Eric Boehm
@ericboehm87.bsky.social
Journalist at Reason. Fiscal policy, trade policy, stupid government tricks. Would rather be looking at mountains.
I never thought the leopards would eat MY face, etc etc etc
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 3mo agoSen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, says Trump threw him under the bus. “If he would do that to me, he would do that to anybody,” Cornyn says. “There’s never going to be good enough for him, other than 100 percent, you know, slavish adherence to whatever he wants.“ www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/u...
Life imitates art at the Minnesota United game today (photo from a friend) How can you not love this?
“If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” - Trump, 11/1/24 “I’m not going to start a war, I’m going to stop wars.” - Trump, 11/5/24
The Trump administration before SCOTUS ruled tariffs illegal: "Of course we can do tariff refunds, no biggie, quick and easy, pinkie promise!" The Trump administration after SCOTUS ruled: "Oh geez, oh boy, I don't think we can do that. It's gonna take years!" reason.com/2026/02/25/w...
Will the Trump administration pay the tariff refunds it promised?
Thousands of companies, including some big names like FedEx and Costco, have already filed lawsuits seeking refunds of tariff bills.
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It's crazy how economists said "tariffs won't reduce the trade deficit" and then the White House did tariffs to try to reduce the trade deficit and the trade deficit hit a record high reason.com/2026/02/19/t...
Trump said tariffs would reduce the trade deficit. Instead, it hit a record high in 2025.
It's a good thing that trade deficits aren't actually a national emergency.
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Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
Finally given a chance to influence trade policy, the vast majority of House Republicans decided it was more important to keep President Donald Trump happy. On the cowardice of the House GOP and how it jeopardizes the republic: reason.com/2026/02/13/t...
The cowardice of the Republican 'tariff skeptics'
Finally given a chance to influence trade policy, the vast majority of House Republicans decided it was more important to keep President Donald Trump happy.
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I would prefer for none of my tax dollars to be spent on DHS Secretary Kristi Noem's sex plane reason.com/2026/02/13/h...
How much is Kristi Noem's alleged adultery airplane costing you?
If the DHS secretary is actually having a high-flying affair with Trump adviser Corey Lewandowski, the taxpayers are the ones getting screwed.
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend" "Beers on me"
Jason Meisner@jmetr22b.bsky.social · 7mo agoHours after Border Patrol Agent Charles Exum shot a Chicago woman 5 times, his boss, Cmdr. Greg Bovino, emailed him about extending his mandatory retirement. "In light of your excellent service in Chicago, you have much left to do!!” Bovino wrote Story: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/02/10/m...
Homan is a bully with little regard for rights or the rule of law. And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself. reason.com/2026/01/27/t...
Tom Homan isn't the solution
Homan is a bully with little regard for the rule of law. The problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
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Many of those who claimed to be conservative only wanted to conserve white supremacy. Many of those who claimed to support liberty only wanted the liberty to oppress others without government interference. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/23/right-wing-federal-agents-ice-immigrants/
Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them
Since Ruby Ridge and Waco, some right-wing populists had excoriated federal law enforcement. Now those agents are being deployed by their allies.
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I know I'm getting old because I can remember a time when Republicans were *outraged* about federal cops raiding a home to arrest and deport an illegal immigrant
Colleen Shogan joined @ericboehm87.bsky.social from @reason.com to discuss In Pursuit, our national essay project focused on strengthening shared civic memory ahead of the Semiquincentennial. Listen/watch here: reason.com/podcast/2026...
Can we save American history from partisan politics?
Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict.
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Somehow "we're only preparing to attack Minnesota, not Greenland too" isn't reassuring me that the White House has things under control
New York Times: "Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, said at a news conference that the agent who fired his weapon has been treated at a hospital and released. He can be seen in videos of the shooting walking around the scene after firing his weapon, with no apparent injuries."
Update from Jesus Jiménez
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him. Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 8mo agoA reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
Trump is approaching his sixth year as president and still doesn’t know what the Department of Energy does.
Shipwreck@shipwreck75.bsky.social · 8mo agoTrump on Venezuela oil:
