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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 13h

The U.S. government has apparently been happy to teach repressive Arab governments more effective surveillance tactics.
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The U.S. military is helping Arab dictatorships run psyops

The Pentagon spends a lot of taxpayer money on propaganda worldwide. Some of it is coordinated with Middle Eastern dictators, 'The Washington Post' revealed.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 16h

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more.

The government gave her nothing.

This Indiana city doesn’t have to pay an innocent mom $16,000 after police wrecked her home, court rules

Law enforcement launched 30 tear gas canisters into Amy Hadley's home, smashed windows, ransacked furniture, destroyed security cameras, and more. The government gave her nothing.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 23h

The best thing that can be said about Trump's first nine months in charge of the federal government is that the deficit didn't get worse.

After all those DOGE cuts, federal spending still increased by $300 billion

For the fiscal year that ended on September 30, the federal government spent more than $7 trillion and ran a $1.8 trillion deficit.

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If the courts get in Trump's way, he can always resort to the alarmingly broad Insurrection Act, which gives him more discretion to deploy the military for law enforcement purposes.

Trump won't invoke the Insurrection Act—as long as he can use the National Guard however he wants

If the courts try to enforce legal limits on the president's military deployments, he can resort to an alarmingly broad statute that gives him more discretion.

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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 3d

Maria Corina Machado lives in hiding—because she’d otherwise be jailed or killed for the crime of sticking up to a tinpot dictator. She’s fought against socialism
and is an ardent defender of the flourishing that comes from free market capitalism.

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Venezuela’s María Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for standing up to socialism

The award goes to a classical liberal and free market advocate who has risked her life to challenge Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship.

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Debbie Brockman's arrest comes less than 24 hours after a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking federal law enforcement agents from interfering with the First and Fourth Amendment rights of journalists and protesters.
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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 3d

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk.

He now faces years in prison.

Tennessee man arrested, gets $2 million bond for posting Facebook meme

Larry Bushart posted a meme on a local Facebook page about Charlie Kirk. He now faces years in prison.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 3d

The U.S. government is taking an ownership stake in yet another company.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 3d

Oscar Amaya has been held in federal immigration custody for over six months after receiving a final order of removal, raising serious constitutional concerns about how long the government can detain people.

'Louisiana Lockup' detention center is punishing immigrants for the same crime twice, new lawsuit says

The Trump administration is detaining undocumented immigrants indefinitely for prior criminal convictions. Now they’re being sued.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 4d

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

What changed over the past seven months of war in the Middle East?

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 4d

From pretrial detention to the threat of foreign rendition, the Abrego Garcia case shows how political prosecutions and coercive plea deals have eroded the promise of a fair trial.

What's really at stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case?

From pretrial detention to the threat of foreign rendition, the Abrego Garcia case shows how political prosecutions and coercive plea deals have eroded the promise of a fair trial.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 4d

Huge death penalty and forensic science news: Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, who was less than a week away from becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on disputed evidence of shaken baby syndrome reason.com/2025/10/09/t...

Texas court blocks execution of Robert Roberson in landmark 'shaken baby' case

Roberson has been saved again from becoming the first person to be executed based on disputed evidence of Abusive Head Trauma, formerly called "shaken baby syndrome."

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 4d

The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.

That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.

Trump's Labor Department admits that Trump's immigration crackdown is causing a shortage of farm workers

With fewer immigrant workers available on American farms, there is a risk of "supply shock-induced food shortages," the Labor Department says.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 5d

If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

The Constitution does not allow the president to unilaterally blow suspected drug smugglers to smithereens

If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 5d

It's not a great state of affairs when the president is calling for the arrest of his political opponents at the same time he's sending the military into the streets.

Of course, in 2025, it feels like just another Wednesday in America's long perambulation toward a militarized police state.

Trump calls for arrest of Chicago mayor and Illinois Gov. Pritzker

As Illinois resists the federal immigration blitz, the Trump administration ups the ante on authoritarian rhetoric.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 7d

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

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Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 5d

The federal government can't even pass a budget. What's it doing buying a mine?

Republican socialism: The Trump administration buys a stake in yet another company

Trilogy Metals will receive a $35.6 million "investment," and the federal government will now own a 10 percent stake in the company.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6d

This is the second lawsuit in a week challenging the Trump administration's National Guard deployments absent a qualifying emergency.

Trump sued—again—for unlawful and unconstitutional deployment of National Guard

This is the second lawsuit in a week challenging the Trump administration's National Guard deployments absent a qualifying emergency.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 6d

Latest: I have a feature story charting the brief but insane history of Florida’s Everglades detention camp reason.com/2025/10/07/a...

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6d

Alligator Alcatraz may have succeeded as a headline-generating spectacle and show of force, but it's been a wildly expensive big-government failure in every other respect.

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 7d

I've got the cover story on the latest issue of @reason.com. It's about how culture war legislation on everything from library books to lab-grown meat is feeding the police state reason.com/2025/10/06/c...

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6d

Politicians have long wanted to erode Americans' right to vote with their wallets, and they've used boycotts of Israel as a test case to introduce wide-ranging anti-boycott laws.

The U.S. government doesn't want you to read this report on Israel's business deals

The report submitted to the U.N. details how Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has evolved into an “economy of genocide.”

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 7d

Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles, fueled by false memories and made-for-TV outrage.

Trump’s troops return to a city that moved on: Dispatch from Portland

Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 7d

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 10d

One glaring error I noticed in the new Kamala Harris book is her claim that 350 transgender people, including 15 trans kids, were murdered in America in 2024

I read that and immediately knew that could not be right. And it's not right
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In '107 Days,' Kamala Harris unleashes criticism on Biden. Honestly, it's relatable.

The book offers ample reminders of what people find irritating about Harris. But she also comes across as relatable and even, occasionally, amusing.

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