Monthly Archives: May 2025

A searing I-don’t-give-a-f___ confession, along the lines of Sgt. Exley’s at the end of L.A. Confidential, would do the trick. https://t.co/h1nKrTMVfI https://t.co/88En1mfBYD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 15, 2025

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May 15, 2025 at 06:55PM
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You get the impression that Klain must spend most of his time on the phone with reporters and pols and people like Greenberg, giving them the impression that he agrees with them and is just trying so hard to do what they want him to do. … https://t.co/SS3HxVlQRV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:20PM
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Aren’t there insecure people who respond to their insecurity by constantly looking for negative information–threats, problems they may not be addressing, places they might be screwing up? Can we elect that kind of insecure person? https://t.co/TaHpWlKS8e

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:17PM
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Shorter: The bogus Lankford border bill and a return of welfare (as a Child Tax Credit) will save Dems! Digging in and doubling down on two of the most disastrous domestic policies of the last 80 years. https://t.co/iASjAaYTLP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:15PM
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This does not make the Dem case that Biden cost Kamala the presidency. It makes a case that Kamala cost Kamala the presidency. https://t.co/5cz0q3HRdl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:09PM
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“What comes through powerfully in these books is a Joe Biden who is extremely personally insecure and constantly looking for evidence of his success and approval. Accordingly, he blocks out negative information, and therefore ended up out of touch…” https://t.co/5cz0q3HRdl

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:06PM
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Greenberg says “[Klain] tried to reverse the changes in immigration policies that were producing millions of new border encounters.” How? Why did this secret Klain initiative have zero practical effect? He was WH chief of staff. Is he completely ineffective? https://t.co/iASjAaYTLP

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 06:04PM
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.@DailyMail’s @JoshTBoswell has been nominated for an investigative journalism award by the LA Press Club. Much deserved. He nailed down the Emhoff/schoolteacher story (in record time) when others didn’t, or weren’t interested .https://t.co/krn4KyAj1Q

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 14, 2025 at 01:56AM
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More emphasis on point #2 please1 The press uses loss of coverage as if it were the only measure, but what if losing Medicaid doesn’t hurt health outcomes (vs., eg, going to ER)? There was that Oregon study! Cohn cites recent studies showing better mortality with coverage. https://t.co/NERGDVnY9I

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 13, 2025 at 10:58PM
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Then there are those who never come clean about being wrong and are rewarded in Washington with prestigious editorships and TV gigs … https://t.co/kmxzMSy39m

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 13, 2025 at 08:48PM
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Ever since mass immigration began anew in the late 20th century, advocates have pointed to the “Great Wave” to insist we could handle it. After all, the foreign-born share [was] still below the “Great Wave” peak. “We’ve been here before,” they would say. It’s no longer true.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025

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May 13, 2025 at 08:20PM
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Her best hope was if the campaign had been 17 days, not 107. … https://t.co/AlHn8iCFzf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 13, 2025

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May 13, 2025 at 02:14PM
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I understood about half of this, but I’m not bitter. https://t.co/PxCS16PgKW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 13, 2025

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May 13, 2025 at 01:40AM
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This is my go-to text for thinking about how drugs should be priced. Very readable, for a column that discusses decreasing marginal costs. https://t.co/SjPxq2oR1F

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 13, 2025

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May 12, 2025 at 08:17PM
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Also: “Officials believe that as well as underestimating the levels of long-term immigration to the UK, government forecasts are also overstating its economic benefits”. https://t.co/LJBZXua5BM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 13, 2025

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May 12, 2025 at 08:12PM
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Matt Goodwin is deeply, deeply skeptical of Keir Starmer’s new tough talk on immigration, and has the history (including numbers) that support disbelief https://t.co/lYl2qPzDm3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 12, 2025

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May 12, 2025 at 03:07AM
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She’s right about the plane, though.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 12, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 10:54PM
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You had me at “rats” https://t.co/ypiE04N7R2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 12, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 10:40PM
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Ever seen @LauraLoomer and @NormEisen in the same room? https://t.co/lnbwiiP872

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 12, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 10:32PM
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Amazon link to book: https://t.co/9ljuEaaakJ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 11, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 07:49PM
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In the late Richard Grenier’s funny, Waugh-esque (ie cancellable) novel, The Marrakesh One-Two, one Middle East character says “If you loved me, you’d give me an aircraft carrier.” I always thought it was funny, in a dada way, but now I’m beginning to understand it.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 11, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 07:48PM
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India-Pakistan https://t.co/bCtmiaX84D Congo https://t.co/pWXXXYOehK One more and it will be a trend

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 11, 2025

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May 11, 2025 at 07:39PM
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