TIL “[t}he four largest federal grants to nonprofits on record were doled out by President Biden …These nonprofits would give the money to other nonprofits, which would then lend it to whatever environmental group—broadly defined—they chose.” In effect, mini-governments–with
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 17, 2025
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a) They’ll get lighter b) they’ll invent less polluting tires c) I think still a big payoff vs internal combustion. https://t.co/OUjuojzxAc
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May 17, 2025
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May 16, 2025 at 08:30PM
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If Biden had the immigration-control policies of, say, @MarkKrikorian, but were in the same mental shape as he, Biden, was in, would I care?
I’m thinking. https://t.co/ydB5khb2nt
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May 16, 2025
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Vivek might actually win? https://t.co/IwXoaDYzDb
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May 16, 2025
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Where I live (LA) the clean air payoff was evident to everyone when COVID dramatically cut driving. Raised the question: ‘Why can’t the air be this clean all the time?
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May 16, 2025
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They should reallly emphasize the “less air pollution” case for EVs instead of the climate-change case. Pollution benefits would seem to be direct, immediate, enjoyable, understandable, not a long-term painful bank shot mediated by experts. https://t.co/VDj2n58Fqo
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May 16, 2025
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“ready to take”. Hype first, action … maybe later … if at all. https://t.co/5uAWoJaqUI
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May 16, 2025
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“ready to take”. Hype first, action … maybe later. https://t.co/5uAWoJaqUI
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May 16, 2025
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“My grade for Democrats on improving their immigration image: D” Why so high? https://t.co/7tp2D2ybLK
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May 16, 2025
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We still don’t know what happened on immigration … https://t.co/y7VuIGuoKd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 15, 2025
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A searing I-don’t-give-a-f___ confession, along the lines of Sgt. Exley’s at the end of L.A. Confidential, would do the trick. https://t.co/h1nKrTMVfI https://t.co/88En1mfBYD
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 15, 2025
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You get the impression that Klain must spend most of his time on the phone with reporters and pols and people like Greenberg, giving them the impression that he agrees with them and is just trying so hard to do what they want him to do. … https://t.co/SS3HxVlQRV
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 06:20PM
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Aren’t there insecure people who respond to their insecurity by constantly looking for negative information–threats, problems they may not be addressing, places they might be screwing up? Can we elect that kind of insecure person? https://t.co/TaHpWlKS8e
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 06:17PM
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Shorter: The bogus Lankford border bill and a return of welfare (as a Child Tax Credit) will save Dems! Digging in and doubling down on two of the most disastrous domestic policies of the last 80 years. https://t.co/iASjAaYTLP
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May 14, 2025
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This does not make the Dem case that Biden cost Kamala the presidency. It makes a case that Kamala cost Kamala the presidency. https://t.co/5cz0q3HRdl
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May 14, 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 06:09PM
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“What comes through powerfully in these books is a Joe Biden who is extremely personally insecure and constantly looking for evidence of his success and approval. Accordingly, he blocks out negative information, and therefore ended up out of touch…” https://t.co/5cz0q3HRdl
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May 14, 2025
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Greenberg says “[Klain] tried to reverse the changes in immigration policies that were producing millions of new border encounters.” How? Why did this secret Klain initiative have zero practical effect? He was WH chief of staff. Is he completely ineffective? https://t.co/iASjAaYTLP
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May 14, 2025
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.@DailyMail’s @JoshTBoswell has been nominated for an investigative journalism award by the LA Press Club. Much deserved. He nailed down the Emhoff/schoolteacher story (in record time) when others didn’t, or weren’t interested .https://t.co/krn4KyAj1Q
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May 14, 2025
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May 14, 2025 at 01:56AM
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More emphasis on point #2 please1 The press uses loss of coverage as if it were the only measure, but what if losing Medicaid doesn’t hurt health outcomes (vs., eg, going to ER)? There was that Oregon study! Cohn cites recent studies showing better mortality with coverage. https://t.co/NERGDVnY9I
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May 14, 2025
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May 13, 2025 at 10:58PM
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Then there are those who never come clean about being wrong and are rewarded in Washington with prestigious editorships and TV gigs … https://t.co/kmxzMSy39m
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 14, 2025
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May 13, 2025 at 08:48PM
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Ever since mass immigration began anew in the late 20th century, advocates have pointed to the “Great Wave” to insist we could handle it. After all, the foreign-born share [was] still below the “Great Wave” peak. “We’ve been here before,” they would say. It’s no longer true.
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May 14, 2025
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Her best hope was if the campaign had been 17 days, not 107. … https://t.co/AlHn8iCFzf
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May 13, 2025
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May 13, 2025 at 02:14PM
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I understood about half of this, but I’m not bitter. https://t.co/PxCS16PgKW
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May 13, 2025
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This is my go-to text for thinking about how drugs should be priced. Very readable, for a column that discusses decreasing marginal costs. https://t.co/SjPxq2oR1F
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May 13, 2025
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May 12, 2025 at 08:17PM
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Also: “Officials believe that as well as underestimating the levels of long-term immigration to the UK, government forecasts are also overstating its economic benefits”. https://t.co/LJBZXua5BM
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May 13, 2025
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