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You can't torpedo spending if you're torpedo spending, argues @GoRemy.

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Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning guns. Exactly a year later, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for committing the same crime. Read more: reason.pub/4lJRNOd

reason's tweet image. Alexander Ledvina was convicted of violating a federal law that bars illegal drug users from owning guns. Exactly a year later, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter Biden, for committing the same crime.

Read more: reason.pub/4lJRNOd

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reason@reason · 52 m

House Republicans appear to be avoiding taking votes on releasing the Epstein files. reason.com/2025/07/22/eps…

reason's tweet card. House Republicans have virtually stopped working on legislation in order to avoid taking votes on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files.

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Five years after the death of Breonna Taylor, one officer was sentenced to 33 months in prison for violating Taylor’s Fourth Amendment rights during a fatal no-knock police raid. reason.com/2025/07/22/5-y…

reason's tweet card. Louisville cop Brett Hankison was convicted of violating Breonna Taylor’s Fourth Amendment rights during a fatal no-knock police raid.

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Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data. reason.com/2025/07/22/ren…

reason's tweet card. Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data.

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True to form, President Trump managed to pick perhaps the most corrupt and indefensible reason to oppose giving taxpayer money to an NFL franchise. reason.com/2025/07/21/tru…

reason's tweet card. If Trump kills the deal over the team changing its name, he'd be doing the right thing but in perhaps the most corrupt possible way.

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Oregon just cracked down on a form of state-sanctioned robbery, where governments seized and sold homes over minor tax delinquencies—and then pocketed the profits. reason.com/2025/07/21/for…

reason's tweet card. The state just cracked down on a form of state-sanctioned robbery, where governments seized and sold homes over minor tax delinquencies—and then pocketed the profits.

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Echoing Florida’s Alligator Alcatraz, the Trump administration is building a $1.26 billion detention center that will house up to 5,000 detainees and function as a central hub for deportation operations. reason.com/2025/07/22/tru…

reason's tweet card. The latest detention facility will house up to 5,000 detainees and function as a central hub for deportation operations.

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A woman whose son died while subway surfing is suing Meta and TikTok for showing him videos of the deadly activity. The tech companies say Section 230 should protect them from liability. reason.com/2025/07/21/sub…

reason's tweet card. Norma Nazario blames her son's death on social media algorithms.

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reason@reason · 6 h

The Trump administration is still insisting that its speech-based deportation policy is a figment of your imagination. reason.com/2025/07/22/def…

reason's tweet card. The Trump administration is still insisting that its speech-based deportation policy is a figment of your imagination.

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If the payroll tax rate is increased to make Social Security solvent, the median young worker will be out at least $2,432 a year. reason.com/2025/07/22/a-s…

reason's tweet card. If the payroll tax rate is increased to make Social Security solvent, the median young worker will be out at least $2,432 a year.

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DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York. reason.com/2025/07/22/tom…

reason's tweet card. Noem and Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York.

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reason@reason · 7 h

After reporters began digging into contracts for Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" detention camp, the contracts were scrubbed from a public database. A state official says they contained "proprietary information." reason.com/2025/07/22/all…

reason's tweet card. A state official says the contracts contained "proprietary information," so they were scrubbed and replaced with bare-bones summaries.

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reason@reason · 7 h

Billboards protesting an ICE detention center were restored less than a day after being taken down. But why were they removed in the first place? Read more: reason.pub/414G1Wf

reason's tweet image. Billboards protesting an ICE detention center were restored less than a day after being taken down. But why were they removed in the first place?

Read more: reason.pub/414G1Wf

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By ignoring that people do (and always will) make tradeoffs when finding housing, a new report downplays what land-use deregulation can accomplish. reason.com/2025/07/22/is-…

reason's tweet card. By ignoring that people do (and always will) make tradeoffs when finding housing, a new report downplays what land-use deregulation can accomplish.

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reason@reason · 9 h

Whatever the merits of this particular defamation claim, Donald Trump has a long history of abusing the legal system to punish constitutionally protected speech. reason.com/2025/07/21/tru…

reason's tweet card. Whatever the merits of this particular defamation claim, the president has a long history of abusing the legal system to punish constitutionally protected speech.

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