We estimated the land area currently under subsidized use in the US from these maps created by Bloomberg.

Studies show one large animal fatality for every half mile of barbed wire fencing annually. We'd like to reallocate welfare ranching subsidies to remove abandoned barbed wire from public land

But for me, the scariest Cabinet pick, and one likely sail through a GOP-majority Senate, is Russell Vought, who’d be returning to run the Office of Management and Budget. You’ll remember Vought as a coauthor of the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for a second….

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Colonists are the most paranoid people imaginable, because deep down they know they aren't as smart or hard working as they tell themselves. They know luck and privilege were the real factors in their success. This paranoia eventually drives them from libertarianism to authoritarianism.