Even the Center for Immigration Studies — a far-right group — puts birth tourism at 20,000 cases a year. Out of 3.61 million US births, that's under 1%. The hosts compare the fearmongering to Reagan's welfare queen myth: take the rarest example and use it to dismantle an entire constitutional right.
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The Supreme Court struck down Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, but the reaction from Trump allies was anything but conciliatory. Jon reads from The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, who declared America is 'committing suicide,' and from The Federalist's Sean Davis, who floated banning all pregnant foreign women from entering the country and requiring sterilization of foreign visitors. Jon reports that Stephen Miller has said he's 'looking into' these ideas, describing the situation as 'national self-obliteration.' The hosts dissect the political logic: with Trump underwater on every issue except border security, MAGA is trying to drag the conversation back to immigration. But the proposed remedy — targeting pregnant tourists — is grotesque and politically moronic. Jon cites even the Center for Immigration Studies, a far-right group, which puts birth tourism at about 20,000 cases per year out of 3.61 million total US births, well under 1%. Dan draws a direct historical parallel to Reagan's welfare queen myth: take the rarest, most outlandish example and use it to dismantle an entire constitutional right. Jon then walks through the Roberts majority's argument: once you adopt the dissent's logic about 'allegiance,' you could strip citizenship from children of legal permanent residents — and ultimately give Trump and Miller the power to decide who is American.
Even the far-right Center for Immigration Studies estimates birth tourism at only about 20,000 cases per year out of 3.61 million total US births.
Birth tourism accounts for well under 1% of US births annually, undermining the Republican argument for restricting pregnant foreign visitors.
29-year-old DSA candidate Milot Kiros crushed 15-term Democratic incumbent Diana DeGette by 10 points in Denver. Dan Pfeiffer argues the real driver isn't ideology but a rage at the Democratic establishment's failure to deliver — and at Gaza. Not being a fighter has become a losing position.
Fei-Fei Li went back to Stanford from Google in 2018 specifically to build a multi-stakeholder governance framework for AI. Her argument: market forces are not societal norms. Just as biology uses IRBs and cars have safety laws, AI needs layered oversight from educators, governments, and the public — not just a few industry titans.
Andrew Santino's personal MCU of political villains is collapsing. He and Bobby speculated that a circulating photo of Mitch McConnell with a Chinese official was AI-generated compositing two separate images.
Mass surveillance is here to stay. The real battle isn't stopping cameras — it's ensuring judges and laws keep that data out of family court and civil disputes, admitting it only for violent crimes and national security. The surveillance economy currently yields more upside than downside, but only if we build the legal guardrails now.
When people cite Scandinavia as proof socialism works, Galloway says they've got it backwards. Northern Europe runs highly competitive free-market economies with more competition in many sectors than the US — they just make sure taxes are actually paid and redistributed. Billionaires and universal healthcare can coexist.
Two percent adjustments to income tax and stamp duty tweaks are deck-chair rearrangements. The UK's competitiveness hinges on four structural levers: currency valuation, energy costs, regulatory burden, and tax rates. Devalue the pound, build 56 nuclear plants, slash red tape, introduce a flat tax — and the country transforms.
Lisbon had one of Europe's worst heroin crises. Then Portugal legalised drugs and redirected all enforcement money into rehabilitation and housing. Crime collapsed. Addiction fell. Then politics moved the money elsewhere, and the problem started creeping back. Chesterton's Fence: you forget why you were spending that money.
Congress passed the Boland Amendment 411 to 0, explicitly banning CIA and Defense Department funds for the Contras. Reagan signed it — then immediately moved the operation deeper underground, essentially responding to a bipartisan prohibition by going more illegal.
The CIA planted mines in Nicaraguan commercial harbors, wrote the Contras' press releases taking credit, and promptly blew up ships from four allied nations. The Wall Street Journal broke the story, Congress erupted, and the Boland Amendments multiplied.
Oliver North was a decorated Marine and devout Catholic with zero covert operations experience. He ran the entire shadow war against Congress — planes, airstrips, arms shipments, shell companies — learning on the job. And by every operational measure, he crushed it.
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