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HBO's @LastWeekTonight has a long track record of citing social science findings without the appropriate context, massaging them to support whatever point @iamjohnoliver is trying to make.
The European Union blacklisted a German journalist for allegedly spreading Russian propaganda, freezing his bank accounts without a trial.
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Two women are suing Matt Gaetz in federal court for alleged sex trafficking. But they claim no force, fraud, or underage victims, just an "exploitative power imbalance."
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Definitions of different housing types are arbitrary. Every productive housing reform produces conflict.
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WATCH: The Reason Roundtable discuss the riots engulfing France and whether the country's increasingly unsustainable welfare state has made it ungovernable.
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WATCH: Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi react to Vivek Ramaswamy's attack ad against opponent Amy Acton, as well as Tyler Cowen's latest article suggesting Elizabeth Holmes —and most other non-violent female criminals— should not be in prison. reason.com/podcast/2026/10/2…
Even if AR-15s are covered by the Second Amendment, Cook County tells the Supreme Court, that does not mean Americans have a right to own them. reason.com/2026/10/22/defend…
These industries have refused to grow up, and it's time to stop pretending that tariffs will fix that. reason.com/2026/10/22/peter-…
Midterm predictions! @robbysoave says Democrats will take back the Senate...and then lose it. reason.com/2026/10/22/i-pred…
Customs and Border Protection seized a nurse’s phone filled with psychiatric patient data, reportedly saying that “your lawyer cannot do anything” and that agents can take the data “the easy way or the hard way.” reason.com/2026/10/22/border…
France is a warning to California's tax-the-rich crowd. reason.com/2026/10/22/france…
Laws against guns on school grounds don’t deter murderers and shouldn’t threaten good Samaritans.
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.@iamjohnoliver warned against cherry-picked studies. Then he cherry-picked his own. reason.com/video/2026/10/22/…
Adopting Trump's terms, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warned broadcasters against airing "fake" or "suppression polls." reason.com/2026/10/22/fcc-ch…
"The government can't take your stuff, disappear, and then never explain itself."
But that's exactly what happened to this Arizona convenience store owner when DHS and IRS agents took almost half a million dollars from him with no explanation: buff.ly/koalZ4d
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About the Trump family cashing in on dad's position, read @MattWelch's @reason feature, 'The Most Corrupt Presidency in American History, by the Numbers.' reason.com/2026/07/09/the-mo…
'I don’t think there’s evidence that the Trump family has become enriched by politics,' says @JDVance, ignoring the $2+ billion Trump's own disclosures show after since taking office again in 2025. He is either lying or nuts. Pathetic.
RFK Jr. wants to remove regulatory barriers that have stifled competition in kidney care. But his plan leaves the government's outsize role largely untouched. reason.com/2026/10/22/rfk-jr…
A religious preschool is barred from participating in a state’s universal pre-K program because the school won’t admit LGBTQ families. SCOTUS will decide what’s legal. reason.com/2026/10/22/a-reli…
The DOJ will investigate living conditions inside the Washington, D.C. Jail following years of reports of filth, medical neglect, and brutality.
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Justice Samuel Alito has taken to calling himself a “practical originalist.”
But the legal approach that Alito espouses in his new book sounds more like the results-oriented “living constitutionalism” that originalists are supposed to oppose. reason.com/2026/10/08/alitos…
