The 'Affordability' Agenda That Taxes Your Dinner
Food-related taxes are rising in popularity, though they hurt restaurants and customers—and may even fail as a revenue-raising tool.
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After 2 Decades of Raids and Prison Stints, Liverpool's 'Cannabis Martyr' Is Still 'Fighting for Freedom'
Gary Youds says his cannabis café is “what the future looks like the day after the drug war.”
Trump's New Birthright Citizenship Executive Orders Are Mostly Theater
The two measures combine unconstitutional provisions with performance art.
Democrats Want To Tax AI Companies for Job Losses That Haven't Happened
The proposed tax would rise with unemployment and fund a new federal jobs program—even though AI has yet to cause mass unemployment.
ICE Spent $525 Million on Surveillance Tech. Some of It Is Infringing on Americans' Freedom of Speech.
New details emerge regarding the Trump administration's surveillance dragnet cracking down on its online critics.
The White House's Push To Pause the Hemp Ban Smells Like Cronyism
The ban would gut a growing industry, but the Trump administration’s position isn’t a principled stand against prohibition.
North Carolina Citizen Files Damages Claim After Border Patrol Arrested Him, Then Left Him on the Roadside
A viral video showed immigration officers uncuffing Fernando Vasquez and then dumping his papers onto the ground before driving off.
Trump Administration Will Pay $1.2 Billion To Cancel More Offshore Wind Projects, Calling It 'Common Sense'
German energy company RWE decided "there is no path forward to permit these projects in the U.S. for the foreseeable future."
Trump Says He Took Venezuela's Oil. Here's What Actually Happened.
Trump put Venezuelan revenues in a secretive bank account overseen by the U.S. government. It's a display of the Treasury's unaccountable power.
One Night Only Is a Rare Rom-Com About Regulation
In The Purge: but for Sex, everyone takes a crackdown on sexual freedom for granted.
A Burrito Costs How Much?
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Can You Imagine a Future Where Adults Don't Believe in Socialism?
Only in a capitalist world can we live free and prosperous lives, even if it means that we're expected to show up to work on time.
Twin Falls Shooting Underlines the Need for Taking Self-Defense Seriously
Armed people at the scene of the crime fired on the attacker and drove him away.
Review: Feuding Neighbors Snoop on Their Enemies
In HBO's Neighbors docuseries, nearly every dispute is recorded and shared.
The GOP Is Warning About Socialism While Quietly Embracing It
Federal ownership of private companies has become routine. And it is happening on the right, even as conservatives point fingers at the left for its socialism.
Francesca Hong's Hateful Holidays, Burrito Prices, and Woke 1.0
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi cover all of the politically charged food takes of the week from Thanksgiving to burritos.
A Viral Tweet Set Off a Discourse on $20 Burritos. Here's the Truth About Inflation.
Americans are angry because everyday goods are much more expensive, and politicians think they should “stop whining.”
FCC Rule Change Would Allow More Broadcast Mergers, but It's Not Clear the FCC Has That Power.
It's not clear if the agency even has the legal authority to make the change. But if it goes through, there's little to worry about.
Scott Galloway's Bad Idea To Make Young Men Happier
Hint: It's mandatory national service.
DOGE Claimed $110 Billion in Spending Cuts That Couldn't Be Verified, Audit Finds
The DOGE project was the second Trump administration's best idea. Unfortunately, it was terribly executed.
Courts Say the Justice Department Is Shredding the 'Presumption of Regularity.' It Never Deserved Extra Trust.
Misconduct and misrepresentations by Justice Department lawyers have led some federal judges to question the traditional benefit of the doubt they give to the government.
A Major 'Online Safety' Bill Cleared a Senate Committee. More Crackdowns on Internet Freedom Could Be Coming.
The Senate Commerce committee advanced four bills related to online and AI safety in the name of protecting children.
A Federal Judge Rejects National Firearms Act Regulations, Saying Their Tax Rationale No Longer Applies
When Congress eliminated taxes on suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, it also eliminated the constitutional justification for regulating them.
Hawaii's End Run Around Citizens United Faces a First Amendment Roadblock
A new Hawaii law reclassifies corporate political speech as a "power" the state can revoke at will.
Socialist Moment
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Why James Madison Wanted Greater Limits on States' Rights
The “father of the Constitution” worried about federal and state overreach.
The Trump Administration Promises the 'Largest Denaturalization Effort Ever'
Denaturalization isn't new, but it has been used sparingly in modern history, in part because it is extremely costly and time-consuming.
The American Fingerprints on the Genocide in Sudan
Reuters and the U.N. accuse an operator with extensive U.S. government links of helping a Sudanese rebel group.
Trump's Newest Tariffs Could Protect America From the National Security Risk of Brass Instruments
An idea that's wildly out of tune at a time when Americans are trumpeting their worries about affordability.
Abdul El-Sayed Says He's Not a Socialist. His Policy Agenda Says Otherwise.
El-Sayed is pushing a mendacious claim: that people would be wealthier if they endured yet another massive transfer of money and power to a vast federal health bureaucracy.
Senators Want To Claw Back Trump's Spending Power. They Should Just Pass a Real Budget Instead.
The Senate’s funding bill stops the Trump administration from handing political appointees control over federal grants, but Congress isn’t eager to rein in spending.
Abdul El-Sayed's COVID Radicalism Is a Callback to a More United Party
The pandemic provided a glue that held the Democratic Party together. Without it, they don't know what they believe.
Socialist Hugo Chávez Destroyed Venezuela's Power Grid. Now the Regime Hopes Private Capital Will Rebuild It.
The regime is paying lip service to undoing a policy that caused incalculable human suffering but is hesitant to relinquish control.
Minnesota's Nudification Ban Could Punish People Over Parodies and Stripped-Down Selfies. Elon Musk's xAI Is Suing.
The law is written so broadly it could punish services that let you fake an image of yourself in a swimsuit.
How a Top Democratic Operative Lost Faith in Her Party
Evan Barker discusses the Democratic Party's growing disconnect from working-class voters, the realities of political fundraising, and the future of populism in America.
Socialists Are Trying To Take Hold of the Democratic Party—and They're Winning
The democratic socialists taking over the Democratic Party often say they just want affordable healthcare. They actually want to end America's constitutional system as we know it.
Progressive Michigan
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Roanoke Removes Gunshot Detectors Months After Approving Them
Limited evidence of effectiveness combined with privacy concerns raises questions about the sensors.
Dropped Cases Against Alleged Reflecting Pool Vandals Followed a Rush to Judgment
Trump still seems to think the question of individual guilt or innocence is irrelevant.
Boy Throb Had To Go Viral To Get Its Fourth Member a U.S. Visa
After building a fanbase around his immigration struggle, Darshan Magdum can finally come to America.
Greg Abbott Once Called Texas the 'Epicenter' of AI. Now He's Freezing Data Center Construction.
The bipartisan backlash against data centers reaches the Lone Star State.
The YIMBY-Libertarian Convergence
An eminent domain case out of Rhode Island shows how YIMBY regulatory reforms and libertarian constitutional law activism work in tandem.
Don't Hate the Dodgers for Dominating So Much, Hate the Bankruptcy Court That Helped Them Do It
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Blame Game
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