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Joe Verruni
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I would very much like Selcouth Quartet to tour again.
November 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Went from getting the MLB package because I had a baby to missing the entire World Series because I have a baby
November 2, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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🕰️ This Sunday, we change the clocks. But maybe it's not just an inconvenience, it’s a health risk.

“Our internal clocks are aligned with the sun, not social schedules,” writes Dr. Jeff Singer. Let’s pick a time and stick with it.
Twice-Yearly Time Travel Is Bad for Your Health
Sticking to one time year-round makes sense for sleep, safety, and sanity.
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November 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Washington has “showered” the US steel industry with protection from import competition for decades. Yet the industry continues to struggle, and steel prices in the US are among the world’s highest.

More protectionism will only exacerbate this long-term trend. www.cato.org/blog/folly-a...
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Getting used to constant military jet flyovers isn’t something I had planned on
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
“Given the legal deficiencies in the Trump administration’s case, this shock-and-awe approach is understandable. Yet it suffers from a serious flaw: The underlying policy claims are ridiculous.” @scottlincicome.bsky.social @cato.org
Opinion | Striking down the tariffs won’t hurt anybody
The Supreme Court will not devastate the economy or the budget by obeying the Constitution.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Can free market policies in both AI and electricity create previously unimaginable levels of human flourishing and prosperity? @cato.org @jrhuddles.bsky.social
Feeding AI's Energy Appetite
Featuring Jennifer Huddleston and Travis Fisher
www.cato.org
October 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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What do pregnant women with high fevers and people with severe chronic pain have in common? Increasingly, both are being told to “tough it out.”
The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence, but it leaves women, like millions with pain, with nowhere to turn.
The Tylenol Scare Is a Reminder: We’re Leaving People in Pain with Too Few Options
The Tylenol scare is built on shaky evidence but creates real fear, leaving women with almost no safe options.
www.cato.org
October 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
@fatherjmisty.bsky.social covering @brucespringsteen.net at the Stone Pony a couple years back
October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Since I'm about to head out to DC's No Kings protest, here's a quick look at America's ORIGINAL No Kings movement, and a review of how many of George III's crimes outlined in the Declaration have been repeated by Trump. juliansanchez.substack.com/p/trump-vs-g...
Trump vs. George III: A No Kings Comparison
Our own mad king is repeating many of his predecessors' greatest hits
juliansanchez.substack.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Cato filed an amicus brief in RAICES v. Noem, the case challenging Trump's Border Dictator order that purports to suspend all immigration law because it is "ineffective." Our brief describes how the government's arguments are baseless www.cato.org/legal-briefs...
RAICES v. Noem
The government’s assertions are based on either misinterpretations or tortured readings of the data, attempting to find justification for a spurious legal argument in facts that simply are not there.
www.cato.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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We don't pull any punches in this one. And for those who may not know it, DHS publicly threatened my colleague @davidjbier.bsky.social for his superb work exposing their lies about one specific ICE misconduct episode.
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 PM
@davidjbier.bsky.social & @pgeddington.com chat assaults on ICE and the constitution on the @cato.org Podcast
Protecting Immigration Enforcement Officers and the Constitution
Podcast Episode · Cato Podcast · 10/14/2025 · 32m
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October 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Great civilizations, history shows, do not end by fate or old age. They end — or revive — by choice…”
Opinion | Is it America’s fate to decline and fall? Here’s what history says.
The American experiment will soon turn 250. Is its time running out?
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
It’s fun being 40 at concerts you just complain about how your body hurts between bands
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Maria Corina Machado has inspired hope among Venezuelans and emerged as a moral leader across the region, says Ian Vásquez, VP for International Studies at the Cato Institute.

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, a valued friend of the Cato Institute, on winning this year's Nobel Peace Prize!
October 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado speaks to @cato.org’s conference last year youtube.com/watch?v=GLeO...
María Corina Machado at “The Rebirth of Liberty in Argentina and Beyond”
YouTube video by The Cato Institute
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October 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
“But all this time she’s been so afraid of failure that she forgot to also be fearful of success. And that’s become her central dilemma.”
Published my newsletter a little early this week because I unfortunately decided to wade into Taylor Swift discourse.

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The Last Taylor Swift Thinkpiece
Plus: New Music By Jay Som and An Interview With Wednesday/MJ Lenderman Producer Alex Farrar
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October 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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DEI for me, not for thee.
October 8, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Rock Creek
October 7, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Go Alex/mass immigration!
Coming up tonight in DC! (Sadly, I will not be there) www.eventbrite.com/e/reason-ver...

(Friends, students, & interns — DM me for a discount code if you’re interested!)
October 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is genuinely the most optimism-inspiring event of Trump 2.0.
The generals and admirals at Quantico today should be forgiven if they walked out of the auditorium and wondered: What on earth is wrong with the commander in chief?

www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
The Commander in Chief Is Not Okay
Trump put on a disturbing show for America’s generals and admirals.
www.theatlantic.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM