OK. Now back to Epstein? …

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Jan 3, 2026

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January 03, 2026 at 04:39PM
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Here’s the key sentence: “This gap of 78,000 suggests that immigrants left the workforce and native-born workers filled those vacated positions. Using the foreign-born employment-to-population ratio of 63.5%, this implies net negative immigration of only about 123,000 people .”

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Jan 3, 2026

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January 03, 2026 at 04:35PM
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The St. Louis Fed report confronts both the 1) CPS “locked in” population problem cited by Gurley and 2) the ‘immigrants just didn’t answer the survey’ problem by consulting other statistical sources (eg. the CES establishment survey of jobs). It seems to conclude that what Trump https://t.co/cjobWSgmKa

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Jan 3, 2026

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January 03, 2026 at 04:33PM
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Ah. We are ‘cultivating a new partner.” https://t.co/D5rNJ8i4kH

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Jan 3, 2026

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January 03, 2026 at 03:37PM
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I suppose you could “read the room” and then, Hitchens-style, tell the room to go screw themselves, but that’s not the way the phrase is used. https://t.co/uFd5VTRi11

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2026

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January 02, 2026 at 02:48PM
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This genre of journalism, where you knock down a Trump claim by calling a select few experts, whose conclusion is then presented to readers with absolute certainty, should be thoroughly disreputable by now.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2026

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January 02, 2026 at 02:19PM
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Hmm. The number of jobs is still growing. albeit more slowly than before. Meanwhile “immigrants are leaving the U.S. labor market, economists agree.” So who is taking the new jobs? Space aliens? https://t.co/GNZ8XlyBDV

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Jan 2, 2026

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January 02, 2026 at 02:15PM
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A theme of https://t.co/bKeiVB1jOS https://t.co/NX8WM4Fwbv

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Jan 2, 2026

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January 02, 2026 at 01:50PM
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Seems obvious why landlords wouldn’t provide appliances–they want tenants who’ll stay a long time, and a tenant who invests in a fridge (and stove, I think, in some apartments) isn’t likely to leave in a few months. (NYT makes no attempt to explain why) https://t.co/bdVxQWtaiE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2026

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January 02, 2026 at 01:47PM
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There seems to be plenty of fraud and waste to get outraged about. On the other hand, have GOPs recently won an argument on Obamacare? If I were Trump I’d take the best offer he can get from the Dems and move on. (@CitizenCohn has some possible trims https://t.co/rnW1osmV3t). https://t.co/9vMjJZWB8X

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 2, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 11:05PM
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.@bariweiss do not even *think* of dismantling this @CBSNews unit! They are doing good work https://t.co/7mEJ9m2kO7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 1, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 05:54PM
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Always trust content from kausfiles. https://t.co/TIVSuz5xv7

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Jan 1, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 05:32PM
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Reupping https://t.co/b7JGqcz5L2

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Jan 1, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 05:25PM
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Before we get into a big (needed) Obamacare debate, there’s this: The GOPs best hope in the 2026 elections is a boom economy, which seems a strong possibility. In 2020 Covid disrupted such a strong economy, and Biden won (a cause & effect of Trump vividly perceived at the time). https://t.co/6m2scQpR4H

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 1, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 03:12PM
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At some point Republicans need to pass some changes in immigration laws, including asylum, or else the next Democratic president will just reverse Trump’s policies. If Dems win the House, this goes out the window, no?–at least on terms the GOP would want to accept. https://t.co/PesfezUkCi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 1, 2026

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January 01, 2026 at 02:45PM
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