Connor O'Keeffe

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Trump Cannot Allow a Declining Europe to Drag the US Down

02/19/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

Last week, leaders of European governments got very upset with the new Trump administration. First, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said a return to pre-2014 Ukraine-Russia borders was an...

Why They Really Hate Elon Musk

02/12/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

As Elon Musk continues to take over and wind down parts of the federal bureaucracy, establishment figures from across media and politics are growing increasingly resentful of the tech entrepreneur. If...

The Needy Are the Human Shields of the American Regime

02/05/2025 Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe

One of the first major actions President Donald Trump’s team took as he began his second term was to freeze government spending on various domestic “assistance” programs as well as on foreign aid...

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Trump Cannot Allow a Declining Europe to Drag the US Down

02/20/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

The unfortunate truth is that most of Europe is deep in a self-imposed decline. US taxpayers should not be forced to have any part of it.

Why They Really Hate Elon Musk

02/13/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

As Elon Musk takes on federal agencies, the Washington establishment is trying to frame him as an unelected plutocrat using government to help himself and other rich people at the expense of the poor.

The Needy Are the Human Shields of the American Regime

02/05/2025 Connor O'Keeffe

The media and political outcry that came when President Trump temporarily froze USAID and some domestic funding revealed how the political establishment uses the plight of the most vulnerable people to keep their rigged political system in place.

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