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Legalizing weed

Letting gay people get married

Voting rights

Police reform

Fighting monopolies and banning noncompetes and no-poach agreements
Zoning reform and pro-density policy

Prison reform

Letting trans people use bathrooms

...The list of left-libertarian stuff goes on and on
MOAR IMMIGRATION

Reproductive rights

Press freedom
The truth is, both the Dems and the GOP have libertarian ideas within them.

Dems like personal freedoms, GOP likes business freedoms.

There are only a small number of people who are enthusiastic about both of these which is why so few people call themselves "libertarian".
But I believe that as Texas goes blue, it will generally tend to emphasize the personal-freedom aspects of the Dem agenda, rather than the socialist aspects. Because Texas culture will always be very freedom-oriented in general.

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There's more than one way to get meaning in life.
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1/Since Trump's demand for his Wall is in the headlines, I thought it would be a good time for a thread about a history book I just read:

"Dividing Lines: The Politics of Immigration Control in America", by Daniel Tichenor (2002)

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But if you just raise the top rate without closing loopholes, you'll likely be disappointed.
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