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Trump's Slush Fund to Reward Jan. 6 Insurrectionists Is Grotesquely Corrupt
It also quietly excuses Trump and his family from accountability for underpaying past IRS tax bills
May 21
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Walter Olson
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The Shuttering of Alligator Alcatraz Doesn't Mean That Trump's Terror Campaign Against Immigrants Is Ending
He relishes the performative cruelty because it keeps the salience of the issue alive
May 20
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Berny Belvedere
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LibCon2026 Will Start Imagining a Post-Authoritarian Future: Sign Up Now
ISMA’s conference this July is where liberals move beyond diagnosis and begin hammering out a second Reconstruction Agenda
May 19
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Andy Craig
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A Bloated Executive and a Starved Congress Is a Bad Combination: A Conversation with Kevin Kosar
It distorts our scheme of checks and balances and undermines our ability to self-govern
May 18
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Andy Craig
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The Revolution Is Dead, God Save King Trump: A Video Roundup
Our mid-May collection of clips
May 16
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Landry Ayres
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Universities' Best Defense Against Censorship in the Public Square Is Free Inquiry
In their otherwise valuable new book, two prominent professors acknowledge the need for diverse viewpoints on campuses but don't offer a cure for…
May 15
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Jonathan Marks
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Political Islam Is Rank Populism That Perverts a Fundamentally Liberal Faith
The Western right’s smearing of the entire religion and the left’s romanticization of it are both misguided
May 13
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Mohammed Nosseir
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The VRA Ruling Might Have Handed Republicans a Weapon to Attempt a Jan. 6-style Midterm Coup
An outlandish scenario to refuse to seat newly elected blue state representatives just became more plausible
May 11
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Andy Craig
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Trump’s War on the First Amendment Escalates as He Goes on Another Revenge Spree: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our early-May selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
May 9
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Executive Watch
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America's Immigration Prohibitionism, Not Undocumented Immigrants, Breeds Cartel Violence
Stephen Miller is blaming the victims of U.S. laws for an outcome that is the consequence of policies he pushes
May 7
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Nathan Goodman
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Molly Rovinski
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LibCon2026 Is Coming, July 16–17
Register now and avail yourself of our early-bird special to hear and meet the world's most brilliant and courageous liberal thinkers and activists
May 6
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Berny Belvedere
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Constitutional Amendments to Stop America’s Authoritarian Turn Are Doable and Necessary
Americans will back them enthusiastically—so long as they fix governance, not push partisan advantage
May 5
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Andy Craig
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