Ben Bayer

Senior Fellow, the Ayn Rand Institute. Views expressed are my own, I am not authorized to speak for my employer.

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From my latest for New Ideal, part of an ongoing project:

"Once we exorcise morality of these ghostly remnants of religion’s past, we’ll see this leaves more than enough room for new secular moral ideals to flourish."

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@marklevinshow Maybe because it's a scandal to browbeat real allies not fake ones.

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It doesn't bode well for the future in the Trump administration. Please learn to criticize and condemn the man who is responsible for this mess.

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@marklevinshow Blaming the messenger a bit?

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@marklevinshow Why call for the firing of the leaker but not the firing of the guy currently stopping Israel from fighting back against Hezbollah? Especially when the leaker is probably on your side about that!

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Trump needs to stop obsessing about a deal with Islamic regime of Iran and its terrorist proxy armies. These are evil regimes and terrorists who world be dealt with like the U.S. dealt with the Nazis in Germany. The only "deal" in 1945 was the one between the Allies on the total destruction of the Nazis, and the modern Nazis of Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas should be dealt with in the exact same way.

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@DoWCTO @DeptofWar @DOWResponse Or is a a "concept of a plan"?

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@gummibear737 You should think about how much more of the administration’s policy stance has been based on the same empty “trust me bro.”

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@HouseGOP Would not know it from groveling for a deal with Iran.

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@KennethRWebster I really don’t think you want to make this election a referendum on abortion rights. Didn’t you get the GOP memo about avoiding the abortion issue at all costs?

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@DanconiaLoken @hiram1357 The new regime that does the same things for the same reasons as the old regime. Oh I see.

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The sleight of hand POTUS will use to pretend his deal with Iran is a victory: first say Iran must never have nuclear weapon, then slide to saying Iran must AGREE to never have one. Massive difference, but sellable to his low-info base as the same (esp. since IAEA is toothless).

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@hiram1357 Nice attempt at changing the subject.

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@DanconiaLoken @hiram1357 Then who is that keeps rejecting Trump’s overtures?

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@SaraGonzalesTX @mcguinnessfortx You will be community noted for this since the mother of the victim clearly disagrees with Paxton’s decision:

https://t.co/xZIQobGLsh

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@hiram1357 Then you fail to grasp why this regime will not change its behavior.

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@JohnnyNash77 Not only you but also Iran sees this too.

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@hiram1357 It can if the regime we worry about having one is gone.

The regime will never agree to let us take their fuel. Thats why the IAEA is now part of the equation.

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@NiohBerg They'll break it while he's in office, as they've been doing already with various ceasefires.

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@NikkiHaley Why the hell is Iran's mere assurance on this (combined with toothless IAEA verification) anything close to "absolutely right"?