Ready for @SpencerPratt yet? https://t.co/HMCiOyFzP3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 29, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 11:57PM
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NYT’s Baker https://t.co/DirxfMbqnA backing away gingerly from Erlanger’s flat assertion (published same day) that Iran “effectively controls the Strait of Hormuz.” https://t.co/SvTOX19pTe Now it’s just “Hormuz remains a volatile passage.” Them narratives are hard to turn around

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 07:53PM
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NYT: “Only around a dozen ships per day have recently passed through the strait, according to Kpler, a maritime data company.” https://t.co/trKPcMNVzR Claude on Kpler: “So when Kpler publishes a headline “crossings” number… it’s likely capturing most — not necessarily all — dark transits, weighted toward whatever their SAR/RF coverage caught that day. Given how central ‘dark fleet’ activity is to the current Hormuz story, that margin of undercount is worth keeping in mind when reading their weekly figures.”

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 07:44PM
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If this were 1970, I’d wonder why The Man (X) buried this deep in my timeline out of order. https://t.co/uaYHXZvIhj

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 07:19PM
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.@SteveRattner (The Strait of Hormuz is still closed”) https://t.co/1wFBBjuryO versus Goldman Sachs (“recovered to around two-thirds of pre-war levels”) https://t.co/7Zl0C4LEYf You gonna put your money on Chooch? https://t.co/0wkJdowUWX

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 07:11PM
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But we were told it’s Iran’s nuclear weapon … https://t.co/sRhhaEBUCh

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 02:38PM
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This is from reading @RobertWrighter’s provocative book THE GOD TEST, though I’m not sure Wright would agree. I’m only 2/3 of the way through https://t.co/LR5c1gt1E1

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 02:41AM
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This is from reading @RobertWrighter’s provocative THE GOD TEST, though I’m not sure Wright would agree. I’m only 2/3 of the way through.

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 02:31AM
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I suppose people have already mentioned how neatly the AI “revolution” fits into the classic Marxist structure: A mode of production (capitalism pre-AI) generates seeds of own destruction– ie new forces of production (AI**) arise that bump up against “fetters” (antitrust laws?

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026 at 02:25AM
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We still have 4 lakes in reserve. https://t.co/yqKghhAQk8

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 27, 2026 at 10:11PM
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Psst: It’s not “the biggest economic problem in the country.” https://t.co/1bg3dJStzM

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Aug 28, 2026

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August 27, 2026 at 10:08PM
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Most YIMBYism seems sensible to me. But nationally are you going to do better than Austin, TX, where a building boom reduced rents by … a bit <20%? If that’s all it takes to solve “the biggest economic problem in the country” we’re in pretty good shape! https://t.co/tygqxRvXVg

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Aug 27, 2026

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August 27, 2026 at 01:02AM
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In 2015 the Trudeau government launched its plan that doubled the level of immigration. https://t.co/CqBLfcQ5DG https://t.co/EV3em8uyKh

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Aug 27, 2026

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August 27, 2026 at 12:49AM
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Here’s another one: https://t.co/8zZ9V0udNE https://t.co/dB7HKVvGC8

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Aug 27, 2026

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August 26, 2026 at 09:07PM
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Here are two people everyone liked: https://t.co/lTs0QmFgji

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Aug 26, 2026

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August 26, 2026 at 07:53PM
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Don’t ask Claude! I asked it for the “US side” of the trade breakdown and got an @NPR-worthy rant: “The Trump administration pushed to use an untested legal power — Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, never invoked since it became law — to threaten steep new tariffs unless

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Aug 26, 2026

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August 26, 2026 at 07:22PM
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Not many articles sympathetically explaining the US side of the trade dispute with Canada. Here’s one: https://t.co/hW3yQFNkJO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 26, 2026

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August 26, 2026 at 07:21PM
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Part of the social-egalitarian case for immigration control … https://t.co/905uOcWW36

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Aug 26, 2026

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August 25, 2026 at 09:55PM
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Plenty vague language would allow a liberal jury to decide a conservative journalist had “intent” to cause “objectively reasonable fear for … personal safety” on the part of a “designated immigration support service provider.” (You could flip “liberal” and “conservative” but in https://t.co/rJTAlnDTp6

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Aug 25, 2026

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August 25, 2026 at 01:53AM
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How is it not also about Nick Shirley? https://t.co/flNkucfypY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2026

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August 25, 2026 at 01:40AM
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OK, it’s the dog days of August. But @NPR et al are still trying to make a scandal out of a Census Bureau report claiming that “24,000 noncitizens illegally voted in 2020”? Isn’t that a very low number? The left should maybe be celebrating this report. https://t.co/CsIkkvbPgd

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2026

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August 24, 2026 at 08:24PM
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Which way does the narcoterrorism example cut? IT suggests that business noblese oblige (corporate citizenship, stakeholders, all that BS) is often designed to gain support for bad actions. Even when not it’s condescending and corporatist. If I see a Sam Altman Soccer Field I https://t.co/vSdwMLzc0M

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 25, 2026

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August 24, 2026 at 08:13PM
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Churchill liked having an attractive “unvetted channel of information” around, as did FDR, as did Eisenhower. Trump of all people should be different? https://t.co/pEbCu37BJY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Aug 24, 2026

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August 23, 2026 at 10:06PM
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HERE COMES A TRUMP AMNESTY DEAL: “During the recent meeting, the pair discussed housing, immigration …” Hasn’t Jared done enough damage? https://t.co/NUk7sSh7Dx

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Aug 23, 2026

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August 23, 2026 at 02:45PM
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Aug 23, 2026

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August 23, 2026 at 02:35PM
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