Wait–one of the secret papers Andrew supposedly leaked to Epstein was a “briefing about nvestment opportunities in Afghanistan, where the UK government was funding reconstruction in Helmand Province.” Was this really a secret Mossad project to bankrupt Epstein?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 22, 2026
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February 22, 2026 at 03:04AM
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This is really a great feature. They’re batting around 10 for 10. Every city should have one. https://t.co/M0JZLIeq6T
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Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 04:52PM
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What’s worse than defecating in the street? In Los Angeles, the Department of Transportation put out videos urging people not to crap in buses, and to report it if they see it. https://t.co/0ylk8XeFHN https://t.co/LGz0s5Knuv
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Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 04:47PM
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Have people made the point that losing the tariff case is on balance very good for Trump politically–it tells voters he can be contained to some extent by someone. He didn’t defy the court’s ruling. He’s not completely out of control, as many feared.
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Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 04:25PM
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Odd that Obama would lead it … https://t.co/L20L7jBKnZ
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Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 03:08AM
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Jackson did say this, which he apparently never retracted. “There is nothing more painful for me at this stage in my life than to walk down the street and hear footsteps and start to think about robbery and then look around and see somebody white and feel relieved.” Did https://t.co/UbalK9LDvS
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Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 03:05AM
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Even in his response, Bianco says he’s against amnesty, then endorses a “pathway to citizenship” (amnesty). Anytime any pol says “broken immigration system” you know a pro-amnesty pollster has been telling him the weasel-words to use to sneak amnesty past immgration-skeptical https://t.co/nD9bcgprhM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2026
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February 21, 2026 at 02:45AM
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These pieties would be more inspiring if it were obvious Congress, as conceived by the Framers, was up to the job. But it’s too slow, too corrupt, and diffuses accountability in a way that avoids retribution by the voters. There has to be a better system. (Meanwhile the law is https://t.co/gYOneVkd8X
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 06:53PM
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When you go down to the birth certificate place to get a new copy, how do you prove to them that you are you? Apparently, you show them your driver’s license. (They don’t keep fingerprints, according to Grok.) That seems a bit circular, no? Just asking! (I’m all for Voter ID but https://t.co/YuYytsP5lm
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 04:35PM
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“[T]he outcomes have been fantastic” https://t.co/9exgMUONsr
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 04:17PM
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You’re always the angriest when you’re a bit guilty. Rice presided over the Domestic Policy Council when BIden opened the borders, assuring Trump’s return. Now she vows to perpetuate the cycle of crude partisan revenge. She seems confident she’ll remain in the elite pursuing it. https://t.co/kNvZEY5pSH
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 04:14PM
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She has a point … https://t.co/ehmHgCJeKW
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 03:57PM
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More on the effect of last year’s shutdown on GDP. [Thread] Did Dems get what they wanted? https://t.co/2at5RjzjQn
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 03:47PM
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“The department estimated that the government shutdown…probably took about 1 percentage point off economic growth.”–CNBC https://t.co/w1Rd2oPVnK So the idea that the Dems could provoke/prolong the shutdown to screw up the economy pre-midterms isn’t fanciful.
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Feb 20, 2026
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February 20, 2026 at 03:17PM
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Raises a possibility I hadn’t thought of: Could an intelligence agency–CIA or whomever–simply use Epstein to find out the kompromat on X. Then they could blackmail X with it themselves. Epstein wouldn’t have to do the blackmailing himself (though we know he wasn’t above that). https://t.co/tJlnT9FIx3
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 04:44PM
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Sensible conclusions from a veteran editor. Point #4 is the core: “His elite contacts would, however, have made him a person of interest for the American, Russian and Israeli intelligence services, among others. After all, he had plenty of kompromat regarding the sexual https://t.co/4QQm2qpmNB
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 04:40PM
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Correction: He was found hanged (in a jail cell) in 2022. https://t.co/HdZgScFesI
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:42PM
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I don’t trust Nawfal (he was a slavish Elon defender during the H-1B argument a year ago), but he’s good at quickly teasing out the possible implications of the Brunel story … Russian model kompromat is good kompromat! https://t.co/w5Oacr0dYl
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:12AM
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If Mamdani keeps responding this quickly to correct his mistakes, who knows what he could accomplish. https://t.co/aGZ5Zehi6q
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:06AM
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This will discourage speculation! “Epstein accomplice Jean-Luc Brunel was negotiating to provide prosecutors with evidence against the sex offender in 2016” (Brunel was found hanged in 2020.) https://t.co/KCU0b7FSel
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:00AM
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Link to the creative nonfiction fictional hypothetical here https://t.co/jObsiGDiMg
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 12:06AM
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So @TheAtlantic won’t let Ruth Shalit change even a trivial detail to protect her source–even with a ‘some-details-have-been changed’ disclosure–because they think that’s how the New Yorker does it.
But @ebruenig is allowed to write of nonexistent events, call it “creative https://t.co/ENOZpuMeyw
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 11:59PM
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MORE BAD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR TRUMP: Homebuilder confidence is dropping! They’re cutting prices! https://t.co/wv7HKe3BUN PS: The income needed to afford a typical home dropped to $110,000, down from $122,000 this past June. Terrible, just terrible.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 04:40PM
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Not sure how big a deal this is. But a good exploratory probe into how things sometimes work. With email and sex everything seems so much easier. https://t.co/ImZwA2MTjt
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 03:34PM
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She probably also thinks stout Cortez stared at the Pacific. https://t.co/PlydlkiJgw
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 12:34AM
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