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Friday, January 30, 2026



In a move that should surprise no one, Zohran Mamdani has hired a literal communist to head up housing programs. Mamdani’s move is in line with the nation’s ongoing shift leftward as the Trump administration doubles down on economic leftism. Politically speaking, he has good reasons to do so. His supporters have lost interest in market freedom and instead push for ever higher levels of government spending and more economic populism.

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Surprise! Mamdani Is Governing Like a Socialist
William L. Anderson
By hiring a communist as his main housing adviser, New York Mayor Zohram Mamdani is fully committed to driving out private ownership of rental properties and handing over apartments to the city and politically-connected organizations. It will only make housing problems worse.

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Trump’s Embrace of Economic Leftism Will Destroy the Legacy He’s Desperately Trying to Build
Connor O’Keeffe
Trump is clearly focused on building a legacy in his second term with his domestic vanity projects and dramatic foreign interventions. But his actual legacy is shaping up to be defined by his lack of progress on affordability.

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Why the Federalists Hated the Bill of Rights

Federalists worried enumerating rights would shrink the state.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The road from “inequality” to tyranny starts here.

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