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The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

What changed over the past seven months of war in the Middle East?

The war in Gaza was already over in January. Trump let it reopen and expand. A ceasefire is good—but it should have happened much earlier.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 9h

From pretrial detention to the threat of foreign rendition, the Abrego Garcia case shows how political prosecutions and coercive plea deals have eroded the promise of a fair trial.

What's really at stake in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case?

From pretrial detention to the threat of foreign rendition, the Abrego Garcia case shows how political prosecutions and coercive plea deals have eroded the promise of a fair trial.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 10h

Huge death penalty and forensic science news: Texas' highest criminal court has stayed the execution of Robert Roberson, who was less than a week away from becoming the first person in the country to be executed based on disputed evidence of shaken baby syndrome reason.com/2025/10/09/t...

Texas court blocks execution of Robert Roberson in landmark 'shaken baby' case

Roberson has been saved again from becoming the first person to be executed based on disputed evidence of Abusive Head Trauma, formerly called "shaken baby syndrome."

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 15h

The Trump administration said Americans would fill farm jobs vacated by undocumented workers.

That's not happening, the Department of Labor now admits.

Trump's Labor Department admits that Trump's immigration crackdown is causing a shortage of farm workers

With fewer immigrant workers available on American farms, there is a risk of "supply shock-induced food shortages," the Labor Department says.

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If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

The Constitution does not allow the president to unilaterally blow suspected drug smugglers to smithereens

If the Trump administration wants to use military power, it should seek authorization from Congress, says Sen. Rand Paul.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 1d

It's not a great state of affairs when the president is calling for the arrest of his political opponents at the same time he's sending the military into the streets.

Of course, in 2025, it feels like just another Wednesday in America's long perambulation toward a militarized police state.

Trump calls for arrest of Chicago mayor and Illinois Gov. Pritzker

As Illinois resists the federal immigration blitz, the Trump administration ups the ante on authoritarian rhetoric.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 3d

Whoops—Ohio Accidentally Excludes Most Major Porn Platforms From Anti-Porn Law

File this under “lawmakers trying to regulate tech and the internet without understanding tech and the internet."

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Whoops—Ohio accidentally excludes most major porn platforms from anti-porn law

Ohio lawmakers set out to block minors from viewing online porn. They messed up.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 1d

The federal government can't even pass a budget. What's it doing buying a mine?

Republican socialism: The Trump administration buys a stake in yet another company

Trilogy Metals will receive a $35.6 million "investment," and the federal government will now own a 10 percent stake in the company.

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This is the second lawsuit in a week challenging the Trump administration's National Guard deployments absent a qualifying emergency.

Trump sued—again—for unlawful and unconstitutional deployment of National Guard

This is the second lawsuit in a week challenging the Trump administration's National Guard deployments absent a qualifying emergency.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 2d

Latest: I have a feature story charting the brief but insane history of Florida’s Everglades detention camp reason.com/2025/10/07/a...

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 2d

Alligator Alcatraz may have succeeded as a headline-generating spectacle and show of force, but it's been a wildly expensive big-government failure in every other respect.

Alligator Alcatraz was built on secrecy, expansive emergency powers, and an unprecedented state power grab

Shadowy deals and unilateral powers created Florida's notorious immigration detention camp.

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CJ Ciaramella @cjciaramella.bsky.social · 3d

I've got the cover story on the latest issue of @reason.com. It's about how culture war legislation on everything from library books to lab-grown meat is feeding the police state reason.com/2025/10/06/c...

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

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Politicians have long wanted to erode Americans' right to vote with their wallets, and they've used boycotts of Israel as a test case to introduce wide-ranging anti-boycott laws.

The U.S. government doesn't want you to read this report on Israel's business deals

The report submitted to the U.N. details how Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has evolved into an “economy of genocide.”

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 3d

Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles, fueled by false memories and made-for-TV outrage.

Trump’s troops return to a city that moved on: Dispatch from Portland

Five years after the city’s fiery 2020 protests, Portland is mostly calm. That hasn’t stopped Trump from reviving old battles.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 3d

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

Texas and Florida have become national models for using the police state to wage culture war battles

From library books to abortion, gender, and even food, the culture war is now feeding the police state.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 6d

One glaring error I noticed in the new Kamala Harris book is her claim that 350 transgender people, including 15 trans kids, were murdered in America in 2024

I read that and immediately knew that could not be right. And it's not right
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In '107 Days,' Kamala Harris unleashes criticism on Biden. Honestly, it's relatable.

The book offers ample reminders of what people find irritating about Harris. But she also comes across as relatable and even, occasionally, amusing.

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The U.S. government's attempts to stop this report from being published make it especially worth reading.

The U.S. government doesn't want you to read this report on Israel's business deals

The report submitted to the U.N. details how Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories has evolved into an “economy of genocide.”

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The Bush and Obama administrations tried something similar with alleged terrorists. But in that case, Congress had authorized military action against Al Qaeda and its allies.

In this case, by contrast, there is no such congressional authorization.

Defending the summary execution of suspected drug smugglers, Trump declares an 'armed conflict'

The president thinks he can transform murder into self-defense by executive fiat.

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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 7d

This is insane. DHS agents tackled an American citizen & held him for an hour because, according to his suit, they thought his ID was fake. Three weeks later, he was detained *again.* No one who cares about responsible government should be OK this kind of harassment. reason.com/2025/10/01/i...

ICE arrested a U.S. citizen—twice—during Alabama construction site raids. Now he's suing.

'I got arrested twice for being a Latino working in construction,' says Leo Garcia Venegas, in a lawsuit challenging ICE raids on construction sites.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 5d

Under pressure from Trump's DOJ, Apple just removed crowdsourcing apps used to alert users about federal immigration activity in their area from the app store.
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Apple removed ICEBlock from app store under DOJ pressure

“This is protected speech,” said the app’s creator. “We are determined to fight this with everything we have."

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6d

The Trump administration is apparently canceling clean energy grants only from blue states.

Ironically, most of that money went to red states.

Trump to cancel Biden-era green energy grants, but only for blue states

The president would be justified in wanting to rescind all state grants. Instead, he's apparently letting states that voted for him keep the cash.

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Elizabeth Nolan Brown @enbrown.bsky.social · 7d

It's no secret that I am no fan of Kamala Harris. But her new book was made bearable by its hilarious undercurrent of disappointment in, disbelief at, and sometimes barely concealed rage about Joe Biden

In '107 Days,' Kamala Harris unleashes criticism on Biden. Honestly, it's relatable.

The book offers ample reminders of what people find irritating about Harris. But she also comes across as relatable and even, occasionally, amusing.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 6d

Democrats should use the shutdown to curb the Trump administration's worst authoritarian abuses, not to try to goad Republicans into eliminating an important check on executive excess.

Turning the government shutdown into a fight about the filibuster is a terrible idea

Democrats should use the shutdown to curb the the Trump administration's worst authoritarian abuses, not to try to goad Republicans into eliminating an important check on executive excess.

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Reason Magazine @reason.com · 7d

Will we get the version of John Roberts that's more likely to defer to Trump or the one that's more likely to curtail Trump? Which one of Roberts's judicial multitudes will step to the fore?

After 20 years as Chief Justice, John Roberts is now friend and foe to executive power

Roberts has now been the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court for 20 years. His record reveals an uneven judicial philosophy.

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Billy Binion @billybinion.bsky.social · 8d

She sued Biden for violating the First Amendment—in a case that went all the way to the Supreme Court. Now she’s gearing up to sue Trump for...the same thing.

I spoke with Jenin Younes about why free speech shouldn’t be partisan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP1A...

Defend Speech Even When Your Side Hates It

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