The Maxwell thing will probably actually happen.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:04PM
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“I’m on a journey” is the universal get-outof-jail-free card if it works. … “I”m on a journey,’ says Nick Fuentes, launching his Fuentes for Senate campaign” … “‘I’m on a journey,’ says Ghislaine Maxwell” … “‘Journey!’ declares Willie Horton, adopting the latest shorthand https://t.co/M5Tlehh8B3

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Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:03PM
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“I’m on a journey” is the universal get-outof-jail-free card if it works. … “I”m on a journey,’ says Nick Fuentes, launching his Fuentes for Senate campaign” … “‘I’m on a journey,’ says Ghislaine Maxwell” … “‘Journey!’ sayss Willie Horton, adopting the latest shorthand for https://t.co/M5Tlehh8B3

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 30, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 08:01PM
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“Earlier border enforcement” doesn’t quite capure it.

Biden/Mayorkas opened the floodgates.

1 (a): Don’t open the floodgates … https://t.co/KjbCXR6VpF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 07:37PM
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Phillips knows basically everything about CA politics … https://t.co/v0p1vMuwqA

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:45PM
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If you scratch a liberal Santa Monica doctor with an “In this house…” sign in front of their house long enough, you’ll discover they are angry about exactly this same thing … https://t.co/TRZbDoLu2K

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:36PM
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You can’t arrest illegals at their homes–in front of their children!
You can’t arrest them at work–because Joe Rogan says so.
So yes, he was arrested “on his way to work” … https://t.co/bMw1Fmg9Hr

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:32PM
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If only the 22d Amendment actually were clear. … But it says “elected,” not “serve” … https://t.co/cXMWjussNY

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 29, 2025 at 03:12PM
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TIL from https://t.co/lcrpoKFj4i’s panel that 1) our so-called $5M “mansion” tax also applies to buildings with multiple $500,000 apartments. Doh. and 2) the LA city Department of Water and Power is a disaster. Panelists were all convinced, though, that of course robust demand

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Oct 29, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 09:25PM
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My impression is that Dem attempts to get out the black vote typically involve discovering a GOP plot to cheat or intimidate them. This would seem to fit in that category. Maybe Newsom is not as sure of the outcome of the Prop 50 vote as the @LAtimes’ George Skelton is … https://t.co/pW5vdjm8vA

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 07:07PM
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You mean that was @ezraklein’s fault too? https://t.co/tS76gJi8wF

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 06:49PM
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Hmm. 1) Food stamps aren’t just for food. They’re a cash like welfare program. All of Hawley’s arguments could also be applied to reconstruct the old AFDC cash welfare program; 2) That said, in the nasty 2008-9 recession I was happy food stamps were there–as a floor, a partial

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 05:29PM
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But note that in his actual talk he never says anything as simple and clear as “We need to build trains again.” It’s all about “holistic” solutions. “structural” change, etc. Do working class voters talk about “holistic” solutions? Did FDR? It’s Dem public policy bullshitter https://t.co/kPNmMn0lN4

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 04:54PM
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Highly informative https://t.co/JQXQVjWbbA

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Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 04:23PM
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Getting rid of land acknowledgments = easy.

Deporting people here illegally = impossible. https://t.co/UCHVnrvDPs

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 04:15PM
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In West LA, delivery didn’t kill restaurant culture. Ozempic killed restaurant culture. https://t.co/Vb7y95qNjc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 28, 2025

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October 28, 2025 at 03:20PM
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Also in some parts of my house … https://t.co/wmJT2QyBwi

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 05:45PM
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Don’t tell me we need more immigration so that we’ll still need the Abundance movement.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 05:41PM
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Again, are builders not building now due to overregulation (yes, a problem) or lack of future demand? https://t.co/MOAIPzyevD

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 05:41PM
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More evidence that “Abundance” in housing is way less needed than before. A “glut of new units is taking longer to absorb than expected,” in part as Trump “cracks down on international immigration.” [Don’t call it ‘deportations’]!. Renters have upper hand. [via @alanTonelson]

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 05:31PM
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I’d believe that ICE’s hiring surge is causing problems, especially lack of vetting. But it’s NOT a problem that “a third of the new recruits … are so out-of-shape that they’re washing out of the physical fitness test.” That isn’t “poor vetting.” That’s vetting.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 05:20PM
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Looks like AI. It is not AI. https://t.co/hX93Ywcns7

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Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 04:06AM
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It will be permanent until the next time Democrats decide they want to do a bit more gerrymandering … https://t.co/4ibx8Okddy

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 04:04AM
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Even if you centralized truck driver licensing in a no-BS, tight-borders national agency, and did the same for REAL ID, at some point Biden II will be elected & start handing IDs out to illegals. Doesn’t seem worth the effort to set up a REAL ID that lasts 4 years. (We obviously https://t.co/GuFJIDUNhV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 02:27AM
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So Ann Selzer was right? https://t.co/ZvAxt0CgTr

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Oct 27, 2025

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October 27, 2025 at 12:25AM
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