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  • Why the Charlie Kirk Memorial Might Spell the End of Trump and MAGA

    Why the Charlie Kirk Memorial Might Spell the End of Trump and MAGA

    Sunday’s massive, televised memorial service for Charlie Kirk contained grace notes that were simply breathtaking to behold. “That young man…I forgive him,” said Kirk’s widow Erika, speaking of alleged killer Tyler Robinson. “I forgive him because it was what Christ did, and it’s what Charlie would do.” Yet such a profound expression of grief and […]

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  • How a Fight Over Voter Data Could Reshape American Elections

    How a Fight Over Voter Data Could Reshape American Elections

    America’s electoral system has always been subject to—by design—a shifting balance of local control, state authority, and federal oversight. That balance is once again under strain, this time in the form of a pair of federal lawsuits that could redefine who ultimately controls access to voters’ personal data. Last week, the Justice Department filed twin […]

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  • Powell Warns Fed Faces Tough Choices as Stock Market Tests Cuts

    Powell Warns Fed Faces Tough Choices as Stock Market Tests Cuts

    Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sent a clear message this week: there is “no risk-free path” for monetary policy. Inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target, while job growth is slowing. These two pressures push the Fed in opposite directions, making its decisions harder. The recent 25-basis-point rate cut was meant to support employment, but […]

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  • Trump Slams UN, Accuses It of Not Being Fit for Purpose

    Trump Slams UN, Accuses It of Not Being Fit for Purpose

    Over the course of an hour, President Donald Trump contrasted the failures of the United Nations with his own domestic accomplishments.

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  • This Greenland Is Red

    This Greenland Is Red

    The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?

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  • Dems Are Out of Luck, Out of Ideas, Stuck With Mamdani

    Dems Are Out of Luck, Out of Ideas, Stuck With Mamdani

    As Republicans become totally unified, the Democrats are out of luck, out of ideas – and will mobilize around whoever is the next great hope

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  • Why the Trans Cause Is Turning More Fanatical

    Why the Trans Cause Is Turning More Fanatical

    The trans cause has been infused with an irrational fervor from the beginning, its ethos deeply illiberal and even threatening – and its zeal doesn’t suggest self-confidence.

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  • Trump Issues Order Designating Antifa A Terror Organization

    Trump Issues Order Designating Antifa A Terror Organization

    Credit: (Screenshot), Fox News, via YouTube President Donald Trump officially designated Antifa a domestic terror organization Monday evening, allowing the federal government to “utilize all applicable authorities to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle any and all illegal operations.” The designation comes exactly one week after The Center Square asked the president if he would designate the […]

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  • YIMBY Reforms Win Big In State Legislatures in 2025

    YIMBY Reforms Win Big In State Legislatures in 2025

    Happy Tuesday, and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. Last week, California lawmakers closed out the 2025 legislative session with the passage of S.B. 79—a bill that overrides local zoning to allow apartment buildings near transit stops. California has one of the longest-running legislative sessions, so Golden State lawmakers hanging up their spurs for […]

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  • On Free Speech, “I Choose Low Expectations”

    On Free Speech, “I Choose Low Expectations”

    From an excellent N.Y. Times op-ed by Greg Lukianoff (FIRE): If you’re a free-speech lawyer, you face a choice: Either expect to be disappointed by people of all political stripes — or go crazy. I choose low expectations. Again and again, political actors preach the importance of free speech, only to reach for the censor’s […]

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