Jim Melloan

Writer, editor, actor, musician who loves truth and freedom. Host of the 50 Years Ago This Week show on Radio Free Brooklyn. Not "anti-war." So not libertarian?

[David Burge @iowahawkblog]

Men already have spaces to explore their emotions, relationships, and vulnerabilities, they’re called strip clubs

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How Al Gore Politicized Climate Science https://t.co/7pS4sZSR52

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Tonight on Radio Free Brooklyn, the return of the 50 Years Ago This Week show! I'm happy to be passing the torch to Edward Kish, who will be hosting the show going forward after a 17-month hiatus. I sit in with Edward on tonight's show as we play the Top 40 from March 7, 1976. We've got "Boogie Fever" by The Sylvers, "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, "Right Back Where We Started From" by Maxine Nightingale, and much more! Tune in tonight, 8-10 PM, at https://t.co/EgBLugZO8J .

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50 Years Ago This Week Episode 454 is now up at Radio Free Brooklyn. In this episode from October 8, 2024, Jim plays the Top 40 debuts of "Do It ('til You're Satisfied)" by B.T. Express, "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" by John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band, and "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive. https://t.co/txP7klFIyg

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50 Years Ago This Week Episode 452 is now up at Radio Free Brooklyn. In this episode from September 24, 2024, Jim plays the Top 40 debuts of "Tin Man" by America, "Fallin' in Love" by the Souther, Hillman, Furay Band, and "The Bitch Is Back" by Elton John. https://t.co/0LHYC95wCG

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Libertarians used to have intellectuals like Hayek and Friedman.

Today, we have Dave Smith and "the Redheaded Libertarian."

What has happened? I explain how libertarianism is often now used as a skin suit by populists and authoritarians. https://t.co/F6ae2E8PoQ

[Justin Amash @justinamash]

Abolish ICE.

What we’ve seen recently isn’t immigration enforcement; it’s state-sponsored terrorism.

They refuse to comply with the Constitution.
They assault Americans with impunity.
They hide behind masks, knowing their actions are shameful.

They should not exist.

Immigration enforcement can be done lawfully and accountably—upholding the rights of the people—but the administration has no interest in that.

They’re using the context of immigration as a pretext to sidestep constitutional limits—warrants, due process, and transparency—that protect us all from government abuses.

We need immigration enforcement that respects the Constitution, not an agency that evades it.

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50 Years Ago This Week Episode 453 is now up at Radio Free Brooklyn. In this episode from October 1, 2024, Jim plays the Top 40 debuts of "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" by Reunion and "One Day at a Time" by Marilyn Sellers, and the reissue of "Surfin' U.S.A." by The Beach Boys. https://t.co/ryFONCrgGH

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@SaveAmericaNew E.

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@elonmusknews30 Yes.

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I watched Fahrenheit 451 last night. It struck me that the anti-book arguments expressed by the Firemen are quite similar to the arguments of those today in a panic about teens and their phones and social media. "The people that read them—it makes them unhappy with their own lives—makes them want to live in other ways that can never really be."

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O @NewYorker , you of the "vaunted" fact-checking department, say it ain't so. In the current issue, Rachel Syme kicks off her "On and Off the Avenue" piece with "Every year, around early November, daylight-saving time kicks in..." Rachel, honey, no, no, no, no. This dark sliver of time from from November to March is Eastern Standard Time. The whole rest of the year is daylight-saving time. It's nuts, I know. Everbody is getting it wrong now; the @washingtonpost too, recently. Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Your periodic reminder that the United States is one of the only countries in the world that still funds its Air Traffic Control system via general revenues (instead of user fees), thus subjecting it to partisan political nonsense - and potentially worse - every few years.

[Chase Oliver @ChaseForLiberty]

Yall his brain is mush.

Just like Biden, we have an elderly man who is well past whatever prime he had who is brain addled.

This is not a good look for the US.

[Larry Sharpe @LarrySharpe]

I’m officially the Libertarian nominee for the 2026 Governor race.

[Richard Hanania @RichardHanania]

Trump: Ronald Reagan loved tariffs. They used AI to make him say he didn’t.

Let’s not become immune to how easily and blatantly this man lies.

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

Ignorant, lying, or demented? No pick is a good one, Trump fans.

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

Lol. No.

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50 Years Ago This Week Episode 451 is now up at Radio Free Brooklyn. In this episode from September 10, 2024, Jim plays the Top 40 debuts of "Steppin Out (Gonna Boogie Tonight)" by Tony Orlando & Dawn, "You Little Trustmaker" by The Tymes,, and "Never My Love" by Blue Swede. https://t.co/QwoPfrZGT5

[Jesse Walker @notjessewalker]

The last time Stephen Miller shared his truest feelings, a therapist spent 15 years mute and alone in an asylum, using his own blood to draw irregular Cthulhoid creatures on the walls.