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Human rights. Philosophical fury. The impermissibility of the state. A way out of the darkness. The world has gone insane—we already know that. Now…where do we go from here?

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Sep 28, 2026
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  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    The Memeing Will Continue… (opens the original)

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    Monday is for memes.Everyone likes memes on a Monday.It is a law of physics.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1269" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TfFI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstac

  2. Issue · Sep 25, 2026

    Are You Greedy? Am I? (opens the original)

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    #FreedomMusicFriday is about three things: freedom, music, and Friday. Sometimes, the freedom-message is the point. Sometimes, I want to introduce you to new music to add to your playlist. Sometimes, it’s just nice to end the week on something light.Usually, it’s some combo of all three, though there are times when I introduce a song that I personally don’t like, but that has an important message.Today, the opposite is the case: I like this band (Metric) and want to squeeze another of their song

  3. Issue · Sep 24, 2026

    ‘Tell Jesus We’re Just Friends…’ (opens the original)

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    I’m still hammering away at the distributed nation founding documents—I’m making progress, I promise!—so I’ll just do a quickie today.#1 Memorable Bathroom GraffitiMy wife and I drive from our home in Western New York to Florida at least once a year. Returning home on one such drive, we both (independently of one another) spotted this piece of graffiti on a (unisex) bathroom wall at a gas station in West Virginia:Tell Jesus we’re just friends. One weekend doesn’t mean any

  4. Issue · Sep 21, 2026

    Memes Are Red and Memes Are Blue (opens the original)

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    Wake up, y’all. Time to start the week out right!<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="710" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IOJz!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic

  5. Issue · Sep 18, 2026

    You Are Worthy of Your Existence (opens the original)

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    I woke up this morning with a song running through my head. It’s not a song by a liberty-focused artist. I don’t know her politics, and I think I’d rather keep it that way.The song is not about freedom from Covid tyranny or coercive governments or globalist weirdos. It’s about freeing yourself from past insecurities. It’s about realizing that you are worthy of your own life.It’s called “Little Existence” by Maryanne Muglia.She came to my notice, and that of many others, through her harmony break

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