Monday Open Thread
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Misinformation concept creep is getting out of hand.
The Munich Security Conference was supposed to be a foreign policy forum. Instead, the vice president lectured Europeans about democracy.
Pole cameras, real estate RICO, and the Eighth Circuit island.
Plus: Possible quid pro quo between the DOJ and Eric Adams, DEI in the federal government, and more...
The N.Y. Commissioner of Education has just reversed the decision.
After Elon Musk promised "maximum transparency," the DOGE's website posted organizational charts of federal agencies and statistics on the federal work force.
Plus: Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal, padlocked playgrounds, and more...
News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.
Historian Sean McMeekin dissects how communism has enduring and resurgent appeal in the West despite its history of violence and economic disaster.
Plus: Vance's AI speech, bubble boy playgrounds, Delaware antagonizes founders, and more...
The president's planned National Garden of American Heroes might be a nice idea, but it would be extremely costly—and unnecessary.
Plus: OpenAI vs. Musk, Eric Adams corruption charges dropped, and more...
It's a good sign that the president is calling on critics of the federal government's lack of transparency to staff his administration.
Plus: Steel and aluminum tariffs, Venezuelan sanctions and deportations, and more...
Troubled waters, a Declaration of War, and some batty paperwork.
In the early 1990s, Bill Clinton's administration set out to "reinvent" government. What can the mercurial Tesla CEO learn from their efforts?
Much cutting. Very waste. But the Department of Government Efficiency might not have the legal and budgetary chops to actually reduce spending.
The full transcript shows the president's complaints about the editing of the interview are not just wildly hyperbolic and legally groundless. They are demonstrably false.
Plus: NYC trans medicine protest, airplane collision (again), and more...
In a post–2024 election conversation, Gurri discussed his vote for Donald Trump and why he is cautiously optimistic about the next four years.
Plus: Federal buyouts, puberty blockers at the Supreme Court, and more...
The Mises Caucus hold over the party cracks as its founder Michael Heise loses in a 9-6 vote to Steven Nekhaila.
Plus: USAID and Education Department cuts, tariff deal reached, and more...
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