“they have all committed to spending no money on this race if I’m in it.” Platner seems to feel he’s a helpless pawn at the mercy of Dem moneymen. Is that right? He’s running in Maine, not California. It’s not like he needs name recognition. He needs a car and a tank of gas. https://t.co/4MKklKIasc
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 9, 2026
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July 9, 2026 at 02:28PM
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How long before Platner realizes he’s made a terrible mistake—and is it before July 13? https://t.co/LY8hB5NIPq
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Jul 9, 2026
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July 9, 2026 at 02:20PM
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As LBJ might say: ‘We’re ending a whole lot of things, and starting up mighty few.’
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 9, 2026
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The shelves at the ‘End of’ Bookstore grow longer. We just had The End of Reading, now The End of Drinking. Can the End of Sex be far behind? [Think we had that–ed.] Is there no end to ends? Not while @TheAtlantic is alive. “Is this the End of Booze?” https://t.co/yhcLgNxdtg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 9, 2026
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July 9, 2026 at 01:19PM
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Is Frank Lautenberg available?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 9, 2026
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July 8, 2026 at 09:21PM
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I’d never heard him speak before. He’s very effective! Do Dems really think they’re going to come up with someone who’ll do better?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 9, 2026
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These are all pols who didn’t do what Platner just did (get stampeded out of politics by a scandal) and who went on to have significant political careers … https://t.co/RT0UXevB1y
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Jul 9, 2026
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Seems like a weird edit right at the climactic point–after he says the word “withdraw” at 8:53. What did he say? https://t.co/4MKklKIasc
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Jul 9, 2026
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So he’s knuckling under to those party leaders? I admit I’m surprised. Now I really do want to know why he left Hotchkiss. …. https://t.co/4MKklKIasc
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Jul 9, 2026
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Yes, add Mark Sanford. https://t.co/Bjsr99gPoH
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Jul 9, 2026
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Even if he doesn’t win ( unless even more & worse stuff comes out). …, https://t.co/UcSAHEtVH7
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Jul 9, 2026
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Bill Clinton
Barney Frank
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Ralph Northam
Donald Trump— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 8, 2026
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Silver’s “game theory” seems to assume Platners goal is to be Senator. What if that’s off the table and the issue is whether he campaigns for 5 months, makes his points and loses with some dignity vs quits into humiliated oblivion? https://t.co/6Bv3ArJ2Ss
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 8, 2026
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Agree https://t.co/Bh4Cu5ed6b
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Jul 8, 2026
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Yep https://t.co/avyVvw9itq
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Jul 8, 2026
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If he can run Journolist, he can run a campaign
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Jul 8, 2026
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And if he stays in the race, some of those now denouncing him will figure out a way to come back to him, of course.
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Jul 8, 2026
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Don’t see how this gets Platner to step aside. Seems like he has the leverage. All he has to do to screw the Dem party is … nothing. What else is he going to do with his life? https://t.co/niA1rzlXCl
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 8, 2026
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July 8, 2026 at 03:17AM
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Yglesias lives in Maine, no? I’d rather have him be Senator than Heather Cox Richardson. https://t.co/EXYPwHm27a
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Jul 8, 2026
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Meanwhile @noahpinion offers several historical charts which show what most such charts do–that everything went to Hell sometime around the end of the 1960s, when mass immigration and global trade started up. Hmm.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 8, 2026
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Noah Smith accuses JD Vance of adopting the left’s degrowth policies– it’s just that “instead of urging us to care more about inequality, power, and so on, as European leftists do, Vance wants us to care more about spiritual elevation, morality, community .” Well, yes. So? It
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 8, 2026
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Are you talking about Graham Platner or Travis Kelce? https://t.co/xxBrsskNtf
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Jul 8, 2026
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Yglesias is not a social egalitarian. He wanted preferred customer privileges at Starbucks, if I remember … https://t.co/JimYa3NWSV
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Jul 8, 2026
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July 7, 2026 at 10:31PM
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Even? “Even Marjorie Taylor Greene Doesn’t Buy the McConnell Story” https://t.co/JDx50cXrsV
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Jul 8, 2026
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Someone tell the natalists… https://t.co/IwSx2bKpSv
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Jul 8, 2026
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