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** FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
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Across the political spectrum, Americans continue to tolerate abuses of power so long as those abuses are carried out by the “right” people, against the “wrong” people, or in the name of some emergency deemed too important to question.
— John and Nisha Whitehead
"The Constitution Can't Protect You If You Don't Protect It" ([link removed])
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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September 17, 2026A Wasted Legal Mind In Laredo, Texas ([link removed])
A couple of days ago, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego reported that a 37-year-old Mexican citizen named Frank Mahonri Cruz-Marentes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder more than $72 million in illicit narcotics proceeds for Mexican drug cartels. U.S. District Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel is scheduled to sentence the man on December 18. Does this mean that the decades-long federal drug ...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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The Constitution Can't Protect You If You Don't Protect It ([link removed])
by John and Nisha Whitehead
Future of Freedom Foundation
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The AI “Threat” is Replacing Covid and “Global Warming” ([link removed]) [link removed]
by Ryan McMaken
Mises Institute
How St. Paul's Rent Control Experiment Backfired Spectacularly ([link removed]) [link removed]
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FREE TRADE
US-Canada Trade War Further Taxes Small Businesses as Costs Rise During the Iran War ([link removed]) [link removed]
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AP
THE FREE MARKET
“State-Directed Capitalism” Is an Oxymoron ([link removed]) [link removed]
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Cafe Hayek
SOCIALISM
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by Jacob G. Hornberger
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The Zero-Risk Society Has Arrived ([link removed])
by Barton Swaim
Wall Street Journal
FOREIGN POLICY
The Humanitarian Impact of the US Embargo on Cuba ([link removed])
by Ariela Ruiz Caro
Counterpunch
How to Lower the Odds of Russia–NATO War ([link removed]) [link removed]
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American Conservative
IMMIGRATION
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