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Why do people still see socialism as the path to prosperity when Cuba, the USSR, and North Korea couldn’t even meet basic needs?

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Plus, meet Marcel van Hattem, an SFL alum now heading to Brazil’s Senate. 🇧🇷

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Seven minutes after Brazil’s election was called, police asked a Supreme Court justice to seize the losing candidate’s passports. Days later, he was on a plane to Miami. 🛂

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Was he running from justice, or from a system he didn’t trust? ⚖️

We trace the story back to 2019 and a single inquiry where one institution became investigator, prosecutor, and judge. Then we ask: who checks the people who check everyone else?

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Why does government ‘solving’ a problem so often leave us with two ones?

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Read the full article here — and be sure to see the embedded full video on data centers: https://t.co/8dtg1g21Nf

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🏛️ AI is the latest target of politicians. But America doesn’t lead the industry because Washington has a master plan. It leads because entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers are free to build. 🚀

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Now, when the Pentagon buys software like aircraft carriers, the ensuing YEARS of paperwork can outlast the technology itself. ⏳ Should every AI tool face the same rules? 🤔

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Disarm you by law. Rob you by tax.

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Non-leftist and alone? Plot twist: there are more of us than you think. 🫶

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A freer approach to money asks for clear rules, limited discretion and less guessing.

Can any committee set the right interest rate, or is that a job for the market? Tell us why. 🤔

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🏦 Last week the Federal Reserve held interest rates at 3.75–4%. Two of its own members, Lisa Cook and Beth Hammack, voted to raise them, saying inflation is still too high.

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The Fed raised rates in September, held in October, and may move again in December. Each guess lands on your mortgage, your savings and your paycheck. 💵

Austrian economists add that credit isn’t neutral: when it is cheap or dear, it changes which projects get built.

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Small towns do have real concerns, like secret deals and subsidies. Those deserve fixing.

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In 1812, English textile workers smashed new machines with sledgehammers. They called themselves Luddites. They couldn’t see the jobs those machines would create.

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- Golf courses use more than four times as much water as data centers;
- The 267% electricity figure measures wholesale prices, not your household bill;
- In one year, four tech companies will spend what the US and Britain spent on railroads over six decades;

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Socialist politician: “Vote for me, I’ll fix everything.” Me: “Good luck.” 😂