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In its zeal to punish Big Tech, the Federal Trade Commission stuck to a market definition that became more obsolete with every year. reason.org/commentary/f...
Federal Trade Commission fails to convince judge that Meta monopolizes social media
In its zeal to punish Big Tech, the Federal Trade Commission stuck to a market definition that became more obsolete with every year.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
In its zeal to punish Big Tech, the Federal Trade Commission stuck to a market definition that became more obsolete with every year. reason.org/commentary/f...
In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5.4%. This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%. education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/pol...
November 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5.4%. This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%. education.jhu.edu/edpolicy/pol...
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Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch stated that accepting the Trump administration's logic and the powers they've assumed would result in "a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people's elected representatives."
Justices don't buy tariff argument
Plus: Outrage at Heritage, air traffic might get throttled, and more...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch stated that accepting the Trump administration's logic and the powers they've assumed would result in "a one-way ratchet toward the gradual but continual accretion of power in the executive branch and away from the people's elected representatives."
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Trump: "With the 100 percent, I was able to do it instantaneously when we were threatened by the rare earths, as you know, the magnets."
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Trump: "With the 100 percent, I was able to do it instantaneously when we were threatened by the rare earths, as you know, the magnets."
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China bought 22,130,000 tons of soy beans from the US last year. This year they bought zero because of the tariffs.
Trump: "We made a wonderful deal for everybody. Our farmers, as you know, with the soybeans at levels that nobody has ever seen before. If we didn't have the tariffs, we wouldn't have been able to do that."
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
China bought 22,130,000 tons of soy beans from the US last year. This year they bought zero because of the tariffs.
The case of Leo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen arrested twice by immigration enforcement, demonstrates the problem with the government's current strategy on immigration enforcement. reason.com/2025/10/31/i... via @reason.com
Adrian Moore on X: "ICE's Mass Arrests Ensnare U.S. Citizens and Show No Signs of Stopping https://t.co/VeUBkKwBqi via @reason" / X
ICE's Mass Arrests Ensnare U.S. Citizens and Show No Signs of Stopping https://t.co/VeUBkKwBqi via @reason
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October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The case of Leo Garcia Venegas, a U.S. citizen arrested twice by immigration enforcement, demonstrates the problem with the government's current strategy on immigration enforcement. reason.com/2025/10/31/i... via @reason.com
A new look at travel data shows how work from home accounts for all of the reduction in auto travel in recent year, and transit accounts for essentially none of it. We keep subsidizing transit to fail instead of reinventing it. tbd.ctr.utexas.edu/wp-content/u...
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A new look at travel data shows how work from home accounts for all of the reduction in auto travel in recent year, and transit accounts for essentially none of it. We keep subsidizing transit to fail instead of reinventing it. tbd.ctr.utexas.edu/wp-content/u...
Study finds state governments have a total of $2.7 trillion in debt, with 26 states exceeding $20 billion in debt each and 10 states over $70 billion. reason.org/transparency... @reason.org
Report ranks every state's debt, from California's $497 billion to South Dakota's $2 billion
Study finds state governments have a total of $2.7 trillion in debt, with 26 states exceeding $20 billion in debt each and 10 states over $70 billion.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Study finds state governments have a total of $2.7 trillion in debt, with 26 states exceeding $20 billion in debt each and 10 states over $70 billion. reason.org/transparency... @reason.org
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As Kevin correctly notes, this is a template straight from the playbook of the Caesars. It's how the republic became the principate, and how the principate later became the dominate. A military dependent on no other institution except the patronage of the emperor.
Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine
Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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October 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
As Kevin correctly notes, this is a template straight from the playbook of the Caesars. It's how the republic became the principate, and how the principate later became the dominate. A military dependent on no other institution except the patronage of the emperor.
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Abolish ICE and replace it with nothing.
October 11, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Abolish ICE and replace it with nothing.
Big tech companies in the US invest more in R&D than do most nations. This has huge spillover effects on research across the board as well as innovation in all sectors of the economy. itif.org/publications...
Tip of the Iceberg: Understanding the Full Depth of Big Tech’s Contribution to US Innovation and Competitiveness
While critics attack “big tech” from many angles, these five companies develop frontier technologies that require large-scale development, build infrastructure ranging from data centers to subsea cabl...
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October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Big tech companies in the US invest more in R&D than do most nations. This has huge spillover effects on research across the board as well as innovation in all sectors of the economy. itif.org/publications...
When concerned about the impact of AI on jobs, its worth remembering how technological change played a huge role in liberating women. It’s hard to know what good will come when people can do new things. open.substack.com/pub/vpostrel...
From the Archives: How Job-Killing Technologies Liberated Women
Progress is more than space adventures.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
When concerned about the impact of AI on jobs, its worth remembering how technological change played a huge role in liberating women. It’s hard to know what good will come when people can do new things. open.substack.com/pub/vpostrel...
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“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."
New "Fentanyl Poisonings" Act Would Target Social Media Sales, Again - Filter
In late September, Representatives Adam Gray (D-CA) and Gabe Evans (R-CO) introduced the “Combatting Fentanyl Poisonings Act of 2025.” It’s ...
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October 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“'Poisoning' lets bereaved parents tell the world that their child wasn’t a drug user—they were a good person. But it belies the fact that fentanyl users not only deserve to live, they didn’t have the information they needed either."
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this is an all timer of a Florida Man story
drunk Florida Man goes to the wrong house, breaks in, is immediately beaten up by an even purer Florida Man who does MMA
drunk Florida Man goes to the wrong house, breaks in, is immediately beaten up by an even purer Florida Man who does MMA
MMA fighter takes down intruder during South #Florida home break-in: "I don't have guns ... just God and my hands." www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/m... via @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy
MMA fighter takes down intruder during South Florida home break-in: "I don't have guns ... just God and my hands"
A trained MMA fighter in Broward used his skills and faith to subdue an alleged intruder who broke into his family's home, leaving the suspect injured and later jailed.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
this is an all timer of a Florida Man story
drunk Florida Man goes to the wrong house, breaks in, is immediately beaten up by an even purer Florida Man who does MMA
drunk Florida Man goes to the wrong house, breaks in, is immediately beaten up by an even purer Florida Man who does MMA
Philadelphia's city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns like crime and homey in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. reason.org/commentary/r... @reason.org
Restricting mobile health vans in Philadelphia will lead to more overdose deaths
Philadelphia's city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Philadelphia's city government can address legitimate quality-of-life concerns like crime and homey in Kensington without constraining lifesaving services. reason.org/commentary/r... @reason.org
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OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
OpenAI employees are very excited about how well their new AI tool can create fake videos of people doing crimes and have definitely thought through all the implications of this
Uber-like ride services focusing on taking kids to and from school are so popular in some places, they are displacing, traditional school buses. Markets for everything… stateline.org/2025/09/30/s...
School ride-hailing services may be nudging aside traditional buses • Stateline
A pathway has opened for an industry of small-car, ride-hailing and private transport services to ferry children to and from school.
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September 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Uber-like ride services focusing on taking kids to and from school are so popular in some places, they are displacing, traditional school buses. Markets for everything… stateline.org/2025/09/30/s...
Astonishing! According to @urbaninstitute, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida lead the nation is 4th grade reading test scores that compare kids of similar demographics. www.urban.org/research/pub...
September 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Astonishing! According to @urbaninstitute, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida lead the nation is 4th grade reading test scores that compare kids of similar demographics. www.urban.org/research/pub...
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The Constitution is meant to protect ordinary people from their government rather than the other way around.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
California got this one right: ICE agents shouldn't be allowed to wear masks
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
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September 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Constitution is meant to protect ordinary people from their government rather than the other way around.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
Masked agents are the unmistakable sign of a police state.
Join us to watch @reason and @NRO debate the merits of mass immigration! www.eventbrite.com/e/reason-ver...
September 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Abolish the FCC
Let the invisible hand regulate the invisible resource.
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September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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2022 — a confession:
September 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
2022 — a confession:
This is the future a rush to regulate AI will prevent. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...
AI-designed viruses are here and already killing bacteria
Can AI create a life form? These “generative” genomes are a start
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September 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This is the future a rush to regulate AI will prevent. www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/17/1...
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The attorney general is now getting called out by fellow conservatives.
Pam Bondi is really wrong about hate speech
Bondi should know that hate speech is vigorously protected by the First Amendment, and as such, cannot be policed.
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September 16, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The attorney general is now getting called out by fellow conservatives.
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Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...
September 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Donald Trump's approval rating has fallen to -17 in our tracker, the worst of his second term www.economist.com/interactive/...