Remember, there’s a Trumpish populist revolt at the end of Young’s 1958 book on “Meritocracy.” No Iraq in sight, and the elites weren’t acting incompetently (except in failing to anticipate the Trumpish populist revolt). https://t.co/lMZBfRAlC7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 27, 2023
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April 26, 2023 at 08:07PM
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Is the resentment Trump & Tucker tapped into really all about “reflexive distrust” of major U.S. institutions? Or woulod it have happened even if the US had triumphed in Iraq & handled Covid brilliantly? I think (b)–because we’d still be on the Michael Young Pathway… https://t.co/1HYVP6hRrq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 27, 2023
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April 26, 2023 at 08:01PM
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It’s a good thing that Republicans are emphasizing work requirements for cash benefits. Medicaid is different, though, because we’re going to give people medical care anyway. Even @robertrector has opposed work requirements for Medicaid, as he argued here: https://t.co/aHAyog2mAf https://t.co/1R64o70mQa
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 26, 2023 at 05:22PM
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“Tucker, who has recently been doing more and more long-form interviews, could easily sign the first billion-dollar deal with a streaming service for a four or five year exclusive.” — @AlexBerenson https://t.co/N1BTYyDJBM
Ya think? I don’t think.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 26, 2023 at 03:44AM
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Great Ailes/Ferguson anecdote. Dovetails with the obvious undertheory of whatever proximate cause you come up with for Carlson’s removal: He was getting too big, too powerful, and needed to be shown who’s boss https://t.co/jWI5jTFzzF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 09:15PM
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America needs a) someone to bring an annoying-yet-successful copyright suit against media giants and b) to run a quixotic-but-revealing campaign against the entrenched Dem establishment incumbent.
When you need @Jonathantasini you’re in trouble. https://t.co/gOzleu49V8
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 09:05PM
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America needs a) someone to bring an annoying-yet-successful copyright suit agains media giants and b) to run a quixotic-but-revealing campaign against the entrenched Dem establishment incumbent.
When you need @Jonathantasini you’re in trouble. https://t.co/m8E2AEHDn4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 09:01PM
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I don’t know if he makes stuff up (he always has a mysterious “source”) but he’s the least bankable reporter on Murdoch and Fox, no? https://t.co/ySBV5RGtIp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 08:39PM
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Do you really need to hire a human? https://t.co/Av2IDkftMO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 08:28PM
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First have to decide, is it Wokeism or anti-anti-Wokeism? If it’s the first, you already have your name … https://t.co/kXmLpxRF42
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 26, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 08:06PM
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A “comprehensive liberal cultural” policy! What to call it? … https://t.co/LpFUlzQsuy
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 07:58PM
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The Vincent Gigante Ploy!
It would make a good SNL skit, except they already did it (for Reagan)
https://t.co/JVKEe4oSMp https://t.co/YuPlyVCyse— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 07:50PM
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What Charles Peters called “The Washington Monument Game” in full effect …. https://t.co/jRSi4XmkpT
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 01:36PM
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But dark, very dark.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 12:31PM
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In college we’d sit around (maybe stoned) and listen to an album called “Belafonte Sings the Blues.” Belafonte seemed to have no idea how you sing the blues. It was fantastic.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 12:29PM
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Bensman’s reports are v-informative. This one gets to the key fact 7:00 min in: The Biden Admin is telling migrants they must use the (numerically limited) CBP One app — but when they don’t Biden is letting them in anyway. So migrants will keep ignoring CBP One. https://t.co/J8acwje66N
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 25, 2023 at 02:03AM
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SYMPATHY FOR THE TUCKER: So, Fox wanted Carlson to say things on air that everyone knew were BS. Then they fired him for doing it? https://t.co/Na6eDOIcUq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 25, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 08:45PM
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ICYMI the ill-advised Florida “defamation bill” that would have watered down Times v. Sullivan protections–and was opposed from right and left–has died in the legislature. Seems good news for DeSantis. Less baggage. https://t.co/T9Vpi417YS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 05:40PM
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Also (he says hopefully) now Tucker won’t have to say what the Fox suits–and audience–want him to say. https://t.co/FZSfd3NofU
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 04:06PM
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Somewhere Hannity is smiling
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:45PM
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At first I thought this was the Bee …. https://t.co/jgraGEkXw7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:37PM
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And people wonder why the MSM is helping him out? https://t.co/7qoDfY1du1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:34PM
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It doesn’t seem a coincidence that Rice departs after it’s reported that she called immigration advocates’ arguments about the surge of “unaccompanied” children at the border “BS.” Does this mean the advocates have won? https://t.co/0eIGPRzRw7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:25PM
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More non-anecdotal evidence (though 17% seems “alarming” but not “staggering”): https://t.co/zNFeQ6sa0n
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:15PM
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In a just world, this @maureendowd column would be the peak & capstone of the anti-DeSantis CW news cycle. https://t.co/n57sq4DMDl (Again, I predict an unjust world: Too many MSM Dems are scared of DeSantis, want to boost Trump. Will probably overcome their urge for more drama.) https://t.co/1WN9jq3W9E
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 24, 2023
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April 24, 2023 at 02:38AM
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