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Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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Plus: California's new restrictions on social media, Trump's $5,000 “dividend,” and the future of libertarianism.
Plus: J.D. Vance wants to pay stay-at-home parents, what America got wrong after 9/11, and whether FDA cuts are putting food safety at risk
Plus: the escalating war with Iran, Meta's $17 billion settlement, and Milo Yiannopoulos gets deported.
Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain
Plus: Democrats reckon with the rise of the DSA, Trump scales back America's military presence abroad, and the case for letting kids play outside
Plus: the rise of affordability politics, Trump attempts to end birthright citizenship, and the Cambridge plagiarism controversy
Plus: Trump restarts talks with Iran, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and Congress revisits the COVID response.
Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump hits pause on Iran, and deregulating peptides
Plus: new tariffs on Brazil, Trump's primetime address on election security, and the growing popularity of democratic socialism.
Plus: Trump's escalating war with Iran, the bipartisan congressional housing bill, and Graham Platner's campaign collapse
Plus: World Cup tourists embrace America, the Supreme Court expands gun rights, and Europe's resistance to air conditioning
Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump's chaotic Iran strategy, and America's 250th birthday
Plus: the rise of Democratic Socialists, Trump's Iran negotiations, and ICE abandons detention center plans
Plus: the Supreme Court's biggest pending decisions, renewed court-packing debates, and the economic fallout from the Iran war
Plus: What California's election results tell us, the economic costs of war with Iran, and the push to nationalize AI
Plus: the Democratic Party's candidate problem, property tax breaks for seniors, and the UFC on the White House lawn
Plus: Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign rattles Los Angeles, Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund" sparks backlash, and the editors revisit Project 2025
Plus: inflation surges, Mamdani claims he closed New York City’s budget gap without cutting services, and a listener asks how to develop political confidence
Plus: AOC attacks billionaires, Trump heads into Xi talks weakened by the Iran conflict, and redistricting battles escalate nationwide
Plus: Trump announces “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz, King Charles visits the U.S., and a listener asks why voters keep rewarding bad politicians.
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