:
complinetmigration already exists in active configuration
This was the solution:
drush sqlq 'SELECT * FROM config WHERE name LIKE "%complinet%";' drush sqlq 'DELETE FROM config WHERE name LIKE "%complinet%";' drush sqlq 'DELETE FROM config WHERE name LIKE "%to_D8%";'
also https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/2877922
wow, and note to self, my migrations weren't showing up and they previously did, and restarting Acquia dev desktop fixed the problem
also now there's the easy_install module which lets you delete module config data to flush it out.