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The Disappointing Results of Trump's 'Deferred Resignation' Plan Are Part of a Pattern

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Elon Musk Implausibly Claims 'Competence and Caring' Can Cut the Federal Budget Deficit in Half

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The DOGE Bait and Switch

The DOGE Bait and Switch
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The DOGE Bait and Switch

The DOGE Bait and Switch
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Corrupt Albuquerque Cops Had Friends in High Places, Including Internal Affairs

Corrupt Albuquerque Cops Had Friends in High Places, Including Internal Affairs
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Two Injunctions Against Trump's Citizenship Decree Expose the Weakness of His Arguments

Two Injunctions Against Trump's Citizenship Decree Expose the Weakness of His Arguments
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Trump Is Flat-Out Lying About the 60 Minutes Interview With Harris

Trump Is Flat-Out Lying About the 60 Minutes Interview With Harris
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Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs

Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs
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Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs

Trump's Tariff Threats Can't Win the Unwinnable War on Drugs
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Here Is How Trump Can Falsely Claim His Tariff Threats Helped Win the Drug War

Here Is How Trump Can Falsely Claim His Tariff Threats Helped Win the Drug War
05.02.2025 6

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FBI Nominee Kash Patel, Who Vowed To 'Come After' Trump's Enemies, Disclaims 'Retributive Actions'

FBI Nominee Kash Patel, Who Vowed To 'Come After' Trump's Enemies, Disclaims 'Retributive Actions'
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Trump Praised His A.G. Pick for Reducing Opioid Overdoses. In Reality, Drug Deaths Surged Under Her Watch.

Trump Praised His A.G. Pick for Reducing Opioid Overdoses. In Reality, Drug Deaths Surged Under Her Watch.
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Why Is Paramount So Keen To Settle Trump's Laughable Lawsuit Against CBS?

Why Is Paramount So Keen To Settle Trump's Laughable Lawsuit Against CBS?
01.02.2025 3

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The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional

The 5th Circuit Says the Federal Ban on Handgun Sales to Young Adults Is Unconstitutional
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An Unprecedented 22 Percent Drop in Drug Deaths Does Not Mean Prohibition Is Finally Working

An Unprecedented 22 Percent Drop in Drug Deaths Does Not Mean Prohibition Is Finally Working
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A Tennessee State University That Nearly Expelled a Student for Racy Tweets Agrees To Pay Her $250,000

A Tennessee State University That Nearly Expelled a Student for Racy Tweets Agrees To Pay Her $250,000
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Trump's Citizenship Decree Signals His Willingness To Flout the Constitution

Trump's Citizenship Decree Signals His Willingness To Flout the Constitution
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A Guilty Plea Implicates 'Almost the Entire' Albuquerque DWI Unit in Longstanding Police Corruption

A Guilty Plea Implicates 'Almost the Entire' Albuquerque DWI Unit in Longstanding Police Corruption
29.01.2025 3

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Trump's Orders Feature Nonexistent Emergencies, Illegal Power Grabs, and Blatant Inconsistencies

Trump's Orders Feature Nonexistent Emergencies, Illegal Power Grabs, and Blatant Inconsistencies
25.01.2025 40

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The Country's Largest Police Union, Which Repeatedly Endorsed Trump, Is Dismayed by His Capitol Riot Pardons

The Country's Largest Police Union, Which Repeatedly Endorsed Trump, Is Dismayed by His Capitol Riot Pardons
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Biden and Trump Show Presidents How To Abuse Clemency

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Trump's Blanket Clemency for Capitol Rioters Excuses Political Violence

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Biden's Preemptive Pardons Undermine Official Accountability and the Rule of Law

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Why Trump Should Keep His Promise To Free Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht

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Biden Has Now Issued Far More Commutations Than Any of His Predecessors

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The FDA Proposes a De Facto Cigarette Ban, Which Would Expand the Disastrous War on Drugs

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A Scary Government Report Implies That Moderate Drinking Is Manifestly Reckless

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The Law That Disarmed Trump Is Unfair, Illogical, and Constitutionally Dubious

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The Law That Disarmed Trump Is Unfair, Illogical and Constitutionally Dubious

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The Best of Reason: 'The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact'

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Maryland Cop Who Recklessly Shot a 5-Year-Old Boy Got Qualified Immunity

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Despite 2024 Setbacks, Drug Policy Is Still on a Long-Term Trend Toward Reform

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'The Constitution Is Not a Suicide Pact'

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Trump's Latest Defeat Is One of Many Decisions That Suggest SCOTUS Won't Rubber-Stamp His Agenda

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Alvin Bragg's Misbegotten 'Election Interference' Case Against Trump Ends With a Whimper

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Decrying First Amendment Threat, FIRE Will Defend Pollster Whom Trump Sued for 'Consumer Fraud'

First Amendment Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2025 10:15 AM After Donald Trump sued pollster J. Ann Selzer and The Des Moines Register under Iowa's Consumer...

08.01.2025 3

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Why We Are Still Arguing About the Health Effects of Moderate Drinking

Alcohol Jacob Sullum | 1.8.2025 12:01 AM Even moderate drinking could give you cancer, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned last week. But according...

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5th Circuit Reaffirms That Prosecuting a Marijuana User for Illegal Gun Possession Was Unconstitutional

Second Amendment Jacob Sullum | 1.7.2025 3:35 PM The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit this week reaffirmed its conclusion that the federal...

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Medical Marijuana Legalization Takes Effect in Nebraska After Lawsuit Dismissal

Medical Marijuana Jacob Sullum | 1.2.2025 1:25 PM Last November, when Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approved a pair of medical marijuana...

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Supreme Court Can Protect Property Owners From Eminent Domain Abuse

Property Rights Jacob Sullum | 1.1.2025 12:01 AM Bryan Bowers and his business partner, Mike Licata, planned to build medical office space across...

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SCOTUS Can Protect Property Owners From Eminent Domain Abuse

Bryan Bowers and his business partner, Mike Licata, planned to build medical office space across from a new hospital in downtown Utica, New York....

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A University President Accused of Squandering Public Money Resigns in Exchange for a $2 Million Payout

Government Waste Jacob Sullum | 12.31.2024 4:05 PM It will be a happy new year for Joseph Shepard, the outgoing president of Western New Mexico...

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Jimmy Carter Supported Federal Pot Decriminalization for Half a Century. It Still Has Not Happened.

Jimmy Carter Jacob Sullum | 12.30.2024 3:00 PM In his first year as president, Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, urged Congress...

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Pointing fingers: How politicians and cops blamed victims, passed the buck in 2024

Last February, explaining why he thought President Joe Biden could not be successfully prosecuted for mishandling classified documents, Special...

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The Government Took a Developer's Land and Gave It to a Competitor. In New York, That's Business As Usual.

Eminent Domain Jacob Sullum | 12.27.2024 3:05 PM After the Mohawk Valley Health System announced plans for a new hospital in downtown Utica, New...

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Review: Illustrating Britain's Victorian Booze Restrictions

Alcohol Jacob Sullum | From the January 2025 issue In an effort to discourage alcohol consumption during the late 19th century, British temperance...

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2 Florida Men Who Thought They Were Freeing Illegally Caught Sharks Are Now Felons

Criminal Justice Jacob Sullum | 12.26.2024 2:10 PM On a Monday in August 2020, Camryn Kuehl and her family embarked on a snorkeling trip in...

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Shooting the Messenger and Blaming the Victim

Politics Jacob Sullum | 12.25.2024 12:01 AM Last February, explaining why he thought Joe Biden could not be successfully prosecuted for mishandling...

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How Cops, Politicians and Bureaucrats Tried to Dodge Responsibility in 2024

Last February, explaining why he thought President Joe Biden could not be successfully prosecuted for mishandling classified documents, Special...

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Even Without the Sex and Drug Allegations, Matt Gaetz's Nomination Should Have Been Doomed

Trump Administration Jacob Sullum | 12.23.2024 3:25 PM In a report released today, the House Ethics Committee says it found "substantial evidence"...

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