Speaking Tuesday before an audience of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, Donald Trump presented an hour-long speech announcing that he is running in the 2024 general election to regain the United States presidency. Trump used the speech to provide an...
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Fake News Exposed: Inflation, Iran, College, America First, and Poland
by The Libertarian Institute | Nov 18, 2022 | Blog, Economics, Libertarian Institute Roundtable, Politics
https://youtu.be/OVmAJhnGxLU What Makes Wages Rise The buyers do not pay for the toil and trouble the worker took nor for the length of time he spent in working. They pay for the products. The better the tools are which the worker uses in his job, the more he can...
TGIF: Beware the Regulatory Storm over FTX
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 18, 2022 | Economics, Featured Articles, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
The bankruptcy of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the alleged fraud by co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, which has cost customers millions, is tailor-made for anyone who already wants the power of government to expand, especially in the area of financial privacy. For...
To Win Elections, Republicans Must Become Pro-Liberty
by Ron Paul | Nov 15, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
Those searching for an explanation of why there was no “red wave” giving Republicans huge gains in Congress in this year’s midterm election should compare this year’s election with the midterm election of 2010. In 2010, Republicans gained a net 63 House seats. While...
Did Federal Censors Swing the 2020 Election?
by Jim Bovard | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
Did the Russiagate conspiracy entitle the federal government to censor Americans forever? Did federal shenanigans swing the 2020 election? A new report reveals how a new federal agency and federal grantees exploited a 2016 scam to launch the greatest covert censorship...
Extinguishing Some Election Day Rumors
by Walter Olson | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
How much went right with Tuesday’s midterm election? A lot. Violence at the polls, much feared, didn’t happen. Nor did widespread intimidation. For all the talk of voter suppression, poll access was healthy and uneventful in the state of Georgia and pretty much...

TGIF: Midterm Blues
by Sheldon Richman | Nov 11, 2022 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
As midterm elections go, for champions of individual liberty this one could have been worse. I see two bright spots. The likely slim majority of Republicans in the House could -- maybe -- produce a measure of gridlock on domestic spending and regulation, and the blame...

The Midterms Made a National Divorce Inevitable
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 10, 2022 | Featured Articles, Politics
The votes are still being counted, but one thing is already clear: very little will change in Washington after this election. The House of Representatives will likely be controlled by Republicans, but the majority enjoyed by the GOP in the House will be small. This...