Eric Boehm
@ericboehm87.bsky.social
Journalist at Reason. Fiscal policy, trade policy, stupid government tricks. Would rather be looking at mountains.
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I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
December 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I spoke to the New York Times in this great explainer piece by Charlie Savage
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
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GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
December 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
GOP Rep. Mike Turner: "This activity that's happening in the Caribbean where they are hitting these boats -- these individuals if they were captured and tried and convicted, they would be guilty of criminal activity for which they're not subject to capital punishment. These people are being killed."
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File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
File under "charts that need no explanatory context to make the story clear" wapo.st/4iC8oCR
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Reported by David Goodhue, Miami Herald. "She can be heard screaming as agents attempted to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. “'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
‘I’m a U.S. citizen.’ Agents pull woman from car in Keys. Feds said she wouldn’t show ID
In Key Largo, in front of Pink Plaza at mile marker 103.4, agents stopped a woman driving a white Toyota Corolla and surrounded the vehicle.
www.miamiherald.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Reported by David Goodhue, Miami Herald. "She can be heard screaming as agents attempted to handcuff her. 'I’m a U.S. citizen, please help me,' she shouted after agents forced her to the ground. “'This is unfair. Why are you doing this to me?'”
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...
So this ends with them making out, right?
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
So this ends with them making out, right?
Virginia ABC system finally has a fully satisfied customer
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Virginia ABC system finally has a fully satisfied customer
How it started / How it's going
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How it started / How it's going
Life comes at you fast
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Life comes at you fast
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NEW: How ICE mistakenly deported Alejandro Juarez to Mexico.
Alejandro was detained in NYC, put on the wrong ICE plane and sent to Mexico.
He never saw a judge, no deportation order - a likely violation of law.
W/ @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
Alejandro was detained in NYC, put on the wrong ICE plane and sent to Mexico.
He never saw a judge, no deportation order - a likely violation of law.
W/ @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
How a Former Trump Golf Club Worker Was Mistakenly Deported to Mexico
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
NEW: How ICE mistakenly deported Alejandro Juarez to Mexico.
Alejandro was detained in NYC, put on the wrong ICE plane and sent to Mexico.
He never saw a judge, no deportation order - a likely violation of law.
W/ @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
Alejandro was detained in NYC, put on the wrong ICE plane and sent to Mexico.
He never saw a judge, no deportation order - a likely violation of law.
W/ @haleaziz.bsky.social:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/n...
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I know this won’t be a popular opinion on here, but Donald Trump is right to finally install an indoor toilet in the White House. It’s appalling that for 200 years the American president has had to crap in a wooden outhouse with flies buzzing around it
October 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I know this won’t be a popular opinion on here, but Donald Trump is right to finally install an indoor toilet in the White House. It’s appalling that for 200 years the American president has had to crap in a wooden outhouse with flies buzzing around it
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The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
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Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
The military has now killed 27 people as if they were enemy soldiers in a war zone and not criminal suspects. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...
U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Unless and until some kind of compelling legal and moral argument is presented as to why this is a legitimate use of deadly force, this is just…mass murder.
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😑 DOGE for the win! 'Despite the high-profile efforts of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the 2025 federal fiscal year ended with the federal government having spent more money than it did in the previous fiscal year' - via @ericboehm87.bsky.social reason.com/2025/10/10/a...
After all those DOGE cuts, federal spending still increased by $300 billion
For the fiscal year that ended on September 30, the federal government spent more than $7 trillion and ran a $1.8 trillion deficit.
reason.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
😑 DOGE for the win! 'Despite the high-profile efforts of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the 2025 federal fiscal year ended with the federal government having spent more money than it did in the previous fiscal year' - via @ericboehm87.bsky.social reason.com/2025/10/10/a...
It's wild how you can just say "no" when the would-be authoritarians tell you to do weird, illegal things
This should become a trend
This should become a trend
Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown. trib.al/tw3Hd3X
Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda
Across the country, airports are refusing to air a video from the Homeland Security chief blaming Democrats for the shutdown.
trib.al
October 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
It's wild how you can just say "no" when the would-be authoritarians tell you to do weird, illegal things
This should become a trend
This should become a trend
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives believed participation trophies were a bad idea
Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."
(It doesn't work like that lol)
(It doesn't work like that lol)
October 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I'm old enough to remember when conservatives believed participation trophies were a bad idea
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The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.
That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.
That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.
Trump's Labor Department admits that Trump's immigration crackdown is causing a shortage of farm workers
With fewer immigrant workers available on American farms, there is a risk of "supply shock-induced food shortages," the Labor Department says.
reason.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.
That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.
That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.
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The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The situation in America is not great. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.
They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.
They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.
October 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We’re not dealing with brilliant strategists cleverly laying traps, we’re dealing with impulsive whiners whose advantage is contempt for laws, norms, and morality.
They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.
They’re not pulling some elaborate trick, they’re just willing—even eager—to do things regular, principled people consider off limits.
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Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
October 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
For the crime of … complaining about government policy.
Core 1A speech.
With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.
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DHS: Where was this lead pencil made?
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied
October 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
DHS: Where was this lead pencil made?
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied
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If you ever had any doubt that rightwing media is just official state propaganda at this point, consider that Charlie Kirk was replaced on his show by the sitting Republican vice president who ‘interviewed’ White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
Independent media!
Independent media!
September 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you ever had any doubt that rightwing media is just official state propaganda at this point, consider that Charlie Kirk was replaced on his show by the sitting Republican vice president who ‘interviewed’ White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller.
Independent media!
Independent media!
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Who won the Battle of Thermopylae
Harmeet Dhillon at NatCon: "When the next group of elites comes to demand we stop protecting fairness in hiring, confidence in our elections, safety in girls sports, we're going to answer them the same way that Leonidas answered on the eve of the Battle of Thermopylae: Molon Labe. Come and take it."
September 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Who won the Battle of Thermopylae
Absolutely love to see it. And I hope this trend catches on in other circumstances too.
NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
www.cbsnews.com/news/d-c-gra...
D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."
www.cbsnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Absolutely love to see it. And I hope this trend catches on in other circumstances too.