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September 15, 2025

Paying for sex should be a crime.

Melanie Thompson is the chief outreach and advocacy officer at the Coalition Against Trafficking in Women vs. Kaytlin Bailey of The Oldest Profession Podcast.

(Melanie Thompson, left; Kaytlin Bailey, right)

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August 12, 2025

President Trump's deportation policies generally violate key civil liberties as set forth in the U.S. Constitution.

Glenn Greenwald host of SYSTEM UPDATE nightly on Rumble vs. Anna K. Gorisch, the founder and managing partner of Kendall Immigration Law.

(Glenn Greenwald, left; Anna Gorisch, right)

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July 16, 2025

The government should offer to all Americans a health insurance plan that would compete with private insurance plans.

Jacob Hacker of Yale University vs. David Goldhill, the CEO and cofounder of Sesame.

(Jacob Hacker, left; David Goldhill, right)

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June 19, 2025

The Cold War was a necessary response by the United States to a Soviet and Chinese threat to the global balance of power.

Hal Brands of global affairs at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies vs. Gareth Porter, an American historian, investigative journalist, author, and policy analyst, specializes in U.S. national security issues.

(Hal Brands, left; Gareth Porter, right)

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May 21, 2025

Government restrictions on the immigration of peaceful and healthy people make sense from a libertarian standpoint, especially in present-day America.

Dave Smith is a comedian, political commentator, and host of the Part of the Problem podcast vs. Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute.

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April 26, 2025

Libertarians should focus on building liberty-for-real societies like the Free State Project, rather than reforming an ever-expanding, uncontrollable federal government.

Eric Brakey is the executive director of the Free State Project vs. comedian, author, and political satirist Andrew Heaton.

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March 18, 2025

The oppression of Palestinians in non-democratic Israel has been systematic and profound.

Peter Beinart is a Professor of Journalism and Political Science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York vs. Michael Rubin of the American Enterprise Institute.

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Peter Beinart’s opening statement
Michael Rubin’s opening statement

February 2, 2025

The United States started the new Cold War with Russia and provoked Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Eli Lake is the host of "The Re-Education" podcast vs. Scott Horton, author of Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism.

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Eli Lake's Opening Statment
Scott Horton’s opening statement

January 27, 2025

President Nayib Bukele's crime-fighting policies in El Salvador provide a model for reducing violence in other Latin American countries.

Peter Gietl is the managing editor for Return and Frontier magazine for Blaze Media vs. Ricardo Avelar is a journalist, editor, and political analyst from El Salvador

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Peter Gietl's Opening Statment
Ricardo Avelar's Opening Statment

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