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• Trump Says 'People Are Feeling Safer Already,' but Federal Troops Won't Fix D.C.'s Crime
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Local government incompetence has crippled the city's criminal justice system. Continue Reading »
• CBP Is Deporting Cruise Ship Crew Over Child Pornography Allegations Without Evidence
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Advocacy groups say more than 100 cruise ship crew members have been deported in recent months, and they're not being shown the evidence against them or given any due process. Continue Reading »
• The Next Wave of Socialist Politicians Will Bring Crisis, Not Change
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  From free buses to rent control, their big promises ignore the hard lessons of socialism’s failures. Continue Reading »
• Wednesday Open Thread
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  What's on your mind? Continue Reading »
• First Amendment Claim Over Firing of Firefighter for Supposedly Racially Offensive Anti-Abortion Post Can Go Forward
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  From today's decision in Melton v. City of Forrest City, written by Judge David Stras, joined by Judges Lavenski Smith… The post First Amendment Claim Over Firing of Firefighter for Supposedly Racially Offensive Anti-Abortion Post Can Go Forward appeared first on Reason.com. Continue Reading »
• Bitcoin in Retirement Accounts Could Be a Good Idea
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Trump’s executive order directs the Labor Department to loosen rules on retirement accounts, potentially shifting trillions in savings toward higher-return, but riskier assets like bitcoin. Continue Reading »
• Pentagon Draws Up Plans To Send Troops to American Cities
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  The Trump administration is considering plans for a "Reaction Force" of National Guard troops to deploy quickly to American cities with signs of civil unrest. Continue Reading »
• With $75 Billion Boost, ICE Launches Aggressive Recruitment Campaign
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  ICE is offering a near $90,000 salary, a $50,000 signing bonus, and loan forgiveness to grow its ranks by 10,000 officers. Continue Reading »
• My New Boston Globe Article on why Massachusetts Should Reject Rent Control, and Instead End Exclusionary Zoning
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Rent control would only make the housing crisis worse. Zoning reform would make things better. Continue Reading »
• The Anti-Porn Crusade Comes for Online Games
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Activists pressure payment processors, who in turn pressure game marketplaces. The result? A whole lot of video games and visual novels are disappearing. Continue Reading »
• Why the Supreme Court is Highly Unlikely to Overturn Obergefell in the Kim Davis Case
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  My Cato Institute colleague Walter Olson explains. Continue Reading »
• This Trump Tariff Could Increase America's Trade Deficit
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Switzerland might respond to Trump’s double-digit “reciprocal” tariff by canceling its multibillion-dollar F-35 order. Continue Reading »
• Did MAGA Kill the Tea Party?
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Former Rep. Justin Amash and Fox News’ Kennedy join Nick Gillespie to examine how MAGA populism reshaped the Tea Party’s limited-government mission, why Congress no longer acts as a check on power, and what it will take to spark a new libertarian revival. Continue Reading »
• Show Patrol
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  Plus: Zohran Mamdani courts the "it" crowd, Mexican cartel deal, shutting down microschools, and more... Continue Reading »
• On the Status of Judicial Independence in the American Constitutional Order
  Posted on Wednesday August 13, 2025
  My new paper on judicial independence as a constitutional construction. Continue Reading »