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South Africans of All Hues Are Laughing at Trump’s Ridiculous Claims of ‘White Genocide’
But that cannot stop the damage he is doing to their economy and psyche
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Eve Fairbanks
2
Trump Feeds Grift, Graft, and Greed from the White House: A Video Roundup
Our early-June collection of clips on the administration's corruption bonanza
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Landry Ayres
William F. Buckley Cemented the Conservative Movement’s Preoccupation with the Liberal Enemy
He couldn’t define what conservatism was, just what it wasn’t
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Joshua Tait
12
Tyranny Has Invaded America Through the Immigration Enforcement Regime
Immigration helps the country become freer and more prosperous and restrictionism is doing the opposite
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Alex Nowrasteh
2
To Fight Authoritarianism, Libertarians Need to be More Pro-Liberty, Not Just Anti-State
Blogger Noah Smith’s praise for libertarianism comes at an odd time but offers an opportunity to clarify the side that has contributed to human freedom…
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Matt Zwolinski
26
Will Appeals Courts Affirm that Trump Is Abusing His Emergency Power by Imposing Sweeping Tariffs? A Conversation with Ilya Somin
Courts may stop the president this time but Congress also needs to act to stop future abuses
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Robert Tracinski
6
22:40
Trump Threatens Media Network for Covering His Solicitation of a $400 Million Luxury Jet Bribe: An Executive Watch Roundup
Our early-June selection of the president's latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law
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Robert Tracinski
2
The Slanted Investigation by a Right-Leaning Publication That Helped the Administration Target Harvard University
The Washington Free Beacon’s report alleging that the elite university’s law journal was making decisions based primarily on race and gender is…
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Cathy Young
9
The Supreme Court Should Resist Handing Sweeping Removal Powers to this President in the Name of Constitutional Purity
If an authoritarian weren’t in the White House, conservative justices could have justified doing so
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Corbin K. Barthold
3
Let's Rededicate Ourselves to a Nonpartisan Military Free of Domestic Entanglements this Memorial Day
Trump's plan to deploy the military for immigration enforcement will set a dangerous precedent that'll undermine our democracy
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Christopher Purdy
7
Postliberals and NatCons See an Opening in Trumpism to Impose Their Respective Agendas: A Conversation with Jerome Copulsky
Both share a critique of liberal individualism but have vastly different ideas of what a religious state ought to look like
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Berny Belvedere
1
42:00
There Is No Piecing Back Our Badly Shattered Constitutional Order
We are past the point of crisis and have entered an era when our political disputes will be settled by the raw exercise of power, not the law
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Andy Craig
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