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America Should Bolt From the World Bank and IMF

America Should Bolt From the World Bank and IMF by James Bovard, April 28, 2025 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent complained on Wednesday that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are suffering from “mission creep.” But Bessent announced that the Trump administration will be “doubling down” on supporting the largest foreign aid […]

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Fox News: Trump Should Raze HUD headquarters to Drain DC Swamp

foxnews.com, April 27, 2025 Trump should raze HUD headquarters to drain DC swamp by Jim Bovard Gross negligence has always been HUD’s standard operating procedure The Trump administration just announced plans to sell the headquarters of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a brutalist architectural monstrosity. Secretary Scott Turner admits that HUD headquarters is […]

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Why Did Trump Arrest a Student for Writing an Op-Ed?

Ryan McMaken and I had fun smacking the Trump administration for sending 6 masked federal agents to seize a Turkish grad student to punish her for writing an op-ed. Is this case the bellwether for a sweeping crackdown on free speech – first with foreign students, & then American citizens? Trump, discussing the protests over […]

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Trump Administration Vanishing People in America: Ozturk Update

UPDATE: Trump administration flip-flops on mass cancellation of foreign student visas. This is a prudent decision but another huge unforced error by the Trump team.   via New York Times: Friday marks one month since six masked federal agents seized Rumeysa  Ozturk, a 30-year-old Turkish graduate student at Tufts University, on the streets of Somerville, Massachusetts.  […]

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On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo

On Tax Day, Never Forget IRS Culture Bingo by James Bovard | Apr 15, 2025, Libertarian Institute On Tax Day, politicians and mainstream media will hector Americans to be grateful for the opportunity to pay their taxes. The Internal Revenue Service website touts a moth-eaten quote from a dead Supreme Court Justice: “Taxes are what […]

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Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal

Trump’s “Fair Trade” Offal by James Bovard, April 10, 2025 “For decades, our country has been looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered by nations near and far, both friend and foe alike,” President Trump declared last week when he proclaimed a national emergency and imposed the highest tariffs since the Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930. US stock […]

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