Crucial intermediaries for the last two are lobbysts, no? They see their constituents on some weekends. They see the lobbyists all week, every week. And then they become lobbyists themselves. https://t.co/kcYGOp9yQm
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026
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April 17, 2026 at 01:23AM
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Arguably this is an improvement for public space, depending on what’s going on behind those walls. Several other alleged non-solutions are really mostly solutions: Moving to Inland Empire, moving in with relatives– especially if, unlike “Hey, you get a free apartment!” they
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026
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To the casual observer, there really does seem to have been a modest drop in street homelessness in LA. Where have they gone (aside from the few thousand housed by Mayor Bass’ program)? Is this where? https://t.co/uACYw6ui6r
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 17, 2026
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April 17, 2026 at 12:43AM
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‘Newsom is the John Kerry of 2028.’ Discuss: Looks the part, not much else to run on, unappealing personality, threw his buddy’s medal over the wall/slept with buddy’s wife, whole lot of people with vested interest in his success ignoring some ominous signs …. https://t.co/SICgBUFNdd
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Apr 17, 2026
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April 17, 2026 at 12:05AM
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[From the WSJ story] It turns out if you let them share in the tip fee so they make $70,000 per year, they stick around! Who knew? https://t.co/wwBSoiGPUh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026
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April 16, 2026 at 04:08PM
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I don’t understand. Who is Substack “squeezing out” and how? https://t.co/dxAy0C4buM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026
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April 16, 2026 at 01:49AM
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She doesn’t have Mamdani’s charm, but she might not need it. https://t.co/5ovjDr1L4v
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 16, 2026
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April 15, 2026 at 10:08PM
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Semafor’s Dime-Store Davos is still going on! Five days of taking over the publication’s website. It’s like an @NPR fundraiser. https://t.co/QInbBn2Zeg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026 at 02:40PM
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(What’s Left of) Our Economy: Latest Official Data Show Illegal Aliens Still Undercutting U.S. Legal Worker Wages https://t.co/FFAqtQprhP via @AlanTonelson
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026 at 01:50PM
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Those who don’t forget the past are condemned to think it will be repeated. https://t.co/QZHbOKOUj4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026 at 01:29AM
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“Authorities Wanted an Egalitarian and Cohesive Australia.” https://t.co/x874s9sQH5
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 15, 2026 at 01:19AM
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Just the Semafor event “partners” alone constitute a crippling number of business to suck up to: https://t.co/f6EmPFN29x
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Apr 15, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 08:35PM
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In the end, Hampshire College could not survive @richardrushfield’s memoir https://t.co/RytYulhcrr https://t.co/vorEWN4oea
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 08:15PM
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How hard would it be for @AnthropicAI to configure Claude to collect your info, do your taxes and file your return for you? Not hard, I suspect–if @HRBlock would let it.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 15, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 08:11PM
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Speakers, sponsors—so many people for ‘journalists’ to suck up to in Justin Smith’s ‘events-based’ business model. https://t.co/gsVCejVBpw
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 06:34PM
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And the ‘protected individuals’ aren’t everyone, but “designated immigration support services providers, employees, and volunteers.” So Dems reward favored members of the NGO Blob not just with $$ but with special legal protections against the press. Did Orban think of that one? https://t.co/lkvCN18WK0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 04:06PM
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A Harris write-in campaign would make sense for Dems in the unlikely event that 2 GOP candidates make the runoff. Dems would need *some* top-of-ticket candidate to bring out voters and avoid turnout-driven wipeouts downballot. Valuable even if Harris loses (though not for https://t.co/X8240ocNa9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 02:08AM
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Scott Bessent is a star performer in @Semafor’s dime-store Davos “world economy” conference. That’s money in the bank for Justin and Ben Smith. You think Semafor’s going to trash Bessent anytime soon? It all seems corrupting. https://t.co/DroSsLJc20
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 14, 2026
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April 14, 2026 at 01:49AM
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.@Semafor news coverage near-totally hijacked by their money-making bigshot conference. …https://t.co/QInbBn2Zeg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 14, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 11:35PM
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Determined to ignore the effect of illegal immigrants leaving (and not coming any more) … https://t.co/rK1O3JsYZu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 02:30PM
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Here is an earlier study that also found more than half the employment gains were due to the ’96 reform’s work requirements https://t.co/5os7ByL2eG https://t.co/cNNrbWUCj4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 02:19PM
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There is now a billboard of the poet Mandy Kahn on Sunset Boulevard (!), featuring the lines of hers discussed in this piece. They’re good lines! https://t.co/kxN9NfMGLA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 03:49AM
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There is now a billboard of the poet Mandy Kahn (!) on Sunset Blvd., featuring the lines of hers discussed in this piece. They’re good lines! https://t.co/kxN9NfMGLA
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 03:46AM
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First AI came for the lawyers, and I did not speak out because I didn’t want to be a lawyer … https://t.co/QZHbOKOUj4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 03:35AM
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From a local Republican leader … https://t.co/O620TUBv3J
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 13, 2026
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April 13, 2026 at 03:25AM
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