I never quite understand what they mean by “bad messaging.” I think maybe they mean this … https://t.co/1UieOV1mrh

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 7, 2021

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December 07, 2021 at 01:22AM
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DOG LOOTS MAN Is mass organized robbery now so common in LA that it’s not even news worth reporting anymore? (Even to Twitter? Does not make sense.) https://t.co/XAPrxAP5JC

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 7, 2021

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December 07, 2021 at 01:15AM
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QUIET RIOT? Century City mall in West LA closed off with yellow coils. Security guard says it’s because of the “riot in The Grove” (another mall)–by which he said he meant looting. Worried it will come here. Yet can’t see any report of this on Twitter/Google or @latimes.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 7, 2021

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December 07, 2021 at 01:13AM
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Thank you for your kind words! I mentioned @NRO, which I like a lot, to explain why *it’s* not in as good a position as Weiss, who has the freedom a blanker slate confers. Best of luck to you. https://t.co/PdOVaDb9qb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 7, 2021

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December 06, 2021 at 09:32PM
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“Dreher simply plugs American references into Zemmour’s template as if he were Joe Biden stealing from Neil Kinnock.” https://t.co/3QIRdiOegK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 6, 2021

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December 06, 2021 at 09:14AM
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GOOGLE vs. SUBSTACK: @SubstackInc can revolutionize journalism, but it can’t get Gmail not to send newsletter emails into the “Promotions” folder. Always check there. Sad! https://t.co/f2EcWVsmPq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 6, 2021

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December 06, 2021 at 06:37AM
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Yes. Seems very weird. Translation: ‘We’d really like to just flat out censor this speech, but for now adding the age restriction is what we can get away with.’ https://t.co/3gH5IdiR4w

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 6, 2021

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December 06, 2021 at 06:30AM
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New Kausfiles Newsletter https://t.co/3QIRdiOegK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 6, 2021

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December 06, 2021 at 06:06AM
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What if the “expanded CTC” ends, the MSM writes its obligatory stories in which poster parents say what they’d like to do with an extra $300, and …. very few voters care? https://t.co/Dh0BXsA7fS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 05, 2021 at 06:36PM
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Still: “Even more uncertain as to its lethality” https://t.co/nyx4KSnJvS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 05, 2021 at 06:30PM
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During the stilted Capitol press events when every senator felt they had to go to the microphone and get in their 2 minutes on why X bill was great, Dole would keep making loud wisecracks from the back. It was like a free comedy show. (Similar to Sam Donaldson in that respect.) https://t.co/c2AXOiMU7s

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 05, 2021 at 05:57PM
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Alternative description of BBB: “A very expensive pile of hype.” **

**–with some good things, like shoring up the Obamacare exchanges, thrown in. https://t.co/2baZRDlwdC

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 05, 2021 at 08:54AM
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Oh I think lots of people thought in good faith that global free trade, for ex., would be good–higher GDP & China liberalization. Workers would move to the new jobs and retrain! Arguments for mass immigration were similar if weaker (higher GDP, dynamism, “complementarity”). https://t.co/8dbrlmQGt1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 05, 2021 at 02:50AM
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Maybe Zemmour’s speech isn’t a plug ‘n play template for nationalist populists (just sub in your cultural touchstones!) but very France-specific, or at least specific to smaller countries resentful of superpowers, or of EU …. https://t.co/FMGOKPUjcS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 09:53PM
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Dreher’s litany of American cultural heroes falls flat to me. Trying to figure out why. 1) Cliched–too iconic 2) Not endangered, not by a global uniculture or by US trends. They *are* the global culture (Spielberg); 3) Extremely bourgie. Not that there’s anything wrong…4) …. https://t.co/HCMyk1UNvM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 09:50PM
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Good point but I think one reason Zemmour’s speech is so effective is that it avoids paranoia about elites intentionally “replacing” people, and instead condemns elites for dissembling about the replacement once it was happening (whatever the reasons it happened). https://t.co/t59LMeun7z

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 09:18PM
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Andrew Cuomo loses power and all his capos get axed like the last scenes in Godfather I. https://t.co/D9z5N4vioC

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 08:47PM
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“Figure 2 below shows the absence of any significant increase in in-hospitals deaths in relation to the dramatic rise in the case rate for the Gauteng Province …” https://t.co/LaqeIxEl2P

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 08:44PM
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In which we discuss the 4 pt. BIDEN RESCUE PLAN:
1–Omicron not so deadly!
2–Border “swerve” back to Trump policies works
3– inflation abates
4–Roe reversal gives voters a reason to go Dem again
https://t.co/VmftXd6rD5
PS Not clear BBB passing or not makes a big net difference

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 5, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 08:40PM
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If @SecBlinken is basing our anti-Putin argument on the democratic and international legitimacy of the 2014 Ukraine “Revolution of Dignity” — well, he could be on stronger ground https://t.co/8IvjnBT4iT https://t.co/5fjIzOwdSU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 06:25PM
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More excitement than a Beatles dress rehearsal https://t.co/ux4bCkzVK3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 10:40AM
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New Parrot Room is up https://t.co/GLZxBZDKK0

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 04, 2021 at 12:06AM
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New bloggingheads with @robertwrighter: https://t.co/SLeZ1F0nyb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 03, 2021 at 10:36PM
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He doesn’t exactly hide the “replacement theory” in his announcement … https://t.co/dw2EmfHYAy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 03, 2021 at 10:19PM
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Definitely best at 1.5X … https://t.co/0mTsfH07eP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 4, 2021

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December 03, 2021 at 10:18PM
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