Jen the Libertarian

So the Mueller investigation is over...and it did not end the way some people were hoping. 

Also Beto broke Bernie's record of first day fundraising for this election cycle and Trump finally made that campus speech EO appear. 

So this is in response to Nick Gillespie's Reason piece on why people are clinging to and advancing the idea of big and bigger government plus my own thoughts as to how we can better position ourselves as the voice of reason in the current weird as hell political landscape.

Link to Nick's piece - https://reason.com/archives/2019/03/09/everyone-agrees-government-is 

I am rather irritated / dismayed with the news cycle this week. So I vent and get some stuff off my chest and you get to listen to it. 

So here's Nancy and I drinking and talking about various sorts of things like her pieces for Reason and the LA Times and the current YA lit mess.

Nancy's Reason piece "A Guide to Surviving Your 15 Minutes of Hate" - https://reason.com/archives/2019/02/19/a-guide-to-surviving-your-15-minutes-of

And her LAT piece "Outrage culture is out of control" - https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-rommelmann-me-too-portland-20190222-story.html

AND FOR GODSSAKE PEOPLE BUY SOME COFFEE - https://rrpdx.com 

Even when it's a slow news week you can count on the newest members of Congress to do *something* that will land them in the news. 

I chat about AOC's dodgy campaign finances, Omar causing another fight about anti-Semitism, and also Trump's disappeared EO and Smollett getting the book thrown at him. 

The Washington Examiner piece that I reference - https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/ocasio-cortezs-chief-of-staff-ran-1m-slush-fund-by-diverting-campaign-cash-to-his-own-companies

So this is a book review but more than a book review because I discuss some info I think is vital for everyone to understand before they're in a position to have to speak to the police. 

Read. This. Book. 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1503933393/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_5UAGCbZP0Z62E

This was certainly a full week on the news front. From sex trafficking panic to nonsense draft equality to Trump's NoKo summit to Cohen's testimony 2.0 to CPAC we have a whole bunch to talk about. 

Something a bit different this time...here's me being interview by Ed from Ed's World. He Kindly shared the audio with me so I could share it with you, we go into some topics I don't normally discuss and don't get asked about. 

I hope you guys find it interesting 

Link to Ed's channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD22jP65gEzhS8eG2VI3kig

I've been promising this episode for what feels like forever and here it is, my review of The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

It's very good. You should read it. it might help you understand better what's going on with The Youngs.

Good Lord this news cycle has given me plenty to talk about. Between out national emergency that isn't, the Smollett story imploding, and Bernie throwing his hat into the ring again it's certainly been a week.

Link to Mark Hemingway's piece on the Covington lawsuit - https://thefederalist.com/2019/02/08/the-biggest-threat-to-press-freedom-is-the-media-itself/

Link to John McWhorter's piece on the Smollett situation - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/02/jussie-smollett-story-shows-rise-victimhood-culture/583099/