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The Trump Administration Is Pure Progressivism in Action

FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2025

I have never seen a situation so dismal that a policeman couldn’t make it worse.
– Brendan Behan

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May 30, 2025 Charity versus Coerced “Charity” Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced that he is going to leave less than 1 percent of his vast wealth to his children and is going to donate the rest — an estimated $200 billion — to worthy causes. I suspect that that rankles proponents of America’s welfare state because they say that wealthy (and middle-class) people need to be forced to help …
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FREE TRADE
Trump Watch: Trump Violates the Law of Comparative Advantage
by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
President Trump Isn’t a Tariff King
by Editorial
Wall Street Journal
CONSERVATISM
The Trump Administration Is Pure Progressivism in Action
by George F. Will
Washington Post
EDUCATION
Pierce at 100
by Mark David Hall and Ernie Walton
Law & Liberty
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. Deported This Chinese Scientist, in a Decision That Changed World History
by Kathleen Kingsbury
New York Times
PROTECTIONISM
TGIF: The Worst Are Already on Top
by Sheldon Richman
Free Association
Protectionist Angst Is ‘Made in America’ — So Are Lots of Other Things
by Donald J. Boudreaux
AIER
Trump Says Retailers Should “Eat the Tariffs.” Good Luck With That.
by Bill Saporito
New York Times
FREE SPEECH
Unbridled Freedom of Speech Is Foundational to America’s History, Humanity and Happiness
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
JFK
Dan Hardway Testifies About CIA Malfeasance in the JFK Investigation
by Jefferson Morley and Ryan Carter
JFK Facts

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