# Multimedia Multimedia --- - [Podcasts](/podcasts) - [Cato Video](/multimedia/cato-video) - [Video Series](/search/category/video-series) - [Events](/multimedia/events) [ Download Episode ](https://feeds.acast.com/public/streams/5e28e0d8963f166217546493/episodes/68cb195d51c124f095b64bc6.mp3)Subscribe: [ Apple Podcasts ](http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/cato-daily-podcast/id158961219) [ Spotify ](https://open.spotify.com/show/4dHRhKEljj8zcLdl3Gvsv7) Cato Weekly Podcast • September 18, 2025 # Free Speech and Domestic Tranquility Are Americans becoming dangerously tolerant of political violence? After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, our Cato panel looks at trends in public opinion, past episodes of political terrorism, and new risks to free expression. Plus, Milei’s electoral setback in Buenos Aires province—what now for Argentina’s libertarian experiment? #### Show Notes [![political violence protest](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-09/political%20violence.jpg?itok=_l6s68kg)](https://www.cato.org/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states) blog ### [Politically Motivated Violence Is Rare in the United States](/blog/politically-motivated-violence-rare-united-states) By [Alex Nowrasteh](https://www.cato.org/people/alex-nowrasteh) The government can and should vigorously pursue justice for Kirk and all the others murdered by politically motivated terrorists, but it can and should do so without new political witch hunts, expanded government powers, and a revived war on terrorism. [![Male mouth covered in tape with "X"](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2020-07/202007_speech_poll.jpg?itok=qtdBxmWk)](https://www.cato.org/survey-reports/state-free-speech-tolerance-america) Study ### [The State of Free Speech and Tolerance in America](/survey-reports/state-free-speech-tolerance-america) By [Emily Ekins](https://www.cato.org/people/emily-ekins) Nearly three‐​fourths (71%) of Americans believe that political correctness has done more to silence important discussions our society needs to have. A little more than a quarter (28%) instead believe that political correctness has done more to help people avoid offending others. [![Javier Milei Deregulation Illustration - Free Society Spring 2025](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2025-03/Javier-Milei-Dereg.jpg?itok=GgaNN3xm)](https://www.cato.org/free-society/spring-2025/deregulation-argentina-milei-takes-deep-chainsaw-bureaucracy-red-tape) Free Society ### [Deregulation in Argentina: Milei Takes “Deep Chainsaw” to Bureaucracy and Red Tape](/free-society/spring-2025/deregulation-argentina-milei-takes-deep-chainsaw-bureaucracy-red-tape) By [Ian Vásquez](https://www.cato.org/people/ian-vasquez) Argentine President Javier Milei has lowered inflation, drastically reduced government spending, and dismantled large parts of the federal bureaucracy. But one of the most far-reaching efforts by his administration has been its deregulation push, with officials implementing about two deregulations per day on average since he took office. [![milei](/sites/cato.org/files/styles/content_teaser/public/2023-12/milei%20presidnet%20.jpeg?itok=wtNkOOAV)](https://www.cato.org/blog/argentine-president-milei-should-let-peso-float) blog ### [Argentine President Milei Should Let the Peso Float](/blog/argentine-president-milei-should-let-peso-float) By [Lorenzo Bernaldo de Quirós](https://www.cato.org/people/lorenzo-bernaldodequiros) If President Milei does not achieve good results in the upcoming legislative elections in October, his ability to continue his reform program will be significantly compromised. Floating the peso would help avoid jeopardizing what Milei has achieved so far. 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