Marshall speculates it’s a terrible story for Trump if it comes out he tried to get Epstein busted for being a pedophile–because that implies he knew it for a long time. But it doesn’t. Maybe he did. Maybe he only gradually became aware of the full scope. Not a story Trump https://t.co/SiP3pBbQQW
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Also, Trump’s been accused of being a money-launderer, selling condos to crooks and oligarchs–for years. (See, eg https://t.co/CMnDLYnLwU and https://t.co/N2MkTsyZhD) Why would one more accusation in the Epstein files be enough for Trump to panic and decide to hide the files? https://t.co/JTlBaAWFGQ
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Also, Trump’s been accused of being a money-launderer, selling condos to crooks and oligarchs–for years. (See, eg https://t.co/kJyCe3XPyc and https://t.co/N2MkTsyZhD) Why would one more accusation in the Epstein files be enough for Trump to panic and decide to hide the files?
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Note that Wolff says Trump went to the police and said Epstein “was running a whorehouse.” “Whorehouse” implies some people–don’t call them “clients”!–besides Epstein were having sex with Epstein’s girls. Who would those people be? https://t.co/WL1gdhrgUo
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.@MichaelWolffNYC says Speaker Johnson’s statment that Trump was an FBI informant is “ridiculous” and a “whopper.” Then he says it is essentially true. (Is the “whopper” just that Trump went to the Palm Beach Police, not the FBI?) https://t.co/P2LUXMzEAv
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See also: https://t.co/P2LUXMzEAv
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What do I know about money laundering–but a Russian oligarch paying $95M for a house worth $41M or so seems like very inefficient laundering for the oligarch. Since it took two years, I suppose it’s likely the value rose. But if it rose enough, then why wasn’t it just a flip? https://t.co/SiP3pBbQQW
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MSM seems determined to produce a recession though … https://t.co/eXoM8ov47l
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PODCAST: Is Taylor Swift gay? UPDATE., by @AnnCoulter https://t.co/pxRmvL9PO7
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Note that Story C does *not* require that the participants in the sex ring be underage, or even “victims.” (In this case, the ages seem to have been conveniently left vague, which makes it worse of course.) https://t.co/SCC9u1OrND
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If by “hoax” Trump means merely the idea that he’s implicated in Epstein scandal, the analogy to “Russiagate” is revealing. But a) unlike Russiagate Epstein scandal is way bigger than Trump (see tweet below)–more potential culprits, for one; b) if Trump NOT implicated, full https://t.co/SCC9u1OrND
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What about Story C?: Was Epstein running a sex ring for big shots as a way of extracting intelligence and kompromat in part for a foreign power? Seems like that should be Story A …. https://t.co/0sTutwvVj2
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Sep 6, 2025
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I say give them time. They will eventually stop producing null effects … and start producing negative effects, by subsidizing a culture of non-work and non-marriage (as no-strings welfare payments such as AFDC have traditionally done) https://t.co/W24XwtNQQD
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But @TheArgumentMag did publish this essay, on how guaranteed income plans have failed again and again and again in to produce their anticipated positive antipoverty outcomes in large scale tests https://t.co/rBUxQXwHpT
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Sep 6, 2025
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Looks like @TheArgumentMag will have an argument about any issue–except immigration. The question is how do we sneak in more immigrants politically, not confronting the negative effects on unskilled wages or on cultural solidarity–or that the countries that have tried the “We
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“Today, those who once promoted open borders tell us that the system has failed and that massive cuts are needed, ‘discovering’ that the immigrants do not contribute to the sustaining of the welfare system but overwhelm it.” https://t.co/faytPZMTCb
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Sep 6, 2025
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Can we get rid of “Homeland” while we’re at it. It’s un-American and creepy https://t.co/l6QYmQaw3G https://t.co/pfvITWz9xx
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What about Story C?: Was Epstein running a sex ring for big shots as a way of extracting intelligence and kompromat in part for a foreign power? Seems like that should be A, actually …. https://t.co/gho3gwjo0c
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Breitbart does the work kausfiles is too lazy to do: Wages up. Productivity up too. https://t.co/clpEDVP1FJ
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Sep 5, 2025
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I ask ChatGPT what happened to black wages in latest BLS report. It gives me a lecture on gap between blacks and whites. Not what I asked. (I want to know if black wages went up or down.)
I didn’t realize ChatGPT was woke too. This was a simple question.
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Sep 5, 2025
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Crazy question: What’s the standard for judging “not enough people”? Immigrants leave. The market is supposed to equilibrate. Is the ideal maximum GDP growth? Maximum jobs (including) immigrants? Max GDP/capita? All seem questionable. Wages (median? bottom?) seem best measure no? https://t.co/yVNB8iC90y
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Sep 5, 2025
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“Average hourly earnings rose 3.7 percent from a year earlier — still a healthy increase, but the slowest pace since July 2024.” [3d-to-last-graf] https://t.co/iPrQfhc3mw One measure of how 1) Not enough workers! 2) Workers losing leverage! narratives have resolved. So far, OK
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Waiting for “La Invitacion” from Sen. Lankford https://t.co/X5NswGfH8J
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Sep 5, 2025
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The Immigration Lesson Liberals Don’t Want to Face https://t.co/U8ODeqFUWV
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How about ‘pick up your own effing dinner’? Compromise! https://t.co/eBolz5GdGU
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