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Champion of Truth.
The last lone flame of truth, justice, and reason in this God forsaken world.
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The last lone flame of truth, justice, and reason in this God forsaken world.
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Secret idiot.
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"Oklahoma lawmakers are suggesting that a new state law aimed at "adult performances" means municipalities must predict what sorts of events might become obscene and preemptively prohibit them. 1/2
Oklahoma's obscenity bait and switch could ban pride parades and public drag shows
These lawmakers expect local authorities to ban "obscenity" before it happens—a recipe for chilling a wide variety of legal speech.
reason.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Oklahoma lawmakers are suggesting that a new state law aimed at "adult performances" means municipalities must predict what sorts of events might become obscene and preemptively prohibit them. 1/2
"Trump has sought to justify the summary execution of suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the US is engaged in an "armed conflict" with criminal organizations that supply prohibited intoxicants. 1/4
Trump says his 'armed conflict' with drug traffickers does not involve 'hostilities'
The government is tying itself in knots to cast murder as self-defense and avoid legal limits on the president's use of the military.
reason.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
"Trump has sought to justify the summary execution of suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the US is engaged in an "armed conflict" with criminal organizations that supply prohibited intoxicants. 1/4
"Air traffic control (ATC) is too important to be vulnerable to politics. Around the world, governments have acknowledged this fact and depoliticized their ATC systems, beginning with the reformist Labor government of New Zealand in 1987. 1/5
America’s longest government shutdown shows why we must free air traffic control from politics
Nations that moved air traffic control out of politics have better tech, no shutdown chaos, and stable funding. Congress keeps choosing dysfunction instead.
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Air traffic control (ATC) is too important to be vulnerable to politics. Around the world, governments have acknowledged this fact and depoliticized their ATC systems, beginning with the reformist Labor government of New Zealand in 1987. 1/5
"prosecutors would have to persuade a jury that there is no reasonable doubt about either of those propositions. It is therefore not surprising that..Halligan's predecessor, was not keen to pursue this case, or that Trump managed to get what he wanted only by intervening at the last minute. 1/4
Federal prosecutors flesh out their case against James Comey. It still looks shaky.
The government posits that the former FBI director tried to conceal his interactions with a friend who was publicly described as an "unofficial media surrogate."
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"prosecutors would have to persuade a jury that there is no reasonable doubt about either of those propositions. It is therefore not surprising that..Halligan's predecessor, was not keen to pursue this case, or that Trump managed to get what he wanted only by intervening at the last minute. 1/4
If you can't humanely treat the mass of people you are arresting on immigration charges, then you should arrest less people. 1/6
Federal judge blasts ‘disgusting’ ICE facility conditions, orders basic humane treatment for detainees
“The evidence has been pretty strong that his facility is no longer just a temporary holding facility,” said U.S. District Court Judge Robert Gettleman. “It has really become a prison.”
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you can't humanely treat the mass of people you are arresting on immigration charges, then you should arrest less people. 1/6
"Over the last decade, roughly one in every 10 dollars of budget authority has worn an emergency tag.
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'Emergency' has become Washington’s favorite loophole. It’s costing taxpayers $15 trillion.
What was once meant to be a narrow exception for genuine crises has become a routine pretext for government overreach.
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"Over the last decade, roughly one in every 10 dollars of budget authority has worn an emergency tag.
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""Mamdani won about 62% of the vote among New Yorkers under 30, and more than half among those aged 30 to 44," Spain's El Pais noted in an analysis of the election, which was followed around the world. "By contrast, among voters over 65, he drew just 29%." 1/3
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Mamdani's win suggests a socialist future for Democrats and a rocky one for American politics
The Democratic Party is becoming more socialist. That might not be the worst of our concerns.
reason.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
""Mamdani won about 62% of the vote among New Yorkers under 30, and more than half among those aged 30 to 44," Spain's El Pais noted in an analysis of the election, which was followed around the world. "By contrast, among voters over 65, he drew just 29%." 1/3
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High income people have been leaving New York because it's too expensive to live there and there are too many regulations compared to other places.
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The sinking of New York: massive exodus of talent, companies, and millionaires | @visualeconomiken
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November 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
High income people have been leaving New York because it's too expensive to live there and there are too many regulations compared to other places.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ4i...
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Algeria & The African Arms Race You've (Probably) Never Heard Of - Surging Budgets & Russian Weapons
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Algeria & The African Arms Race You've (Probably) Never Heard Of - Surging Budgets & Russian Weapons
YouTube video by Perun
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November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Algeria & The African Arms Race You've (Probably) Never Heard Of - Surging Budgets & Russian Weapons
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7_F...
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'We Have a Border for a Reason' | "The Opinions" podcast
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November 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Comedian EXPOSES the Sad Truth About Young MAGA Voters
YouTube video by Comedian Destroys
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Nigeria's violence involves herders fighting farmers. Herders have the military advantage so more often slaughter farmers than the other way around.
There's a variety of violence and not all of it fits the herder VS farmer paradigm, and some of it is religiously motivated or facilitated. 1/2
There's a variety of violence and not all of it fits the herder VS farmer paradigm, and some of it is religiously motivated or facilitated. 1/2
Nigeria’s Christian Genocide: Explained.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Nigeria's violence involves herders fighting farmers. Herders have the military advantage so more often slaughter farmers than the other way around.
There's a variety of violence and not all of it fits the herder VS farmer paradigm, and some of it is religiously motivated or facilitated. 1/2
There's a variety of violence and not all of it fits the herder VS farmer paradigm, and some of it is religiously motivated or facilitated. 1/2
""Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," 1/3
Even the FBI thinks masked ICE agents are a bad idea
In a bulletin first reported by 'Wired', the bureau warns masked agents are easier for criminals to impersonate.
reason.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
""Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states, warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation," 1/3
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“.. demonstrates how Mr. Trump’s handling of pardons and commutations has allowed some convicts to return to criminality.”
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November 10, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“.. demonstrates how Mr. Trump’s handling of pardons and commutations has allowed some convicts to return to criminality.”
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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“.. Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
“.. As of September, the year-over-year inflation rate had increased for five consecutive months.”
@ddale8.bsky.social
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“.. As of September, the year-over-year inflation rate had increased for five consecutive months.”
@ddale8.bsky.social
www.cnn.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 11, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“.. Grocery prices. Gas prices. Prescription drug prices. Overall prices. Over just three days, Trump made false claims about all of them.
“.. As of September, the year-over-year inflation rate had increased for five consecutive months.”
@ddale8.bsky.social
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“.. As of September, the year-over-year inflation rate had increased for five consecutive months.”
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Facts would like a word.
November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Facts would like a word.
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Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Mike Johnson: "That's the reason the inflation is up, the cost of living is up so high -- because of the policies of the previous administration. Now, we're working to root those policies out and implement our own, but it takes a little time."
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Who imposed tariffs?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
Who cut immigration, destroying the ag workforce?
Who undermined the Fed?
Who halted renewable energy?
Who's running deficits?
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
"Despite Trump promising to stand "with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," his administration has fast-tracked deportations for victims of communism."
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Don't send Cubans and Venezuelans back to suffer under Communism
Despite Trump promising to stand "with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," his administration has fast-tracked deportations for victims of communism.
reason.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
"Despite Trump promising to stand "with the good people of Cuba and Venezuela," his administration has fast-tracked deportations for victims of communism."
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Gas is not $2 a gallon. The national average is a little over $3 a gallon, about the same as it was a year ago...prices as a whole continue to rise at politically inconvenient rates. 1/3
Trump seems very confused about 'affordability'
The president says the affordability crisis is over, but he's also promising huge government checks. And he doesn't know how much gas costs.
reason.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Gas is not $2 a gallon. The national average is a little over $3 a gallon, about the same as it was a year ago...prices as a whole continue to rise at politically inconvenient rates. 1/3
"Mamdani's signature campaign promise was to freeze the rent for more than 2 million tenants living in rent-controlled housing. But the city's cost of living has grown unabated despite decades of rent control—which, coupled with restrictive zoning, has made the city's housing shortage worse." 1/2
6 Zohran Mamdani campaign promises that New York City can't afford
Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor by promising New Yorkers “free” programs and services with their own money.
reason.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
"Mamdani's signature campaign promise was to freeze the rent for more than 2 million tenants living in rent-controlled housing. But the city's cost of living has grown unabated despite decades of rent control—which, coupled with restrictive zoning, has made the city's housing shortage worse." 1/2
""On April 1, 2024, California raised its minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour for fast-food workers employed at chains with more than 60 locations nationwide,"... 1/2
California’s fast-food minimum wage hike is killing jobs
You can’t legislate your way to prosperity.
reason.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
""On April 1, 2024, California raised its minimum wage from $16 to $20 per hour for fast-food workers employed at chains with more than 60 locations nationwide,"... 1/2
Keynes vs MMT: which economic theory fits our world?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 10, 2025 at 8:04 PM