Still can’t figure out what Rick Caruso is up to. Write-in candidacy for governor? Not that crazy! https://t.co/EZhVhf6TzV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 19, 2026

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April 19, 2026 at 02:31AM
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Drove past what appears to be a new Pagani dealership in Beverly Hills. I’ve never seen a Pagani out here–a car so underpublicized and unobtainable it can hardly function as a status symbol, since nobody knows what it is. Here is a review of their $3.4M model:

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 19, 2026 at 02:16AM
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It’s still astonishing that the establishment (on both sides of the Atlantic) didn’t follow “the most basic theory of how to respond to a populist era: Move to the cultural right, especially on immigration.”

What were Obama and Hillary thinking? https://t.co/1G5IFZ3Ude

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 19, 2026 at 02:14AM
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A really good column. No notes. OK, one: Why not name some pundits who overplayed the Orban threat?…And maybe another: Are “collapsed birthrates” really a cause of populism? Is that why people are pissed? Do we need more Americans for AI to displace? https://t.co/eP6l0gwaJV

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 19, 2026 at 02:11AM
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Drove past what appears to be a new Pagani dealership in Beverly Hills. I’ve never seena Pagani out here–a car so underpublicized and unobtainable it can hardly function as a status symbol, since nobody knows what it is. Here is a review of their $3.4M model:

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 19, 2026 at 01:44AM
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If you need to get up to speed on new AI tools, or just want an jarring glimpse into Silicon Valley culture, this is a very good podcast https://t.co/yxst3Cdp0Q

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 18, 2026 at 09:23PM
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School superintendant negotiating pay raises with his brother-in-law. What an embarrassing, amateurish conflict of interest for the nation’s second largest city. https://t.co/KF32ikzQIj

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Apr 19, 2026

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April 18, 2026 at 09:17PM
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Some big news, buried under the bigger Iran news … https://t.co/Eaf1Db6vUE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 18, 2026

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April 18, 2026 at 02:41PM
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If Iran has a deterrent (closing Hormuz) even without nukes, that should make getting them to abandon their nukes easier, no? (I’m not sure they have that deterrent, but the premise of this news story is that they do.) https://t.co/fsU01jv4NZ

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Apr 18, 2026

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April 18, 2026 at 02:35PM
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NYT: “The United States and Israel launched their war against Iran on the argument that if Iran one day got a nuclear weapon, it would have the ultimate deterrent against future attacks.” Was that the argument? I thought it was they’d blow their enemies (eg US, Israel) up.

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Apr 18, 2026

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April 18, 2026 at 02:31PM
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Seems wrong to me. One of Baker’s particulars against Vance is that he” travelled all the way to Pakistan for a day” to try to negotiate an end to the war. This shows “a moral vacuum.” Huh? https://t.co/kV7XVsObp5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 07:49PM
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It would bring America together https://t.co/mCLmtq7pQT

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Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 07:37PM
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At the very least AI wealth would have to be very heavily taxed. Is it possible @ElonMusk hasnt’ completely thought this through? https://t.co/N6Q6iCe8n3

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Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 07:33PM
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Chancellor McCormick was the Dylan Mulvaney of Delaware … https://t.co/BB2BAlaj2G

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Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 04:42PM
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Crucial intermediaries for the last two are lobbysts, no? They see their constituents on some weekends. They see the lobbyists all week, every week. And then they become lobbyists themselves. https://t.co/kcYGOp9yQm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 01:23AM
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Arguably this is an improvement for public space, depending on what’s going on behind those walls. Several other alleged non-solutions are really mostly solutions: Moving to Inland Empire, moving in with relatives– especially if, unlike “Hey, you get a free apartment!” they

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Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 12:49AM
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To the casual observer, there really does seem to have been a modest drop in street homelessness in LA. Where have they gone (aside from the few thousand housed by Mayor Bass’ program)? Is this where? https://t.co/uACYw6ui6r

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 12:43AM
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‘Newsom is the John Kerry of 2028.’ Discuss: Looks the part, not much else to run on, unappealing personality, threw his buddy’s medal over the wall/slept with buddy’s wife, whole lot of people with vested interest in his success ignoring some ominous signs …. https://t.co/SICgBUFNdd

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Apr 17, 2026

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April 17, 2026 at 12:05AM
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[From the WSJ story] It turns out if you let them share in the tip fee so they make $70,000 per year, they stick around! Who knew? https://t.co/wwBSoiGPUh

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026

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April 16, 2026 at 04:08PM
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I don’t understand. Who is Substack “squeezing out” and how? https://t.co/dxAy0C4buM

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026

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April 16, 2026 at 01:49AM
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She doesn’t have Mamdani’s charm, but she might not need it. https://t.co/5ovjDr1L4v

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026

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April 15, 2026 at 10:08PM
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Semafor’s Dime-Store Davos is still going on! Five days of taking over the publication’s website. It’s like an @NPR fundraiser. https://t.co/QInbBn2Zeg

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026

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April 15, 2026 at 02:40PM
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(What’s Left of) Our Economy: Latest Official Data Show Illegal Aliens Still Undercutting U.S. Legal Worker Wages https://t.co/FFAqtQprhP via @AlanTonelson

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Apr 15, 2026

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April 15, 2026 at 01:50PM
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Those who don’t forget the past are condemned to think it will be repeated. https://t.co/QZHbOKOUj4

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026

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April 15, 2026 at 01:29AM
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“Authorities Wanted an Egalitarian and Cohesive Australia.” https://t.co/x874s9sQH5

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026

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April 15, 2026 at 01:19AM
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