Democrats should be on high alert about any *hints* of class snobbery. a) It’s a bad thing in itself–a violation of social equality; b) it’s electoral poison because it pisses people off; c) it’s electoral poison because it reinforces an inherently limited cocoon of support. https://t.co/JGHqwje7C2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 28, 2026
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October 27, 2026 at 10:15PM
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Obama could’ve said that. No problem! But no … https://t.co/7zYoRcrmMj
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Oct 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026 at 04:38PM
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I don’t think Darman ever quite recovered from Marjorie Williams’ profile https://t.co/uhgtww2IVI https://t.co/nx1HQSVppR
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Oct 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026 at 03:28PM
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The case for Don Graham https://t.co/OehilsPerK
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Oct 27, 2026
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October 27, 2026 at 02:09AM
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Science is real https://t.co/5paydo5R3Z
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Oct 26, 2026
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October 26, 2026 at 02:56PM
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It’s weird–Obama stumbles over the line, like he realizes it’s a mistake but it’s too late not to finish the sentence. Video here: https://t.co/sjf42NIeYH
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Oct 26, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 11:59PM
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I mean, Trump’s Oval Office looks ridiculous, embarrassing. There must be 100 ways Obama could have made this point, in a funny way, without seeming to sneer a restaurant chain popular with the non elite. His speechwriters couldn’t help it. https://t.co/BeZIel4j4R
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Oct 26, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 11:55PM
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The science is settling https://t.co/5paydo5R3Z
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 05:55PM
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Clinton’s Oval Office makeover wasn’t exactly austere. Not that there’s anything wrong with it! https://t.co/JhZZLjh6UZ https://t.co/AIR5xMlteX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:42PM
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The trouble with the “it’s just a joke” line is that Obama IS a snob. People think they know that. He shouldn’t emphasize that side of himself. Didn’t he used to be careful not to? https://t.co/wcsPBzqJN4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:34PM
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“The hard fact is that Nixon lacks taste”–Arthur Schlesinger Jr., 1960. (That was designed to win over skeptical Adlai voters, I believe. But class snobbery is still one theme of Dem politics and policy–eg. screw those hillbillies if they won’t learn to code when migrants do their former jobs.)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:25PM
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Did a memo go out to Dems: “We’re going to win this mid-term on Design!” https://t.co/PjPDQuma2u
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Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 02:58PM
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So Obama meant it in a good way! …. https://t.co/93EHvMAGM8
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Oct 25, 2026
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Trump: “You want me to go to the Cheescake Factory?”
Aide: “Yes, sir.”
Trump: “But I don’t like the Cheescake Factory.”
Aide: “You do now.”— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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I’d like to think the Restorers who yearn to revive the old pre-Tump GOP consensus have turned against mass immigration, but I’m deeply skeptical. Start with the Bushes. Have they turned against mass immigration? Now everyone who worked for the Bushes. Now all the GOP squishes in the Senate. The drive for cheap labor and cheap virtue (where the GOP allegedly realigns politics by playing Abraham Lincoln for Latinos) is stronger than a few foreign-policy-oriented misgivings.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:41AM
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“Black Sheep” is even better. https://t.co/NJMZxSPBG3 https://t.co/KQ4Kr7wy7j
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Oct 25, 2026
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I’d like to think the Restorers who yearn to revive the old pre-Tump GOP consensus have turned against mass immigration, but I’m deeply skeptical. Start with the Bushes. Have they turned against mass immigration? Now everyone who worked for the Bushes. Now all the GOP squishes in the US. The drive for cheap labor and cheap virtue (where the GOP allegedly realigns politics by playing Abraham Lincoln for Latinos) is stronger than a few foreign-policy-oriented misgivings.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:29AM
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Would be worth it for Trump, even if it doesn’t save the midterms, because it would nail Obama and lower his future campaign value.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:14AM
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Last election it was McDonald’s. Is this Trump’s 2026 anti-snob stunt: https://t.co/zX0oo5CZMK https://t.co/atokGlO1y0
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Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 03:11AM
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Vivek sneers as prom queens and sleepovers. https://t.co/Qgbo0plydO Obama sneers at Cheesecake Factory. At least Vivek’s politically fatal snobbery had a point (US needs to do better producing tech talent). Obama’s is closer to pure taste signalling. https://t.co/atokGlO1y0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 02:36AM
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I don’t know about blocking buildings because of shade. But a lot more skyscrapers should be blocked because of WIND–specifically downdraft winds that render surrounding public spaces unusable. Worst examples I’ve noticed: Yamasaki’s original World Trade Center and his similar, smaller Century Plaza towers in LA. Lovely, unusable public parks in both. You can’t eat lunch there because your lunch will blow away.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 02:01AM
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It’s one thing to get rid of the filibuster to actually pass, eg. national health care. It’s another to get rid of it just to stage a bunch of show votes to use in the 2028 campaign. https://t.co/hVHpgUcNMj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 25, 2026
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October 25, 2026 at 01:38AM
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If this guy wins I will be really amazed. https://t.co/93VoqMkUio
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 23, 2026
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October 23, 2026 at 07:03PM
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Obviously 2 million new entrants will bid down wages whether or not the were processed in “orderly” fashion and whether or not we ‘know who they are.” Those two 2d-order things are mainly brought up by mass immigration supporters in an attempt to con voters into accepting more millions
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 23, 2026
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October 23, 2026 at 06:56PM
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They don’t run on that. But would they DO that? It’s pretty clear that, e,g., James “Welcome Mat” Talarico would– as long as they are processed in “orderly” fashion and we find out ‘who they are,’ etc. https://t.co/9OwImoHUBj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 23, 2026
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October 23, 2026 at 04:19PM
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