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Germany Restricts Emigration To Prevent Young Men From Escaping The Military Draft Authored by Ryan McMaken via the Mises Institute, Late last year, German lawmakers passed new legislation paving the way for military conscription. As the Guardian reports, “The change will include the obligatory screening of all 18-year-old men to gauge their suitability to serve in the military from 1 January..” This is not (yet) full-blown conscription, but clearly moves in that direction, providing the German state with a plan to measure and assess the availability of young men who...

More Than 1,000 TSA Officers Have Quit Amid Shutdown Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday that more than 1,000 Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers have left the agency since the partial shutdown began on Feb. 14. An employee with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checks the documents of a traveler at Reagan National Airport in Washington, Jan. 6, 2019. Joshua Roberts/Reuters Amid the record-breaking lapse in funding, DHS said that with summer months approaching and the FIFA World Cup kicking off...