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A New Survey Suggests Illicit Opioid Use Is Much More Common Than the Government's Numbers Indicate

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Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Now Elon tells us: It’s up to Congress, not DOGE, to slash runaway spending

At first Elon Musk breezily promised that DOGE would cut federal spending by $1 trillion or more. But lately he's been singing a different tune.

thursday 10

New York Post

Jacob Sullum

Elon Musk Discovers That Serious Spending Cuts Are 'Really Difficult'

07.05.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

An Intelligence Memo Casts Further Doubt on Trump's Nonsensical Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

07.05.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Pam Bondi's Absurd Claim About Fentanyl Overdoses Epitomizes the Illogic of the War on Drugs

Pam Bondi's Absurd Claim About Fentanyl Overdoses Epitomizes the Illogic of the War on Drugs
02.05.2025 2

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Tattoo Fantasy Raises the Question: If He Were Senile, How Would We Know?

Trump's Tattoo Fantasy Raises the Question: If He Were Senile, How Would We Know?
02.05.2025 40

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Rumeysa Ozturk's Op-Ed Is Still the Only Public Justification for Her Arrest

Rumeysa Ozturk's Op-Ed Is Still the Only Public Justification for Her Arrest
01.05.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Tariffs Usurp the Legislature's Tax Power

Trump's Tariffs Usurp the Legislature's Tax Power
30.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A Federal Judge Greenlights a Lawsuit That Claims Florida's Ban on Lab-Grown Meat Is Unconstitutional

A Federal Judge Greenlights a Lawsuit That Claims Florida's Ban on Lab-Grown Meat Is Unconstitutional
29.04.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Understanding of Due Process Is Just As Farcical As His Definition of 'Alien Enemies'

Trump's Understanding of Due Process Is Just As Farcical As His Definition of 'Alien Enemies'
26.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

By Openly Retaliating Against Disfavored Law Firms, Trump Attacks Free Speech and the Right to Counsel

By Openly Retaliating Against Disfavored Law Firms, Trump Attacks Free Speech and the Right to Counsel
24.04.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Actions Contradict His Avowed Commitment to First Amendment Rights

Trump's Actions Contradict His Avowed Commitment to First Amendment Rights
23.04.2025 8

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Here Is Why Harvard Argues That Trump's Funding Freeze Violates the First Amendment

Here Is Why Harvard Argues That Trump's Funding Freeze Violates the First Amendment
23.04.2025 9

Reason.com

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Treating Journalism As Consumer Fraud, Trump Claims Coverage of a Presidential Poll Was Not 'News Reporting'

22.04.2025 3

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

6 Cases That Paved the Road to Mass Incarceration

21.04.2025 5

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Marco Rubio Brags About Defending Freedom of Speech While Eagerly Undermining It

19.04.2025 20

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A Survey Suggests Most Americans Are Not Keen on Trump's Speech-Based Deportation Initiative

18.04.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Federal Judge in Deportation Case Finds Probable Cause To Hold the Trump Administration in Contempt

17.04.2025 20

Reason.com

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Even by Elon Musk's Own Demonstrably Unreliable Estimation, DOGE Will Fall Far Short of His Target

17.04.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump Says Alleged Gang Members Don't Need Hearings Because the Government Is Infallible

16.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Colorado Will Soon Require a Discretionary Permit To Acquire Semiautomatic Rifles

16.04.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A Ruling Against Mahmoud Khalil Highlights Marco Rubio's Vast Power To Deport People for Their Opinions

12.04.2025 50

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Postnatal Drug Tests Turn Mothers Into Felons

10.04.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

On Remand, the 5th Circuit Again Blocks a Lawsuit by a Texas Reporter Arrested for Newsgathering

10.04.2025 10

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Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Got His Gun Rights Back, but Millions of Americans With No History of Violence Are Still Waiting

09.04.2025 20

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Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Regains Gun Rights, Highlighting Injustice of Federal Law for Nonviolent Offenders

09.04.2025 30

Townhall

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump's Claim That He Can Summarily Deport Anyone He Describes As an 'Alien Enemy'

09.04.2025 80

Reason.com

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Trump's Longtime Obsession With Trade Deficits Suggests His Tariffs Won't End Soon

05.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

The Supreme Court Blesses the FDA's Rejection of Flavored Nicotine Vapes

04.04.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Joe Rogan Is Right: It Is 'Kind of Crazy' To Deport Innocent People Mistakenly Identified As Gang Members

03.04.2025 40

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

The Logical Contradictions of Trump's Case for Tariffs

02.04.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's War on the Press

01.04.2025 10

Reason.com

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Defending Student Deportations, Marco Rubio Equates Writing an Anti-Israel Op-Ed With Starting a Riot

01.04.2025 10

Reason.com

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Pam Bondi Aims To Revive a Moribund Legal Process for Restoring Gun Rights

28.03.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Pete Hegseth's Carelessness and Dishonesty Mirror Hillary Clinton's

28.03.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan

26.03.2025 7

Townhall

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Texas A&M's Drag Ban Shows the Threat to Campus Free Speech Is Bipartisan

26.03.2025 10

Reason.com

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FIRE Says the Law Trump Is Using To Deport Mahmoud Khalil Is Unconstitutional. Trump's Sister Agreed.

25.03.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Reading of the Alien Enemies Act Defies the Usual Meaning of Its Terms

22.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A New Study Adds to the Evidence That Drug Busts Result in More Overdose Deaths

21.03.2025 4

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A Federal Judge in Utah Orders Local Officials To Return a Religious Group's Psychedelic Sacrament

20.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump's Judge Bashing Provokes a Rebuke From Chief Justice John Roberts (Again)

20.03.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Trump Is Explicitly Targeting Legal Residents Based on Opinions They Express

19.03.2025 20

Townhall

Jacob Sullum

Trump Is Explicitly Targeting Legal Residents Based on the Opinions They Express

19.03.2025 30

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

In Trump's Revenge Fantasy, Biden Did Not Actually Pardon Members of the January 6 Committee

18.03.2025 20

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Passport Applicants May Have To Affirm That They Are 'Not Required To Register' As Sex Offenders

15.03.2025 6

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Elon Musk, Who Promised To Be 'Maximally Transparent,' Makes DOGE's Numbers Even Harder To Check

14.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Mel Gibson Controversy Highlights a Bigger Scandal: Many Americans Lose Their Gun Rights for No Good Reason

13.03.2025 5

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

Republicans May Regret Undermining Judicial Independence

12.03.2025 10

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum

A Nevada Math Professor Who Was Disciplined for Criticizing Curriculum Changes Will Get His Day in Court

12.03.2025 7

Reason.com

Jacob Sullum