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Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas

Plus: How will the editors vote in the presidential election?

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Why Federal Disaster Relief Is a Disaster

Plus: October 7, one year later.

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Eric Adams and New York City's Corruption Problem

Plus: A listener asks the editors what a “conservatarian” presidential candidate and agenda might look like.

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Why Do They Keep Shooting at Donald Trump?

Plus: A listener asks the editors to ponder which election was the most important one in their lifetimes.

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What Libertarians Would Ask Trump and Harris at the Debate

Plus: A listener asks if rebranding tariffs as taxes would make any difference in reducing their appeal to politicians and voters.

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How Should the U.S. Respond to Hamas Executing Americans?

Plus: A listener asks the editors, when it is right to revolt to stop repeated miscarriages of justice?

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Wait, Democrats Now Say They Love Freedom?

Plus: Does the government own too much land in Utah? And the latest response to Friends star Matthew Perry’s drug overdose death.

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What Kamala Harris' Coronation Says About the Democratic Party

Plus: A listener asks the editors about Project 2025.

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Biden's Out. Harris Is In. Everyone Else Is Screwed.

Plus: A listener asks the editors if employers should be held responsible for the speech and actions of employees outside of the workplace.

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Is Violent Rhetoric To Blame for the Trump Assassination Attempt?

Plus: Is Biden fit to be president today, let alone stand for reelection?

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Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire

Plus: The editors reflect on the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

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There's No Good Reason to Keep RFK Jr. Off the Debate Stage

I thought democracy was at stake?

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Eating Doritos While Drowning in Debt

Plus: A listener asks if there are any libertarian solutions to rising obesity rates.

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Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?

Plus: A single-issue voter asks the editors for some voting advice in the 2024 presidential election.

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Libertarian National Convention: Are You Not Entertained?

Plus: A listener asks the editors for voting advice and commiseration in a predominantly democratic state.

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Rafah Strike

Plus: Piña coladas, doing business in Hong Kong, edibles at the LNC, and more...

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How Free-Range Kids Became an Answer on Jeopardy!

It took a lot of work to clear this quiz show milestone.

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Campaigns Can't Get Worse, Can They?

Plus: A listener asks the editors about President Joe Biden holding up arms shipments to Israel.

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Regulating Smartphones? Jonathan Haidt vs. Libertarians

The author of The Anxious Generation argues that parents, schools, and society must keep kids off of social media.

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Congress Does Not Come Back With a Warrant

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).

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The White House Lied About Its IRS Funding Only Targeting the Rich

Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of left-leaning thinkers who also hold libertarian ideas.

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Trump's and Biden's Terrible Tariffs

Plus: A listener asks if Trump or Biden have done anything to secure the blessings of liberty.

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The CCP Sucks. So Does Banning TikTok.

Plus: A listener asks about Republicans and Democrats monopolizing political power in the United States.

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The State of the Union Is Shouty

Plus: A listener asks the editors a question about progressive taxation in the United States.

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Rank Choices

Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.

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