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Trump Is Gutting Every Source of America's Greatness
His attacks on the country's painstakingly built diplomatic, scientific, and human capital will turn it into a second-rate power
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Larry Diamond
13
Ben Franklin Declared His Independence from his Inheritance of Nasty Superstitions and Became an Enlightenment Man
A Fourth of July revisiting of a Founding Father’s family connection to the Salem Witch Trials
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Andy Craig
3
Crypto Is the Perfect Currency for Trump's Corrupt Pay-to-Play Presidency
He is using this digital medium in unprecedented ways to monetize his power and personally enrich himself
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Robert Tracinski
10

June 2025

Can an Israeli State Poised for Constant Violence Deliver True Peace to Jews?
The Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran might be a military success but the deteriorating plight of the Palestinians may well produce more future conflict
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Michael G. Holzman
26
The Supreme Court's Ban on Universal Injunctions Will Kneecap Americans Fighting for their Rights
The conservative justices have issued a sweeping and ideological ruling that'll allow the president and government at all levels to get away with…
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Anthony Sanders
7
Astonishingly, the DOJ is Suing the Entire Maryland Federal Bench After its Judges Stopped Trump's Lawless Deportations: An Executive Watch…
Our late-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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Robert Tracinski
6
Free Trade Is Flourishing, Just Not in America
The aggressive protectionism of Trump 2.0 will make the country poorer, more corrupt, and globally isolated, warns trade policy expert Scott Lincicome
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Shikha Dalmia
The Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism Hosts its Second Annual 'Liberalism for the 21st Century' Conference
The UnPopulist's publisher will build on last year's highly successful event and bring together intellectuals and advocates fighting authoritarianism…
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Shikha Dalmia
Iran’s Islamic Regime Is a Menace to Its Own People
But Iranians themselves need to change it, not outside powers
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Mohamad Machine-Chian
13
Trump's Iran Strike Shows the Urgent Need for Congress to Claw Back its War Powers
The president's unprovoked, unilateral attack builds on the terrible and unconstitutional precedent set by his predecessors
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Ben Raderstorf
9
Musk Might be the First Domino to Fall in Trump’s Unwieldy MAGA Coalition
Now that Trump has to govern, his massive political vulnerabilities are becoming apparent
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Berny Belvedere
6
Three Postliberal Paths to Autocracy: A Video Roundup
Our late-June collection of clips on where tech monarchists, NatCons, and Catholic integralists want to take America
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Landry Ayres
3
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