Capitalism for Developers, Communism for Landlords, by @jbarro https://t.co/8xvzhDLRUm

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2026

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January 08, 2026 at 05:04PM
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Has she tried saying she now believes she was wrong back then and explain why she thinks she was wrong? That sometimes works! If she doesn’t think she was wrong it doesn’t matter when she tweeted it, does it? https://t.co/vnZ3sZNm2E

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 11:25PM
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Karni also says that “a lot of [House Republicans} think that affordability will be the strategy.” If true, seems wildly misguided and loserish:
1) “Affordability” may abate in 2026 (even if it’s as big an issue now as MSM says).
2) GOPS have little to say about it.
3) There are

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 10:53PM
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NYTimes’ @AnnieKarni, discussing revival of ACA subsidies and the effect on the 2026 campaigns, confidently asserts: “[A]t the end of the day the subsidies will not pass.”

Huh. Wanna bet?

https://t.co/mbGwfl0NjN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 8, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 10:37PM
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The MSM is one step ahead of you, Tonelson, having already moved on to predicting gloom and doom for 2026. https://t.co/hILIUEFx4X https://t.co/iPlUdOQmoG

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 04:26PM
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One answer is that the economics of the Web (stoke your side) is hostile to Orgies of Recrimination, making it much harder for political parties in trouble to retool, as the Dems did in 1995. https://t.co/jmb9zmHhPb

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 04:21PM
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When does the much needed Democratic Orgy of Recrimination begin in earnest in the MSM? Not just blaming Kamala (easy) but actually, maybe-still-touted, Dem policies? https://t.co/MKViWMVH7m

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 04:18PM
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‘We Only Nation-Build OUR Nation’ is actually a coherent synthesis of Trump’s recent foreign policy, no? https://t.co/wTWUUwA1OF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 04:10PM
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Payday for Elliott Investment? (Isn’t that Paul Singer?) https://t.co/SDhyIJwink

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 02:55PM
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My favorite part’s when Cohn says the blame may not lie with Walz’s administration but “with factors beyond its control”-i.e. running day care by outsourcing to private groups. That “‘does require more aggressive oversight.'” Who if not Walz was supposed to do that oversight? https://t.co/rKAiynxNvA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 01:58AM
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Even the liberal @CitizenCohn looks at the Minn. Fraud scandals and discovers (in the words of fellow liberal @haroldpollack) that “A really bad thing happened, and it demonstrated a real failure of public management that has to be addressed. AND THE SCALE OF IT WAS JUST

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 07, 2026 at 01:50AM
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Only 4 of the 7 cars in front of me at this random stoplight in West LA are Teslas. Maybe Tesla sales are down because they’ve already sold one to the people who want one, and those people have kept them, the cars have held up and there are no new Tesla models to buy.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 06, 2026 at 10:44PM
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Klobuchar’s problem as a presidential candidate was that she talked like a candidate for local or state office–sensible, but all small-bore and compromise. No national vision. Governor is a good choice for her.

PS Pushing out Franken was a mistake. Triumph of short-termism. https://t.co/DZP6GOCmN2

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 7, 2026

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January 06, 2026 at 09:33PM
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They’re going to pounce, aren’t they? https://t.co/xdVYf2FuxW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2026

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January 05, 2026 at 11:48PM
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They did also adopt a reading curriculum based on phonics, Dionne notes. You would think this reversion to old methods has worked out well, as it has in other states. But check on that too. https://t.co/Btxc3W9gPg

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2026

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January 05, 2026 at 10:15PM
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Minnesota Democrats won the “trifecta” in 2022 and basically enacted the entire Biden Dem agenda–family and medical leave, child tax credits, gun restrictions and lots more. @EJDionne was ecstatic. (“Momentous.) I made a mental note to come back in a few years and see if

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2026

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January 05, 2026 at 10:11PM
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A big, definitive piece on this was written by @blaineharden decades ago–I forget if it was in the NYT or WaPo.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2026

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January 05, 2026 at 09:54PM
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Of course, strict enforcement of elaborate “New Property” tenant protections — eg drug dealers fighting eviction — was what turned public housing developments into crime-ridden hellholes. Not crazy to say Cea Weaver embodies Mamdani’s contradictions. https://t.co/5M9AdZ8qOr

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 6, 2026

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January 05, 2026 at 09:53PM
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How dare they change the weather forecast. I have a reliance interest!

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 05:16PM
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AFTER WATERGATE BURGLARY, NIXON’S A DEMOCRATIC PUNCHING BAG. https://t.co/5F8gyYZhxG

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 01:31AM
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They used to just pounce. “Tim Walz was a Democratic hopeful. Now, he’s a Republican punching bag.” https://t.co/Ck1FkHuwsT

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 01:29AM
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Link: https://t.co/5bZ43cL2DE
“The U.S. government has since repeatedly raised its reward for information leading to his arrest or conviction — increasing it to as much as $50 million in August. It remains unclear whether the reward will be paid out, or to whom.’’

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 01:22AM
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“Don’t let anybody claim it,” Trump quipped at the news conference. “Nobody deserves it but us.’’

Do we ever actually pay up on this type of reward? (And if we did, wouldn’t whoever claimed it be marked for death?)

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 12:50AM
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The CIA is bragging. Skepticism always advisable https://t.co/v17t63Lshh

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 4, 2026

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January 04, 2026 at 12:33AM
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OK. Now back to Epstein? …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Jan 3, 2026

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January 03, 2026 at 04:39PM
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