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Trump fires Kristi Noem from DHS President Trump is replacing the embattled Department of Homeland Security secretary due to mounting concerns about her performance.

Even Republicans were sick of her reckless spending and habitual lies.

06.03.2026 01:56 👍 21 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 1
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Karoline Leavitt's unfair criticism of CNN's coverage CNN's Kaitlan Collins pressed Leavitt to defend Pete Hegseth's blasé dismissal of American casualties from retaliatory Iranian strikes.

When Americans die, the administration is going to get questions.

05.03.2026 19:01 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

Prison staff gets report about a counselor raping an incarcerated women. Do they...

a) immediately move to protect the woman & investigate the counselor or

b) plan to use her as "bait" while hiding in the ceiling?

I think you can, alas, see where this is going...
reason.com/2026/03/04/w...

04.03.2026 18:54 👍 168 🔁 49 💬 7 📌 5
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Civil libertarians left and right unite to oppose disarming cannabis consumers A Supreme Court case illustrates the potential for trans-partisan alliances between critics of gun control and critics of the war on drugs.

A Supreme Court case illustrates the potential for trans-partisan alliances between critics of gun control and critics of the war on drugs.

05.03.2026 13:15 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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In Senate testimony on DHS shootings, Kristi Noem lies about her lies The homeland security secretary blatantly misrepresented what she said about Alex Pretti on the day he was killed.

In Senate testimony on DHS shootings, Kristi Noem lied about her lies, claiming she never described Alex Pretti as a domestic terrorist.

05.03.2026 00:12 👍 23 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
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A few Republicans think war with Iran is a bad idea "I mean, look, America is a republic, not an empire," Rep. Warren Davidson said on Monday. It's time for Congress to act like it.

There's no five-week exception to the Constitution that allows presidents to commit American troops to supposedly temporary wars.

America is supposed to be a republic, not an empire. Time for Congress to start acting like it.

04.03.2026 19:02 👍 28 🔁 14 💬 2 📌 0
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A Minnesota Police Chief Said ICE Was Harassing Residents. Here Are Some of Their Stories. Residents of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, say in interviews with Reason that encounters with ICE left them afraid and angry.

Latest: Remember when the police chief of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota held a press conference about how ICE was racially profiling residents?

I FOIA'd the police department for complaints and incident reports and interviewed two people who say they were harassed by ICE reason.com/2026/03/03/a...

03.03.2026 23:10 👍 51 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 0
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The Iran War is unconstitutional President Trump launched a military attack on Iran without obtaining a congressional declaration of war. Did this violate the Constitution?

The president has no lawful authority to launch a war absent a congressional declaration of war.

04.03.2026 02:21 👍 34 🔁 19 💬 2 📌 1
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Trump ordered using 'all lawful means' to remove immigrants. Many ICE arrests go beyond the law. Agents are violating the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Agents are violating the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.

03.03.2026 19:04 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1
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It's the spending, stupid! One of Milton Friedman's most enduring insights: "Keep your eye on one thing and one thing only: how much government is spending."

The truest measure of government in our lives is the federal budget, which is out of control.

03.03.2026 01:32 👍 18 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
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Canadian cops questioned dad about human trafficking after he took his daughter to a coffee shop Plus: AI for mass surveillance, Alaskan lawsuit to decriminalize prostitution, "enhanced" British regulation of streaming services, and more…

Dad dares to go out with teen daughter in public, gets accused of human trafficking 🙄 reason.com/2026/03/02/c...

The cops, of course, commended the guy who gave them the totally baseless tip and blasted out the dad & girl’s pics on social media

02.03.2026 20:08 👍 139 🔁 41 💬 8 📌 8
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The goalposts of the Iran war keep shifting Trump and his team can’t get their story straight on why they started this war, how long they plan to fight it, and whether they'll put boots on the ground.

Is the war in Iran about regime change, stopping nuclear weapons, destroying conventional missiles, or a better deal?

The Trump administration can't get its story straight.

02.03.2026 19:01 👍 20 🔁 7 💬 13 📌 2
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Katie Miller is trying to sell MAGA on solar energy Solar power could soon get a leg up, thanks to the help of two unlikely green energy advocates: Katie Miller and Kellyanne Conway.

Stephen Miller's wife is giving renewables a P.R. boost.

02.03.2026 13:15 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 0
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Trump thinks any judge who rules against him is in league with the 'radical left' The president's wildly inaccurate ideological labels are no more meaningful than his other ad hominem attacks on people who disagree with him.

Trump condemned the Republican appointees who voted against him as "fools and lapdogs for the RINOs and the radical-left Democrats."

01.03.2026 16:27 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 8 📌 1
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Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is reported dead Khamenei's rule was marked by a combination of cruelty and incompetence. His death may have unfolded much the same way.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's rule was marked by a combination of cruelty and incompetence. His death may have unfolded much the same way.

28.02.2026 22:26 👍 13 🔁 11 💬 5 📌 2
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Trump and Israel start the Iran War The war is aimed at regime change, has spread across the Middle East, and was started without the consent of the American people.

The war is aimed at regime change, has spread across the Middle East, and was started without the consent of the American people.

28.02.2026 14:17 👍 30 🔁 23 💬 5 📌 0
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Anthropic CEO refuses Pentagon demands to remove safeguards on military AI Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei penned a public letter explaining the danger of the Defense Department's request to remove certain constraints from Claude, and refusing them outright.

27.02.2026 19:02 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 3
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Police drug tests are notoriously unreliable. They got this man wrongly charged with trafficking fentanyl. Roughly 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongfully arrested because of unreliable field drug tests, according to one estimate.

One more plug for my latest investigative story: I got body cam footage of a guy being wrongfully arrested for fentanyl after cops tested his prescription IBS medication using notoriously unreliable field kits.

It took him a year and a half to get the charges dropped reason.com/2026/02/23/h...

25.02.2026 16:30 👍 49 🔁 24 💬 0 📌 3
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Will the Trump administration pay the tariff refunds it promised? Thousands of companies, including some big names like FedEx and Costco, have already filed lawsuits seeking refunds of tariff bills.

The federal government should not be allowed to keep $175 billion it illegally collected from U.S. businesses just because it would be complicated to refund the money. And it certainly shouldn't get away with that scam after telling courts and the public that refunds would be readily available.

27.02.2026 13:18 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 1
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The ACLU, long leery of the Second Amendment, joins the NRA in urging SCOTUS to uphold pot users' gun rights "We see this as an important civil liberties issue," says a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.

"There is no reason that someone should be banned from exercising their Second Amendment right simply because they use marijuana, especially when that logic is not being applied in the same way to other substances such as alcohol."

27.02.2026 02:09 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 2
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Pentagon to Anthropic: If you won't let us use your AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, expect punishment The Pentagon wants Anthropic to remove limits on AI use for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, raising civil liberties concerns.

The U.S. Department of Defense is in a standoff with artificial intelligence developer Anthropic over the company's refusal to let the government use its products for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance of U.S. citizens.

26.02.2026 19:02 👍 23 🔁 12 💬 5 📌 2
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Will the Trump administration pay the tariff refunds it promised? Thousands of companies, including some big names like FedEx and Costco, have already filed lawsuits seeking refunds of tariff bills.

The Trump administration before SCOTUS ruled tariffs illegal: "Of course we can do tariff refunds, no biggie, quick and easy, pinkie promise!"

The Trump administration after SCOTUS ruled: "Oh geez, oh boy, I don't think we can do that. It's gonna take years!"

reason.com/2026/02/25/w...

25.02.2026 23:36 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Iowa officials arrested this guy for criticizing them—twice. A federal judge says they are liable. A mayor and a police chief "mistook their authority to maintain order for a license to suppress criticism," says U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.

A mayor and a police chief "mistook their authority to maintain order for a license to suppress criticism," says U.S. District Judge Stephanie Rose.

26.02.2026 13:11 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1
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Pete Buttigieg: Federal agents are losing public trust Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses immigration enforcement, the role of government, and why federal agencies are losing public trust.

Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg discusses immigration enforcement, the role of government, and why federal agencies are losing public trust.

26.02.2026 02:14 👍 21 🔁 10 💬 3 📌 0
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Pentagon to Anthropic: If you won't let us use your AI for mass surveillance or autonomous weapons, expect punishment The Pentagon wants Anthropic to remove limits on AI use for autonomous weapons and mass surveillance, raising civil liberties concerns.

Kind of wild and extremely worrying that the Trump administration seems to think it can force AI companies to give the military tools for mass domestic surveillance and robot weapons reason.com/2026/02/25/p...

25.02.2026 18:16 👍 71 🔁 24 💬 2 📌 2
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Trump's tariffs are not going to eliminate the income tax And that's especially true if the tariffs are illegal.

It's been a chaotic few days for President Trump's tariff policies, but one thing remains very true: Tariffs are not going to offset the federal income tax anytime soon.

25.02.2026 19:04 👍 14 🔁 9 💬 4 📌 0
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Police drug tests are notoriously unreliable. They got this man wrongly charged with trafficking fentanyl. Roughly 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongfully arrested because of unreliable field drug tests, according to one estimate.

ICYMI: I got body cam footage of a guy being wrongly arrested for trafficking fentanyl based on unreliable roadside test kits that police used.

And because of a 20,000-case backlog at the South Carolina state drug lab, it took him a year and a half to clear his name reason.com/2026/02/23/h...

24.02.2026 14:39 👍 25 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 1
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3 bogus economic stats in Trump’s State of the Union President Donald Trump tossed out a bunch of economic statistics during his State of the Union address. Here are three that are just plain wrong.

President Trump tossed out a bunch of economic statistics during his State of the Union address.

Here are three that are just plain wrong.

25.02.2026 13:43 👍 24 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 0
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Trump can't filibuster through the 6-year itch Those expecting fireworks at tonight's State of the Union will have to sit through the tedious resume-padding of a flagging president.

Those expecting fireworks at tonight's State of the Union will have to sit through the tedious resume-padding of a flagging president.

24.02.2026 19:01 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Police drug tests are notoriously unreliable. They got this man wrongly charged with trafficking fentanyl. Roughly 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongfully arrested because of unreliable field drug tests, according to one estimate.

Roughly 30,000 people every year may be getting wrongfully arrested because of unreliable field drug tests, according to one estimate.

24.02.2026 01:37 👍 21 🔁 15 💬 0 📌 2