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Will Elon Musk Cut as Much Government as Al Gore Did?

Will Elon Musk Cut as Much Government as Al Gore Did?
07.02.2025 4

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Transcript Proves the 60 Minutes Scandal Was Always Fake

Transcript Proves the 60 Minutes Scandal Was Always Fake
06.02.2025 2

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How the FCC's 'Warrior for Free Speech' Became Our Censor in Chief

How the FCC's 'Warrior for Free Speech' Became Our Censor in Chief
05.02.2025 5

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Obama's Failure To Close Guantanamo Meant It Was Open for Trump To Use

Obama's Failure To Close Guantanamo Meant It Was Open for Trump To Use
31.01.2025 20

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Like Biden, Trump Does Not Control the Price of Eggs

Like Biden, Trump Does Not Control the Price of Eggs
28.01.2025 2

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Trump's Aggressively Broad Executive Order on Transgender People

Trump's Aggressively Broad Executive Order on Transgender People
23.01.2025 8

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Trump Pledges To Revoke E.V. Mandate in Direct Repudiation of Biden's Platform

Trump Pledges To Revoke E.V. Mandate in Direct Repudiation of Biden's Platform
21.01.2025 3

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TikTok Is Back Online as Trump Proposes Nationalizing It

TikTok Is Back Online as Trump Proposes Nationalizing It
20.01.2025 4

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These Lawmakers Actively Use TikTok Even After Voting To Ban It

18.01.2025 20

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Gavin Newsom Prohibits Offering To Buy People's Property

16.01.2025 50

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Trump Would Have Been Convicted for Election Interference, Says Jack Smith

14.01.2025 5

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The Incoming FCC Chief Is No 'Warrior for Free Speech'

14.01.2025 10

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Review: The Radicals Who Tried To Kill Gerald Ford

10.01.2025 2

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Biden's Infrastructure Bills Leave a Legacy of Big Spending and Little Payoff

09.01.2025 40

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Bernie Sanders Is Still Wrong About Immigration

Immigration Joe Lancaster | 1.3.2025 3:15 PM As President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, many of his supporters have spent the last...

04.01.2025 10

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Wicked and the Importance of the Public Domain

Copyright Joe Lancaster | 1.1.2025 8:00 AM Every January 1, numerous creative works enter the public domain, meaning their copyrights have expired...

01.01.2025 5

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Kay Granger, Like Joe Biden, Is a Symptom of America's Gerontocracy

Politics Joe Lancaster | 12.23.2024 2:35 PM Just as democracy means a system of government ruled by the dēmos , or the common people, gerontocracy...

23.12.2024 6

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Review: Why Did MTV Stop Playing Music?

Television Joe Lancaster | From the January 2025 issue It's one of pop culture's great questions: Why did MTV, a cable network literally called...

20.12.2024 4

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Prominent Progressives Struggle To Condemn Murder Without Defending the Murderer

Politics Joe Lancaster | 12.18.2024 2:45 PM Earlier this month, a gunman shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Days later, police...

18.12.2024 2

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Amazon Warehouses Benefit Local Economies, Study Finds

Amazon Joe Lancaster | 12.16.2024 3:00 PM It is often taken as a given that corporate retail giants like Amazon are "killing Main Street." "Amazon...

17.12.2024 10

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Just What the CEO Shooting Needs: A Video Game Moral Panic!

Violence Joe Lancaster | 12.11.2024 12:30 PM On Monday, police arrested Luigi Mangione, suspected of being the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare...

11.12.2024 4

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D.C. Circuit Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Prioritizing 'National Security' Over Free Speech

Free Speech Joe Lancaster | 12.6.2024 3:15 PM A federal appeals court ruled Friday that the federal government can tell a foreign-owned website...

07.12.2024 20

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FDA Policy Worsens Homelessness by Limiting Access to Antipsychotics

Homelessness Joe Lancaster | 12.5.2024 11:50 AM Homelessness, sadly, is a pervasive problem that persists even in developed countries like the U.S....

05.12.2024 4

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Eric Adams Gamed a New York Campaign Finance Scheme That Was Ripe for Corruption

Corruption Joe Lancaster | From the January 2025 issue In September 2024, federal officials indicted New York City Mayor Eric Adams on charges...

05.12.2024 8

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Joe Biden Rarely Issues Pardons but Made an Exception for His Son

Pardons Joe Lancaster | 12.2.2024 2:25 PM With just weeks left in office, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for all federal...

03.12.2024 20

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Trump's Tariffs Are Already Creating Jobs—in Lobbying

Tariffs Joe Lancaster | 11.27.2024 12:55 PM During his first run for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump pledged to "drain the swamp"—ridding...

27.11.2024 4

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Biden Rushes To Dole Out CHIPS Act Funds Before Leaving Office

Science & Technology Joe Lancaster | 11.25.2024 4:05 PM When a U.S. president faces the end of his term, there is often a mad dash to take care of...

26.11.2024 10

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Alaska Keeps Ranked Choice Voting by Razor-Thin Margin

Voting Joe Lancaster | 11.21.2024 2:35 PM More than two weeks after polls closed, it's official: By the narrowest of margins, Alaska will keep its...

21.11.2024 2

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Beer Lobby Wants Restrictions and Higher Taxes on Intoxicating Hemp Products

Prohibition Joe Lancaster | 11.20.2024 1:55 PM A trade group representing the American brewing industry released proposals on how Congress should...

21.11.2024 20

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Pentagon Fails 7th Audit in a Row but Hopes To Pass by 2028

Defense Spending Joe Lancaster | 11.18.2024 3:15 PM The Pentagon has failed its annual financial audit for the seventh year in a row. This means...

19.11.2024 60

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Starlink Election Fraud Claims Show Dems Are Not Immune to Conspiracy Theories

vote fraud Joe Lancaster | 11.15.2024 1:55 PM After the 2020 election, then-President Donald Trump and his allies floated numerous hypotheses to...

15.11.2024 2

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Elon Musk Spent $118 Million To Elect Trump. What Will He Get in Return?

Elon Musk Joe Lancaster | 11.12.2024 5:47 PM One of President-elect Donald Trump's biggest benefactors in his bid for a second term was Elon Musk,...

13.11.2024 4

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Body Cam Footage Shows Atlanta Cop Knew Felony Charges Against Cop City Protesters Were 'a Reach'

Police Abuse Joe Lancaster | 11.8.2024 3:28 PM Authorities in Georgia have dropped felony charges against protesters as bodycam footage apparently...

08.11.2024 10

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What, If Anything, Will Democrats Learn From This Election?

Democratic Party Joe Lancaster | 11.7.2024 3:10 PM Votes are still left to be counted, but it is clear by now that former President Donald Trump is...

07.11.2024 2

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Chase Oliver Calls Libertarian Party Presidential Run 'Honor of My Lifetime'

Election 2024 Joe Lancaster | 11.6.2024 9:00 AM While battleground states continue counting votes—and some may not have official results for some...

06.11.2024 3

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Libertarian Party Underperforms in Presidential Election

Libertarian Party Joe Lancaster | 11.5.2024 11:10 PM It's too soon to know the results of many downballot races, but with a number of states...

06.11.2024 10

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Abolish the FCC's Equal Time Rule Before the Next Election

FCC Joe Lancaster | 11.5.2024 1:30 PM It's hard to imagine that one of the animating issues in the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign...

05.11.2024 2

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After 100 Years, End the Open Fields Doctrine

Fourth Amendment Joe Lancaster | From the November 2024 issue In a decision issued at the dawn of Prohibition, the Supreme Court quietly gutted a...

31.10.2024 20

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Partisanship Determines What Americans Believe About Crime

Crime Joe Lancaster | 10.30.2024 4:15 PM Polling data released this week shows that Americans' views on nationwide crime rates have gotten closer...

31.10.2024 3

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Smaller Government Can Protect Against a Vengeful President

Donald Trump Joe Lancaster | 10.28.2024 3:40 PM A number of the wealthiest Americans are choosing not to publicly endorse a candidate for president...

29.10.2024 20

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Trump Floats Tax Break for Carmakers Hurt by His Own Trade Deal

Taxes Joe Lancaster | 10.25.2024 3:01 PM Former President Donald Trump has proposed a number of potential tax breaks to be enacted if voters give...

25.10.2024 2

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Montana's Porn Age Verification Law Is Headed to Court

Pornography Joe Lancaster | 10.23.2024 3:50 PM It seems that a puritanical wave is sweeping the country as state governments increasingly try to...

24.10.2024 20

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This Activist Uses the FCC To Shoehorn Gruesome Anti-Abortion Ads Onto the Air

FCC Joe Lancaster | 10.21.2024 1:15 PM Many commentators, especially progressives, feel that it's simply too easy for people to say offensive or...

21.10.2024 1

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This Libertarian Republican Is Running for Congress in Nevada

Election 2024 Joe Lancaster | 10.18.2024 11:10 AM In Nevada's 3rd Congressional District, a libertarian is running as a Republican to not only...

18.10.2024 1

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To Get Through This Election, Get Some Fresh Air

Election 2024 Joe Lancaster | 10.18.2024 9:45 AM Paying too much attention to politics can be hazardous to your health. And going into the 2024...

18.10.2024 3

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Mark Robinson Files Frivolous Lawsuit Against CNN and a Local Musician

North Carolina Joe Lancaster | 10.16.2024 4:30 PM This week, a gubernatorial candidate filed a defamation lawsuit against a major news outlet and a...

17.10.2024 2

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Trump Panders to Auto Industry, Proposes Making Car Loan Interest Tax Deductible

Donald Trump Joe Lancaster | 10.11.2024 3:25 PM As we enter the final days of the 2024 election cycle, the presidential campaigns are making their...

11.10.2024 1

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If You See the Trump Biopic Before Election Day, Thank Citizens United

Donald Trump Joe Lancaster | 10.10.2024 8:00 AM A biopic about former President Donald Trump opens this week, with less than a month until the...

10.10.2024 2

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Rivian Seeks Federal Loan To Restart Georgia Plant Despite $1.5 Billion in State Incentives

Electric cars Joe Lancaster | 10.7.2024 3:30 PM An upstart electric vehicle manufacturer that has struggled despite generous taxpayer-funded...

07.10.2024 1

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Review: Bullet Vending Machines Debut in U.S. Grocery Stores

Gun Rights Joe Lancaster | From the November 2024 issue American Rounds has rolled out vending machines in a half-dozen grocery stores in the...

04.10.2024 1

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