Don't Let It Go

The GOP leadership orchestrated a vote on a 2,200-plus-page bill to fund the government (not really a budget?) to the tune of $1.3 trillion–within 48 hours of its release! Almost no one was able to read it before voting on it, and it’s doubtful Trump really knew what he was signing. Senator Rand Paul tweeted out over 600 pages of it, informing us of plenty of provisions that will, no doubt, encourage the proliferation of various swamp flora and fauna.

This raises the question:

Was it really ever about draining the swamp? Or was it more a matter of, “Your swamp, or mine?”

— Amy Peikoff 🇺🇸 (@AmyPeikoff) March 23, 2018

There are a couple other issues in the news to which this question applies, unfortunately. See Program Notes, below, for all the stories, etc., I’ve lined up to discuss with Yaron.

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Program Notes

Trump Signs Spending Bill, Reversing Veto Threat and Avoiding Government Shutdown

BREAKING: Trump Reverses Himself, Signs Omnibus Crap Sandwich While Lamenting, ‘I’ll Never Sign Another Bill Like This Again’

o $12m for Scholarships for Lebanon
o $20m for Middle East Partnership Initiative Scholarship Program
o $12m in military funding for Vietnam
o $3.5m in nutrition assistance to Laos
o $15m in Developmental assistance to China
o $10m for Women LEOs in Afghanistan

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) March 22, 2018

A small group of congressional leaders have negotiated a 2,232 page, $1.3 trillion bill to fund the government completely behind closed doors, giving Congress less than 48 hours to review it. I will absolutely be voting no. https://t.co/HwBbfl3J87

— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) March 22, 2018

He signed it on the eighth anniversary of #Obamacare’s signing. https://t.co/WYncQW8Aqz

— Justin Amash (@justinamash) March 23, 2018

Trump Chooses Bolton for 3rd Security Adviser as Shake-Up Continues

Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

— Ayn Rand Bot (@AynRandBot) March 23, 2018

John Bolton’s Curious Appearance In A Russian Gun Rights Video HT Benjamin Chayes

Bolton Was Early Beneficiary of Cambridge Analytica’s Facebook Data

Facebook, Cambridge Analytica, and the Need to Legalize Privacy

‘I made Steve Bannon’s psychological warfare tool’: meet the data war whistleblower HT Benjamin Chayes

Israel opens investigation into Facebook to examine if citizens’ privacy was violated HT Adam Reed

Elon Musk deletes Facebook accounts for Tesla, SpaceX

A New Campus Survey Reveals Just How Students Are ‘Unlearning Liberty’ HT Mark Nitikman

CDC: Youth Suicide Skyrockets 70% Over Last Decade. Here’s Why.

Crazy Joe Biden is trying to act like a tough guy. Actually, he is weak, both mentally and physically, and yet he threatens me, for the second time, with physical assault. He doesn’t know me, but he would go down fast and hard, crying all the way. Don’t threaten people Joe!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 22, 2018

(Credit: Benjamin Chayes)