From CLC Chair Rebecca Lau: As we celebrate Independence Day and America's 250th anniversary, I'm reminded of why this holiday means so much to those of us who care deeply about liberty. The Declaration of Independence showed that this country was founded on classical liberal values and marked a bold experiment in breaking away from monarchy to build a government grounded in individual rights and consent. In the Declaration, Thomas Jefferson drew heavily from the ideas of John Locke, arguing that all people have nautral rights and that governments exist to protect those rights, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. In his Two Treatises of Government, Locke wrote, "Men being... by nature, all free, equal and independent, no one can be... subjected to the political power of another, without his own consent." Those ideas were revolutionary in the seventeenth century, and they became the philosophical foundation of the American Revolution a century later. As members of the Libertarian Party and the Classical Liberal Caucus, we are part of a tradition that traces directly back to those principles. While our country has never perfectly lived up to the ideals expressed in the Declaration, those ideals continue to inspire people who believe in individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and equal rights under the law. The work of defending liberty doesn't end with celebrating our history. It continues through our conservations, our activism, our campaigns, and our efforts to keep the principles of classical liberalism alive for the next generation. Happy Independence Day, and here's to 250 years of the American experiment, and to continuing the work of advancing liberty for the next 250. - @rebeccaxlau

She is a lot braver than you will ever be.

NARRATOR: No, it will not.

"back in MY day the kids just fucking DIED"

All Colors Are Beautiful is an excellent slogan. It should be a hashtag, or maybe an acronym

That's a napkin in an empty bottle You're the violence

Just answer one question for us

No. Today, we remember the victims, not their murderers. Dayland Gent, 3 Cyrus Howell, 8 Star Howell, 6 Serenity Sea Jones, 4 Bobbie Lane Koresh, 16 months Lisa Martin, 13 Sheila Martin, 15 Abigail Martinez, 11 Audrey Martinez, 13 Crystal Martinez, 3 Isaiah Martinez, 4 Joseph Martinez, 8 Melissa Morrison, 6 Mayanah Schneider, 2 Aisha Gyarfas Summers, 17 Startle Summers, 1 Rachel Sylvia, 13

Conservatives really out here getting mad at breakfast

Regardless of how one feels about slavery, according to U.S. law, this is a felony: harboring runaway slaves. Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, §7.

No. Today, we remember the victims, not their murderers. Dayland Gent, 3 Cyrus Howell, 8 Star Howell, 6 Serenity Sea Jones, 4 Bobbie Lane Koresh, 16 months Lisa Martin, 13 Sheila Martin, 15 Abigail Martinez, 11 Audrey Martinez, 13 Crystal Martinez, 3 Isaiah Martinez, 4 Joseph Martinez, 8 Melissa Morrison, 6 Mayanah Schneider, 2 Aisha Gyarfas Summers, 17 Startle Summers, 1 Rachel Sylvia, 13

Republicans will literally create AI generated images of their imaginary fears instead of going to therapy

Workers earning the federal minimum wage in: 2009: 4.9% 2010: 6.0% 2011: 5.2% 2012: 4.7% 2013: 4.3% 2014: 3.9% 2015: 3.3% 2016: 2.7% 2017: 2.3% 2018: 2.1% 2019: 1.9% 2020: 1.5% 2021: 1.4% 2022: 1.3% 2023: 1.1% Folks, the minimum wage is irrelevant to your earnings.

Except, of course, for the 22 children he had lined up and shot

Dear Leader is creating a recession to make America great again

Pinochet tortured parents by forcing them to watch as their children were raped, so it's understandable that Republicans admire him, but it's troubling that they're comfortable admitting this, out loud, in public.

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Not valid? "Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State" is what it says in the Constitution of the United States, which you hate and your supporters have never read.

Is someone in danger? Is someone hurt? Did you try to solve the problem on your own? Were you minding your own business?

Bail and legal representation are Constitutional rights, and you don't get to just arrest people for it. Not that you've ever read the Constitution.

Sure, there were issues

Have you tried turning the nuclear power plants you turned off back on again?

Men should wear clothes befitting a WARRIOR!

remember when The Federalist published an article arguing that grooming kids for sex is perfectly normal and Alabama should elect groomers to the United States Senate Pepperidge Farms remembers

Yeah, that would be James Madison. Remember that whole bit about "Congress shall make no law?" Yeah.

You have betrayed the Constitution of the United States. You must be removed from office. Resign.

This image is a pretty good litmus test for politics. Do you regard this man with respect? Or Disgust?

This is why no one takes you seriously, Bree.

Wut

democracy is when everyone votes for the only candidate allowed to run, da!

fixed this for you

what did y'all think the Second Amendment meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers. Stallings defended himself from a drive-by shooting. A jury acquitted him of all charges. He did nothing wrong. Republicans hate the Second Amendment.

So it's NOT the guns? 🤔

“Nobody said anything on the campaign trail about attacking legal immigrants” lol. lmao.

Holodomor deniers are not morally distinct from Holocaust deniers, and their opinions ought to be treated with the same disregard.

We can only see it now because of the wealth that capitalism created. Poverty was the norm before capitalism.

You know, you can just hire a dominatrix, Jesse. Probably cheaper than therapy.

Complaints about capitalism that are really complaints about the human condition, episode 69,420. No, if capitalism was abolished, food would not magically stuff itself into your mouth.

This is excellent news for cities suffering from self-imposed housing shortages! Of course if they refuse to allow new home construction, they're probably not going to allow old offices to be converted into homes.

You can trade magazine ads drawn by cocaine-fueled Mad Men for higher GDP? Wow

> used to be so it's not anymore?

Paul Ehrlich said millions of people would starve by the 1970s. Undernourishment has more than halved since then. But, like any good doomsday cultist, every time his apocalyptic predictions fail, he just changes the date. The Malthusians are wrong. aier.org/article/the-malthus…

Bigotry is not just repugnant, but also irrational. For example, one could also use these photos.

Except you, apparently. Here's your office spending taxpayer money on the same thing you're criticizing a different office for spending money on. Wait. So if you're funding them, too... That makes you the Deep State.

Good luck on the whole stealing houses from little old ladies thing! Which Disney villain is going to portray you in your cartoon biography?

No the fuck there isn't, redcoats

It’s pretty funny that you laugh at AOC's hypocrisy for bowing down to her party that won’t host a single presidential primary debate to allow anyone or any minority a chance against the old white man she supports, when yours did the same in 2020. I laugh at your hypocrisy.

That's not actually the correct definition. This is:

Sir, are you aware that, not only does the Internet exist today, but it also existed in 2001?

Elon when tariff go up: excellent move, m'lord! very clever indeed! brilliant policy! Elon when tariff go down: excellent move, m'lord! very clever indeed! brilliant policy!

"No one is above the law" (except for law enforcement) "and if you ask us for a warrant we'll arrest you"

List of all four US Representatives involved in House page sex scandals, two of whom had sex with pages: Rep. Gerry Studds (D-MA), 1973, sex with page aged 17; refused to apologize, reelected until 1997 retirement Rep. Dan Crane (R-IL), 1980, sex with page aged 17; apologized, lost reelection Rep. Mark Foley (R-FL), 1995-2005, sexual messages sent to multiple pages and former pages; resigned Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY), 1998-2001, aware of the Foley scandal and did nothing

Ash Grove, Missouri Oh no wait that's just a GOP reelection campaign-

"come and take it" on their AR-15s and "help me big government daddy" on their cheeseburgers

Illegal aliens do not receive Social Security benefits. They do, however, pay Social Security taxes to subsidize your benefits, which is one of the biggest reasons it hasn't gone insolvent yet.

No it hasn't.

Wrapped in the flag, Donald Trump burns the Constitution, which requires Congressional authorization for military attacks.

Mussolini: "All within the state! Nothing outside the state! Nothing against the state!" People who don't understand words: "this is reducing the power of the state"

The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 cannot be used against the nationals of any country without a Congressional declaration of war against that country. But Republicans no longer even pretend to care about the Constitution, so this blatant violation will go unremarked.

If Americans commit war crimes, they should be held accountable. We can start with the last half dozen Presidents.

did did you just rob some guys for doughnuts really though

Saturday morning, a little boy called 911 when his mother was attacked by a violent man. Indianola, Mississippi police officer Greg Capers arrived, ordered everyone out of the house, and shot the boy. The man was arrested and then released because the boy's mother didn't immediately file a complaint - she was with her son in the hospital for four days. We wish Aderrien Murry a speedy recovery, and we demand an end to qualified immunity. Police officers must be required to carry insurance, just as medical doctors do. Citizens, who are being stripped of hard won police oversight powers by police unions, should not be forced to pay settlements to those suffering from the actions of malicious or incompetent officers. The foundational principle of a Republic is that all citizens are equal under the law. We cannot claim to be a republic while the enforcers of law and order flout the Rule of Law through immunity and lack of accountability.

Looks like nothing more than a self-guided tour of taxpayer property. When did you guys start calling that an "insurrection?"

"If you want to hold child sex abusers accountable, you are anti-Trump," claims guy who insists he totally isn't a child sex abuser So go ahead and put us down as hostile

Nothing is more American than criticizing the government. Nothing is less American than calling for the government to punish Americans who criticize their government. When did Republicans become such soft, whiny snowflakes? Oh, right. You always were.

Keep posting the evidence of your war crimes. Just because they were "at the direction of President Trump" won't exonerate you.

No it wasn't No he didn't Do a journalism cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Readers added context they thought people might want to know

Governor DeSantis, if you win the nomination, will you promise that your administration will establish a Religion Recognition Department so that Americans can make sure they're worshipping in a government-approved way? Or will you preserve, protect and defend the Constitution?

new woke grammar just dropped

Nominate better candidates. Votes are earned, not owned.

looking through the entire United States Constitution to find the part where the President can declare war so long as it's a designated narco-terrorist organization

It's true.

the food at the party:

Libertarians do a grave disservice to the anti-war movement when we don't distinguish between funding the invasion of a country and funding the defense of a country. 1/2

Wagies Posting Their W's Online

This guy knows more than you.

That's a blatant lie.

You did the thing

wokeness is when population density

no it ain't

Trans kid's rights are human rights.

Beruvides, 1993, p. 138. Encinosa, 1989, p. 151. Encinosa, 1994, p. 127. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994. WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 64. Gómez Estrada, 1990, p. 233. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 50. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, pp. 42 and 61.

Oh, you've left off a lot of countries! Let's add a few more data points—

MATT WALSH, 1925: The mayor of Boston, Massachusetts is Patrick O’Sullivan. The fellow running against him is Seamus Flaherty. The mayor’s right-hand aide is Bridget O’Malley. The police chief is Michael Donnelly, overseeing Captain Declan Murphy of the patrol division. The city’s health director is Kathleen O’Connor. And let’s not forget aldermen Aidan Fitzgerald and Liam Walsh. Is this what Washington and Jefferson had in mind when they built this Republic? I wonder if the good people of Boston ask themselves that as they’re roused from sleep at the crack of dawn by the clanging of Catholic church bells echoing down the streets. Perhaps they ponder it further as they make their way to work along Saint Patrick Avenue. Is this still America? If the rest of the country begins to look like Boston does today—Irish names on every office door, Catholic parishes on every corner—then in what sense will this still be the nation our forefathers founded?

No Fash. #NoKings. No Commies.

Chevron being overruled prevents Congress from being relegated to a secondary role by the imperial presidency, but go on, explain how giving Congress' power to Trump's administrative state is *good*

LIVE IN THE PATRIOT POD EAT THE TRUMP BUGS

#TankMan #Killdozer

What he said ↑ What he means ↓ “Just so we are clear, this FBI needs no one’s permission to violate the constitution.”

The government refuses to bring the evidence to court because they know that a trial will expose their lies. Prove him guilty, you communist bastards. Until then he is innocent.

America does not need secret police. America does not want secret police. Secret police are for commies and tinpot third world dictators.

tweets from 1967

under communists, cargo ships will not collide with bridges (there will be no cargo)

No it isn't Incumbent homeowners showing up to their local zoning board and lobbying to have new housing construction banned is why none of us can afford homes

ah yes, the "highest and best use of our military" loophole in the Constitution! You have no Congressional authorization for military force. You are committing war crimes. What will your legal defense be? "The greater good" isn't a legal defense.