Hoover Daily Report | February 20, 2026

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This Friday, Stephen Kotkin reviews a new book on influential 20th-century communist Leon Trotsky and explains how the belief system of Marxist revolutionaries led them to moral depravity; Tom Church and Daniel Heil outline the fiscal consequences of Social Security benefits growing much faster than program income; and Larry Diamond shares his vision of a future US foreign policy that once again prioritizes the advancement of democracy and the promotion of freedom. Hoover Daily Report | February 20, 2026

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