# ![@MichaelBarone Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::234540332.png) @MichaelBarone Michael Barone

Michael Barone posts on X about in the, new york, the world, donald trump the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-----] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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**Social topic influence**
[in the](/topic/in-the) 7.96%, [new york](/topic/new-york) 3.54%, [the world](/topic/the-world) 3.54%, [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump) 3.54%, [tx](/topic/tx) 2.65%, [public](/topic/public) 2.65%, [republicans](/topic/republicans) 2.65%, [politics](/topic/politics) 2.65%, [fort wayne](/topic/fort-wayne) 1.77%, [the first](/topic/the-first) 1.77%

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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"@ktumulty As a child I tried to read a translation of the Iliad about its hero ah-CHILLS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2017258606236770493)  2026-01-30T15:28Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@2024dion My impression on visiting the area 8-10 years ago before this infrastructure that it wasnt a majority-black neihhborhood. Also visited Fort Wayne (visible in both photos) an interesting example of US antebellum military architecture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2017992258591576545)  2026-02-01T16:03Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Sadie_NC I remember when I first used a touch tone phone. On a pay phone on a street in the Loop in Chicago in summer [----]. During the Douglas-Percy Senate race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2018702646199078964)  2026-02-03T15:06Z 28.1K followers, 10.7K engagements


"@DanFriedman81 One who figured this out early was Chuck Schumer who worked for his James Madison High School teacher Stanley Kaplan on his part-time test prep business. Other James Madison grads include Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and senators Bernie Sanders and Norm Coleman"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2018716851178549457)  2026-02-03T16:02Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@551smith @Steve_Sailer @USA_Polling Took [---] years from Henry Hudson until DeWitt Clinton built the Erie Canal. Over the loud opposition by the way of Martin Van Buren who became the first president from NY. Which Clinton might have been had he not dropped dead at [--] in 1828"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2020122375648399505)  2026-02-07T13:08Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@Steve_Sailer Most of this area was lightly populated until WW2. CA had 6.9m [----] 39.6m now. So was most of northern Mexico; the border cities (1m now) were tiny until the 1960s-70s. Most people in both regions now are descended from people who moved in not residents in [----] or even 1940"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2020126291547029585)  2026-02-07T13:23Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@JohnOSullivanNR Next Mamdani brainstorm: let's fine and tax businesses outside New York City who don't locate in New York City where we can tax and fine them even more heavily. Why should outsiders be able to get away with not paying New York City taxes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2020549205140406474)  2026-02-08T17:24Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@kelvmackenzie Hartlepool was the seat Mandelson represented in the House of Commons"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2020588608848285810)  2026-02-08T20:00Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Steve_Sailer @TruueDiscipline Indoor malls were built in the era of high crime. Private police could keep the bad guys out. When crime went down retail could go back to street level. Example: Georgetown Park in DC built circa [----] converted to apartments circa 2002"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2021540497823867210)  2026-02-11T11:03Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Yesterday after I wrote this the "Select All" button appeared. Today after I got used to using it it disappeared. So far as I can tell I didn't do anything to make either of these things happen. Now I must manually "Mark as Read" every email. So what's the story Apple"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2021855142870421889)  2026-02-12T07:53Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Empty_America Pressing need to live there It's near freeways a potentially beautiful city park Ford Motor HQ closer than most of metro Detroit to international airport from which you can fly anywhere in the world. But crime tanked values and homeowner maintenance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022085621402284504)  2026-02-12T23:09Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"New Apple iPad 26.2.1 is truly hateful. Will not show me "Select All" when I am trying to mark multiple emails as Read. Why do Apple engineers take a function that worked well and load it up with a lot of garbage so that it doesn't work well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2020917012168351753)  2026-02-09T17:45Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@moseskagan But Mayor Karen Bass had time and money to go to the inauguration of the president of Ghana during fire season. Priorities. Once upon a time California was known for competent government"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022340855936475284)  2026-02-13T16:03Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Today is publication day for my new book Mental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America's Revolutionary Leaders. I'll be discussing it with Robert Doar at AEI's Hintz Book Forum this afternoon. https://www.aei.org/events/mental-maps-of-the-founders-a-conversation-with-michael-barone/ https://www.amazon.com/Mental-Maps-Founders-Michael-Barone/dp/1641773510/ref=sr_1_1crid=1MIZFEJ8H9B9E&keywords=Barone%2C+Mental+Maps&qid=1701189999&s=books&sprefix=barone%2C+mental+maps%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1729543107568353437)  2023-11-28T16:49Z 28.1K followers, 12.5K engagements


"@nataliapetrzela People ask me why I know so many dates. The answer is that you need the basic chronological framework to understand everything else about history. If you don't know that the Civil War came after the American Revolution your opinion on the cause of each is worthless"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022667818768941270)  2026-02-14T13:42Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Tyler_A_Harper Andrew Mellon wasn't a robber baron overcharging gov't for building subsidized railroads. He was a venture capitalist nurturing successful firms that made America economically richer and military stronger. See David Cannadine's biography"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022313723361136983)  2026-02-13T14:15Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@BertDalziel @paddythegreek Women couldn't get credit cards until the 1970s--because almost no one had mass credit cards until the 1970s. Before that AmEx et al. were luxury items. I remember filing the papers for the first MasterCard in Michigan in 1969"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022736545632100488)  2026-02-14T18:15Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@StatisticUrban Not quite [--] in [--] but close. James K. Polk who instructed Mexican treaty negotiator Nicholas Trist to make sure to get San Diego Bay perhaps would not have been totally surprised. Polk bought and sold slaves while in the White House but that's no reason to return that land"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2022996244227076180)  2026-02-15T11:27Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@JeffDelp The really bad idea in Atlanta was conjoining I-75 and I-85 through the center of the city. Looked nice on paper 1950s when metro Atlanta had 1m people. A mess now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2023000413264609323)  2026-02-15T11:44Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@mattyglesias This is an eternal Sisyphean problem. Would you rather work in HQ or on Patrol People will figure out how to get from Patrol to HQ with the macro-effect as shown on the graph. Candidates for mayor often pledge to get cops back on the street for good reason"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2023005695524909371)  2026-02-15T12:05Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@charliechicagod @SteveKornacki Because in the past they were about 20% of Demo primary voters and went almost unanimously one candidate as in [----]. If blacks are 18-2 for one candidate an opponent must win 60% of non-blacks to match that margin. Harder in a multi-candidate race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1938654074825777394)  2025-06-27T17:42Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@pegobry_en You have to be awfully smart to do so many so stupid things. A terrible shame--and a contrast with the Germany that made so many wiser choices from [----] into the 1980s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1939047481410547978)  2025-06-28T19:45Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@ChrisCillizza I'm still puzzled why CBS didn't release the video of the whole interview. I suspect it would have shown their editing to be fair as their folks insisted. Or at least arguably fair"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1940707053980602531)  2025-07-03T09:39Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@JakeSherman @PunchbowlNews [--] new Repub seats in TX may be a bridge too far. Note to commenters: Demos already have in place highly favorable redistricting in CA (via a commission) NY IL. Both parties have done intercensal plans but I suspect the CA commission can't do so now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1945147205838418282)  2025-07-15T15:43Z 28.1K followers, 62.2K engagements


"@FetusberryJam Just four hours You can drive [--] hours and [--] minutes on I-10 between Beaumont and El Paso and still be in TX"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1945179744661639341)  2025-07-15T17:52Z 28.1K followers, 22.4K engagements


"@LeahLibresco Don't men and boys do more of the yard work And in-house repairs Maybe this doesn't occur to NYT writers who live in apartments with no yards and have supers who do repairs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1948109703147360699)  2025-07-23T19:55Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@PettusWX [--]. And have written about each of them too"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1950677433264312719)  2025-07-30T21:58Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Nice job by my Washington Examiner colleague Conn Carroll of seeing what high-birthrate counties have in common. Answer: Marines in Onslow Co NC Mormons in Utah Co UT Orthodox Jews in Rockland Co NY and oil roughnecks in Ector Co TX all have high rates of marriage. Which leads to babies. Link in next post"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1961802378002272258)  2025-08-30T14:45Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@SeanTrende Ackshually Harris never did say herself that she had changed her mind. Campaign staffers hinted that she did without explanation. Why would anyone believe that once elected she wouldn't act in line with her public statement of [----] rather than her silence of 2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962199021545562433)  2025-08-31T17:01Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@charlesmurray The counties along the Mississippi River south of KY had slave majorities before [----] and many still have black majorities today. Their population has been declining since the introduction of the mechanical cotton picker in the 1940s. See Nick Lemann's The Promised Land"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1962207302775198181)  2025-08-31T17:34Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Obama's mistaken belief that others see the world as he sees it http://t.co/8R5giT07GI http://washex.am/1hMQ5Ho http://washex.am/1hMQ5Ho"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/441348610433617920)  2014-03-05T23:04Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"The president who is uninterested in other people http://t.co/sIGT1vjTSG http://washex.am/1u46V9G http://washex.am/1u46V9G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/506203005037715456)  2014-08-31T22:12Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Fox News shows exit poll NH Sen Brown 50-Shaheen [--]. If accurate--a big if--could be a big night for Repubs. Some NH polls still open"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/529771869407166465)  2014-11-04T23:07Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"100% in Fredericksburg VA at edge of NoVa metro 58%-39% Warner. Kaine won it [----] 64%-35%. Gillespie running ahead of other Rs in NoVa"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/529807295627419648)  2014-11-05T01:27Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Obama spoke for Anthony Brown in PG Co MD and Mary Burke in Milwaukee. Many in the audience walked out. Both candidates lost. Interesting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/529865487891836929)  2014-11-05T05:19Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"British election results so far tend to confirm exit poll showing big Conservative victory http://t.co/n01kvuTLN9 http://washex.am/1ctqIfd http://washex.am/1ctqIfd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/596509327701057536)  2015-05-08T02:58Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Debbie Wasserman Schultz's vile cheap shot http://t.co/oqk7wVFmJb http://washex.am/1jcnMXm http://washex.am/1jcnMXm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/646847400707911680)  2015-09-24T00:43Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Looks like a solid Republican win for Kentucky governor http://washex.am/1H5yD0c http://washex.am/1H5yD0c"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/661738939955286016)  2015-11-04T02:57Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Early signs that Democratic turnout may sag in [----] http://washex.am/1QI7EtT http://washex.am/1QI7EtT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/666441084289978368)  2015-11-17T02:21Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Republicans need to think about cutting public sector jobs and universities' administrative bloat http://washex.am/1kLwEEF http://washex.am/1kLwEEF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/667801345915682816)  2015-11-20T20:27Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"French National Front party draws more votes from left than right http://washex.am/1U8uhra http://washex.am/1U8uhra"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/675010340178948096)  2015-12-10T17:53Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Why not include Carly in the Saturday debate ABC http://washex.am/1R6UHui http://washex.am/1R6UHui"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/695336337717592064)  2016-02-04T20:01Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Some observations on Republicans' responses to moderators' questions in ABC debate http://washex.am/1Pt3br8 http://washex.am/1Pt3br8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/696217073383387136)  2016-02-07T06:21Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Chris Christie unlikely to appear in next Republican debate http://washex.am/1LfuDHe http://washex.am/1LfuDHe"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/697222347544113152)  2016-02-10T00:55Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"No there's no reason to believe Trump could beat Clinton in New York http://washex.am/1RkR8MT http://washex.am/1RkR8MT"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/704812648269897728)  2016-03-01T23:36Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Does lack of social connectedness explain Trump's appeal http://washex.am/1Ru6Whd http://washex.am/1Ru6Whd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/714082632816992256)  2016-03-27T13:32Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Polls suggest Pennsylvania is back in play http://washex.am/2d3HxRu http://washex.am/2d3HxRu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/780431979145629696)  2016-09-26T15:40Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"States with right-to-work laws and no income taxes grew fastest in the Obama years http://washex.am/2ilTbqr http://washex.am/2ilTbqr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/817547071423016961)  2017-01-07T01:43Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"'America First' is not a threat but a promise http://washex.am/2k65Z8G http://washex.am/2k65Z8G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/824491356504498177)  2017-01-26T05:37Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"On travel ban the Supreme Court provides adult supervision for lower courts gone wild http://washex.am/2thakuh http://washex.am/2thakuh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/879722951309787136)  2017-06-27T15:27Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Stephen Miller is right: Lazarus' immigration poem is not US law http://washex.am/2hvOKNS http://washex.am/2hvOKNS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/893557679485984768)  2017-08-04T19:42Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: What identity politics hath wrought http://washex.am/2i8UP2Z http://washex.am/2i8UP2Z"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/898182152193363968)  2017-08-17T13:58Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: To limit gerrymandering Supreme Court needs just to affirm equal population requirement http://washex.am/2xzIMlO http://washex.am/2xzIMlO"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/913265030166061057)  2017-09-28T04:52Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Democrats yelp as Trump upholds Constitution http://washex.am/2gPR7IK http://washex.am/2gPR7IK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/920874171474702336)  2017-10-19T04:48Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Jeff Flake is the senator from the wrong state http://washex.am/2yLST7U http://washex.am/2yLST7U"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/923247937269805056)  2017-10-25T18:00Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Michael Barone: After shutdown Republicans have leverage on immigration http://washex.am/2E0e06A http://washex.am/2E0e06A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/955632963185594368)  2018-01-23T02:47Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Are Democrats destroying their own credibility http://washex.am/2EHtsVo http://washex.am/2EHtsVo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/960621698948087808)  2018-02-05T21:10Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"COVID only accelerated the blue state exodus Where are Americans moving And where to make things more specific have Americans been moving since the sudden onset of COVID lockdowns Answers to"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/covid-only-accelerated-the-blue-state-exodus)  2022-12-28T22:21Z 367.8K followers, 13.5K engagements


"Are public employee unions unconstitutional How did it come to pass that public employee unions which scarcely existed [--] years ago have come to run public schools and myriad state and local"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/are-public-employee-unions-unconstitutional)  2023-01-25T22:47Z 367.8K followers, [----] engagements


"It looks like the Republican wave is coming in When you look around at the political scene less than a week from the [----] midterm elections what do you seeYou see poll numbers trending toward a wave"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/it-looks-like-the-republican-wave-is-coming-in)  2022-11-02T20:48Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Biden policies need better arguments than 'Orange Man Bad' First you win the argument then you win the vote. President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders have ignored this advice from Margaret Thatcher to their"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/biden-policies-need-better-arguments-than-orange-man-bad)  2021-09-30T15:15Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"The barista proletariat wins in New York Zohran Mamdanis lead in first choices in New York Citys ranked choice mayoral primary and his inevitable victory when second third fourth and fifth"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3453424/barista-proletariat-wins-in-new-york-zohran-mamdani/)  2025-06-25T15:05Z 367.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Politics as the leisure of the theory class mediadc-video-embed"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/politics-as-the-leisure-of-the-theory-class)  2022-06-05T10:36Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Young voters spring (contradictory) political surprises Whats with young voters Its a question prompted by two surprising and perhaps contradictory developments that are out of line with conventional wisdom"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/young-voters-spring-contradictory-political-surprises)  2023-11-10T00:05Z 367.8K followers, [----] engagements


"Returning to normalcy on school masks Are we returning to normalcy That word as history buffs know was used (but not invented) by our only journalist president Warren G. Harding to sum up"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/returning-to-normalcy-on-school-masks)  2022-02-09T02:30Z 367.8K followers, [--] engagements


"Redistricting helps Republicans but it doesn't guarantee control Heres a suggestion for those who think that partisan redistricting or as is often the case with these plaints partisan redistricting by Republicans"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/redistricting-helps-republicans-but-it-doesnt-guarantee-control)  2021-12-08T23:07Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"On education Mississippi shows the way Mississippi leads the nation. Thats not a typographical error. And its not just a gotcha phrase preparing the reader for learning that Mississippi"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3410838/mississippi-education-shows-the-way/)  2025-05-14T21:14Z 367.7K followers, [----] engagements


"A House popular vote majority produced few seats but is a good sign for Republicans in [----] One of the puzzles in this years surprising and unpredicted (including by me) off-year election results is why the Republicans 51% to 47% win in the"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/house-popular-vote-majority-republicans-2024)  2022-11-17T22:30Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"Sure Ron DeSantis could beat Donald Trump in [----] How inevitable is a third consecutive nomination of Donald Trump Partisan commentators when it suits their purposes tend to assume it is so.Republicans"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/sure-ron-desantis-could-beat-donald-trump-in-2024)  2022-07-21T17:45Z 367.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Hillary Clinton should apologize for biggest political hoax since Titus Oates Its the biggest political hoax since Titus Oatess allegations of a Popish Plot to assassinate King Charles II in [----]. Oatess charge of a Jesuit"  
[X Link](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/hillary-clinton-should-apologize-for-biggest-political-hoax-since-titus-oates)  2021-09-23T16:30Z 367.7K followers, [--] engagements


"What happens when politics becomes the leisure--the plaything--of the leisure class More frustration more discord more polarization. My latest Washington Examiner column. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/politics-as-the-leisure-of-the-theory-class https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/politics-as-the-leisure-of-the-theory-class"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1533397237916639232)  2022-06-05T10:36Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Are public employee unions unconstitutional Yes says Philip Howard in his new book Not Accountable. He makes a good case as I write in my latest Washington Examiner column. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/are-public-employee-unions-unconstitutional https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/are-public-employee-unions-unconstitutional"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1618380077468897281)  2023-01-25T22:47Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Russwarne @charlesmurray Because academe and the New York Times would immediately identify him as a racist"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1915304104970096809)  2025-04-24T07:17Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@antoniogm Lots of place in US are like this. And most Europeans live in 1000sqft apartments or houses drive to work and hypermarch in small cars. What visiting Americans (including me) seek out in Europe is not the Europe most Europeans live in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1916487157985808811)  2025-04-27T13:38Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@DavidMarkDC His grandfather John Tyler was born in [----] George Washingtons first full year as president"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1927798062270791955)  2025-05-28T18:44Z 28.1K followers, 12.6K engagements


"@SpecialPuppy1 The steelman argument is that it's an annual tax on wealth which hasn't been realized. It's like taxing your stock portfolio every year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1929273511832371524)  2025-06-01T20:27Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@peterbakernyt @washingtonpost Woodward and Bernstein covered Watergate from the Local desk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1937206773938565461)  2025-06-23T17:51Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@brithume Why do these academic leaders think they have a moral warrant to discriminate on the basis of race"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1938655933271314750)  2025-06-27T17:49Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@robkhenderson Correct. Peter Turchin says we've had an overproduction of elites and those not achieving what they expected want to topple those who have. Ordinary people who are getting along pretty well have no dog in this fight"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1938686229769269592)  2025-06-27T19:49Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@christopherrufo The barista proletariat you might say. As I did say in my June [--] column: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3453424/barista-proletariat-wins-in-new-york-zohran-mamdani/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/3453424/barista-proletariat-wins-in-new-york-zohran-mamdani/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/1942633316739375120)  2025-07-08T17:14Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@Steve_Sailer @NotRealMusic How about Dolly Parton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2015774506476826822)  2026-01-26T13:11Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@ErikWemple Perhaps the reporters could follow the example of Ronald Reagan. As an announcer for Des Moines radio WHO he offered to pay his own way to cover Chicago Cubs spring training in CA. Also arranged a movie studio audition on the trip. Good luck to all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2015833979199340631)  2026-01-26T17:07Z 28.1K followers, 76.8K engagements


"@asymmetricinfo Once upon a time Upstate NY firms had a great reputation for innovation: General Electric Kodak Corning IBM. What happened to that"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2016133928659144758)  2026-01-27T12:59Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Give Venezuelans a share in oil profits: that's the good idea advocated by Peter McPherson in the WSJ. It's worked in Alaska and McPherson (and I) urged it in Iraq. Gives citizens a stake in stability and undercuts greedy oligarchs. Let's do it this time. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/venezuela-can-learn-from-an-iraq-mistake-03d3fa78 https://www.wsj.com/opinion/venezuela-can-learn-from-an-iraq-mistake-03d3fa78"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2016438668156629471)  2026-01-28T09:10Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"Big surprises in the [----] Census population estimates. Immigration was down and TX FL and other Republican states surge ahead while woke CA and NY stagnate. My latest Washington Examiner column. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4437074/big-surprises-in-the-2030-census-estimates/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4437074/big-surprises-in-the-2030-census-estimates/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2016845741818306995)  2026-01-29T12:07Z 28.1K followers, [----] engagements


"@JacobAShell Take a look at Manhattan in the [----] Census. Circa [---] million (versus [---] million today) half of them below 14th Street. That number fell 1910-20 as subways enabled people to move to the Bronx and Brooklyn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2016999702391087370)  2026-01-29T22:19Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@alexhaddad @2024dion Canada was willing to pay construction cost because 25% of its foreign trade goes over the Ambassador Bridge which was opened almost [---] years ago and has an estimated 75-year lifespan. That 25% is also why Trumps Canada tariff was crazy. Its mainly auto parts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2017996647695859975)  2026-02-01T16:21Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"@GaryHaubold Has anyone in the press asked Dr Fauci for a comment"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2018812518647665131)  2026-02-03T22:23Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Sharply falling birth rates in the US and around the world suggest that people will have fewer close relatives and fellow citizens. And perhaps that nations will have fewer liberals. I look at the potential in my latest Washington Examiner column. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4446094/will-falling-birth-rates-mean-more-conservative-world/ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4446094/will-falling-birth-rates-mean-more-conservative-world/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2019319388936249724)  2026-02-05T07:57Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"And here's a question for those not worried about the birth dearth. Will the world really be better off with fewer Americans fewer Italians fewer (South) Koreans fewer Brazilians"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2019319746718756994)  2026-02-05T07:58Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"@Yellow_Dog1959 @dilanesper Fort Wayne IN You'd slow down the HSR for a city in a county with just [------] people"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/2019722374476890236)  2026-02-06T10:38Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Culpeper Co VA 100% in 64%-33% Gillespie over Warner. Allen [----] won it 57%-41% lost state 47%-51%. Good omen for Gillespie"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/529794528421507073)  2014-11-05T00:37Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Fiorina's "I never got a call from Bill Clinton" best line so far. Her answer on Iran/ISIL very strong genuine passion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/629410699794448384)  2015-08-06T21:56Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Obama gets really angry -- at Americans http://washex.am/1HZl51s http://washex.am/1HZl51s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/667127497331372032)  2015-11-18T23:49Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Americans tired of elites who consider them stupid and vicious http://washex.am/1WISV31 http://washex.am/1WISV31"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/691497582594371585)  2016-01-25T05:47Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Scalia sacrificed a lot to serve his country http://washex.am/1PvGnt3 http://washex.am/1PvGnt3"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/698696308882673664)  2016-02-14T02:32Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Super Tuesday: It ain't over http://washex.am/1RmlazQ http://washex.am/1RmlazQ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/704942093333045248)  2016-03-02T08:11Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Only Ted Cruz can stop Donald Trump http://washex.am/1UArAR8 http://washex.am/1UArAR8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/710254628873510913)  2016-03-17T00:01Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Donald Trump has won [--] percent. Hard to get to [---] http://washex.am/1UsG5aJ http://washex.am/1UsG5aJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/711421961121898496)  2016-03-20T05:19Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Redskins name offensive to sports journalists but not to [--] percent of Native Americans http://washex.am/1WHoWfk http://washex.am/1WHoWfk"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/733787852899811329)  2016-05-20T22:33Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Many voters abandoning both parties' nominees http://washex.am/29v2TFN http://washex.am/29v2TFN"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/750797348469547008)  2016-07-06T21:03Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Hillary Clinton's non-indictment may not help her http://washex.am/29vpX7u http://washex.am/29vpX7u"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/750883832551731200)  2016-07-07T02:47Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Polling by county: Some good news for Trump http://washex.am/2aaZHwx http://washex.am/2aaZHwx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/758458617431400448)  2016-07-28T00:26Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"Did Donald Trump deconstruct Hillary Clinton with marginal voters http://washex.am/2d8b3DL http://washex.am/2d8b3DL"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/780922054128259072)  2016-09-28T00:08Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"The collapse of the political left http://washex.am/2gXIg8G http://washex.am/2gXIg8G"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/806717717491257344)  2016-12-08T04:31Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Trump nixes pet projects of liberal and conservative elites http://washex.am/2hDIIXj http://washex.am/2hDIIXj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/812899451324940288)  2016-12-25T05:55Z 28.1K followers, [---] engagements


"We have a record number of living ex-presidents http://washex.am/2kl915b http://washex.am/2kl915b"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/823639236062519296)  2017-01-23T21:11Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Do liberals care about fascist-style violence in Berkeley http://washex.am/2lyd4fi http://washex.am/2lyd4fi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/830193911582777344)  2017-02-10T23:17Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Let's stop acting like the [----] campaign is still on http://washex.am/2rWlqEn http://washex.am/2rWlqEn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/870133950777221120)  2017-06-01T04:24Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Anti-Trump overreach could backfire http://washex.am/2ubyzdF http://washex.am/2ubyzdF"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/885351859279417344)  2017-07-13T04:15Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: What's oozing out of campuses is polluting society http://washex.am/2BuVe82 http://washex.am/2BuVe82"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/964008140189589505)  2018-02-15T05:27Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: What's oozing out of campuses is polluting society http://washex.am/2FvmyGm http://washex.am/2FvmyGm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/973173563548057600)  2018-03-12T12:27Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements


"Michael Barone: Primary shows Texas not yet turning blue http://washex.am/2Ft9LnS http://washex.am/2Ft9LnS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MichaelBarone/status/973173615825903616)  2018-03-12T12:27Z 28.1K followers, [--] engagements

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