FFF Daily - September 2, 2025

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

...[T]he government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose powers are more general. Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

– James Madison

HORNBERGER'S BLOG

September 2, 2025

Trump's Attack on the Federal Reserve

President Trump’s relentless attacks on the independence of the Federal Reserve help remind us why the Constitution established a totally different monetary system than the one under which we have all been born and raised. The reason that the Federal Reserve — or central bank — was established as an independent federal agency was because it’s a very bad idea to have a ...

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EXPLORE FREEDOM

PRESIDENCY

Trump Watch: War in Venezuela and the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal
by Jacob G. Hornberger
Future of Freedom Foundation

PROTECTIONISM

Trump Isn’t a Tariff King
by Editorial
Wall Street Journal

LIBERTARIANISM

On Classical Liberalism
by Cass Sunstein
Cass's Substack

IMMIGRATION

Immigration Detention Inc.: The Big Business of Locking Up Migrants
by Nancy Hiemstra and
Deirdre Conlon
Traficante

An ICE Raid Breaks a Family — and Prompts a Wrenching Decision
by Kate Linthicum
Los Angeles Times

THE FREE SOCIETY

Canadian Hikers Get the COVID-Style Tyranny Treatment
by James Bovard
Libertarian Institute

THE FREE MARKET

Donald Trump’s Assault on Capitalism
by Bret Stephens
New York Times

State Capitalism in the USA
by Editorial
El Pais

FOREIGN POLICY

The Long Descent to Unilateralism
by Sarah Burns
Law & Liberty

REGULATION

Rent Control’s Winners Are the Well-Off and the Well-Connected
by Jeff Jacoby
Boston Globe

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Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Tuesday, September 9, 2025
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Wednesday, September 10, 2025
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