Eric Boehm
@ericboehm87.bsky.social
Journalist at Reason. Fiscal policy, trade policy, stupid government tricks. Would rather be looking at mountains.
Homan is a bully with little regard for rights or the rule of law.
And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
reason.com/2026/01/27/t...
And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
reason.com/2026/01/27/t...
Tom Homan isn't the solution
Homan is a bully with little regard for the rule of law. The problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
reason.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Homan is a bully with little regard for rights or the rule of law.
And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
reason.com/2026/01/27/t...
And the problems with Trump's immigration tactics point back to the White House itself.
reason.com/2026/01/27/t...
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Many of those who claimed to be conservative only wanted to conserve white supremacy.
Many of those who claimed to support liberty only wanted the liberty to oppress others without government interference.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/23/right-wing-federal-agents-ice-immigrants/
Many of those who claimed to support liberty only wanted the liberty to oppress others without government interference.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/23/right-wing-federal-agents-ice-immigrants/
Conservatives who once railed against federal agents now applaud them
Since Ruby Ridge and Waco, some right-wing populists had excoriated federal law enforcement. Now those agents are being deployed by their allies.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Many of those who claimed to be conservative only wanted to conserve white supremacy.
Many of those who claimed to support liberty only wanted the liberty to oppress others without government interference.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/23/right-wing-federal-agents-ice-immigrants/
Many of those who claimed to support liberty only wanted the liberty to oppress others without government interference.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/01/23/right-wing-federal-agents-ice-immigrants/
I know I'm getting old because I can remember a time when Republicans were *outraged* about federal cops raiding a home to arrest and deport an illegal immigrant
January 22, 2026 at 10:06 PM
I know I'm getting old because I can remember a time when Republicans were *outraged* about federal cops raiding a home to arrest and deport an illegal immigrant
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Colleen Shogan joined @ericboehm87.bsky.social from @reason.com to discuss In Pursuit, our national essay project focused on strengthening shared civic memory ahead of the Semiquincentennial.
Listen/watch here:
reason.com/podcast/2026...
Listen/watch here:
reason.com/podcast/2026...
Can we save American history from partisan politics?
Former U.S. Archivist Colleen Shogan discusses the importance of preserving presidential records and the challenge of maintaining public trust in an era of partisan conflict.
reason.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Colleen Shogan joined @ericboehm87.bsky.social from @reason.com to discuss In Pursuit, our national essay project focused on strengthening shared civic memory ahead of the Semiquincentennial.
Listen/watch here:
reason.com/podcast/2026...
Listen/watch here:
reason.com/podcast/2026...
Somehow "we're only preparing to attack Minnesota, not Greenland too" isn't reassuring me that the White House has things under control
January 18, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Somehow "we're only preparing to attack Minnesota, not Greenland too" isn't reassuring me that the White House has things under control
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New York Times: "Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, said at a news conference that the agent who fired his weapon has been treated at a hospital and released. He can be seen in videos of the shooting walking around the scene after firing his weapon, with no apparent injuries."
Update from Jesus Jiménez
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
New York Times: "Kristi Noem, the Homeland Security secretary, said at a news conference that the agent who fired his weapon has been treated at a hospital and released. He can be seen in videos of the shooting walking around the scene after firing his weapon, with no apparent injuries."
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Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
January 7, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Here's the ICE agent "defending himself" by shooting into the driver's side window of a car that's pulling *away* from him.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Put this photo on the front page of every newspaper in America.
Holy shit
This is the video.
January 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Holy shit
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
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Trump is approaching his sixth year as president and still doesn’t know what the Department of Energy does.
January 7, 2026 at 1:02 AM
Trump is approaching his sixth year as president and still doesn’t know what the Department of Energy does.
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thrilled to say i dunno who this particular man is but ive found in general that people who talk like this in public tend to be people who are like incapable of doing their laundry on their own
January 7, 2026 at 12:57 AM
thrilled to say i dunno who this particular man is but ive found in general that people who talk like this in public tend to be people who are like incapable of doing their laundry on their own
Some good news to end the year!
BREAKING: After legal setbacks, President Trump says he's dropping push for the National Guard in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland for now.
Trump says he's dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA and Portland, Oregon, for now
President Donald Trump says he’s dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.
bit.ly
December 31, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Some good news to end the year!
Absolutely fucking grotesque
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Absolutely fucking grotesque
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CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
December 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
CATO INSTITUTE:
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Despite DOGE slashing jobs, government spending in every month of 2025 “was greater than in every other year .. An observer who did not know when DOGE started could not identify it” on a chart. 🤡
www.cato.org/blog/doge-pr...
Socialism sucks
Trump: "You can give up certain products. You could give up pencils. Because under the China policy, every child can get 37 pencils. They only need 1 or 2. They don't need that many. You always need steel. You don't need 37 dolls for your daughter. 2 or 3 is nice. So we're doing things right."
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Socialism sucks
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Instant all-timer here:
December 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Instant all-timer here:
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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