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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
3
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 Every Maryland Judge Who Ruled Against His Lawless Deportations: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our late-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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Robert Tracinski
5
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
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
Abraham Lincoln Wasn't Born an Abolitionist, He Became One
We live in polarized times when freedom is threatened but this Juneteenth we should remind ourselves that we have overcome far worse
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Manisha Sinha
18
Trump Commandeers the National Guard to Militarize the Immigration Police State: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our mid-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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Robert Tracinski
5
The Judiciary Will Become Virtually Powerless in Protecting Your Rights if the Current Budget Bill Becomes Law
Senate Republicans have proposed an even worse version of a House provision that will require citizens suing the government to post enormous sums in…
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Clint Bolick
16
Trump’s Birthday Military Parade Destroys the Very Purpose of Our National Rituals
They are meant to get past even bitter disagreements and affirm collective values, not divide and conquer
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Michael G. Holzman
3
How America Created an Enormous and Abusive Surveillance State: A Conversation with Patrick Eddington
Even as this state has grown, the guardrails around it have weakened, giving presidents a dangerous tool to wield for illiberal and undemocratic ends
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Aaron Ross Powell
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