My model xenia is Martha’s VIneyard hospitality: “Hello! Nice to see you! We honor you! Here’s a nice meal. Now just get on this bus. Bye!” https://t.co/bbYHPAU8fP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 7, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 11:44PM
via IFTTT
Great point by Jason C. about the folly of working with Sam Altman and OpenAI … https://t.co/vRhmCILssZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 7, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 11:04PM
via IFTTT
It’s not just Dems blocking judges and Trump’s agenda. The agenda will change. Trump will immediately start thinking of deals he could cut with Dems, and #1 is the big AMNESTY for illegals he’s been talking about for years. Trump might see it as burnishing and softening his https://t.co/lAZJaJvNTu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 7, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 10:55PM
via IFTTT
Are these contradictory? https://t.co/0yu98aoXzK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 7, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 10:39PM
via IFTTT
Nolan’s triumph is apparently to have turned a rich Homeric epic into a screed against Trump and a plea for migration (like seemingly every other Hollywood script of the past decade.) Only a genius could make a film that “demands hospitality toward the guest or the stranger”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 07:45PM
via IFTTT
Ellis: There are more signs than you might have seen of a coming Blue Wave … https://t.co/KmIIo19uzc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 06:55PM
via IFTTT
Looks like he’s saying you need a “membership card” to get the discount on essentials, but it’s not an ID card–i.e. you could sign up as “Leo Tolstoy.” But how do you stop people from having 5 cards? … https://t.co/e1ZVS94rbW
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 6, 2026 at 12:30AM
via IFTTT
Alternate theory: Trump got talked by Bibi (and Kushner? and who else?) into a presidency-destroying folly in Iran. And he still wants to overthrow Cuba’s government. So there may be some attempts at an overarching theme that might accommodate the Iran mistake. Amazingly, Ahmari https://t.co/zn4JX3OLij
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 08:47PM
via IFTTT
Sohrab Ahmari’s outline of a new “MAGA” ideology of fighting “Third Worldism” (at the expenseof Trump’s initial anti-interventionist promise) would be more persuasive if he offered evidence that MAGA voters have actually embraced such an ideology–especially since the most
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 08:23PM
via IFTTT
Alternate theory: Trump got talked by Bibi (and Kushner? and who else?) into a presidency-destroying folly in Iran. And he still wants to overthrow Cuba’s government. So there may be some attempts at an overarching theme that might accommodate the Iran mistake. Amazingly, Ahmari https://t.co/s8VGAo4vIi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 6, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 08:16PM
via IFTTT
Sorhab Ahmari’s outline of a new “MAGA” ideology of fighting “Third Worldism” (at the expenseof Trump’s initial anti-interventionist promise) would be more persuasive if he offered evidence that MAGA voters have actually embraced such an ideology–especially since the most
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 07:50PM
via IFTTT
Do I want to pay $ (subscribe) to find out the name of David Ellison’s ghostwriter. …. I’m thinking …. No. https://t.co/3UhUPy4Q6H
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 07:16PM
via IFTTT
Surely the first lesson here is Never Go to Chipotle. Also their food keeps poisoning people https://t.co/40Ic3wciSW and it tastes like mud. (I’m not denying “affordability” is a legit issue! I swear.) https://t.co/LoNTQVaRIE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 07:10PM
via IFTTT
Wasn’t Marx famously in favor of colonization? I suppose the Left has long-since dealt with this contradiction. But maybe we shouldn’t call them “Marxists.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 07:02PM
via IFTTT
I thought we knew that already–or it was obvious. https://t.co/PmI3F9lGHh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 06:53PM
via IFTTT
Bensman’s ideas seem v-sensible, including the numeric cap on asylum seekers. But isn’t his argument based on a fallacy: that if Congress changes the law now a future Dem “Fuck Ice” administration will follow that law? Did Mayorkas follow the law? Seems clear Dems will open the https://t.co/APXQ3CdD5k
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 06:49PM
via IFTTT
Imagine if Obama had engaged in these indirect borderline threats of violence. He didn’t even let himself get angry. Times have changed. https://t.co/ZIWtLZVqoJ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 06:34PM
via IFTTT
First graf seems an important point. https://t.co/3bHJWDQL1Y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 5, 2026 at 06:27PM
via IFTTT
No “ballot harvesting” in Michigan, FYI. https://t.co/Bof1ratIj6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 4, 2026 at 11:07PM
via IFTTT
Chris Bangle, hardest hit: I wrote a bit about this topic a while ago https://t.co/IhXeXlwIZi [second item] I’m not sure that it’s bourgeoise tastes that are in our genes, or else the Ford Granada would be revered for its timeless beauty. https://t.co/m4oAV3SM8c
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 5, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 4, 2026 at 10:38PM
via IFTTT
Never trust a Utah “conservative” https://t.co/h5IRKfA5Bs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 4, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 4, 2026 at 07:24PM
via IFTTT
This is @ErewhonMarket’s’s big chance, I tell you https://t.co/nS00AEfMH3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 4, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 3, 2026 at 10:54PM
via IFTTT
The stores’ appeal is a) that they seem to serve struggling citizens in a universal way, not just help poor people or people on food stamps who may or may not be working and b) they’d be steering them to healthier basic foods.
Maybe the new work test on food stamps will improve https://t.co/qskFcjF3tP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 4, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 3, 2026 at 10:44PM
via IFTTT
The movie I think about as my best example of a film that stuck with me even thought I thought it was a bit of a mess when I saw is “The Sweet Hereafter.” https://t.co/Pno1cANwId
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 4, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 3, 2026 at 09:29PM
via IFTTT
Of course the main issue is why Trump gave the green light to such a half-baked plan (despite ambivalence in his own cabinet). Do we know why? It’s not quite enough to say he relied on “gut instinct.” Who were the people outside the cabinet he talked to who influenced his gut? https://t.co/U29JspO1fB
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 4, 2026
from Twitter https://twitter.com/kausmickey
August 3, 2026 at 08:35PM
via IFTTT