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Either enforce the law or go back to Congress and change it. This limbo where laws exist on paper but get ignored in practice isn't governance. It's theater.
Class dismissed.
Class dismissed.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Either enforce the law or go back to Congress and change it. This limbo where laws exist on paper but get ignored in practice isn't governance. It's theater.
Class dismissed.
Class dismissed.
Lawmakers on both sides voted for this bill. The courts blessed it. And yet somehow nobody in Congress is demanding to see proof that this phantom deal actually exists before blessing another extension.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Lawmakers on both sides voted for this bill. The courts blessed it. And yet somehow nobody in Congress is demanding to see proof that this phantom deal actually exists before blessing another extension.
This matters beyond TikTok. If a president can simply ignore laws by gesturing vaguely at "ongoing negotiations"—without ever proving those negotiations are real or that legal conditions have been met—then what exactly is Congress for?
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This matters beyond TikTok. If a president can simply ignore laws by gesturing vaguely at "ongoing negotiations"—without ever proving those negotiations are real or that legal conditions have been met—then what exactly is Congress for?
Funny how "law and order" becomes "guidelines and suggestions" when it's inconvenient.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Funny how "law and order" becomes "guidelines and suggestions" when it's inconvenient.
The law included a 90-day extension provision for situations where a divestiture was genuinely in progress. It did not authorize the president to run out the clock indefinitely based on a "framework" that exists primarily in press releases and Truth Social posts.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The law included a 90-day extension provision for situations where a divestiture was genuinely in progress. It did not authorize the president to run out the clock indefinitely based on a "framework" that exists primarily in press releases and Truth Social posts.
Today marked the latest deadline. Months after Bessent went on TV and declared the deal done. Months after Trump claimed he "saved" TikTok. And yet: no signed agreement, no public terms, no congressional briefing, no evidence anything has actually happened. But sure, it's "finalized."
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today marked the latest deadline. Months after Bessent went on TV and declared the deal done. Months after Trump claimed he "saved" TikTok. And yet: no signed agreement, no public terms, no congressional briefing, no evidence anything has actually happened. But sure, it's "finalized."
Step 5: When the deadline arrives, issue another extension. Blame the complexity of negotiations. Repeat until everyone forgets there was ever a law in the first place.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Step 5: When the deadline arrives, issue another extension. Blame the complexity of negotiations. Repeat until everyone forgets there was ever a law in the first place.
Step 4: Announce the deal is "finalized" with great self-congratulatory celebration. Hold a press conference. Do a victory dance. Doesn't matter that neither ByteDance nor China has actually agreed to anything.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Step 4: Announce the deal is "finalized" with great self-congratulatory celebration. Hold a press conference. Do a victory dance. Doesn't matter that neither ByteDance nor China has actually agreed to anything.
Step 3: President issues an executive order delaying enforcement. Then another. Then another. Then another. Four so far, but who's counting?
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Step 3: President issues an executive order delaying enforcement. Then another. Then another. Then another. Four so far, but who's counting?
Step 2: Supreme Court upholds it. The law is constitutional. It's settled. Rule of law and all that.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Step 2: Supreme Court upholds it. The law is constitutional. It's settled. Rule of law and all that.
Step 1: Congress passes legislation requiring divestiture or a ban. Passes with huge bipartisan margins. Very serious. Much concern about national security.
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Step 1: Congress passes legislation requiring divestiture or a ban. Passes with huge bipartisan margins. Very serious. Much concern about national security.
Jensen Huang wants federal regulation. That should tell you everything. When the dominant player in a market demands centralized oversight, they're not asking for accountability. They're asking for protection.
The Chicago School taught us this decades ago. Neither party is listening.
The Chicago School taught us this decades ago. Neither party is listening.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Jensen Huang wants federal regulation. That should tell you everything. When the dominant player in a market demands centralized oversight, they're not asking for accountability. They're asking for protection.
The Chicago School taught us this decades ago. Neither party is listening.
The Chicago School taught us this decades ago. Neither party is listening.
It doesn't matter whether capture happens through Democrats writing compliance mandates or Republicans centralizing control in Washington while calling it freedom. The result is the same: higher prices, worse products, frozen innovation, protected incumbents.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It doesn't matter whether capture happens through Democrats writing compliance mandates or Republicans centralizing control in Washington while calling it freedom. The result is the same: higher prices, worse products, frozen innovation, protected incumbents.
AI policy—whether through formal "One Rulebook" regulation or informal cronyism—is precisely the kind of "additional" activity Coase warned about. A government already operating beyond its competence, with industry incumbents jockeying for favor rather than competing on merit.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
AI policy—whether through formal "One Rulebook" regulation or informal cronyism—is precisely the kind of "additional" activity Coase warned about. A government already operating beyond its competence, with industry incumbents jockeying for favor rather than competing on merit.
Coase wasn't an anarchist. He conceded that a smaller government might do some things well. But his conclusion should guide us: "Until we reduce the size of government, we won't know what they are."
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Coase wasn't an anarchist. He conceded that a smaller government might do some things well. But his conclusion should guide us: "Until we reduce the size of government, we won't know what they are."
His explanation? Government has grown so massive that it has reached "negative marginal returns. Anything additional it does, it messes up."
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
His explanation? Government has grown so massive that it has reached "negative marginal returns. Anything additional it does, it messes up."
"Almost all the studies—perhaps all the studies—suggested that the results of regulation had been bad, that the prices were higher, that the product was worse adapted to the needs of consumers, than it otherwise would have been."
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"Almost all the studies—perhaps all the studies—suggested that the results of regulation had been bad, that the prices were higher, that the product was worse adapted to the needs of consumers, than it otherwise would have been."
And Ronald Coase, reflecting on decades of empirical research at the Journal of Law and Economics, delivered the most damning verdict of all:
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And Ronald Coase, reflecting on decades of empirical research at the Journal of Law and Economics, delivered the most damning verdict of all:
The relationship between business and state that the founders feared—and that Chicago economists spent careers documenting—is being reconstituted under the banner of "America First."
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The relationship between business and state that the founders feared—and that Chicago economists spent careers documenting—is being reconstituted under the banner of "America First."
When executives must make pilgrimages to the Oval Office and announce pledges to stay in favor, that's not capitalism. It's court politics.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When executives must make pilgrimages to the Oval Office and announce pledges to stay in favor, that's not capitalism. It's court politics.
This isn't deregulation. It's industrial policy wrapped in populist branding. The government isn't stepping back—it's picking winners. The market isn't free—it's curated.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This isn't deregulation. It's industrial policy wrapped in populist branding. The government isn't stepping back—it's picking winners. The market isn't free—it's curated.
... flow to the well-connected, export permissions are granted at executive discretion with 25% fees attached, and access to policymakers depends on political alignment rather than merit.
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
... flow to the well-connected, export permissions are granted at executive discretion with 25% fees attached, and access to policymakers depends on political alignment rather than merit.
And look at what "deregulation" means in practice: tech executives parade through the White House announcing billions in "investment pledges," government contracts...
December 11, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And look at what "deregulation" means in practice: tech executives parade through the White House announcing billions in "investment pledges," government contracts...