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

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
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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I dunno, but if I were President and the poverty rate dropped to the LOWEST RATE ON RECORD I might make a big deal out of it — a lot bigger deal than the Trump White House is making. https://t.co/ze8Q2ikGhO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026

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September 16, 2026 at 02:39PM
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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 02:37PM
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Also: The stations are amazingly dreary.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026

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September 16, 2026 at 10:38AM
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Memphis: “Trump’s law-and-order blitz marks one year with eye-popping haul of suspects, guns in blue city.” 36% decrease in overall crime year over year, with motor vehicle thefts down 57%, robberies down 43%. https://t.co/T3HRCzPId6 #FoxNews

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026

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September 16, 2026 at 02:09AM
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Got downtown in half an hour , which seems fast. True , they didn’t have to hold the doors open for a crush of patrons.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026

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September 16, 2026 at 01:11AM
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Boarding LA subway at new Beverly Hills La Cienega station. Five cops on platform—roughly one for every 5 passengers. Feel very safe.

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 16, 2026

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September 15, 2026 at 09:18PM
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Forget about killing everyone–Claude hadn’t heard of today’s poverty number release. Cancel that IPO

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 15, 2026

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September 15, 2026 at 04:40PM
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You mean they *thought* they didn’t need those voters. Then they lost twice to a deeply problematic candidate who appealed to those voters’ worldview. So they did need them. https://t.co/o55yYv5uiE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 15, 2026

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September 15, 2026 at 04:19PM
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The traditional, official poverty rate was at a record low (10.2%) in 2025. But the @NYTimes blows off the official rate to focus on the liberal antipoverty blob’s newfangled “supplemental” rate, which is a relative measure that rises and falls with the standard of living https://t.co/JoqO2pM0JE

— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey)
Sep 15, 2026

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September 15, 2026 at 04:08PM
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