How Trans Activism Became So Radical
Source: Persuasion
by Jamie Paul
“The trans movement won the lottery. Then they lost it all.” (03/13/26)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/how-trans-activism-became-so-radical
Author: Thomas L. Knapp
Questions for Markwayne Mullin
Source: The Watch
by Radley Balko
“Kristi Noem has been the worst head of Homeland Security in the department’s 20-year history, and it really isn’t even close. Her tenure was marked by reckless abuse of power, brazen lying and disinformation, white supremacist propaganda, and shameless corruption. Prior to Noem, we had never seen a cabinet official shoot a propaganda/weird fetish video from a foreign prison known for torture and abuse. Prior to Noem, we’d …. never seen a cabinet official celebrate the illegal killing of unarmed U.S. citizens. … Trump’s nominee to replace Noem is Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a mixed-martial-arts fighter turned plumber turned politician. Mullin is probably best known for challenging a witness at an oversight hearing to a fight, jamming his fingers into the nostrils of sleeping colleagues and their spouses, and projecting so much masculinity that he requires the names of two men.” (03/13/26)
https://radleybalko.substack.com/p/questions-for-markwayne-mullin
Libertarian Activist Abducted by Regime Thugs Following Return From Egypt
Source: Independent Political Report
“A libertarian activist from Orlando with a history of volunteering with the Libertarian Party of Florida is being held in federal immigration custody and facing possible deportation to Egypt, according to details shared with Independent Political Report. A friend of Aly who has remained in contact with him during his detention told IPR on Friday that Izzy Aly, also known as Islam Mahmoud Aly, was [abducted] by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on December 22 after arriving at a U.S. airport following a trip to Egypt, where he had traveled to settle matters related to his late father’s estate. … Aly, an Egyptian national who resides in the Orlando area, has been active for several years in libertarian political circles, including by attending meetings of the Libertarian Party of Florida to support the party’s activities.” (03/14/26)
The Kyle Anzalone Show, 03/14/26
Source: Libertarian Institute
“Trump Demands Iran’s UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.” (03/14/26)
Is Trump Building “Concentration Camps?” These Experts Have No Doubts
Source: The Contrarian
by Tim Dickinson
“Donald Trump’s brutal ICE detention facilities have been blasted as ‘concentration camps.’ This is a freighted term — summoning more than a century of deplorable history. But experts in the field have no hesitation in using these words to describe the network of facilities that the federal government is using to literally warehouse tens of thousands of immigrants — men, women, and even children — snatched out of their communities by masked federal agents.” (03/13/26)
https://www.contrariannews.org/p/is-trump-building-concentration-camps
Examination Systems
Source: David Friedman’s Substack
by David Friedman
“For well over a thousand years, the civil service of Imperial China, the officials who ran the empire, was principally selected from those who had successfully passed through a series of ferociously competitive exams. Passing the first level gave one the rank of licentiate, which carried with it status and the right to take the second level of exams. Passing the second (‘provincial’) provided a significant chance of eventual appointment to office as well as the opportunity to take the third level of exam (‘metropolitan’). Passing the third level was a near guarantee of official appointment. … It may have occurred to you that Imperial China is not the only society whose elite members are expected to qualify for high-status positions by studying for, and passing, exams on subjects having little or nothing to do with the positions they are qualifying for.” (03/14/26)
The Enemy Is Power, Wherever You Find It
Source: Liberalism.org
by Matt Zwolinski
“Concentrations of power are a danger, and a liberal society must reckon with them wherever they occur.” (03/13/26)
https://www.liberalism.org/p/the-enemy-is-power-wherever-you-find-it
AI Summer, 03/14/26
Source: AI Summer
“Joel Becker on METR’s famous time horizons chart.” (03/14/26)
America needs immigrants as much as they need liberty’s blessings
Source: Washington Post
by George F Will
“Two dissimilar government agencies have inadvertently combined to clarify the immigration debate. Stomach-turning excesses by Immigration and Customs Enforcement have turned many Americans’ abstract political preference into something uncomfortably concrete. And the Census Bureau has demonstrated that the nation needs immigrants as much as they need the blessings of American liberty.” (03/13/26)
Warsh: The Fed Helped Create Fiscal Dominance
Source: The Daily Economy
by William J Luther
“For decades, economists have warned about the risk of fiscal dominance. Over the past year, the topic has graduated to news headlines. At first glance, the US’s deteriorating fiscal situation appears to be the culprit. Kevin Warsh sees it differently: fiscal dominance is an outgrowth of Federal Reserve actions that enabled profligate federal spending, led the Fed to stray from its monetary mission, and ultimately undermined Fed independence. In other words: the problem of fiscal dominance is actually one of monetary policy run amok.” (03/13/26)
https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/warsh-the-fed-helped-create-fiscal-dominance/