reason.com: The First Real Judicial Filibuster -- https://tinyurl.com/2d5jwwwf -- Remembering the first time a partisan Senate minority blocked a judicial nomination that enjoyed majority support. #liberty #news
reason.com: Libertarian Party Secretary Files Lawsuit To Remove Party Chair Angela McArdle -- https://tinyurl.com/25xa7uu2 -- The Libertarian Party National Committee, meanwhile, is seeking to remove the secretary. #liberty #news
mises.org: Why Democracy Has Such Staying Power -- https://tinyurl.com/2xszezzk -- Democracy, or at least the “democracy” that ensures the “right people” are elected, is the religion of American progressives. Despite its obvious failures, however, progressives claim that democracy is the Holy Grail of governance. Why people believe this is another question. #liberty #news
mises.org: To Beat the State, We Must Replace It -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5rvwc8 -- We must first build institutions that can replace the state. Institutions like families, churches, and schools. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Big Con: No Matter the Form, Easy Money Is Still a Fraud -- https://tinyurl.com/27vkn2mb -- A recent fraudulent check-kiting scheme featured on Tik-Tok bears resemblance to some of the free money schemes that have been coming from the Federal Reserve. #liberty #news
reason.com: Will Trump or Harris Win the Working-Class Vote? -- https://tinyurl.com/ymlt8xmf -- Patrick Ruffini and Ruy Teixiera talk about how the U.S. electorate has changed in the last four years. #liberty #news
reason.com: Former Houston Drug Cop Gets 60 Years for His Deadly Lies -- https://tinyurl.com/yn9f9s9o -- That amounts to a life sentence for Gerald Goines, who instigated the no-knock raid that killed Dennis Tuttle and Rhogena Nicholas by falsely accusing them of selling heroin. #liberty #news
reason.com: Budget Deficit Hit $1.8 Trillion After Huge Increase in Borrowing Costs -- https://tinyurl.com/yortuvau -- Spending increased by 10 percent last year, while tax revenue increased by 11 percent. Interest payments on the debt shot up by 34 percent. #liberty #news
mises.org: The “Fascist” Ad Hominem As an Act of Projection -- https://tinyurl.com/yt3tj5r5 -- Mussolini: “The fascist conception of life stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with the State. #liberty #news
mises.org: Hurricanes Are Not Going Away; We Must Double Down on What’s Making Them More Survivable -- https://tinyurl.com/ynry8w2o -- Storms like Helene and Milton ought to drive us to recommit to and expand the very institutions that have made natural disasters more survivable for so many, not to abandon them out of some false hope that bad weather can be eliminated. #liberty #news
reason.com: Neither Harris Nor Trump Is a Friend of Free Speech -- https://tinyurl.com/yp9pbsf4 -- Both presidential candidates (and their running mates) seem confused about the constraints imposed by the First Amendment. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Hurricane Election -- https://tinyurl.com/yqdnmflt -- Plus: FEMA conspiracy theories, journalists killed in Gaza, and more... #liberty #news
reason.com: How Milton Friedman Can Help Us Get Through Hurricane Milton -- https://tinyurl.com/yo2b6svf -- To give storm victims the best chance at recovery, let local knowledge and markets guide decisions. #liberty #news
mises.org: Freedom of Association and Cancel Culture -- https://tinyurl.com/yletcavx -- As Murray Rothbard often noted, freedom of association is a fundamental right, what he called a “subset of private property rights.” Unfortunately, our modern cancel culture has taken aim at this right, taking away the voluntary nature of human interaction. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Christian Faith in the Thought and Life of Frédéric Bastiat -- https://tinyurl.com/yuhewot3 -- Frederic Bastiat was a well-known and eloquent defender of liberty and free-market economics. He also was a devout Catholic who looked to tie his faith to his economic and political beliefs. #liberty #news
reason.com: I Did Business With China, and America Won -- https://tinyurl.com/ys89tmnu -- Everyone benefited when I manufactured my invention in China, but Americans benefited more. #liberty #news
reason.com: Baby Bottle Manufacturers Sued for Not Warning Customers That Their Plastic Bottles Could Leak Microplastics -- https://tinyurl.com/yq8nqd7e -- Not only are microplastics essentially unavoidable, but the alleged harm they pose has been wildly overblown. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Year of War in the Middle East Cost Americans Nearly $23 Billion -- https://tinyurl.com/yp5a7w42 -- U.S. taxpayers are underwriting wars in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, and Iraq. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Mirage of Honest Government -- https://tinyurl.com/ynxpebhr -- America is always on the verge of finally having honest government. Of course, what passes for “honest government” is a government that efficiently takes wealth from productive people and transfers it to those who are politically-connected. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Economic Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act -- https://tinyurl.com/ywh8n3x2 -- New National Bureau of Economic Research study shows this notorious law not only harmed would-be immigrants, but also damaged the US economy and reduced employment opportunities for native-born whites. #liberty #news