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Under Biden, Eminent Domain and the Border Wall Continue
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 15, 2021 | Blog
The Biden administration has gone back on its word to cease construction of Donald Trump's border wall and the associated eminent-domain actions for property that stands in the way of that wall. Although candidate Biden promised to stop the wall and end the...
Biden Is Rejecting Trump’s Border Wall But Not Border Control
by Steven Woskow | Feb 3, 2021 | Blog
He favors a technological wall using biometric data, surveillance, artificial intelligence, drones, facial recognition, cameras and radar. Expect this to start at the border and spread into the country. High-tech border control in a constitution free zone. President...
News Roundup 1/21/21
by Kyle Anzalone | Jan 21, 2021 | News Roundup
US News Trump pardoned or granted clemency to several non-violent drug offenders before leaving office. [Link] Twitter banned the account of the Chinese Embassy in the US. [Link] Biden officially invited Taiwan’s ambassador to the US to his inauguration. A Taiwanese...
How Good Does Trump’s Wall Sound Now, Cowboy?
by Phil Gibson | Oct 12, 2019 | Blog, Op Eds
People who were in favor of Trumps boarder wall are now are starting to reconsider the consequences of the policy. Eminent domain a seizes the soil hard-working Texans have tilled, farmed, or simply invested in, as if they actually "didn't build that" in the first...
Close Enough For Government Work
by Scott Horton | Mar 28, 2019 | Blog
The border wall in South Texas.
Episode 230: Former Soldier and Border Patrol Agent, Joshua Childress
by Peter R. Quiñones | Mar 8, 2019 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
71 Minutes Some Strong Language Pete invited Iraq/Afghanistan War Vet, and former Border Patrol Agent Joshua Childress to come on the show. After coming home from the wars, Joshua joined the southern Border Patrol. After hearing podcasts like Thaddeus Russell's and...
Episode 211: Comedian and Podcaster Extraordinaire, Dave Smith
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jan 23, 2019 | Blog, Free Man Beyond the Wall
74 Minutes Adult Language Pete asked the great Dave Smith to do a livestream, "Ask Me Anything" for his Patreon supporters and Dave didn't disappoint. Dave answered questions ranging from stand-up comedy to politics to culture. It went a little over an hour and is...
3/16/18 Eli Clifton on Mike Pompeo’s and Trump’s neocons ties
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Eli Clifton joins Scott to discuss his latest piece with Jim Lobe, "Pompeo: Springtime For Irano/Islamophobes." Clifton describes how the neocons have direct access to the Trump presidency and how they've whipped up a consistent stream of Islamaphobia in the United...
3/16/18 Eli Clifton on Mike Pompeo's and Trump's neocons ties
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Eli Clifton joins Scott to discuss his latest piece with Jim Lobe, "Pompeo: Springtime For Irano/Islamophobes." Clifton describes how the neocons have direct access to the Trump presidency and how they've whipped up a consistent stream of Islamaphobia in the United...
News Roundup 3/13/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
Trump signs an order preventing Broadcom from taking over Qualcomm. [Link] The TSA is now searching phones and laptops on domestic flights. [Link] The US Military is overlooking the sexual abuse of children on bases. [Link] Trump says he rejected a request from the...
How DACA Became a Political Football
by Eric Schuler | Jan 26, 2018 | Featured Articles, Justice
Democrats, Republicans, and regular Americans agree that DACA recipients should be allowed to stay in the US. In spite of this happy news, the DACA program remains in limbo nearly five months after it was revoked by President Trump. The government also just went...
TGIF: Immigration and Social Engineering
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 4, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
Immigration brings out the social engineers and central planners across the political establishment. We see this clearly in the debate over Donald Trump's support for legislation that would cut legal immigration in half while tilting it toward well-educated...
Humpty Trumpty and His Wall
by Sheldon Richman | Apr 25, 2017 | Blog, Libertarianism
Humpty Trumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Trumpty had a great fall. Because the wall was a figment of his imagination.
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My Testimony Before the Maine State Senate
In support of Ld 1054, Defend the Guard legislation: Thank you all so much for the opportunity to testify before your committee today. Today is the 20th anniversary of the beginning of Iraq War II. The consensus now is that we should not have done it. Iraq was not...
These Iraq War Supporters Are Still in Congress
On March 19, 2003 the United States began its military invasion of Iraq. The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq passed Congress in October 2002, with 296 congressmen and 77 senators voting in favor of giving President George W. Bush carte blanche...
Laci Green is Wrong: Democratic Competition vs. Free Market Competition
In environments where there's a lot of competition, people tend to lie out their ass and you can apply this to any competitive situation. Take capitalism. As industrialization took full effect, the Federal Government had to interfere because there was so much false...
Empower the Workers: Decriminalize Economic Activity Between Consenting Adults
The most reliable and effective protection for most workers is provided by the existence of many employers. As we have seen, a person who has only one possible employer has little or no protection. The employers who protect a worker are those who would like to hire...
Chris Rock’s New Special Exposes His Political Ignorance
A common claim among Democrats is that, "It's not that people don't want to be educated, they just haven't been given the opportunity, thus government spending on education needs to increase." If there were ever a group of people capable of "educating" themselves it...
War and Delusion: A Critical Examination
In this episode of the Protestant Libertarian Podcast, Alex Bernardo sits down once again with Laurie Calhoun. Laurie is a philosopher, a cultural critic and an author. She is a senior fellow at the Libertarian Institute, where she regularly writes articles analyzing...
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