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** MONDAY, MARCH 17, 2025
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Wars, foreign and domestic (revolutions, civil wars), are more likely to be avoided the closer the division of labor binds men.
– Ludwig von Mises, Critique of Interventionism ([link removed]) [1929]
** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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March 17, 2025
Is Trump Solidifying a Dictatorship? ([link removed])
It appears that President Trump and his minions may have knowingly, deliberately, and intentionally disobeyed an order of a U.S. District Judge regarding the deportation of hundreds of immigrants to El Salvador. Trump was rushing to fly the immigrants, who are suspected of being members of a Venezuelan gang that Trump has labeled a “terrorist” group, to El Salvador, where they would be ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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SOCIALISM
The Real Problem with Social Security Privatization ([link removed])
by Laurence M. Vance
The Future of Freedom Foundation
FISCAL POLICY
U.S. Budget Deficit Surged in February, Passing $1 Trillion for Year-to-Date Record ([link removed])
by Jeff Cox
CNBChttps://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/12/us-budget-deficit-surged-in-february-passing-1-trillion-for-new-year-to-date-record.html
Ray Dalio Warns that Mounting U.S. Debt Problems Could Lead to “Shocking Developments” ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Sam Meredith and Ernestine Siu
NBC New Yorkhttps://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/business/money-report/ray-dalio-warns-that-a-severe-u-s-supply-demand-problem-could-lead-to-shocking-developments/6183041/
FOREIGN POLICY
The Painting That Explains Trump’s Foreign Policy ([link removed])
by Josh Dawsey et al
Wall Street Journalhttps://www.wsj.com/politics/the-painting-that-explains-trumps-foreign-policy-c387323a?st=FJGur1&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Trump Is Alienating Mexico at the United States’ Peril ([link removed])
by Denise Dresser
New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/opinion/trump-is-alienating-mexico-at-the-united-states-peril.html
JFK
Kennedy Assassination Mysteries ([link removed])
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
LewRockwell.comhttps://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/03/lew-rockwell/kennedy-assassination-mysteries/
IMMIGRATION
Trump Rushes Deportations Using a Wartime Law with a Shameful History ([link removed])
by Nick Turse
Intercepthttps://theintercept.com/2025/03/16/trump-alien-enemies-act-tren-de-aragua-venezuela-deport/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The%20Intercept%20Newsletter
Make No Mistake, Trump Is Turning the US Into a Police State ([link removed])
by Jeffrey C. Isaac
Common Dreamshttps://www.commondreams.org/opinion/trump-s-police-state
“This Is American Gestapo”: Grave Warnings as Trump Gleefully Defies Courts on Deportations ([link removed])
by Jake Johnson
Common Dreamshttps://www.commondreams.org/news/this-is-american-gestapo-grave-warnings-as-trump-gleefully-defies-courts-on-deportations
FREE TRADE
Poor Ricardo ([link removed])
by Veronique de Rugy
National Reviewhttps://www.nationalreview.com/corner/poor-ricardo/
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