Correction: He was found hanged (in a jail cell) in 2022. https://t.co/HdZgScFesI
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:42PM
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I don’t trust Nawfal (he was a slavish Elon defender during the H-1B argument a year ago), but he’s good at quickly teasing out the possible implications of the Brunel story … Russian model kompromat is good kompromat! https://t.co/w5Oacr0dYl
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:12AM
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If Mamdani keeps responding this quickly to correct his mistakes, who knows what he could accomplish. https://t.co/aGZ5Zehi6q
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:06AM
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This will discourage speculation! “Epstein accomplice Jean-Luc Brunel was negotiating to provide prosecutors with evidence against the sex offender in 2016” (Brunel was found hanged in 2020.) https://t.co/KCU0b7FSel
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 01:00AM
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Link to the creative nonfiction fictional hypothetical here https://t.co/jObsiGDiMg
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 19, 2026 at 12:06AM
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So @TheAtlantic won’t let Ruth Shalit change even a trivial detail to protect her source–even with a ‘some-details-have-been changed’ disclosure–because they think that’s how the New Yorker does it.
But @ebruenig is allowed to write of nonexistent events, call it “creative https://t.co/ENOZpuMeyw
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Feb 19, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 11:59PM
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MORE BAD ECONOMIC NEWS FOR TRUMP: Homebuilder confidence is dropping! They’re cutting prices! https://t.co/wv7HKe3BUN PS: The income needed to afford a typical home dropped to $110,000, down from $122,000 this past June. Terrible, just terrible.
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 04:40PM
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Not sure how big a deal this is. But a good exploratory probe into how things sometimes work. With email and sex everything seems so much easier. https://t.co/ImZwA2MTjt
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 03:34PM
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She probably also thinks stout Cortez stared at the Pacific. https://t.co/PlydlkiJgw
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 18, 2026 at 12:34AM
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I should say “was maybe not so innocent.” Bryant’s account seems v-plausible, but of course should be checked out. (Here’s another report. https://t.co/wKhkWc5bgh “Juliette says she was not trafficked to other men but raped by Epstein repeatedly.”) She’s not a new victim. https://t.co/rTOJsychnQ
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 11:53PM
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This may be even worse news for Wasserman. https://t.co/mILgMW2jVX That Africa trip was not so innocent. https://t.co/ECdmOBKrID
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 08:14PM
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OK. But no more publicity, which just makes him a political target. https://t.co/TiX2eySLB2
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 07:58PM
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The full board, from which the secretive executive committee is presumably drawn, is listed on this page. Scroll down. https://t.co/EhoWIdXT2b https://t.co/Hewvl75nZd
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 07:42PM
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He represents Geese. That could be the last straw. https://t.co/SNONGJA1yN
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 07:36PM
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Is it possible the public doesn’t know the names of the members of the La28 executive committee that decided to keep Casey Wasserman running the Olympics? Apparently. Now *that’s* bad optics. https://t.co/PNZH4gK16w
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Feb 18, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 07:23PM
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It would have committed us to a path of serial amnesties. All potential illegals would know that if they snuck in they would be citizens soon enough. … https://t.co/ruAch1hSyO
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Feb 17, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 02:55PM
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Wages continue to rise–*after* inflation- in 16 of 23 sectors that employed lots of illegal aliens, including construction and retail.(e.g.: construction up 2.39% under Trump vs. 1.39% in Biden’s last year.) https://t.co/knvK1jxf2g https://t.co/gNMizZvt6D
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Feb 17, 2026
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February 17, 2026 at 02:44PM
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I prefer @AliceFromQueens’ stronger formulation https://t.co/WvUwgTGvFv https://t.co/Vb8FEJyAgL
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Feb 17, 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 10:18PM
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I always wonder: what if the dramatic increases in life expectancy that we’re promised actually come to pass. Won’t that significantly increase the US population over time? https://t.co/Sr7Nin7Drq
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 17, 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 10:11PM
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For your Casey Wasserman timelines:
Sept 21, 2002–Flight to Africa with Epstein on Epstein jet with Clinton and Burkle.
March, 2003 (meaning the magazine actually came out a while earlier)– Vicky Ward’s piece in Vanity Fair, with sex allegations removed by Graydon Carter, https://t.co/7ucSqkOdeK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 16, 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 04:33PM
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Early days. Good time to buy on the dips and bet on her (to get the nomination) in Polymarket. https://t.co/nCqAEvuKO2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 16, 2026
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February 16, 2026 at 01:07AM
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In local LA news, Warner Bros. is now leaning toward Ellison/Paramount, according to this report in Semafor https://t.co/FitPPMHNHd
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 16, 2026
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February 15, 2026 at 09:48PM
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Note the NYPost’s reference to Todd Purdum’s Vanity Fair piece (which is here https://t.co/S1JuylG53Y):
“Purdum wrote that an executive ran into Clinton, Bing and a gaggle of gorgeous young women in an elevator in Manhattan. He was shocked to see an ex-president in such https://t.co/7ucSqkOdeK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 15, 2026
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February 15, 2026 at 02:51PM
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Traveling on Epstein’s plane with Epstein, Clinton and Ron Burkle is kind of the Trifecta of ___________.
Help me out here. I don’t want to get sued.
(Here’s some background on the Burkle, Clinton and aviation https://t.co/X8rPKkLM0x) https://t.co/YlzSU3HPLL
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 15, 2026
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February 15, 2026 at 02:39PM
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Even the estimable @zitosalena falls for the Obams ‘deporter in chief’ fallacy. Sigh. (Why it is a fallacy: https://t.co/0htTliFr1F) https://t.co/hL3OmEXHMG)
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Feb 15, 2026
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February 15, 2026 at 02:24PM
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