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This week, editors\u00a0Peter Suderman<\/a>,\u00a0Katherine Mangu-Ward<\/a>,\u00a0Nick Gillespie<\/a>, and\u00a0Matt Welch<\/a> discuss Katherine’s New York Times<\/em> op-ed, “Libertarians Tried to Warn You About Trump<\/a>,” which lays out how Trump-era governance has repeatedly vindicated libertarian warnings about executive power, civil liberties, and the risks of trading principle for partisan advantage. The group then turns to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s defense of warrantless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) searches as a concrete example of how quickly Republican commitments to constitutional limits can erode once a party is in power, and why libertarian ideas so often get embraced only in opposition.<\/p>\n The conversation then shifts to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show and the now-permanent state of the American culture war, as political figures and influencers on the right, including President Donald Trump himself, weighed in to bash the performance. They discuss whether this cycle of outrage is simply what audiences and politicians now want, and how it crowds out serious debate about governance and the economy. A listener asks when each panelist had their own “aha” moment about the failures of the two-party system, before the editors turn to Trump’s decision to continue funding the Department of Education, despite his promises to dismantle it.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n 0:00\u2014Libertarians warned about Trump<\/p>\n 13:56\u2014Johnson complains about the Fourth Amendment<\/p>\n 20:30\u2014Bad Bunny and the culture wars<\/p>\n 28:35\u2014Trump’s racist “Lion King” Obama meme<\/p>\n 34:44\u2014Listener question on libertarian lightbulb moments<\/p>\n 44:34\u2014Trump continues funding the Department of Education<\/p>\n 52:14\u2014Weekly cultural recommendations<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n “Libertarians Tried to Warn You<\/a>,” by Katherine Mangu-Ward<\/p>\n “Trump 2.0, Year 1: A Libertarian Nightmare<\/a>,” by Brian Doherty<\/p>\n “Claiming Bad Bunny Isn’t Successful Is as Foolish As Claiming He Isn’t American<\/a>,” by Eric Boehm<\/p>\n “Half-Hearted Halftime Outrage<\/a>,” by Christian Britschgi<\/p>\n “Mike Johnson Wants To Spare ICE the Hassle of Getting the Right Warrant Before Forcibly Entering a Home<\/a>,” by Damon Root<\/p>\n “So Much for Abolishing the Department of Education<\/a>,” by Eric Boehm<\/p>\nMentioned in This Podcast<\/h2>\n