<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/01/ponnuru-trump-federal-funding-leverage/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">My column today</a>:

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<p class="wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null" data-apitype="text" data-contentid="BXATFYSYDBEDVIXDYACF6MPPWA" data-el="text" data-scroll-pos="0" data-scroll-measured="true">We tried to warn them.
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<p class="wpds-c-heFNVF wpds-c-heFNVF-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy" dir="null" data-apitype="text" data-contentid="4ZRNDID2QNEXRH2FSP3J4AGLCI" data-el="text" data-scroll-pos="1" data-scroll-measured="true">For decades, whenever liberals proposed expanding federal involvement to new domains of American life, we conservatives explained that new government powers could easily be redeployed for ends they would not like.
They ignored us, and now they are starting to pay the price. . . .
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‘We tried to warn them.’{ai:summary}Conservatives have long cautioned that expanding federal powers could lead to unintended consequences. Despite these warnings, liberals have pushed for increased government involvement, and now they are beginning to face the repercussions of their decisions. #politics

The Corner: When Leviathan Switches Sides

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