Every Monday, the libertarian editors of the magazine of “Free Minds and Free Markets”—Matt Welch, Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Peter Suderman—discuss and debate the week’s biggest stories and what fresh hell awaits us all.
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Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain
Plus: Democrats reckon with the rise of the DSA, Trump scales back America's military presence abroad, and the case for letting kids play outside
Plus: the rise of affordability politics, Trump attempts to end birthright citizenship, and the Cambridge plagiarism controversy
Plus: Trump restarts talks with Iran, the Warner Bros.-Paramount merger, and Congress revisits the COVID response.
Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump hits pause on Iran, and deregulating peptides
Plus: new tariffs on Brazil, Trump's primetime address on election security, and the growing popularity of democratic socialism.
Plus: Trump's escalating war with Iran, the bipartisan congressional housing bill, and Graham Platner's campaign collapse
Plus: World Cup tourists embrace America, the Supreme Court expands gun rights, and Europe's resistance to air conditioning
Plus: the DSA's policy agenda, Trump's chaotic Iran strategy, and America's 250th birthday
Plus: the rise of Democratic Socialists, Trump's Iran negotiations, and ICE abandons detention center plans
Plus: the Supreme Court's biggest pending decisions, renewed court-packing debates, and the economic fallout from the Iran war
Plus: What California's election results tell us, the economic costs of war with Iran, and the push to nationalize AI
Plus: the Democratic Party's candidate problem, property tax breaks for seniors, and the UFC on the White House lawn
Plus: Spencer Pratt’s mayoral campaign rattles Los Angeles, Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund" sparks backlash, and the editors revisit Project 2025
Plus: inflation surges, Mamdani claims he closed New York City’s budget gap without cutting services, and a listener asks how to develop political confidence
Plus: AOC attacks billionaires, Trump heads into Xi talks weakened by the Iran conflict, and redistricting battles escalate nationwide
Plus: Trump announces “Project Freedom” in the Strait of Hormuz, King Charles visits the U.S., and a listener asks why voters keep rewarding bad politicians.
Plus: Mamdani’s city-run grocery plan, the Trump administration considers a Spirit Airlines bailout, and Iran peace talks drift without a clear endgame
Plus: Trump orders psychedelic drug research, Palantir calls for national service, and confusion surrounds Iran and the Strait of Hormuz.
Plus: Viktor Orbán loses in Hungary, Kamala Harris and Eric Swalwell raise questions about Democratic candidate quality, and Anthropic’s newest AI model is too dangerous to release
Plus: Trump’s budget ignores the deficit, NASA’s Artemis program faces delays and rising costs, and a listener asks about libertarian alternatives to Medicare for All.
Plus: The Pentagon prepares for possible ground troops in Iran, a listener asks how libertarians should answer the appeal of collectivism, and ICE descends on airports.
Plus: the real legacy of Cesar Chavez, blue state tax policies are driving out wealth, and a jury clears Afroman in a free speech case.
Plus: The FCC threatens broadcast licenses over war coverage, J.D. Vance positions himself as an Iran war skeptic, and remembering Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty.
Plus: Kristi Noem is fired as DHS secretary, a listener asks about libertarian drug use, and new polling reveals Americans distrust AI and each other.
