Also true for colleges and cars.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 04:26PM
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“I want to be on the right side of history,” Representative Michael McCaul of Texas… recalled the speaker telling him.” I’m for Ukraine aid, but Johnson really shouldn’t be saying that, if he really said it. What other Arcs of History does he buy into? https://t.co/g16uXr347a

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 07:55AM
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Punchbowl goes slavering over McConnell–even about his stillborn border bill, where “few listened to him.” Big win! https://t.co/mOHAPLDjnC

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 05:27AM
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“The old rules
die faster
than you do.” — M. Kahn
https://t.co/4cYE3P69ML
She meant it about Covid
but it pins the moment
In tech, in politics, in medicine. In movies!
https://t.co/XMz58uIxZB
She means it to be optimistic
but it works
either way.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 05:03AM
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“The old rules
die faster
than you do.” — M. Kahn
https://t.co/4cYE3P69ML
She meant it about Covid
but it pins the moment
In tech, in politics, in medicine. In movies!
https://t.co/XMz58uIxZB
Also marriage, schooling, cars.
She means it to be optimistic
but it works
either way.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 04:49AM
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Well, those are all uniparty priorities–George W Bush would have the same–not *Democratic* priorities. No Build Back Bettering.

Biden’s big achievement has been blocking any inhibitions on his loose border policies. Of course GWB would probably approve those policies too. https://t.co/ux7cFr9LA8

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 23, 2024 at 03:49AM
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You’re too kind … https://t.co/28wwL7xHWc

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 10:08PM
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Even if you don’t get it on your hands, don’t touch your gas cap or the pump handle, you’re still breathing the vapors (more than if ‘full serve’) …

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 23, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 08:43PM
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So Biden wants to heighten the drama of battle-for-the-soul-of-the-nation election –but not too much? https://t.co/chnZWrWYHX

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:58PM
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You can Google (or Perplexity!) it yourself, but there’s this https://t.co/Dm9pcIcWpg and this https://t.co/WZ8DVws2i7

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:50PM
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Self-service gas seems like a big potential public health problem. Everyone now has gas on their hands. Can’t be good for you. This must have been studied … https://t.co/xpHQLHN03L

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:45PM
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Remember, mass immigration into UK has nothing to do with this. https://t.co/At9bqrUIoY

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:17PM
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It’s supposed to be a huge concession that Dems create a border crisis and then don’t insist that any real or fake solution also grant their long-sought amnesty that will make it worse? (They only insist on codifying catch & release, continuing mass influxes and limits on… https://t.co/kbgKhZHvcm https://t.co/k74iuLSDnH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:10PM
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If “[m]any cities in California, including Los Angeles, generally follow” the Biden DOJ’s proposed middle-ground, ‘can-restrict-but-can’t-ban-sleeping-outside’ approach, then that approach isn’t working … https://t.co/t7JDbLasbR

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 05:09PM
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It’s supposed to be a huge concession that Dems create a border crisis and then don’t insist that any real or fake solution also grant their long-sought amnety that will make it worse? (They only insist on codifying catch & release, continuing mass influxes and limits on… https://t.co/V6kybxJI5v https://t.co/k74iuLSDnH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 04:55PM
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Where would the Border Patrol Agents’ union be if a bill actually solved the problem of migrants trying to cross the border? They’re the good guys but their union can often be bought off with promises of more money, raises, members, etc. https://t.co/k74iuLSDnH

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 22, 2024

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April 22, 2024 at 04:50PM
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Every car model made at either of the two plants (VW Chattanooga and Mercedes Alabama) has a “worse than average” reliability rating in Consumer Reports, except the Mercedes EQS which is “much worse than average.” Maybe the union will make them better! (Skeptical.) https://t.co/jKjFpjCmJQ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 03:20AM
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Black-clad film crew interrupts patrons of trendy Erewhon Beverly Hills with surprise filiming. “This is bourgeois. Very bourgeois” narrates the reporter, as customers at outdoor tables flee.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 03:03AM
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And of course Trump still supports Johnson. … Maybe the story is less ‘Biden beats Trump’ than ‘Trump beats MTG.’ https://t.co/MrKCCcm6hZ

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 02:56AM
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.@NYTimes struggles & squirms to avoid this conclusion in the face of the evidence, eventually just asserting out of the blue “no doubt, House passage of aid to Ukraine without strings was a loss for the former president.” Doubt! https://t.co/oipHy3Aibp

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 02:52AM
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Do we think Trump isn’t fine with the Ukraine/aid votes? It’s now hard to blame him for what happens there for the next 7 months. Ukraine’ll be in stronger shape for the negotiations he wants-and BIden’s border disaster will be getting worse, without distraction of a “bill” ..

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 02:45AM
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You mean by withdrawing their Secret Service protection? “Hillary Clinton claims Trump wants to ‘KILL his opposition'” https://t.co/5G3OgMR8E1

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 02:36AM
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Johnson apologized to Biden for rolling his eyes during the State of the Union address? https://t.co/1v9BFrwRoV

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 21, 2024 at 01:04AM
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Do we think this is an outcome Trump isn’t fine with? He won’t be blamed for what happens in Ukraine for the next few months, Ukraine will be in a stronger position to negotiate and Biden’s border disaster will be getting worse (plus without a fig leaf “bill”). https://t.co/fiqi9RUU4r

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 21, 2024

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April 20, 2024 at 11:21PM
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“Biden may combine the amnesty giveaway with modest enforcement of the border…” Cunning (because the enforcement could be cancelled November 6) but do you think a combo of 212(f) authority and a big amnesty would send the right signal to the right voters? https://t.co/4JaG9SKspB

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Apr 20, 2024

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April 20, 2024 at 03:12AM
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