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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 22h

We don't pull any punches in this one. And for those who may not know it, DHS publicly threatened my colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social for his superb work exposing their lies about one specific ICE misconduct episode.

Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23h

@davidjbier.bsky.social & @pgeddington.com chat assaults on ICE and the constitution on the @cato.org Podcast

Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution

Podcast Episode · Cato Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 32m

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23h

@davidjbier.bsky.social & @pgeddington.com chat assaults on ICE and the constitution on the @cato.org Podcast

Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution

Podcast Episode · Cato Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 32m

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 23h

“Great civilizations, history shows, do not end by fate or old age. They end — or revive — by choice…”

Opinion | Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says.

The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out?

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 1d

It’s fun being 40 at concerts you just complain about how your body hurts between bands

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Cato Institute @cato.org · 4d

Maria Corina Machado has inspired hope among Venezuelans and emerged as a moral leader across the region, says Ian Vásquez, VP for International Studies at the Cato Institute.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, a valued friend of the Cato Institute, on winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize!

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 5d

Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado speaks to @cato.org’s conference last year youtube.com/watch?v=GLeO...

María Corina Machado at “The Rebirth of Liberty in Argentina and Beyond”

YouTube video by The Cato Institute

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 5d

Mike Johnson with a jacket that says Trump Vance and photoshopped to also say “this has nothing to do with Epstein”

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 5d

“But all this time she’s been so afraid of failure that she forgot to also be fearful of success. And that’s become her central dilemma.”

Steven Hyden @stevenhyden.bsky.social · 6d

Published my newsletter a little early this week because I unfortunately decided to wade into Taylor Swift discourse.

Please consider subscribing for direct links to my writing/pods! It's free!

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The Last Taylor Swift Thinkpiece

Plus: New Music By Jay Som and An Interview With Wednesday/MJ Lenderman Producer Alex Farrar

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David Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 6d

DEI for me, not for thee.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7d

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Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

Pope Leo told U.S. bishops visiting him at the Vatican on Wednesday that they should firmly address how immigrants are being treated by President Donald Trump's hardline policies, attendees said, in the latest push by the pontiff on the issue.

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 7d

Rock Creek

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hillsm321.bsky.social @hillsm321.bsky.social · 8d

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Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.

If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 12d

Go Alex/mass immigration!

Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 13d

Coming up tonight in DC! (Sadly, I will not be there) www.eventbrite.com/e/reason-ver...

(Friends, students, & interns — DM me for a discount code if you’re interested!)

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 14d

This is genuinely the most optimism-inspiring event of Trump 2.0.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 14d

The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?

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The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay

Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 15d

Hate getting hit with the “you actually need to parent” notification

Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 18d

In all fairness, they probably released a statement Friday afternoon because it would get buried rather a rush to get it out.

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 19d

"Libertarians for masked Federal agents grabbing people off the streets."

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Patrick G. Eddington @pgeddington.com · 20d

My latest @ocregister.bsky.social piece, "Bureaucrats and political repression: A cautionary tale," is out now. Key passages in screenshots in case you hit a paywall.

www.ocregister.com/2025/09/24/b...

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 20d

Money Jungle is remarkably timeless

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Kerry Howley @kerryhowley.bsky.social · 20d

The fact that soi-disant libertarians had trouble deciding who to vote for in this election boggles the mind

Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 20d

As a child of the Reagan years, the fact that the *Republican Party* is expropriating shares in companies and shaking companies down while saying stuff like this is wild

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20d

BARTIROMO: The idea of government owning portions of public companies -- this is something that free-market have to get their heads around.

BESSENT: Maria, there are decisions that the US government makes that we believe are good for society

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 21d

“After the surge of federal agents began, over sixty percent of D.C. residents said they felt less safe”

D.C. residents are deeply disquieted by masked feds

It is legal for ICE and other agents to obscure their identity, but it comes at a cost.

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 21d

“Once Washington decides the answer – by slapping on a warning label or funding research designed to prove a theory – it stops being science and starts being politics.” @cato.org

Trump, Kennedy overreach on Tylenol but don't go far enough on drug regulations | Opinion

The scientific community is already doing its job on autism research. The federal government should keep its thumb off the scale.

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 22d

The kind of centrist where I don’t understand the rapture references and don’t care to find out

Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 22d

Force feeding a pregnant wife Tylenol so the child grows up to earn an academic scholarship

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Joe Verruni @verruni.bsky.social · 22d

“The biggest worry from politically motivated terrorism is that the political reaction to a minor threat will do far more harm. The USA PATRIOT Act, increased airport security measures and every war after 9/11 provided enough evidence of that.”

America is Not Enduring an Epidemic of Political Assassinations

The real danger isn’t the paltry political violence we’ve seen or are likely to, it’s the government’s overreaction.

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