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On Libertarianism, Luddites, and the Decline of Western Civilization

Mar 12, 2026Far Left

I’m a libertarian, or a classical liberal, who deviates in one minor detail, where I’m worried about the antichrist. . .. In the 21st century, the antichrist is a luddite who wants to stop all science. It’s someone like Greta [Thunberg] or Eliezer [Yudkowsky]. The Western world is in danger. And it is in danger because those […]

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Trump declines to renew major trade deal with Canada, Mexico

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Trump declines to renew major trade deal with Canada, Mexico

The Trump administration announced Wednesday it will not renew the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) in its current form. Wednesday marked the deadline to renew the trade agreement, which President Trump struck with Canada and Mexico during his first administration. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer noted in a statement that even though the administration will not…

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SCOTUS Declines To Stop Blockade On Trump’s Library Of Congress Firing

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SCOTUS Declines To Stop Blockade On Trump’s Library Of Congress Firing

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to stop a lower court’s order blocking President Trump from removing a leading Library of Congress official on Tuesday. The announcement came in the high court’s latest order list, in which the justices denied the Trump administration’s application to stay (“pause”) a September ruling by a three-judge panel on the […]

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Civil War: MAGA erupts over conservative Supreme Court's rift with Trump

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Civil War: MAGA erupts over conservative Supreme Court's rift with Trump

President Donald Trump is simmering after the Supreme Court rejected his claim that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not confer citizenship upon anyone born in the United States — and now the conservative movement is splitting in two over the matter.“When you hate immigrants so much that you want government run sterilization,” 2024 Libertarian Party presidential nominee Chase Oliver posted on X on Tuesday. “These kind of weirdos want to completely undo the country because a long standing precedent and interpretation of the 14th Amendment was once again confirmed by the highest Court in the nation.”He concluded, “They don't want a Republic, they want fascism.”Oliver was replying to a post by Sean Davis, the CEO and co-founder of the right-wing media outlet The Federalist, which advocated illegal defiance of the Supreme Court’s decision. First, Davis called out the two Republican judges (Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett) who joined the three Democratic judges in ruling against Trump’s position. Then he advocated a series of measures to defy the will of America’s most powerful bench.“Nullification,” Davis wrote. “States issue birth certificates, and they can just stop issuing them to non-citizens. Roberts/Barrett can deal with the fallout and litigate each birth individually.”He also suggested, “Pack the court. If Robert wants to be a politician who writes laws instead of a judge, then he can fight with 10 more unelected legislators in robes.”Additionally, Davis recommended that Trump “deny entry to all pregnant foreigners,” “deny entry to all female foreigners,” “require sterilization of all foreign visitors prior to entry,”and “dissolution of the Union. A nation which can’t even restrict who gets to be a citizen isn’t a nation.”Davis also sarcastically said that Republicans could “amend the Constitution. This is pointless, because once a judge decides he can rewrite the Constitution at will (as Roberts and Barrett did today), the actual text is meaningless. But this is what most GOP politicians gravitate towards because they are useless.”He concluded, “If you think all these options are not great, understand that that is what happens when unelected judges decide that they are in charge of the country and get to write its laws.”In contrast to Davis, liberal commentator and former Secretary of Labor for President Bill Clinton Robert Reich expressed disappointment that the Supreme Court’s decision in favor of the 14th Amendment was only a 5-to-4 ruling.“In another era, this would have been a no-brainer,” Reich wrote. “No constitutional lawyer I know thought the Court would decide otherwise. The lower federal courts had consistently and unanimously ruled against Trump.”He added, “Had Trump won, it would have probably caused panic among recent immigrants and their families. Although Trump has insisted his policy would apply only to future births, it was far from clear that the logic of any win for Trump wouldn’t apply retrospectively if a future president (JD Vance? perish the thought) wanted to go there. What I find troubling is that the decision was 5 to 4 rather than unanimous or nearly so, as it should have been.”Trump has openly considered defying the Supreme Court’s decision, as well as the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, perhaps in part because — as Georgetown University School of Law Professor Steve Vladeck recently pointed out — his loss with this decision deals a body blow to his agenda on immigration policy.

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SCOTUS Says The US Civil War Was Basically About Protecting ChiCom Birth Tourists

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SCOTUS Says The US Civil War Was Basically About Protecting ChiCom Birth Tourists

The Supreme Court ruled the Civil War was fought so that Chinese nationals who have set up birth tourism companies in the United States could have anchor babies.

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Johnson’s ‘Save America’ NDAA takes aim at DEI, distractions, and military decline

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Johnson’s ‘Save America’ NDAA takes aim at DEI, distractions, and military decline

House Speaker Mike Johnson has devised a plan that he believes may be enough to get the SAVE Act passed through Congress. As previously reported, the Trump-backed […]

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Neil Gorsuch Urges Supreme Court To Correct 2 Wrong Turns That Undermined Civil Liberties

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Neil Gorsuch Urges Supreme Court To Correct 2 Wrong Turns That Undermined Civil Liberties

The justice criticizes the Court’s endorsement of coercive plea bargaining and its embrace of dubious Fourth Amendment doctrines.

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Lakers decline Nick Smith Jr.’s team option, making guard free agent

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Lakers decline Nick Smith Jr.’s team option, making guard free agent

The Lakers declined Nick Smith Jr.’s $2.5 million team option for the 2026-27 season, making the guard an unrestricted free agent. The decision, which was first reported by ESPN, will help give the Lakers over $50 million in cap space entering free agency on Tuesday. The Lakers declined Nick Smith Jr.’s $2.5 million team option...

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Trump ally has meltdown over Katy Perry declining MAGA party performance

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Trump ally has meltdown over Katy Perry declining MAGA party performance

Pop star Katy Perry turned down an invite to perform at President Donald Trump's America250 celebrations in Brussels — and his MAGA ally had a public meltdown over the snub, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.Ambassador Bill White lashed out at Perry after she declined to appear at the MAGA event at Cinquantenaire Park in Belgium, which featured performances from Zac Brown Band and Alexis Wilkins — FBI Director Kash Patel's girlfriend — at the invite-only celebration. The singer was already scheduled to headline Belgium’s Werchter Boutique festival that weekend, which ended up getting canceled due to bad weather."So we were gonna have Katy Perry. Who cares?" White told the crowd. "Karma is a b----. You know the joke? She was gonna perform last night. She got rained out."White said in February that he knew Perry had a contract for the festival that same weekend in Belgium. Despite that, he said organizers would still try to get her to perform."Her contractual obligations prohibit her from talking about other events in Belgium until that concert is sold out," White told The Bulletin, a Belgian news outlet. "So maybe she will come the next evening, maybe not."

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