$35.1 billion is a lot of money to lose. Only a truly great corporate leader could pull that off and keep his job. “Ford’s $35.1 billion EV fiasco.” https://t.co/0OojoHxp5x
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 17, 2025
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Which “nonsense” did it “put to rest”? As this commenter notes, “There’s only a glancing reference to Leon Black, who paid Epstein ~$170m in an article that purports to explain ‘How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich'”https://t.co/2V0aw7NthK https://t.co/ysUhuGMZdv
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Dec 16, 2025
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He even looks like Bob Forehead: https://t.co/ggPAlmc1Tc https://t.co/Y2GoPGcxL7
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Dec 16, 2025
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Seems pretty transparent what Talarico’s up to. State of the art fake moderate–actually, no, he’s state of the art circa 2007. Still thinks “pathway to citizenship” is a good poll-tested phrase that will fool the voters. (It means amnesty.). https://t.co/MMUcVBrdEG
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Dec 16, 2025
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CRIME FEARS SWEEP CHILE: It takes @NYTimes 14 paragraphs to get to the immigration explanation–which is actually faster than average for the Times.
Paragraphs 13 & 14: “The crisis started in the north.
“At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, tens of thousands of
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Dec 16, 2025
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Excellent piece but
1. Are regulations executive functions? They seem legislative, which is why the independent agencies were initially considered creatures of Congress, if I remember right.
2. So we don’t want to give all that lawmaking power to the President. Wrong branch! https://t.co/ECCp5Rrz14— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2025
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Excellent piece but
1. Are regulations executive functions? They seem legislative, which is why the independent agencies were initially considered creature of Congress, if I remember right.
2. So you don’t want to give all that lawmaking power to the President. Wrong branch! https://t.co/ECCp5Rrz14— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2025
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Excellent piece but
1. Are regulations executive functions? They seem legislative, which is why the independent agencies were initially considered creature of Congress, if I remember right.
2. So you don’t want to give all that lawmaking power to the President. Wrong branch! https://t.co/ECCp5Rrz14— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 16, 2025
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Crime Fears Sweep Chile: It takes the @NYTimes 14 paragraphs to get to the immigration explanation–which is actually faster than average for the Times. https://t.co/4ADCO0SWib
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Dec 16, 2025
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NYT paragraphs #13 and 14:
“The crisis started in the north.
“At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, tens of thousands of migrants, mostly Venezuelans fleeing economic collapse, started trekking through the Atacama Desert …” https://t.co/Qjoo6CAUPY
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Dec 16, 2025
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Crime Fears Sweep Chile. It takes the @NYTimes 14 paragraphs to get to the immigration explanation–which is actually better than average for the Times. https://t.co/4ADCO0SWib
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Dec 16, 2025
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Don’t sneer at Trump Admin. for getting them out of CECOT. https://t.co/anG4cw0VQH
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Dec 15, 2025
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“It’s likely that ~10-20% of drivers operating big rigs on our roads are here illegally.” https://t.co/lmY39EH6W5
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Dec 14, 2025
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Kristol goes on to characterize the white working class as “decadent, lazy, spoiled.” I wonder if Rustbelt folks who saw their jobs shipped overseas felt spoiled. Alternative view: ‘We let globalism destroy their towns, then when their culture collapses we write them off.’ The
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 13, 2025
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I’d forgotten Bill Kristol’s pithy quote: “if things are so bad as you say with the white working class, don’t you want to get new Americans in? ” Kind of sums it up. https://t.co/KXoeS45Azh
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Dec 13, 2025
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Why lump together all years between 1979 and 2019? How about: From about 2014 thru 2019 we had an economy everyone loved-growth, low unemployment and inflation, rising real incomes at bottom (more important than less inequality, which we had too). We want that economy back. COVID https://t.co/fSvDf0B9t6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 12, 2025
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Over time, Epstein could have paid for a whole harem! https://t.co/E68H5qQRDK
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Dec 12, 2025
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I don’t remember Trump talking about “recent arrivals.” Suspect that’s an Erick Erickson policy you’re sneaking into your retrospective history. Not a crazy idea, but not Trump’s idea. PS How many years would illegals have to stay under Pres. Erickson before they’re home free? https://t.co/HUxpM7kaj4
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Dec 12, 2025
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I personally think Congress meant that aliens should be judged by the quality of their playlists.
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Dec 12, 2025
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Trump is apparently saying that in, e.g., the existing visa category that let’s in aliens with “extraordinary ability,” he can decide that a $1M gift is conclusive evidence of “extraordinary ability.” You think that’s a plausible interpretation of what Congress meant? https://t.co/NlmEJD5wC9
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Dec 12, 2025
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Fixed an annoying editing error in this version. Apologies
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Dec 12, 2025
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NYT’s @cflav argues: “Biden and his aides believed that tougher border measures would alienate Hispanic voters.” But they didn’t just not pursue tougher border measures upon taking office. They affirmatively opened the floodgates. Did they really think NOT opening the floodgates
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Dec 12, 2025
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Next, the Lankford bill! https://t.co/60cR09HbJ2
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Dec 11, 2025
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Has Stewart apologized for killing Crossfire, a show where people of opposite views argued civilly with each other? https://t.co/L7prqtrGEe
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Dec 11, 2025
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NYT’s @cflav argues: “Biden and his aides believed that tougher border measures would alienate Hispanic voters.” But they didn’t just not pursue tougher border measures upon taking office. They opened the floodgates. Did they really think NOT opening the floodgates would
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Dec 11, 2025
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