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How Elon Musk and DOGE Can Deliver on Smaller Government

Plus: a listener asks the editors why it is acceptable to allow unrestricted border crossings into the United States without penalty.

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Biden's Race-Ending Debate Performance Was So Bad That It Eclipsed Trump's Flagrant Falsehoods

Voters should not dismiss the former president's utter disregard for the truth as a personal quirk or standard political practice.

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Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire

Plus: The editors reflect on the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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Partisan Border Wars

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the Constitution and trains.

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Overview of the Successes and Limitations of Private Migrant Sponsorship Programs

Reason immigration writer Fiona Harrigan surveys the growth of private migrant sponsorship programs. They have had impressive successes, but still suffer from unfortunte limitations.

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Biden's Cognitive Shrinkflation

Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.

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Welcome to the Hyperbole Factory

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the libertarian argument against shopping local.

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The Republican Primary Consensus for Sending the Military Into Mexico

Presidential contender Tim Scott, who announced recently, says he will use "the world's greatest military to fight these terrorists" south of the border. He's not alone.

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There Is No Party of Immigration in American Politics

Plus: A listener question concerning the key to a libertarian future—should we reshape current systems or rely upon technological exits like bitcoin and encryption?

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US Accepted 271,000 Ukrainians Over the Last Year—But Can Do Much Better

It's an impressive achievement. But we can do much more. Canada's much greater openness to immigration is an indication of what's possible.

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The Flap Over Biden's Comment About 2 Fentanyl Deaths Obscures Prohibition's Role in Causing Them

Both parties are complicit in the lethal policies that gave us fentanyl disguised as Percocet.

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New Movie Lists Honor Jeanne Dielman and 2001, Snub TikTok

Friday A/V Club: Sight and Sound revises the film canon again.

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Migrants Are People, Not Props

Plus: The editors have gripes with Biden’s recent interview on 60 Minutes.

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"Virginia Can't Force Bookstores To Card Kids for Books on Gender and Sexuality"

at least through a preliminary injunction, even if the books include some moderately graphic descriptions.

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Don't Play into Putin's Hands by Barring Russians from the West - Instead, let more in

Calls for Western nations to bar Russian migrants and visitors are wrong on both moral and strategic grounds. Acting on them would only benefit Vladimir Putin and his regime..

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Fiona Harrigan: Why Utah Republicans Bucked Trump and Biden on Afghan Refugees

Assistant Editor Fiona Harrigan explores why the Beehive State might be uniquely suited to welcome Afghan refugees.

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The Real War in Ukraine and the Culture War in Florida

Plus, is the "Libertarian tent" too big?

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