The 2025 shutdown screwed up the economy. Seems obvious Dems quietly hope current shutdown also screws up the economy–hurting GOPs in the midterms. Don’t know why GOPs don’t hit harder on this theme: ‘DEMS ARE PROLONGING SHUTDOWN TO F–K UP TRUMP’S ECONOMY. IT’S NOT ABOUT ICE!’ https://t.co/kybAvb186J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026 at 05:00PM
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“The U.S. government shutdown late last year severely impacted economic growth, with federal spending and investment plunging at a 16.7% rate, the Commerce Department figures show. That hacked 1.16 percentage points off fourth-quarter growth.” https://t.co/0BcIm6SuCT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026 at 04:53PM
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Will not gloat. Will not gloat. No gloating! https://t.co/jv3McTSKFm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026 at 01:46PM
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Smells like undernews, in an early larval state (eg a rumor lots of people believe). Some of this is from 2020, some of it will turn out not to be true. I would defer to @jenvanlaar as the voice of probity. It’s not clear that even being a serial cheater is enough to do much https://t.co/QtEHai9Hrq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 12, 2026
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March 12, 2026 at 01:52PM
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Note that CA Dems seem to have had it with Katzenberg, Wasserman’s ally on the Olympic Board. https://t.co/zEXoha1yHb and https://t.co/rgKZn3NlEL Just shows that if you are wrong often enough … https://t.co/mhScXIp317
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 12, 2026
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March 12, 2026 at 01:33PM
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UPDATE: Caruso is asked, doesn’t rule it out (handles it pretty skillfully). https://t.co/VCR8NvNGVj https://t.co/mhScXIp317
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 12, 2026
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March 12, 2026 at 01:23PM
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Genius Bass move would be: Dump @caseywasserman & Katzenberg, put @RickCarusoLA in charge of Olympics. He could do the job. … Maybe that’s why he didn’t run? https://t.co/LiiJSNEjkz
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 07:07PM
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“GOV PUSHES WIFE”S CRAP DOC ON KIDS” is tighter, I guess. https://t.co/W9ye8YD55i
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 07:04PM
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CA allows pols to direct big $ donations to non-profits, even their wives’ non-profits! These are called “behested payments.” But if they were abolished pols could still subtly suggest that donors send money to their wives. The solution is to ban wives from benefitting from NPs, https://t.co/YsloAf7V39
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 07:02PM
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This is the big, gang-infested Los Angeles park ICE got grief for marching through. Mamdani would not let NYC’s Central Park deterioriate this far. https://t.co/1yJAyYZ8ey
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 06:08PM
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A million? IN CNN’s dreams, no? https://t.co/262zDNH0vy https://t.co/jwdB37vWxk
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 03:08PM
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Has someone told @CaliforniaPost to be blander? Subhed for this story was: “Mrs. Gav profits off ‘boy crisis.'” How about “Gov Gav Pushes Wife’s BS Woke Doc on Kids”? https://t.co/TrMYe7rbCe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 03:02PM
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You could have been in a position to do something about it … https://t.co/fubGIbRt0a
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 02:36PM
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Very true, though I don’t think “complacent” is a fair word. Have some empathy for the “elite”! They’ve been through COVID and BLM and a crime surge. And coyotes. Their malls are dying. But they thought they could trust the Fire Department. https://t.co/V5K3Fo7aGQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 11, 2026
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March 11, 2026 at 02:33PM
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Immigration moderation and skepticism of unions–those were the twin pillars of my Senate campaign in 2010. But did @mattyglesias contribute? https://t.co/fRMrn4pcHo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 10, 2026 at 03:27AM
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It was really the goat that was inexcusable … https://t.co/JOffAMDmCe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 10, 2026 at 03:08AM
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Newsom’s Noemish promo ads are only going to run in California? He doesn’t want to dispel misinformation about California among Iowa or New Hampshire businessmen? https://t.co/8qLKvoXQCy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 11:42PM
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Obama started it …. https://t.co/aOEr40EeXd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 11:22PM
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Help! I don’t understand how “the foreign-born or immigrant population, both legal and illegal” declined substantially since Trump took office but “Net International Migration” (NIM) remained positive (at over 1M a year). @MarkSKrikorian, https://t.co/WOncOHSeF7 https://t.co/CWimA95ibq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 09:40PM
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Not like she isn’t doing what a thousand Tik Tok influencers haven’t already done. There’s a reason why Erewhon is (I’m told) the #1 tourist destination in LA. People show up right from the airport, pushing their suitcases.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 08:40PM
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People should know how much it costs to shop at Erewhon. Most people can afford to shop at Ralph’s supermarket or Trader Joe’s but Erewhon’s a bit of a class–not race– centrifuge. Expect it to spread East. (It’s good.) https://t.co/MXp9wJrBa8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 08:38PM
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There are For Lease signs all over the West Side, not just in Santa Monica. Have been pointing this out for a while. Affordability without Abundance! https://t.co/RybyFzNosR
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 10, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 08:30PM
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Is this a charity or a GoFundMe? https://t.co/OXL12E0gfp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 06:11PM
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“The organization brings in between $1 million and $1.7 million a year in grants and donations, with roughly $300,000 of it going straight to her and her company in recent years, according to financial records.”
Combating “intersectional gender stereotypes.” https://t.co/q5VUOuPV3m
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 06:10PM
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One thing we don’t need (and @GinaRaimondo doesn’t say we need): Millions more migrant workers. https://t.co/9w5sNsj75N
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Mar 9, 2026
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March 9, 2026 at 05:22PM
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