Seems like a welcome retreat from the Democracy-at-the-Brink tone of the @NYTimes op-ed Summers and 4 other ex-Treasury secretaries put out today. … https://t.co/m6tLD9sNeN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 10:02PM
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Seems a little early for the Massed 5-Dem-Treasury-Secretary Array. Why not wait until some vital Treasury payments have been stopped? What do they do for an encore? If they’re spotting *potential* problems, will this be a weekly NYT column? (Might be useful, actually) https://t.co/0CEJYvNzVM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 09:57PM
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The judicial allergy to politics (ie political appointees) and veneration of allegedly neutral civil servants has led to some really bad decisions–eg Elrod v. Burns, holding it’s unconstitutional for a Democrat to fire a government appointee just because he’s a Republican.… https://t.co/g65IbaLMrb https://t.co/IT4z15WYQr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 07:31PM
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So the “alarming” constitutional threat is that Bessent will do something he says he won’t do (block payments)? OK. https://t.co/Nz9SMMS9Dn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 07:19PM
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Don’t blame the career USAID people for implementing Biden’s wacky trans-comic-book ideas! They were gung-ho for Bush’s foreign policy when he was president! More than DoD!
With Biden and Bush they assist. With Trump, they resist? Is that what civil service neutrality means? https://t.co/F86ImqvQEC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 04:00PM
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Bensman has been very reliable so I wouldn’t dismiss this as sensationalism … https://t.co/35yQwGiqQY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:49PM
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Do you talk about Chris Butler? https://t.co/6Abswib7hA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:44PM
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Poor guy. Running for governor. He’s going to have to go to a sleepover now. https://t.co/ZZlO1jrPwa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:46PM
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OK, I’m stupdi: Why do we have to panic about increasing our population level (through immigration or child subsidies) when the countries we’re competing with have similar declining birth rates? https://t.co/VWWcCNCvR4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:43PM
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How was letting in millions of unauthorized migrants upholding the rule of law? https://t.co/jSFCcyKE2W
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:12PM
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Bass seems to feel people still love and trust NGOs … https://t.co/oVcVj3mWGG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:30AM
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What are the 3 foundations** paying a fortune ($500K salary for 6 months!) for LA fire recovery execs, and what are their agendas? Zuckbucks (paying for election officials) have nothing on these guys …
** “Bass and her team declined to identify the specific sources” https://t.co/tp7MzaVCgY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:26AM
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Looks like what they call a “cluster.” Timely story from the new LAT https://t.co/Sg0N1e9c3u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:21AM
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“’The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines,’ said a U.S. official closely watching DOGE activity.” https://t.co/qZOpa1v2bt Man is that some weak sourcing for WaPo’s dramatic headline claim. Elsewhere they say “If Musk is successful, the federal workforce will… https://t.co/cyqKS9afGx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 12:57AM
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USAID is where the foreign policy Blob and the Woketopus meet …. You’d think there would be more tension there. (Do neocons really think preaching trans rights to foreign countries promotes their long-term goals?)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 08:38PM
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“According to sources, the Peruvian LGBT comic book was funded by the Fulbright Program inside the State Department. Congress gave [State] money for the Fulbright Program but gave the program discretion…That’s how you got the comic book or the LGBT job program in Serbia.” https://t.co/qJsaw9psw9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 08:35PM
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They leave USAID to join the Woketopus, but do they leave the Woketopus to staff USAID? That seems key to actually seizing effective control of a goverment agency. https://t.co/B0lscV1jkb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 08:18PM
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They leave USAID to join the Woketupus, but do they leave the Woketupus to staff USAID? That seems key to actually seizing effective control of a goverment agency. https://t.co/B0lscV1jkb
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 08:15PM
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“Turbulent Days for Donald D. Engen.” never received the recognition it deserved.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 07:42PM
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2025
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February 07, 2025 at 11:33PM
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— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2025
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February 07, 2025 at 11:30PM
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You mean the Canadian Initiative was … Worthwhile? https://t.co/UhNhwrWTjc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2025
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February 07, 2025 at 11:25PM
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Since 2020, “88 percent of all employment growth has gone to immigrants … a near-record share of working-age U.S.-born men remain out of the labor force.” … Illegals account for “roughly 60 percent of the growth in overall immigrant employment.” https://t.co/0bLnazoRBd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2025
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February 07, 2025 at 02:18PM
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Why we shouldn’t trust the Tories on immigration again., by @GoodwinMJ https://t.co/gdShJij1yN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2025
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February 07, 2025 at 01:55PM
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That’s strong peacekeeping … https://t.co/HctrO7ywB3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2025
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February 06, 2025 at 10:33PM
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