1. Got rid of that cough via extra sleep.
2. Did my laundry. Not just a load but *all* my laundry.
3. Followed the Ashley St. Clair, Musk, Milo tweets. Fantastic!
4. Wrote this note.
5. Had some ideas. Will get to them next week.— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 24, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 08:00PM
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OK, illegals can get a special drivers’ license, AB60, in California. They’re not supposed to vote. Why not compare the list of AB60 license-holders with the registered voter list? Would give a rough idea of how small (or large) a potential illegal voter problem is, no? Has this… https://t.co/12mWY47sJs
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 05:34PM
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OK, illegals can get a special drivers’ license, AB60, in California. They’re not supposed to vote. Why not compare the list of AB60 license-holders with the registered voter list? Would give a rough idea of how small (or large) a potential illegal voter problem is, no? Has this… https://t.co/JbTvE32I8t https://t.co/jh3EyJLsPN
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 05:31PM
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Harder to land a plane than I thought https://t.co/kt0Uk25aET
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 05:12AM
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I’ve been choosing zero. So far, so good.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 04:03AM
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Not anti-Musk but I’m glad there’s some internal opposition to him in the administration. … https://t.co/lf7NWKfkfP
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 03:50AM
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“While officials in Trump’s first administration continued to criticize employment visas, the anticipated crackdown failed to materialize. Now, with Elon Musk and other tech executives defending the H-1B program, Trump has changed his rhetoric. “I’ve always liked the visas…” https://t.co/B2wpQ9jkuZ
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 23, 2025 at 02:51AM
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What about Lively vs.Baldoni? https://t.co/nVEaC9msQt
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 23, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 11:13PM
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I have friends quitting the @LATimes for good journalistic reasons. But the LAT’s fire coverage has been excellent–better than the paper would have been at any time in my life, including the allegedly wonderful Chandler years. It’s exposing the incompetence of the ruling pols,… https://t.co/BsMyJ6SeEY https://t.co/5h8DvsrACq
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Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 05:17PM
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‘Bill Gates Announces $5 Billion Gift to Fund Mass Deportations’
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 04:39PM
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It’s your fault for leaving that package on the front seat. https://t.co/PlYodKcxrV
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Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 04:18PM
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Just a few more redactions … https://t.co/0fKWi2JD7t
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 04:17PM
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Uber but for Uber with guns. You can also book a motorcade. Seems a sign of decline. https://t.co/DLBcAoSjae
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 03:19AM
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“Today, migrants are less likely to be working than Germans and more likely to commit crimes.” You don’t often see that matter-of-factly reported in the MSM. … https://t.co/l9n63ACfzK
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 22, 2025
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February 22, 2025 at 02:46AM
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Karen Bass wants to speak to whoever is in charge of Los Angeles https://t.co/woQNXTMQsF
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 06:50PM
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The “independence” of both types is constitutionally suspect–the purely executive agencies because the President, not Congress, should be in charge of and accountable for the executive branch. Relatively simple.
The latter–rulemaking–agencies are more complicated. They’re… https://t.co/7cmH1e5AUV— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 05:41PM
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Obvious point: Should distinguish between “independent” rulemaking agencies–that basically make laws–and agencies “created to perform executive functions (ie administer laws). The SEC and FCC are examples of the former, not the latter, no? https://t.co/eu5EqMxTAE 1/
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 05:13PM
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I think it would sell like crazy–or at least like the VW bug in the 1960s. It would even become chic. (Ford basically had this idea with the Maverick, no? Just not quite cheap enough or ostentatiously frill-less enough. But it seems to be a success.) https://t.co/h9MTbDHbsi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 03:04PM
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I still can’t figure out what possessed him to summon into being the potentially disastrous Lankford border bill. The attached Ukraine aid? They got the Ukraine aid anyway, no? https://t.co/ohy82upoWi
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 04:57AM
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At the time, CPAC was run by lobbyist and Jeb Bush ally Al Cardenas, not by @mschlapp.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 21, 2025 at 02:54AM
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Remember when the 2014 CPAC tried to block talk of immigration (in order to help pass an amnesty)? Good times
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 21, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 10:04PM
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Was *every* agency in the Biden administration secretly running a program to help illegal migrants? Next: the Nuclear Regulatory Commission? … https://t.co/FeaA2LeF8H
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 02:06PM
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At that point, we may regret expansive interpretations of presidential power. (Or else Trump will be forced to retreat by MAGA opposition, as has happened before.)
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 02:00PM
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Anyone want to bet that Trump will declare victory over illegal immigration too quickly and try–under biz pressure– to unveil some program to bring hundreds of thousands of migrants here legally? https://t.co/PiqunKP47y
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 01:58PM
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Tweet of the Month. Maybe of the year. You can do the list alphabetically: Adams … AfD … https://t.co/9QaL9cEggS
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Feb 20, 2025
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February 20, 2025 at 01:50PM
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