Over time, Epstein could have paid for a whole harem! https://t.co/E68H5qQRDK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 08:19PM
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I don’t remember Trump talking about “recent arrivals.” Suspect that’s an Erick Erickson policy you’re sneaking into your retrospective history. Not a crazy idea, but not Trump’s idea. PS How many years would illegals have to stay under Pres. Erickson before they’re home free? https://t.co/HUxpM7kaj4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 08:11PM
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I personally think Congress meant that aliens should be judged by the quality of their playlists.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 08:01PM
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Trump is apparently saying that in, e.g., the existing visa category that let’s in aliens with “extraordinary ability,” he can decide that a $1M gift is conclusive evidence of “extraordinary ability.” You think that’s a plausible interpretation of what Congress meant? https://t.co/NlmEJD5wC9

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Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 07:59PM
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Fixed an annoying editing error in this version. Apologies

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Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 07:47PM
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NYT’s @cflav argues: “Biden and his aides believed that tougher border measures would alienate Hispanic voters.” But they didn’t just not pursue tougher border measures upon taking office. They affirmatively opened the floodgates. Did they really think NOT opening the floodgates

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Dec 12, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 07:44PM
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Next, the Lankford bill! https://t.co/60cR09HbJ2

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Dec 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 05:13PM
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Has Stewart apologized for killing Crossfire, a show where people of opposite views argued civilly with each other? https://t.co/L7prqtrGEe

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 01:17PM
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NYT’s @cflav argues: “Biden and his aides believed that tougher border measures would alienate Hispanic voters.” But they didn’t just not pursue tougher border measures upon taking office. They opened the floodgates. Did they really think NOT opening the floodgates would

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 01:15PM
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Does Trump have any more authority to unilaterally open up his “Gold Card” pathway into the US than Obama had to decree his DACA amnesty? (He has broad power to “suspend the entry of all aliens or any class of aliens,” but this is ushering them in.) https://t.co/NhuN2e5ldD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 12:59PM
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Has Stewart apologized for killing Crossfire, a show where people of opposite views actually argued with each other? https://t.co/L7prqtrGEe

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2025

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December 11, 2025 at 12:47PM
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Waiting for pardon of born again MAGA Republican and Biden victim Sam Bankman-Fried … https://t.co/GjWzBnEGGX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 10, 2025 at 01:28PM
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PS: I discovered this article while casually perusing the Journal and other daily pa…..No, who has time for that? I discovered it through @EllisItems News Items (https://t.co/cgqvkO4RsG), still a super-valuable guide to what’s on the web today. https://t.co/Z6s5PZW1kz

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 10, 2025 at 01:09PM
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DON’T LOOK NOW: Trump approval rating climbs, no longer at record lows (9 points underwater instead of 13). Has a ways to go. https://t.co/yiOe1Ut32S

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 10, 2025 at 12:51PM
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“Many countries are frustrated by China’s strategy, which is squeezing out their own manufacturing sectors ..” You’d think this is a problem tariffs might solve. @greg_ip suggests a united front of US/Canada/Mexico to block Chinese exports. https://t.co/Z6s5PZW1kz

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Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 11:47PM
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Maybe some mysterious ghost was intentionally pushing them to open the floodgates ….It’s really amazing–actionable journalistic malpractice–that the @NYTimes doesn’t even mention Mayorkas’ influence in its Big Deal story. Like discussing Trump policies without Stephen Miller. https://t.co/yj45jedJrK

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Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 11:36PM
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They laughed when I suggested the housing market was softening (in part due to deportations) and the need for an Abundance Housing Agenda was dissipating except in a handful of markets (NY, SF, San Jose, but not Austin) … https://t.co/XchS7XPOC7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 11:14PM
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I guess “Baristocracy” is obvious, though it might seem to mean rule by baristas.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 09:01PM
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We have a word for rule by nobility (aristocracy); for rule by the ultrarich (oligarchy) and for rule by the most competent (meritocracy). But we don’t yet have a word for rule by Bari Weiss.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 08:56PM
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Have people thought this through? In March, Trump abruptly ends tariffs. Prices fall. The economy booms. GOP buoyed by economic tide in midterms. Oldest trick in the book. (See old Jewish joke, with punchline “Get those animals out of there!”)

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 10, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 08:53PM
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“China growing about 0.6 percentage point a year faster over the next few years, but that will reduce the rest of the world’s growth by 0.1 point a year.” China growth used to increase the rest of the world’s growth. This seems to deserve more attention than it’s getting.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 03:34PM
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Don’t be silly. That’s impossible–it’s the Fixed Number of Jobs Fallacy. There are infinite jobs no matter what AI does, just as there are infinite jobs no matter how many migrants enter the country! Right? …. Right? https://t.co/ApMQhSLm6O

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 02:21PM
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This is data on how many houses “turn over,” not how many people are leaving any given state. Headline seems like BS. When a house turns over there’s a buyer as well as a seller. https://t.co/AzxybsoxkY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 12:31PM
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Hungary’s much touted pro-natalist policy seems to be flopping https://t.co/JEzIyM3F9W

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2025

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December 09, 2025 at 12:12PM
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Trump could win an election today (and blow up US politics) with this one weird trick: Propose lowering the Medicare age to 55.**

Someone poll it, please! (It polled well in the Clinton years, I think.)

**–Unfortunately Trump is not up for reelection.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 9, 2025

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December 08, 2025 at 08:41PM
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