To be fair, a lot of unwoke books that were bought for huge advances flop commercially. Still … https://t.co/1UylOESeCO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 01:53PM
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Similar to the excellent advice @Sullydish once gave me when I was depressed: “Put a name on it.” Going meta is the solution to many problems.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 01:29AM
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.@AndreaAskowitz was my downstairs neighbor in Venice. She’s very funny. Now she’s written a piece for @Slate that’s contrarian and wise as well as funny. I think she’s right. “Focus on the negative” https://t.co/YkJ7OEJ5Aq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 01:25AM
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How it works is usually this: The bigshots at the top work out some clever sellout deal that looks tough –to fool the voters — but really means more immigration. Voters say “Fuck you” and the deal collapses.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 01:04AM
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Politico has now changed the headline on its site. Someone gets results! …. PS Shafer’s hed is still better. https://t.co/wO8EYduxbL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 12:58AM
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Politico has now changed the headline on its site. Someone gets results! …. PS Shafer’s original hed is still better. https://t.co/wO8EYduxbL

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 12:52AM
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This is true, much as I don’t like retweeting a partisan “war room.” https://t.co/ANCncWUyHS

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 12:34AM
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Cornyn: “I don’t mean to deprecate the people who are talking. But ultimately this is going to be a deal that’s going to be made between President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Speaker Johnson and Leader McConnell”

Really? Since when has immigration worked like that?

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 29, 2023 at 12:30AM
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Why is the headline on Politico’s site anti-DeSantis instead of anti-Haley? (“The Downfall of Ron DeSantis Is Good Fodder for the Press.”) Almost makes @jackshafer’s point about the Swoonami of Haley press coverage. https://t.co/tllqzsZqHF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 09:00PM
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Conor McGregor is the Irish Donald Trump. https://t.co/T9oYOYclgN

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 08:56PM
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Man, if that’s the juicy tidbit … https://t.co/pPzppndp4K

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 08:51PM
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Thanks. Not surprised that Walt and the Kochs got together. What’s surprising is that they’ve picked a veteran neocon interventionist as their candidate. https://t.co/DcL7ZSCpiq

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 08:35PM
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Why is the hed on Politico’s site anti-DeSantis instead of anti-Haley? (“The Downfall of Ron DeSantis Is Good Fodder for the Press.”) Almost makes @jackshafer’s point about the Swoonami of Haley press coverage. https://t.co/tllqzsZqHF

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 08:34PM
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Isn’t the CIS-and my-position that almost all of Biden’s parole admissions are unauthorized by Congress & illegal? So if a “compromise” deauthorizes half of them, that means THE OTHER HALF ARE AUTHORIZED no? A huge win for Biden & loose borders, not a step toward tighter borders https://t.co/zAIXqHhVWW

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 08:07PM
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Hillary Clinton in a skirt. https://t.co/WPx6vWtqYR

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 07:39PM
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The Koch network is the Mass Immigration Seal of Approval for Haley, no? https://t.co/gLvJ2Ir5i1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 29, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 07:38PM
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This would be source of unease even in a better economy than we have now. But it might be a subconscious factor when evaluating the current state of affairs. Maybe if voters were told more about the good things in offing (cancer cures) or had faith in pols ability to control AI. https://t.co/ZAc7x9LW8V

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 12:09AM
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Crazy idea: The unhappiness with the economy is a symptom of underlying unhappiness with where we’re headed as a country (and species). Specifically, people hear how we’re going to be thrown out of jobs by robots & AI, put on the dole (UBI) & then maybe exterminated! Unappealing. https://t.co/xjG7RQqUsK

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2023

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November 28, 2023 at 12:04AM
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There’s also this possible explanation https://t.co/eRKjepGB8G

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2023

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November 27, 2023 at 11:57PM
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If Biden is reelected, will his White House have *any* incentive to get this problem under control? I guess they could worry about a shellacking in the 2026 midterms. https://t.co/jYkHsNKf8O

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2023

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November 27, 2023 at 10:10PM
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“One begins to suspect that Trump and his advisers are not ‘seriously looking’ at health-care policy.”

OK, so why’d he bring this political loser up? To please donors? To stop a big donor from backing a rival? …. What *are* Paul Singer’s views on Obamacare, anyway? https://t.co/UGDnXRaV6l

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 28, 2023

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November 27, 2023 at 09:33PM
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Also 4) Don’t screw up Star Wars

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 27, 2023

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November 26, 2023 at 11:04PM
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The classic response to this type of editors’ query–which I’d heard actually happened at US News–is “What fuck think mean?”

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 27, 2023

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November 26, 2023 at 11:01PM
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Suggestions: 1) If it’s a thing you can virtue-signal with, woke might work (eg Nike). 2) If you can make money off only the woke subset of the market, go ahead (NYT) 3) But don’t try to make an abrupt change in your tribal valence (Bud Light, Disney). …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 27, 2023

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November 26, 2023 at 10:53PM
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It’s obviously not as simple as “go woke, go broke.” Nike and the @NYTimes have profited by throwing neutrality into the trash. And arguably left consumers have more $ than right consumers (https://t.co/wKLCo9QRtG) So what are the rules? https://t.co/RBnopU64AZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Nov 27, 2023

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November 26, 2023 at 10:49PM
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