The GOP Is Warning About Socialism While Quietly Embracing It
Federal ownership of private companies has become routine. And it is happening on the right, even as conservatives point fingers at the left for its socialism.
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Francesca Hong's Hateful Holidays, Burrito Prices, and Woke 1.0
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi cover all of the politically charged food takes of the week from Thanksgiving to burritos.
A Viral Tweet Set Off a Discourse on $20 Burritos. Here's the Truth About Inflation.
Americans are angry because everyday goods are much more expensive, and politicians think they should “stop whining.”
FCC Rule Change Would Allow More Broadcast Mergers, but It's Not Clear the FCC Has That Power.
It's not clear if the agency even has the legal authority to make the change. But if it goes through, there's little to worry about.
Scott Galloway's Bad Idea To Make Young Men Happier
Hint: It's mandatory national service.
DOGE Claimed $110 Billion in Spending Cuts That Couldn't Be Verified, Audit Finds
The DOGE project was the second Trump administration's best idea. Unfortunately, it was terribly executed.
Courts Say the Justice Department Is Shredding the 'Presumption of Regularity.' It Never Deserved Extra Trust.
Misconduct and misrepresentations by Justice Department lawyers have led some federal judges to question the traditional benefit of the doubt they give to the government.
A Major 'Online Safety' Bill Cleared a Senate Committee. More Crackdowns on Internet Freedom Could Be Coming.
The Senate Commerce committee advanced four bills related to online and AI safety in the name of protecting children.
A Federal Judge Rejects National Firearms Act Regulations, Saying Their Tax Rationale No Longer Applies
When Congress eliminated taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, it also eliminated the constitutional justification for regulating them.
Hawaii's End Run Around Citizens United Faces a First Amendment Roadblock
A new Hawaii law reclassifies corporate political speech as a "power" the state can revoke at will.
Socialist Moment
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Why James Madison Wanted Greater Limits on States' Rights
The “father of the Constitution” worried about federal and state overreach.
The Trump Administration Promises the 'Largest Denaturalization Effort Ever'
Denaturalization isn't new, but it has been used sparingly in modern history, in part because it is extremely costly and time-consuming.
The American Fingerprints on the Genocide in Sudan
Reuters and the U.N. accuse an operator with extensive U.S. government links of helping a Sudanese rebel group.
Trump's Newest Tariffs Could Protect America From the National Security Risk of Brass Instruments
An idea that's wildly out of tune at a time when Americans are trumpeting their worries about affordability.
Abdul El-Sayed Says He's Not a Socialist. His Policy Agenda Says Otherwise.
El-Sayed is pushing a mendacious claim: that people would be wealthier if they endured yet another massive transfer of money and power to a vast federal health bureaucracy.
Senators Want To Claw Back Trump's Spending Power. They Should Just Pass a Real Budget Instead.
The Senate’s funding bill stops the Trump administration from handing political appointees control over federal grants, but Congress isn’t eager to rein in spending.
Abdul El-Sayed's COVID Radicalism Is a Callback to a More United Party
The pandemic provided a glue that held the Democratic Party together. Without it, they don't know what they believe.
Socialist Hugo Chávez Destroyed Venezuela's Power Grid. Now the Regime Hopes Private Capital Will Rebuild It.
The regime is paying lip service to undoing a policy that caused incalculable human suffering but is hesitant to relinquish control.
Minnesota's Nudification Ban Could Punish People Over Parodies and Stripped-Down Selfies. Elon Musk's xAI Is Suing.
The law is written so broadly it could punish services that let you fake an image of yourself in a swimsuit.
How a Top Democratic Operative Lost Faith in Her Party
Evan Barker discusses the Democratic Party's growing disconnect from working-class voters, the realities of political fundraising, and the future of populism in America.
Socialists Are Trying To Take Hold of the Democratic Party—and They're Winning
The democratic socialists taking over the Democratic Party often say they just want affordable healthcare. They actually want to end America's constitutional system as we know it.
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Roanoke Removes Gunshot Detectors Months After Approving Them
Limited evidence of effectiveness combined with privacy concerns raises questions about the sensors.
Dropped Cases Against Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandals Followed a Rush to Judgment
Trump still seems to think the question of individual guilt or innocence is irrelevant.
Boy Throb Had To Go Viral To Get Its Fourth Member a U.S. Visa
After building a fanbase around his immigration struggle, Darshan Magdum can finally come to America.
Greg Abbott Once Called Texas the 'Epicenter' of AI. Now He's Freezing Data Center Construction.
The bipartisan backlash against data centers reaches the Lone Star State.
The YIMBY-Libertarian Convergence
An eminent domain case out of Rhode Island shows how YIMBY regulatory reforms and libertarian constitutional law activism work in tandem.
Don't Hate the Dodgers for Dominating So Much, Hate the Bankruptcy Court That Helped Them Do It
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Blame Game
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Elena Kagan's Warning to Progressives
The liberal justice wants the Supreme Court’s harshest progressive critics to chill out.
Is Democratic Socialism Going National?
Plus: Trump restarts talks with Iran, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and Congress revisits the COVID response.
Why Does Trump Want To Give Millions of Dollars to Right-Wing Europeans?
Trump opposes foreign influence in American politics, but his State Department is offering millions of dollars to promote Western identity and opposition to “mass migration” abroad.
FCC Bans Foreign-Made Robots, Including Roombas
The ban on new foreign-made robotic devices comes soon after regulators nearly killed Roomba maker, iRobot.
Inside a Venezuelan Political Prison: False Identities and Kangaroo Courts
An invented name, recycled evidence, and an openly lawless proceeding kept prisoners guessing. The clearest signs of release were extra food, sunlight, and medical attention.
Todd Blanche's Concessions Underline the Flagrant Phoniness of Trump's IRS 'Settlement'
The acting attorney general confirms his dishonesty in presenting that jaw-dropping scam as the resolution of a bona fide legal dispute.
Trump Backs Down From Yet Another Empty Threat to Iran
We’re locked in a cycle: The president threatens to resume the war, he claims Iran backed down, and then he gets frustrated with Iran again.
Police Mix Up Usernames, Man Spends 18 Months in Prison for Someone Else's Sex Crimes
"He should never have been charged, let alone convicted," judges now say.
What Iranian Dissidents Can Learn About Regime Change From the Mistakes of 1979
A regretful rebel talks about what he learned from his participation in Iran’s Islamic revolution.
Did Elon Musk Sentence Millions to Death by Dismantling USAID?
The study cited by Rep. Ro Khanna as the basis for that claim is statistical nonsense.
Trump Said Tariffs on Aluminum Would Boost Domestic Production. The White House Now Admits That Didn't Happen.
It's been more than eight years since Trump's first aluminum tariffs were imposed. How long do we have to wait before calling this a failure?
A New Jersey News Outlet Asks the Courts To Stop a Judge's Censorship
The judge concluded that a high school student's privacy interests trumped freedom of the press.
