This G. Will opinion piece from Feb 2009, in the first month of the Obama presidency got me thinking about the reputation of the New Deal over time. "Recycling FDR" might not be an effective diss in our current political moment, as problems of tyrannical rule by the rich are once again paramount.

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I worry that many of these fellows will filter into local police departments, although perhaps not - my understanding is that the reason a lot of these thugs work for DHS is that they couldn't get hired by a local police department.

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One doesn't want to count unhatched chickens, but I have a feeling that come 2029 there will be a whole bunch of men on the job market describing themselves as having 'law enforcement backgrounds' with four-year resume gaps they'd rather not be made to explain.

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My latest (posted late Friday so I’m re-posting this morning): How Elon Musk got a 2200 percent return on his $736 million investment in Donald Trump (and that doesn’t count bespoke regulatory decisions in his favor). newrepublic.com/article/2173...

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Ayn Rand fans approve

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