Odds on Trump’s popularity rising when pool can’t put him live on the screen 24/7? https://t.co/Dhn1gfE53c Pat Boone would take that bet. https://t.co/64bVgPD1eE
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026 at 05:20PM
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“I don’t want my car to be ironic”–M. Kinsley
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Sep 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026 at 02:52AM
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This is the interior of the new $640,000 Ferrari Luce. Handsome, but doesn’t it also seem like a sendup of luxury supercars (and maybe their drivers)? It would be at home in nice truck,or kitchen, and the “LUCE” plaque on the right verges on tacky. They’re mocking you, rich people!
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Sep 21, 2026
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This is the interior of the new $640,000 Ferrari Luce. Handsome, but doesn’t it also seem like a sendup of luxury supercars (and maybe their drivers)? It would be at home in nice truck, and the “LUCE” plaque on the right verges on tacky. They’re mocking you, rich people! https://t.co/FrClYBnJTN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026 at 02:36AM
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If the Danes like the deal and Trump likes the deal maybe it’s a good deal? (Of course the press will mock Trump whatever happens.) https://t.co/Nz4m0igVLu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026 at 01:11AM
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OK. But if public schools are that bad, why did kids fall behind during COVID lockouts? They must have been learning *something* in there, no? https://t.co/fDvws2moO1
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 21, 2026
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September 21, 2026 at 12:36AM
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The “supports building local data centers” numbers are impressive–64-11 against. Wonder if it would be that lopsided without the word “local.” https://t.co/xlNi5IiDWj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 20, 2026
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September 20, 2026 at 04:14PM
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That’s about all he’s got, in the @NBCNews poll. Maybe emphasize deportations, then, not the OBBB or $5000 checks. Also could try to neutralize a big negative (Iran and effect on gas prices) https://t.co/zWO7lP4JBQ https://t.co/xlNi5IiDWj
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 20, 2026
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September 20, 2026 at 03:27PM
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Hey, wait! Our AI can go rogue and attack things too! https://t.co/qpHIITKluO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 20, 2026
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September 20, 2026 at 12:37AM
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One, two, many Murkowskis! …. no thanks. https://t.co/9Bs0Pq2bJg
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 19, 2026
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September 19, 2026 at 02:15PM
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You sure Trump will have the votes to block a conviction and removal if he’s impeached? Depends on what he’s impeached for, of course. But lots of GOP senators would love to see him gone–they may worry about being primaried, but some may not. Tomorrow’s hot take today! https://t.co/3Mxik9i5US
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 19, 2026
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September 19, 2026 at 01:51AM
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What’s the one dramatic thing that could do the most to help GOP chances in November–maybe saving the Senate if not the House? My answer: Trump could convince the public he has a plausible plan to end the Iran conflict on OK terms fairly soon. It can be the Conrad Black plan–fine. (https://t.co/LV2UTyBtJA) It can be done via an Oval Office address–repeated on the stump to defeat MSM derision–or something else (TV ads). Gaggling won’t cut it.
1) Yes, polls show voters say they care much more about the economy–and GOPs should do more to drive home the point that underneath the inflation the economy’s moving in a good direction (as J.D. Vance and Byron York argue https://t.co/Rq9KfFWabw). Emphasizing the low poverty rate would also show Trump & Co don’t just care about stock market. But voters have their own ‘lived’ sense of the economy and trying to talk them out of it rarely produces big shifts.
2) Iran was where Trump’s characterological flaws–faith in his own seat-of-pants brilliance, impulsiveness, corruption (Jared), high-handedness, boastfulness, theatrical overthreats–had big real-world consequences that make the Kennedy Center and East Wing fusses, etc., look like mere synecdoches (which they are) https://t.co/Rq9KfFWabw The war was a gross violation of what Trump campaigned on and the point at which his presidency seemed to come undone. If Trump, who’s made himself the issue in the midterms, is going to rehab himself he needs to apply some analgesic on Iran.
3) Optimism on Iran–or at least less despair–translates into optimism about inflation. Everyone understands the connection. So pursuing (2) would do a lot to help with (1)–more than telling people the economy’s good.
P.S.: What about immigration? Here Trump made the political mistake of coming close (or close enough in voters’ minds) to solving the problem, making it less of an “issue”–at least until the Dems unsolve it. Ditto, perhaps, wokeness.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 at 04:11PM
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“Newsom 1.0 was crazy!” https://t.co/3v6u11qfHI
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Sep 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 at 02:03PM
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And doggone it, people like you! https://t.co/13ynxhpyFO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 at 01:37AM
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Whatever happened to @BuzzFeed?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 18, 2026
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September 18, 2026 at 01:30AM
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You mean Yikes … https://t.co/aezuux0UOT
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Sep 18, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 09:45PM
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He clearly *wants* to rip it down. Why give him an excuse? https://t.co/eHoJk8VaQt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 18, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 09:39PM
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This sort of thing is inevitable as long as the PC coyote protocol prevails … https://t.co/NWr3VNnjRL
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Sep 18, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 09:26PM
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If Puck is acquired by Ellison who will be left to acquire @Semafor? https://t.co/s4Oza8WwDH
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 02:12PM
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“And I’m sending a contribution to Governors DeSantis and Lamont who were right when I was wrong.”
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 02:11AM
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They never say “My decisions were mistaken–boneheaded and insane–and hurt millions of people, so I’m retiring from public life to volunteer in a soup kitchen.” https://t.co/wrhgZHtREQ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 17, 2026
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September 17, 2026 at 02:10AM
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Well, duh. Who else ordered it? “Tucker Carlson’s claims Trump ‘directly’ ordered Epstein file cover-up” https://t.co/Z5MFtgIyH6
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026
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September 16, 2026 at 06:44PM
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It’s “La Jetee” not “Jette.” If I’m going to be pretentious I should spell it right. https://t.co/2GMZS06YMW https://t.co/g1LF8iHvM9
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026
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September 16, 2026 at 03:44PM
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On the aesthetics of the LA subway: https://t.co/EqpNWGDzG7
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026
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September 16, 2026 at 02:58PM
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One of the sleazier @NYTimes headlines–reads like it’s saying the cuts have raised the poverty rate. But we don’t know that. We do know it was at a record low in 2025. “Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force” https://t.co/Ko9OuUjoNO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026
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September 16, 2026 at 02:55PM
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