PS A bad movie on so many levels.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 2, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 07:45PM
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What if Trump illegally skews the constitutional balance of power between Congress & President in favor of the latter–and voters kind of like it (even as courts block). A signal for constitutional reformers. Our Constitution (even with the unelected 4th branch) too damn slow … https://t.co/DV8ETra5M0

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Feb 2, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 07:31PM
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It’s the community center from The Brutalist https://t.co/6njDZQ8fJc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 2, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 07:18PM
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The great thing about @JamesPPinkerton’s “new paradigm” outsourcing is that NGOs are easier to cut off when you don’t need them. In theory. We’ll see. But imagine if all these NGO people were official bureaucrats … https://t.co/M8S2m3HOdI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 06:59PM
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I do see a solid basis for assimilation in the donuts, though https://t.co/wKhlINwJi6

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Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 06:53PM
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Late to the party? Good grief, what about Silicon Valley? https://t.co/SNKfKBpWtf

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Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:39PM
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Do I think that a nominee with Tulsi’s views but not her ambitious guru would be relatively easily confirmed? Yes.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:38PM
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I think that’s what I was trying to get at: The cult stuff gives Senators the heebie-jeebies, but they want it to seem like Tulsi’s in trouble because of her doubts on Syria and Ukraine, where she has (more than) a point. The MSM lets them get away with it. https://t.co/9OE1CNqxuI

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:32PM
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If the issue is ‘what do they bring to the table,’ well, Maher brings a lot to the table. If you’re looking for “models” of how Democrats might slide into the Trump camp, or at least the Trump fellow traveler camp, anti-PC Maher is way more valuable than eccentric, erratic Tulsi.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:25PM
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Has the new Trump Coalition gotten a little full of itself, and degenerated into everyone’s favorite pasttime: Making a list of people to invite to the party and then crossing some of them off? Just asking!

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:20PM
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What does @realchrisrufo have against @billmaher? And who says Maher wants to join the Trump “new coalition” anyway? https://t.co/ut6W67hwo9 Whole attack on “reasonable centrists” seems weak and a bit pointless.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 05:15PM
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Nobody wants to talk about sects: Has the Tulsi/Science of Identity issue even come up in her hearings (I haven’t watched)? Or is it a new, open form of undernews: The press can discreetly report about it, people can talk about it–everyone except politicians, at least in public.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 03:57AM
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[The promised links] https://t.co/G5LoS86qaU … https://t.co/vAc5tR6LNd … https://t.co/WLozrsYCSS For JFK’s much better answer in a similar situation>> https://t.co/Dzv4exCRao

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 03:39AM
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I’d say it reflects either total lack of creativity [Potomac Square Group could have given her 5 better answers] or perhaps … troubling deference to her guru dev, except that even Butler must know its a terrible answer. I guess she figures it got her this far …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 03:32AM
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Tulsi Gabbard’s had decades to come up with a better way to calm fears that she’ll be bossed by her guru dev, Chris Butler, than to label them “Hinduphobic smears.” She seems to have failed. It’s a terrible answer, like dismissing legit questions as “racist.” [links below]

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Feb 1, 2025

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February 01, 2025 at 03:26AM
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