How does Trump (via his cat’s paws at the agency) get to write regs that are in effect laws? Because Congress has delegated that power to the agency and the recent Slaughter case says independent agencies are controlled by the WH. Right? Would this be a good occasion for Congress https://t.co/oXbpuYXS9U
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026 at 02:28AM
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Of course in the 1950s there was also a broken correlation between high education and income: Liberals were insecure, non-rich middle class folks who made up with pretentious consumption (Olivetti typewriters) what they lacked in $. (See Ehrenreich, Fear of Falling.) The ultimate https://t.co/7asuj5voR3
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026 at 02:09AM
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Will pending changes in the regs of federal historic preservation laws allow the razing of Greenwich Village and Georgetown? https://t.co/Hkxj6Aevhw Neither the Yglesian Abundance movement nor Donald Trump has any feel for preservation–eg not ripping down the old Penn Station.
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 22, 2026 at 01:52AM
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“Instead, they found that lower birth rates predicted faster growth in output per working-age adult and, in turn, higher wages, with no decline in aggregate output.” https://t.co/1slVq0Bu3y
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 11:00PM
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But then why doesn’t CA do the simple thing–anonymously compare the voter rolls with the list of those who have the AB60 “illegals” driver’s license? Just to see if the overlap number is big or small. As Claude sums the argument: “if the state is confident no AB 60 holders are https://t.co/NoEzjoHGTq
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 10:30PM
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Coincidentally Gov Newsom just signed a law moving California decisively toward a system of digital mobile IDs. https://t.co/2pngGVR6z3 What could go wrong? https://t.co/9KdrE8j18X
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Jul 22, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 10:14PM
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It’s like disbanding Saddam’s army. Gee, wonder what will happen … https://t.co/DHWA9iUmeH
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Jul 21, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 06:16PM
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When AI starts destroying “symbolic analyst” high-Merit careers, it’s not hard to see who will lead the anti-AI revolution. … https://t.co/CMyME6CepQ
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Jul 21, 2026
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Scooter Braun would have been better.
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Jul 21, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 02:58PM
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Zendaya was awful. Sydney Sweeney would have been better.
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Jul 21, 2026
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July 21, 2026 at 02:49AM
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In some sectors, there were big jumps in pay under Trump: Landscaping (6.74 percent). Parking lots & garages (10.75 percent). In a smaller number of sectors Biden did better, including “Disability, mental health & substance abuse facilities” (whose decline may not be a bad thing)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026 at 04:51PM
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The Beat Goes On; “[P]rice-adjusted hourly pay of U.S. private sector blue-collar workers during the deportations-heavy second Trump administration has fared better than it had under the most directly comparable period of the Open Borders-friendly Biden administration.”
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Jul 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026 at 04:46PM
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Weird. It’s almost like there’s a large group of people — I can’t think of a word for it — who are suddenly and simultaneously attacking JD Vance from every possible angle, however spurious, since his Joe Rogan interview. I hope they put an end to all the paranoid conspiracy https://t.co/PWpzGhFOXd
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Jul 20, 2026
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I guess not! https://t.co/qhJP60i2UL Bizarrely, the @NYT didn’t even notice Vance’s “striking” comments about Epstein and Israeli intelligence in its “5 Takeaways” coverage three days earlier https://t.co/bLXWnUQYRK https://t.co/a4qtP2rlZG
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Jul 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026 at 01:45AM
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Josh Kerr has broken the mile record before a stadium of cheering fans https://t.co/nwblDlSnOt Worth watching Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mark in 1954 in a much lower key setting. An inspiration. https://t.co/5iLUUjozep
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Jul 20, 2026
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July 20, 2026 at 12:07AM
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Actual “conspiracies” are almost the default mode in Washington. I remember there was a large conspiracy of liberal antipoverty types to stop welfare reform. So? You want AOC or Marco Rubio to be president? You’re starting a conspiracy right now. The biggest conspiracies are
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2026
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July 19, 2026 at 04:29PM
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Josh Kerr has broken the mile record before a stadium of cheering fans. Worth watching Roger Bannister break the 4 minute mark in 1954 in a lower key setting. Still an inspiration https://t.co/5iLUUjozep
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Jul 19, 2026
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July 19, 2026 at 05:16AM
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You’d think a piece titled “Trump shifts his tone on Jimmy Carter” would have some examples of … Trump shifting his tone on Jimmy Carter. You’d be wrong. Instead of the promised “wistful” sentiments we get a couple of statements of the obvious–that Trump didn’t want a failed
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jul 19, 2026
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July 19, 2026 at 02:14AM
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“I shouldn’t be judged by the worst day of my life.”–John Wilkes Booth
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Jul 18, 2026
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July 18, 2026 at 05:41PM
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Tell it to @SorhabAmhari https://t.co/HuYchwI7Sd https://t.co/kEb6CysoK3
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Jul 18, 2026
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July 18, 2026 at 05:38PM
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It’s PR, not ombudsmandry. They aren’t going to say anything negative about the Times. At least if their Platner episode is representative. https://t.co/TAwGT0CQnQ https://t.co/PnIAQFD9XW
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Jul 18, 2026
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July 18, 2026 at 05:26PM
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Here are 2 Tonelson links on ‘Take the Win’:
From April: https://t.co/wMrbHxYOLp
From June: https://t.co/Yp2jogZU3a
See also @ByronYork in May: https://t.co/2KWnntb9cY
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Jul 18, 2026
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July 17, 2026 at 09:06PM
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The problem *could* be solved by tinkering with the rules (including the size of the goal). Possible sources of inspiration: a) Australian rules football b) 23-Man Squamish.
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Jul 18, 2026
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July 17, 2026 at 08:50PM
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Link: https://t.co/izyxPLvLRi
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Jul 18, 2026
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Link below goes to @AnnCoulter’s entertaining point-by-point attack on soccer. An obvious point she left out: soccer is inherently susceptible to referee interference because its’ so low-scoring. In a basketball game if a ref takes away a score with a bum call it’s not such a
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Jul 18, 2026
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