Establishment elites fed the beast. Now they’re shocked it bites. Connor O'Keeffe

How did we wind up at war with Iran? Scott Horton explains. (0:00) The History of Why Iran Is Such a Global Focal Point (11:16) The Jimmy Carter Doctrine (22:29) The Brutality of the Iraq/Iran War (29:40) The First Iraq War Was a Massive Mistake (41:32) Bill Clinton’s Fatal

The Declaration of Independence is about radical opposition to state power. The Declaration takes a stand against political vices like unity, loyalty, and centralized power. | @RyanMcMaken mises.org/mises-wire/spi…

When you normalize state control and crush decentralization, don’t be surprised when the next regime uses your tools better than you did. Connor O'Keeffe

The reaction to Tucker’s interview with Pezeshkian is showing, yet again, how little trust the loudest and proudest "defenders of democracy” have in the American public’s intelligence.

The U.S. Federal Government*

As the Texas floodwaters receded, politicians twisted facts about the tragedy to score a political win. Examining what went wrong to prevent such tragedies from happening again is important, but that involves looking at the actual facts. | Connor O'Keeffe mises.org/mises-wire/tex…

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Politicians are, again, lying about a tragedy to score political points.

"One and done."

Is Trump gonna do something to win his base back? Or is he gonna just keep screwing them over for the next three and a half years? youtube.com/watch?v=4ictqS…

The state can fund endless foreign wars in an afternoon, but unsealing the Epstein files? Sorry, that’s “complicated.” Funny how accountability always gets lost in the shuffle of empire. @RyanMcMaken Tho Bishop Connor O'Keeffe

Doing the same thing in search of different results.

Tariffs were never going to crash the economy or usher in hyperinflation on their own. What they do is leave the country as a whole poorer than it would be without them. Meaning, at best, the gains from Trump's best economic policies get diminished.

Politicians use our money to worsen problems that they created earlier with our money.

When President Trump declared the Epstein case closed, many of his supporters in MAGA objected. But Trump opponents claim that MAGA is a monolithic movement beholden only to Trump. This incident tells us something else. | Connor O'Keeffe mises.org/mises-wire/spl…

Excellent take on why #MAGA aren't the sycophants that #leftists insist from Mises Institute contributor Connor O'Keeffe mises.org/mises-wire/spl…

It was never about Assad.

I wrote this piece for Free the People three years ago now (link below). Still, its thesis remains: the war party is attempting to delegitimize opposition to its preferred foreign policies with its own simplistic history, by amplifying edge cases, and guilt by association. ⤵️

The split over Epstein tells us something important about the MAGA movement