@biggivenotbiggov.bsky.social
Make charitable donations a tax credit, instead of a deduction, and let volunteer work count.
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Whether you believe that govt can and should be more and better, or as RWL might've that Trump's govt is its base nature laid bare; you must see that Trump's govt is no govt but is " a man or a few men with power over many."
He / they are using that power to make America an abject kleptocracy.
He / they are using that power to make America an abject kleptocracy.
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Your couch companion and adventure ally awaits: Zipp, located in Lisbon, IA.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/zipp-79480416/ia/lisbon/fur-fun-rescue-ia232/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/zipp-79480416/ia/lisbon/fur-fun-rescue-ia232/
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Your couch companion and adventure ally awaits: Zipp, located in Lisbon, IA.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/zipp-79480416/ia/lisbon/fur-fun-rescue-ia232/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/zipp-79480416/ia/lisbon/fur-fun-rescue-ia232/
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Let the tail wags and adventures begin! Meet, Vixen, located in Republic, MO.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/vixen-78457753/mo/republic/republic-animal-control-mo217/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/vixen-78457753/mo/republic/republic-animal-control-mo217/
November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Let the tail wags and adventures begin! Meet, Vixen, located in Republic, MO.
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/vixen-78457753/mo/republic/republic-animal-control-mo217/
Learn more: https://www.petfinder.com/dog/vixen-78457753/mo/republic/republic-animal-control-mo217/
Political tags -- such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth -- are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
~ Robert A. Heinlein
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Political tags -- such as royalist, communist, democrat, populist, fascist, liberal, conservative, and so forth -- are never basic criteria. The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
~ Robert A. Heinlein
~ Robert A. Heinlein
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Trump's secret police vandalize houses and cars, assault citizens, fire potential lethal weapons for the hell of it, and assault children, often as sexual predators... and claim impunity for all of this. CATO proposes the fix. In the meantime it's essential to document all these crimes rigorously.
What Good Is a Right Without a Remedy?
Flagrant civil rights abuses are enabled by a legal scheme that makes it all but impossible to sue federal agents for constitutional violations and shields them with immunity should that barrier ever ...
www.cato.org
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Trump's secret police vandalize houses and cars, assault citizens, fire potential lethal weapons for the hell of it, and assault children, often as sexual predators... and claim impunity for all of this. CATO proposes the fix. In the meantime it's essential to document all these crimes rigorously.
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A new bill to address “debanking” concerns aims to expand fair access to financial services.
Nick Anthony explains what the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act gets right—and where it misses the mark: https://www.cato.org/blog/tillis-targets-debanking
Nick Anthony explains what the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act gets right—and where it misses the mark: https://www.cato.org/blog/tillis-targets-debanking
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 PM
A new bill to address “debanking” concerns aims to expand fair access to financial services.
Nick Anthony explains what the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act gets right—and where it misses the mark: https://www.cato.org/blog/tillis-targets-debanking
Nick Anthony explains what the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act gets right—and where it misses the mark: https://www.cato.org/blog/tillis-targets-debanking
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Democratic legislators with military or intelligence backgrounds made a video reminding members of the armed forces that they are not obligated to follow unlawful orders.
That point is legally uncontroversial.
That point is legally uncontroversial.
Trump says legislators committed treason by noting that soldiers are not obligated to obey unlawful orders
The president's authoritarian response to a video posted by six members of Congress, who he says "should be arrested and put in trial," validates their concerns.
reason.pub
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Democratic legislators with military or intelligence backgrounds made a video reminding members of the armed forces that they are not obligated to follow unlawful orders.
That point is legally uncontroversial.
That point is legally uncontroversial.
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From Kevin D. Williamson, an opening sentence that will linger in the memory: "More drag queens, sure, but fewer slaves -- the moral trajectory of Western civilization is not *entirely* in the direction of failure, you know." Essay altogether: 👍. thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...
Against Nostalgia
Postliberals’ wishcasting is really just their misremembering.
thedispatch.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
From Kevin D. Williamson, an opening sentence that will linger in the memory: "More drag queens, sure, but fewer slaves -- the moral trajectory of Western civilization is not *entirely* in the direction of failure, you know." Essay altogether: 👍. thedispatch.com/newsletter/w...
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A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
A video from inside a Border Patrol vehicle shows agents chasing a US citizen for filming them. The citizen refused to get out when they illegally ordered him to stop. The agents say: "This is great." "This is fun." "He's going to get shot."
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The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Send in the Clowns
The Trump/Rubio Ukraine FUBAR
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The Trump surrender of Ukraine descends into utter chaos. But “chaos” is too mellow a word: What we have here is a rich bouillabaisse of incompetence, mendacity, tragedy, farce, and diplomatic blunder. Words have a hard time keeping up with the story. But we’ll try. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
~ Friedrich August von Hayek
~ Friedrich August von Hayek
November 24, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Perhaps the fact that we have seen millions voting themselves into complete dependence on a tyrant has made our generation understand that to choose one's government is not necessarily to secure freedom.
~ Friedrich August von Hayek
~ Friedrich August von Hayek
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Rex 🐕
Senior male Golden Retriever mix
Adoptable from Wag On Inn Rescue (Oakhurst, NJ)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rex-79593963/nj/oakhurst/wag-on-inn-rescue-nj259/
Senior male Golden Retriever mix
Adoptable from Wag On Inn Rescue (Oakhurst, NJ)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rex-79593963/nj/oakhurst/wag-on-inn-rescue-nj259/
November 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Rex 🐕
Senior male Golden Retriever mix
Adoptable from Wag On Inn Rescue (Oakhurst, NJ)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rex-79593963/nj/oakhurst/wag-on-inn-rescue-nj259/
Senior male Golden Retriever mix
Adoptable from Wag On Inn Rescue (Oakhurst, NJ)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/rex-79593963/nj/oakhurst/wag-on-inn-rescue-nj259/
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Boof 🐾
Young male German Shepherd Dog mix
Adoptable from Oakland Animal Services (Oakland, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/boof-79593955/ca/oakland/oakland-animal-services-ca714/
Young male German Shepherd Dog mix
Adoptable from Oakland Animal Services (Oakland, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/boof-79593955/ca/oakland/oakland-animal-services-ca714/
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Boof 🐾
Young male German Shepherd Dog mix
Adoptable from Oakland Animal Services (Oakland, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/boof-79593955/ca/oakland/oakland-animal-services-ca714/
Young male German Shepherd Dog mix
Adoptable from Oakland Animal Services (Oakland, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/boof-79593955/ca/oakland/oakland-animal-services-ca714/
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Chance 🐾
Young male German Shepherd Dog
Adoptable from Second Chance-PUPS (Lincoln, NE)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/chance-79594562/ne/lincoln/second-chance-pups-ne94/
Young male German Shepherd Dog
Adoptable from Second Chance-PUPS (Lincoln, NE)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/chance-79594562/ne/lincoln/second-chance-pups-ne94/
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Chance 🐾
Young male German Shepherd Dog
Adoptable from Second Chance-PUPS (Lincoln, NE)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/chance-79594562/ne/lincoln/second-chance-pups-ne94/
Young male German Shepherd Dog
Adoptable from Second Chance-PUPS (Lincoln, NE)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/chance-79594562/ne/lincoln/second-chance-pups-ne94/
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Caleb 🐶
Young male Husky mix
Adoptable from Animal Rescue of Fresno (Fresno, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/caleb-79600443/ca/fresno/animal-rescue-of-fresno-ca156/
Young male Husky mix
Adoptable from Animal Rescue of Fresno (Fresno, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/caleb-79600443/ca/fresno/animal-rescue-of-fresno-ca156/
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Caleb 🐶
Young male Husky mix
Adoptable from Animal Rescue of Fresno (Fresno, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/caleb-79600443/ca/fresno/animal-rescue-of-fresno-ca156/
Young male Husky mix
Adoptable from Animal Rescue of Fresno (Fresno, CA)
https://www.petfinder.com/dog/caleb-79600443/ca/fresno/animal-rescue-of-fresno-ca156/
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I almost cried to see a man who'd happily seize your or my private property, would trample constitutional liberties without thinking twice, and has zero fiscal responsibility, being welcome in the Oval Office. And it didn't help matters that Zohran Mamdani was there right next to him.
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I almost cried to see a man who'd happily seize your or my private property, would trample constitutional liberties without thinking twice, and has zero fiscal responsibility, being welcome in the Oval Office. And it didn't help matters that Zohran Mamdani was there right next to him.
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NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
NEW AP INVESTIGATION: With license plate readers and local law enforcement partnerships, Border Patrol is monitoring American drivers and detaining those exhibiting ‘suspicious’ travel patterns in the U.S. interior. w/
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
@garanceburke.bsky.social. apnews.com/article/immi...
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They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
They planned to force him to crash or shoot him for recording their crimes. They then accused him of assaulting them. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...
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Reprehensible coming from the president. And a blatant lie. They didn't refer to "the president's orders" they referred to "unlawful orders".
We all know he's unfit to be president. It's time for the gop to fix it's problem.
We all know he's unfit to be president. It's time for the gop to fix it's problem.
President insists his word is the one and only law in this land.
November 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Reprehensible coming from the president. And a blatant lie. They didn't refer to "the president's orders" they referred to "unlawful orders".
We all know he's unfit to be president. It's time for the gop to fix it's problem.
We all know he's unfit to be president. It's time for the gop to fix it's problem.
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Western decline is not inevitable. It is a matter of mindset.
If we strengthen confidence in liberty, innovation, and open exchange, renewal is possible.
Read more from Johan Norberg: https://ow.ly/GFNa50XtOx1
If we strengthen confidence in liberty, innovation, and open exchange, renewal is possible.
Read more from Johan Norberg: https://ow.ly/GFNa50XtOx1
November 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Western decline is not inevitable. It is a matter of mindset.
If we strengthen confidence in liberty, innovation, and open exchange, renewal is possible.
Read more from Johan Norberg: https://ow.ly/GFNa50XtOx1
If we strengthen confidence in liberty, innovation, and open exchange, renewal is possible.
Read more from Johan Norberg: https://ow.ly/GFNa50XtOx1
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"there is a genuine Republican agenda, and it's about deregulation. Funny thing is there's also a White House agenda, and the White House agenda is about intervention. And this is the most interventionist White House I've ever seen."
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"there is a genuine Republican agenda, and it's about deregulation. Funny thing is there's also a White House agenda, and the White House agenda is about intervention. And this is the most interventionist White House I've ever seen."
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Think of steel as flour for the manufacturing economy. A tariff is like a flour tax: the mill might add 1,000 jobs, but factories using flour cut around 75,000. That’s what happens when you tax an input instead of solving the real problem.
November 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Think of steel as flour for the manufacturing economy. A tariff is like a flour tax: the mill might add 1,000 jobs, but factories using flour cut around 75,000. That’s what happens when you tax an input instead of solving the real problem.
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Can you blame anyone for confusing a Kremlin wish list with a Trump "peace plan"?
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Can you blame anyone for confusing a Kremlin wish list with a Trump "peace plan"?
I, Smartphone: The Power of the Free Market with Lawrence W. Reed | The Liberty Exchange
shows.acast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
To subject an artist’s work to a litmus test of political probity – and to punish institutions that will not carry out the mandate of the state – is to traffic in the thought control that gave us Stalinism and Nazism…
~ Richard Goldstein
~ Richard Goldstein
November 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
To subject an artist’s work to a litmus test of political probity – and to punish institutions that will not carry out the mandate of the state – is to traffic in the thought control that gave us Stalinism and Nazism…
~ Richard Goldstein
~ Richard Goldstein