Wherein lies the genius of @arthurbrooks? He has always seemed a huge fraud to me. Amazed that @theFP fell for it. https://t.co/MZh4o449cc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2026
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Gates didn’t like the Internet much at the beginning, if I remember. https://t.co/jJkfKOUUrq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2026
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February 08, 2026 at 07:31PM
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It’s all just a hobby with peers in a favor economy, And fundraising for MIT! What’s all the fuss about? Sounds like fun! https://t.co/lElT9EX3uZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2026
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It’s all just a hobby with peers and a favor economy, And fundraising for MIT! What’s all the fuss about? Sounds like fun! https://t.co/lElT9EX3uZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2026
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More from the Epstein files: “Also ensnared are high-profile Norwegian diplomat couple Terje Rød-Larsen and Mona Juul, key players in the 1990s Israel-Palestinian peace efforts.”
Hmm. Who might want to cultivate this couple? Russia, Russia, Russia! Right?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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February 08, 2026 at 03:51AM
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More from the Epstein files: “Also ensnared are high-profile Norwegian diplomat couple Terje Rød-Larsen and Mona Juul, key players in the 1990s Israel-Palestinian peace efforts.”
It’s obvious: Russia, Russia, Russia! Right?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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February 08, 2026 at 03:27AM
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Sure was a whole lotta blackmailing going on for someone (Epstein) who some say wasn’t a blackmailer. The NYT discovers … https://t.co/8XIRuZxlFC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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February 08, 2026 at 03:10AM
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There were 5 million families on the welfare rolls in 1994, right before the 1996 reform that created TANF. Now there are fewer than 900.000. But states still get about the same amount of federal money as when welfare peaked, pre-reform. More money than they need. The result is
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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California has a corruption problem. https://t.co/0toYnHpYrf
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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He was fundraising! MIT! https://t.co/YFK2VuuzCH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 8, 2026
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February 07, 2026 at 07:33PM
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Worth reading the rest of the blog. Sample: “Insiders’ response to this repeated verdict is a) doubling down on more of the things voters keep rejecting, especially importing men from the worst places on earth, b) an increasingly deranged discussion among themselves that ‘the
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 7, 2026
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Dominic Cummings blog: UK voters are upset about mass immigration but “the mainstream voters I explored actually greatly UNDER-estimate the scale of immigration — and not by 10% or 30% but by a factor between 5X and 30X.” [Emphasis added] https://t.co/Ye2xjEGK5K
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Feb 7, 2026
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Homan has given up on inducing self-deportation? He’s looking the other way? https://t.co/uh0ozLBry0
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Feb 7, 2026
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February 06, 2026 at 09:26PM
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Seems overwrought. But the firing ideas are good. https://t.co/vKjFMQajaj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2026
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February 06, 2026 at 03:34PM
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Trump doing a good job of convincing people he’s still worried about SOMETHING in the Epstein files. … https://t.co/YCQprxOYTO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 6, 2026
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February 06, 2026 at 02:45AM
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TOMORROW’S LINE: Of course Epstein was using his leverage for espionage and political influence! He was a spy but a RUSSIAN spy! https://t.co/hoWl1noYfV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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V-interesting. Don’t know what to make of this argument. Could it be that Bill did not totally straight-arm Epstein’s blackmail attempt? (I do not know. Further study required.) https://t.co/TJoBAZYKL5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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February 05, 2026 at 04:23PM
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After writing about civil service reform for a while years ago, I reluctantly concluded this: Any system that makes it easy enough to fire a government employee (to say, root out sloth or quiet resistance) will make it possible to just replace employees on political grounds.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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PS This is the genius of Charlie Peters’ 50-50 plan, which would, IIRC, alternate in filling job openings between political and protected employees to achieve a balance.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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February 05, 2026 at 04:16PM
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If Starmer has to step down due to Epstein/Mandelson scandal, that’s bad for Farage, no? Starmer is a slow-moving profusely bleeding target. His replacement might be harder to attack. https://t.co/ompCBsty5q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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February 04, 2026 at 11:48PM
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Evolving nothing-to-see-here defense:
OLD LINE: Epstein never hooked up other bigshots with his girls (except the occasional prince).
NEW LINE: Of course Epstein hooked up other bigshots with his girls! They owed him, but he only tried to use his leverage to make $$$, never for— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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The beauty of “favors for friends in exchange for future considerations” is that once a bigshot knows you know their dirty little secret (eg they had a massage with honors) you just ask the bigshot for a favor, and they are inclined to do it. No messy thuggish confrontations! https://t.co/UhpV3173cM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 5, 2026
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February 04, 2026 at 08:05PM
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Available on Amazon marked down to 350 million. https://t.co/IWxkbp8mil
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Feb 5, 2026
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February 04, 2026 at 07:55PM
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“Epstein ‘was trained as a spy for Israel’, FBI documents claim” Hmmm https://t.co/3tchiPu0P2
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Feb 4, 2026
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February 04, 2026 at 03:02PM
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Latest Bill Gates: “I never met any women, and so, you know, the more that comes out, the more clear it’ll be, that although the time was a mistake, it had nothing to do with that kind of behavior.” OK! https://t.co/9b4Wpa5JYm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 4, 2026
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