“Instead, according to multiple lobbyists, they’ll seek to influence Brooke Rollins, Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture, and Kristi Noem …”
In other words, exactly the weak spots everyone knew they’d focus on … https://t.co/sMf2sKlnUQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 04:33AM
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How about a reverse-Romney-autopsy for the Dems: ‘We have been wrong on immigration”? https://t.co/sEmmI9wjL9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 02:13AM
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“What Newsom says needs to be done [before] construction begins looks to me like a huge, centralized process involving an awful lot of well-connected and high-priced “experts” empaneled to redesign Pacific Palisades according to “scientific” principles involving all the… https://t.co/VkhI2ObUW3
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 02:07AM
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And of course if you want to dispense all sorts of welfare-state goods (company housing, pensions, etc) through businesses–as @RBReich did at least at one point–you’ve got to protect those businesses from competition from those who don’t provide the goods.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 01:41AM
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The model is not only replicable in other areas–eg Big Media with special credentials and ‘journalist’s privileges’ in the pre-Web era–but it seems temptingly functional–eg easier to stop pollution if you just need to get a few big boys to cooperate. That’s the danger. https://t.co/IOx3LKNcO2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 12:37AM
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What @pmarca describes here as the Biden AI policy is pretty close to a perfect example of corporatism: Government and a few big businesses get together to give the businesses a special position/function and keep everyone else doing other things. https://t.co/IdLNtp5HuG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 12:34AM
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You’d think. But the distinction-or something like it-seems to be cemented into the constitution by the misguided 1976 SCOTUS decision in Elrod v. Burns–“civil servants” would be those who can’t be subject to patronage dismissals under the Constitution (not just a statute!)… https://t.co/rveEoadaXu https://t.co/eCQrUUlgfF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 11, 2025 at 12:01AM
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Stop asking me to go paperless.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 10:55PM
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“An official from New Mexico said the state would run out of cash in FIVE MONTHS if the funding freeze continued.’ [Caps added.] Five months? Is that immediate or irreparable harm? https://t.co/Dm9Zzbh3fX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 10:20PM
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Don’t quite know why the anti-Trump Left is so upset about this op-ed /// https://t.co/d6JrjN0gOG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 10:06PM
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Seems like a welcome retreat from the Democracy-at-the-Brink tone of the @NYTimes op-ed Summers and 4 other ex-Treasury secretaries put out today. … https://t.co/m6tLD9sNeN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 10:02PM
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Seems a little early for the Massed 5-Dem-Treasury-Secretary Array. Why not wait until some vital Treasury payments have been stopped? What do they do for an encore? If they’re spotting *potential* problems, will this be a weekly NYT column? (Might be useful, actually) https://t.co/0CEJYvNzVM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 09:57PM
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The judicial allergy to politics (ie political appointees) and veneration of allegedly neutral civil servants has led to some really bad decisions–eg Elrod v. Burns, holding it’s unconstitutional for a Democrat to fire a government appointee just because he’s a Republican.… https://t.co/g65IbaLMrb https://t.co/IT4z15WYQr
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 07:31PM
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So the “alarming” constitutional threat is that Bessent will do something he says he won’t do (block payments)? OK. https://t.co/Nz9SMMS9Dn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 11, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 07:19PM
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Don’t blame the career USAID people for implementing Biden’s wacky trans-comic-book ideas! They were gung-ho for Bush’s foreign policy when he was president! More than DoD!
With Biden and Bush they assist. With Trump, they resist? Is that what civil service neutrality means? https://t.co/F86ImqvQEC
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 04:00PM
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Bensman has been very reliable so I wouldn’t dismiss this as sensationalism … https://t.co/35yQwGiqQY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:49PM
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Poor guy. Running for governor. He’s going to have to go to a sleepover now. https://t.co/ZZlO1jrPwa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:46PM
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Do you talk about Chris Butler? https://t.co/6Abswib7hA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:44PM
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OK, I’m stupdi: Why do we have to panic about increasing our population level (through immigration or child subsidies) when the countries we’re competing with have similar declining birth rates? https://t.co/VWWcCNCvR4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:43PM
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How was letting in millions of unauthorized migrants upholding the rule of law? https://t.co/jSFCcyKE2W
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 10, 2025
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February 10, 2025 at 03:12PM
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Bass seems to feel people still love and trust NGOs … https://t.co/oVcVj3mWGG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:30AM
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What are the 3 foundations** paying a fortune ($500K salary for 6 months!) for LA fire recovery execs, and what are their agendas? Zuckbucks (paying for election officials) have nothing on these guys …
** “Bass and her team declined to identify the specific sources” https://t.co/tp7MzaVCgY
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:26AM
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Looks like what they call a “cluster.” Timely story from the new LAT https://t.co/Sg0N1e9c3u
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 01:21AM
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“’The end goal is replacing the human workforce with machines,’ said a U.S. official closely watching DOGE activity.” https://t.co/qZOpa1v2bt Man is that some weak sourcing for WaPo’s dramatic headline claim. Elsewhere they say “If Musk is successful, the federal workforce will… https://t.co/cyqKS9afGx
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 09, 2025 at 12:57AM
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USAID is where the foreign policy Blob and the Woketopus meet …. You’d think there would be more tension there. (Do neocons really think preaching trans rights to foreign countries promotes their long-term goals?)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 9, 2025
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February 08, 2025 at 08:38PM
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