Re: RIck Caruso https://t.co/re5VGryQCG https://t.co/ehAEjwutix

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 7, 2026

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May 7, 2026 at 01:57AM
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Raman wasn’t *that* bad. … https://t.co/h88ms9PG2o

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May 7, 2026

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May 7, 2026 at 01:36AM
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That (“pretends”) was a good line, presumably planned in advance. https://t.co/NqL52NOsnM

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May 7, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 09:37PM
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I guess this means (correct me if I’m wrong:
Bass wants to run against Pratt in the runoff.
Raman mostly just wants to make the runoff, but needs to steal Bass votes and justify her candidacy. Suspect she’d also rather run against Pratt. (Her campaign would be “MAGA! MAGA! MAGA!

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 7, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 09:30PM
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Bass and Raman also spent a lot of time attacking each other. There weren’t many attacks from them against Pratt, who sailed through mostly unscathed. https://t.co/Rf1WzCi6o3

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May 7, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 09:20PM
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That’s my take without seeing what others are saying. Will go see now.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 7, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 09:09PM
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Report on LA Mayoral debate:
Pratt was very good, talked in plain language
Raman talks like an urban planning apparatchik; She did accuse Pratt of being MAGA. Might hurt him. He didn’t answer it, but no evidence of it either.
Bass talks a LOT. She loves the word “comprehensive.”

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May 7, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 09:08PM
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It’s a little more complicated, since the fire he set was more or less put out, but the LAFD incompetently let it smolder underground (they were called off the job https://t.co/t0i7M0VGGm) and it erupted a week later to burn down the town. https://t.co/SGFSYd4mkZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 6, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 05:59PM
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The Abundance movement needs more fresh bodies to stoke the housing crises we need the Abundance movement for! One reason Abundance and mass immigration seem to go hand in hand? https://t.co/bk0h7wXPWW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 6, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 05:15PM
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Hostage takings in Beverly Hills, homeless encampment collapses major freeway near LA’s port. They’re setting things up nicely for tonight’s mayoral debate in which Mayor Bass can tell us she’s not responsible for what’s happening in her city. https://t.co/FX4Hag16kb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 6, 2026

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May 6, 2026 at 02:38PM
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Suddenly it’s 2015 again. Rubio was always the preferred candidate of the permanent GOP think tank blob in DC. Now they see a way back into power on his back. https://t.co/XBQUldYmGf

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 04:06PM
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Never Trumpers lining up behind Rubio … https://t.co/t9Eibf9wRo

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May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 04:00PM
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Link: https://t.co/3xNCihzN1B

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May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 02:56PM
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Robert Pape: “If [Project Freedom] fails even once, Washington must escalate—or accept humiliation in full view of the world.”–Robert Pape
Pape has been everywhere during this war. He’s always seemed an uninteresting self-promoter. Is it just me? Now he’s a potential menace,

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 02:55PM
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Here is @meghan_daum’s interview with Spencer Pratt, with an excellent 10 min. intro from Daum … https://t.co/I0vfSp8E43

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 04:23AM
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I dunno. She’s at 25%. Have you heard of the Incumbent Rule? https://t.co/CSee5f8TXX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 5, 2026 at 02:36AM
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McNamara helped destroy the US auto industry, then he helped destroy the country (Vietnam), then he helped destroy the world (World Bank). I heard him talk once at a meeting. He was brilliant and charming. https://t.co/FDD03qL4gT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 10:36PM
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I mean, how long before an OnlyFans candidate gets elected to office? (Or has that happened already?)

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 10:29PM
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They always laugh at innovative campaign techniques before they adopt them themselves https://t.co/KfRCsuqndc

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May 5, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 10:28PM
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I’m hearing a lot of IQ this and IQ that. Effective leaders are not always the ones with highest IQ! When Henry Ford II hired the WWII “Whiz Kids” as a group, he had them tested. The highest IQ was Robert McNamara, who went on to do immense damage to the human race. The leader of https://t.co/Gyznfkyp3X

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 5, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 09:45PM
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“Your Seagull is a spy for Xi” could be an effective slogan against Chinese EVs, no? https://t.co/7MqawGTJYN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 07:04PM
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Is this the solution to the RIck Caruso Mystery (why he’s posting campaign-style videos even though he’s not running for anything)? https://t.co/nC7uSCqI8i

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 03:41PM
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Seems like a substantial, revenue-raising property tax fosters class segregation, because non-rich people can’t afford to pay it when the value of their home appreciates, so they have to move out. … (You can protect with Prop. 13 like grandfathering, but then you have Prop.13.) https://t.co/JXSmFy45nT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 03:15PM
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Translation: This is what people mean when they say Disney wokeness killed the Star Wars franchise. Sure, people still like the old ones (and select new ones). https://t.co/YwDqL0kCe7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 03:06PM
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.@pmarca blocked me for this. To modify the old Kruschev joke: “Comrade, where you are now is where you were then.” https://t.co/6tqCZ1dWJV

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May 4, 2026

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May 4, 2026 at 12:34AM
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