And a big disappointment for those who’d seen him live. https://t.co/tVGMy7vO9j

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 15, 2025 at 01:43AM
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And even the @NYTimes says the 2023 DC homicide rate was “the highest rate in over 20 years.” https://t.co/I5YnOqYAYg Even if you use 2024 for your comparsion, homicides (and carjackings) seem to be significantly higher than pre-2020. https://t.co/0A6lOkis9L https://t.co/if8ZCLVPCa

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 09:49PM
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Looks like you can beat somebody up and have it still be a misdemeanor in DC, as long as it doesn’t require hospitalization or medical treatment beyond what a layperson can administer. https://t.co/SHa9hXMo7g

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 09:35PM
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Note that Yahoo’s graph of the *rate* of violent crime in DC (in an article disputing Trump) does not show it as “at a thirty year low.” It’s at a one-year low, coming down from a big 2023 spike but still way about 2022. https://t.co/B3EO9XvQQa https://t.co/KBEZkgQLmM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 09:08PM
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Given the persistent charges that DC downgrades crimes to pretty up its stats–eg lowering aggravated assaults to mere assaults–it seems especially important to include mere assaults.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 09:01PM
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This seems to be the chart relied on for “violent crime in DC is at a 30 year low.” https://t.co/k7FD0LxZBs (h/t @JamesFallows). But I’m still confused! It seems to count 4 crimes-homicide, “sex abuse,” assault w/ a dangerous weapon & robbery. What about plain old assault? Isn’t

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 08:59PM
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This seems to be the chart relied on for “violent crime in DC is at a 30 year low.” https://t.co/k7FD0LxZBs (h/t @JamesFallows). But I’m still confused! It seems to count 4 crimes-homicide, “sex abuse,” assault w/ a deadly weapon and robbery. What about plain old assault? Isn’t

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 15, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 08:54PM
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Attn: @peterbakernyt https://t.co/r5mLYEmnoB

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 14, 2025

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August 14, 2025 at 01:08AM
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“Tump is imagining a Washington with a far lower crime rate than its residents have become accustomed to. Even though they stand to benefit enormously [many of] their political representatives…will become almost protective of their crime rate.” https://t.co/0SwV9OZOfm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 13, 2025

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August 13, 2025 at 02:34AM
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Then, back to Epstein! https://t.co/UBSCv24D4x

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 13, 2025

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August 13, 2025 at 02:18AM
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Maybe DC has become more sordid in recent decades, along with all the new Aston Martins. You could ask “This Town” expert @MarkLeibovich for his perception … https://t.co/6CQVBUb14j

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 13, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 11:55PM
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Video is worth watching. https://t.co/haMN7bD8i2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 13, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 11:46PM
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NYT: “There were 274 homicides in Washington in 2023 … That was the highest rate in over 20 years.” But not “ever”! So “nonexistent crime crisis” then. Carry on. … PS Trump hedged his bet with “probably.” You think that cuts any ice with the fact-checkers of the NYT? Ha! https://t.co/WYwE65EKz0

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 13, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 11:33PM
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Maybe Leslie Wexner is a listener https://t.co/fdB3WvNbIb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 06:09PM
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We spend some time discussing @TuckerCarlson’s interview with Darryl Cooper https://t.co/MIB5zpWT5o in which Carlson says there’s a decadent, perverse, evil “Weimar/Caligula” sexual culture in the DC elite. This is not my perception of sex in the DC elite, which I think runs more https://t.co/HgWWByrUn9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 06:04PM
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Simplest explanation is that the @NYTimes (with three (3) reporters on the case) was (lazily) taken in by the deceptive, unsubstantiated hype headline on the US Attorney’s press release (“Violent crime in DC hits 30 year low”) … https://t.co/vpEXvgMhsx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 05:17PM
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Numbers Pew didn’t want to discover … https://t.co/zBCwHSileU

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 03:54PM
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The Nothingburger Caucus says it was just him and some 16 year olds. OK! https://t.co/O4FGGsGg7l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 03:44PM
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WAS EPSTEIN ON THE GRASSY KNOLL? According to some evidence, Epstein was a blackmailer from way back. He was also involved in Iran-Contra. We discuss his surprisingly long history of shadiness, among other things. https://t.co/HgWWByrUn9

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 03:42PM
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Looking for documentation for “30-year-low” claim. NYT links to this https://t.co/wWjlfFJaJw which links to this https://t.co/VsZ6GJLPYW which only shows homicides way ABOVE 2009-2019 years, and “recovered firearms” way above 2015-2019. (2015=1706, 2024=2895). What am I missing? https://t.co/gbKdNlXfbi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 03:36PM
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Missing word: “Muskie” https://t.co/V7WodyPZEz

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Aug 12, 2025

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August 12, 2025 at 01:35AM
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Why did welfare reform pass in 1996? In part because Tom DeLay could deliver a large (150?) block of votes from GOPs who didn’t try to “leave their policy mark.” You want Trump to run his tariffs through Congress as the Constitutiion envisioned? You’ll need a disciplined https://t.co/tc7N36Mxm2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 12, 2025

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August 11, 2025 at 11:32PM
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Seems like a good thing–party discipline is what Congress needs if it’s going to be efficient enough to take power back from a nimble executive. It’s had a too-many-cooks problem for years. https://t.co/Ra58m0uB28

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 11, 2025

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August 11, 2025 at 06:47PM
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EDITED (heavily): Could the home’s owners** have found somebody more likely to bring negative attention at this moment (short of Ghislaine Maxwell)? Was there a bidding war between Wexner and Leon Black?

** I’d thought Obama owned the home. He rented. The home was owned by https://t.co/sUpkVlhAKx

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2025

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August 10, 2025 at 01:55AM
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‘Do you have any apples in that basket?” https://t.co/lG5PB7xoQr

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 10, 2025

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August 10, 2025 at 01:39AM
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