Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum

“When U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick blasted the Justice Department’s handling of the James Comey case on Monday, he did not address the merits of the perjury and obstruction charges against the former FBI director. But the government misconduct that Fitzpatrick described was largely a product of the reckless rush to deliver the grudge-driven indictment that President Donald Trump demanded. … These missteps, which Fitzpatrick said might prove serious enough to require dismissal of the indictment, did not happen in a vacuum. They were the consequences of Trump’s determination to get Comey, regardless of the facts or the law.” (11/19/25)

https://reason.com/2025/11/19/misconduct-in-the-james-comey-case-stemmed-from-a-reckless-rush-to-indict-him/

Source: hypertext
by David Dagan

“One answer to why Reinventing Government failed is that its authors misunderstood the problem, or preferred not to understand it. In this view, the problem is not that good civil servants are trapped in bad systems. It is that civil servants constitute a ‘deep state’ that undermines elected officials and does the bidding of an unaccountable elite. Whatever the merits of this position, the second Trump administration has advanced a breathtakingly extreme version of it.” (11/19/25)

https://hypertext.niskanencenter.org/p/the-ghosts-of-government-reform

Source: The Bulwark

“Trump Can’t Keep His Own Stories Straight Anymore.” (11/19/25)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trump-cant-keep-his-own-stories-straight-anymore/id1794450472?i=1000737397423

Source: Libertarian Institute
by Jim Bovard

“Remind me again why any reasonable person expects the federal government to obey the law. The Trump administration this week gravely imperiled the nation’s water supply by curtailing federal regulations over dry land. Or at least that’s the story the media is hustling. A Washington Post headline epitomized the fretting: ‘Trump proposal would limit protections for U.S. waterways’ by narrowing the definition of wetlands. The Post did not mention that mere puddles or land that is dry 350 days a year have been categorized as ‘waters of the United States’ under the Clean Water Act.” (11/19/25)

https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/property-rights-ping-pong-pandemonium

Source: The Hill
by Sean Tinney

“The FAA’s centralized monopoly makes American airspace hostage to congressional dysfunction. When budget negotiations collapse, so does air travel: controllers go unpaid, certifications halt, and the entire system seizes up. Regulatory capture turns these risks into body counts. During the 737 MAX disaster, the FAA delegated oversight to Boeing’s own engineers — 346 people died in two crashes over five months without independent review. Meanwhile, startups like Connect Airlines collapsed after months waiting for approvals that never came. The FAA is designed for stagnation, favoring industry giants with bailouts and expedited certifications while strangling startups with delays — protecting incumbents and gatekeeping competition. Canada once faced similar challenges. Then, in 1996, it privatized air traffic control. Nav Canada now operates on user fees, not tax revenue, and it delivers demonstrably superior performance.” (11/19/25)

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5604250-shutdown-lesson-we-should-privatize-air-traffic-control-just-like-canada-did/

Source: New York Times

“A $7 Billion Opioid Reckoning, and Trump’s Defense of the Saudi Crown Prince.” (11/19/25)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOO3__SNlA