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Pundits are claiming that the demise of the Washington Post will weaken democracy and provide a boost for government corruption. As usual, the pundits are badly mistaken. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/turmoil-washington-post-does-not-threaten-democracy

The similarities between the EU and the USSR are striking, and they are not just a coincidence. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/european-union-now-resembles-soviet-union

Statists love to claim that government services would be better if only they were “fully funded.” However, given their nature, government services always will be seen as “underfunded” no matter how much money politicians throw at them. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-government-services-underfunded

Is it illegal to carry a gun to a demonstration against ICE? According to the Trump Administration, it is. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-assault-our-right-keep-and-bear-arms

What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/challenge-distinguishing-history-fiction

In the United States, since no state is allowed to ever leave, or to even control its own borders. This will lead to more centralized political power in every way. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/calls-unity-help-federal-government-seize-more-power

Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/history-not-mathematical-calculation

The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/stop-fighting-your-neighbor-mechanics-state-power-and-how-opt-out

Modern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private property rights have done in lifting billions of people out of poverty. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/machiavelli-dead-why-politics-without-property-rights-rules-and-moral-limits-cannot-work

From time to time, the American people need to be reminded who is the boss. The boss is the US government. The citizenry are the serfs, the servants, the subordinates. Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/ruthlessness-and-brutality-us-government

Restoring the rule of law and Constitutional government on immigration—something wrecked by Trump's rule-by-decree with federal agents—is vastly more important than expelling illegal immigrants. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/trump-immigration-and-ice

The fact  that the Republican and Democratic parties are allowed to circulate into key positions of government is proof enough that they are no threat to the true governing elites. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-americas-two-party-system-will-never-threaten-true-political-elites

If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/idiocracy-california-politics

In most nations of any size, sectionalism is almost inevitable. How nations handle such divisions, historian Frank L. Owsley, determines if sectionalism is peaceful or becomes violent. It became violent in the US in 1861.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/positive-view-sectional-history

Politicians are touting “affordability” to describe the current regime of rising prices. However, most lawmakers who claim they are trying to make things more affordable demand policies that make things more costly. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-affordability-wrong-term-describe-effects-inflation

A bad end is most likely though even in the best case scenario of AI increasing living standards. The build-up of asset inflation malinvestment and overleveraging will impose huge costs. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/not-so-new-dollar-strategy-monetize-productivity-advance

Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund its tyrannical schemes. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/have-fiat-money-will-tyrannize

Totalitarian societies do not become that way overnight. There are recognizable signs and stages which show how a society slides into that abyss. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/five-stages-totalitarianism

There is no reason to be surprised by the total lack of commitment to any ideological standards. Nor is there any reason to expect anything better. That's just how American politics works. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/its-no-surprise-conservatives-have-rediscovered-their-love-federal-power

Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/political-economy-pesticides-how-subsidize-poison

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. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/surprise-mamdani-governing-socialist

The Bill of Rights transformed the Constitution from one of supreme and total national power to a partially mixed polity where the liberal anti-nationalists at least had a fighting chance. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-federalists-hated-bill-rights

While unity sounds like a nice thing to have, when it comes to politics and nation-states, experience repeatedly shows that unity is the tool of those who build state power at the expense of freedom. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/we-can-have-unity-or-we-can-have-freedom-we-cant-have-both

The latest killing of a protester in Minneapolis by federal agents is reminiscent of the shooting of Vickie Weaver by a government sniper in 1992. In both cases, the government has refused to acknowledge wrongdoing and has engaged in legal coverups. Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/latest-federal-killing-minnesota-echoes-ruby-ridge

Constitutionalism gives us the expectation of governance according to rules that everyone from those that are governed to the ones that govern are expected to obey. But what happens if those that govern exempt themselves from those rules? Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/failure-constitutionalism-through-ages-norms-emergencies-and-administrative-state