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Archives: November 2025

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Will a Shutdown Finally Shrink Government?

Plus: the Comey indictment, Trump deploys the National Guard to Portland, Eric Adams exits New York City's mayoral race, and a listener asks about cyclical theories of history

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Free Speech Means You Can Criticize Anyone

Plus: Fallout from the Tom Homan bribery probe, U.S. forces strike Venezuelan drug boats, and Trump considers sending troops back to Afghanistan

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Why Banning Drugs and Guns Never Works

Reason’s Jacob Sullum traces the shared failures of drug prohibition and gun laws, showing how both undermine civil liberties, racial justice, and commonsense safety.

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Trump Says Tariffs Make Us Richer. So, Why Are Most Countries With High Tariffs So Poor?

The U.S. is risking its liberty and its prosperity with such high tariffs.

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RFK Jr.'s Wild Week

Plus: The National Guard standoff in Chicago, navigating debates when you’re outnumbered, and a court ruling that could upend Trump’s tariff agenda.

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South Park Is Saving Free Speech!

Plus: Trump’s "woke AI" order, Gawker’s cultural legacy, and a listener question on deregulation and the BBB.

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Legalize All Drugs! Reason Versus City Journal

City Journal's Rafael Mangual and Charles Fain Lehman debate Reason's Billy Binion and Jacob Sullum on legalizing all drugs.

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The GOP Budget Is Big, Bloated, B.S.

Plus: A listener asks if the economic inequality data is bad.

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What Did We Learn From DOGE?

Plus: A listener asks which domestic policy changes could realistically boost U.S. manufacturing without raising costs for consumers.

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Trump's Independent Voter Problem

Plus: A listener asks about possible book club books that are "subtly libertarian."

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Why Due Process Matters

Plus: A listener asks who was the better president: Trump or Obama?

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Trump's War With the Courts

Plus: A listener asks why some American libertarians seem to unquestioningly accept everything Vladimir Putin says.

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Montana 'Abortion Trafficking' Bill Could Criminalize Crossing State Lines for an Abortion

Transporting "an unborn child" from Montana to another state "with the intent to obtain an abortion that is illegal" in Montana, or assisting anyone in doing so, would be illegal under House Bill 609.

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Trump's Dumb Trade War

Plus: A listener asks the editors about the implications of Trump personally suing CBS to obtain transcripts from an interview with Kamala Harris.

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Trump's Birthright Citizenship Order Doesn't Just Apply to Undocumented Immigrants

Children could be denied citizenship even if their parents are here completely legally.

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Let Freedom Zyn

Plus: TikTok bans, weak cigarettes, and more...

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Biden's Messy Mercy

Plus: A listener asks the editors to consider the tradeoffs of involuntary commitments to mental institutions.

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Trump's Chaos Cabinet

Plus: a listener asks the editors about fluoride in the water supply.

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How Elon Musk and DOGE Can Deliver on Smaller Government

Plus: a listener asks the editors why it is acceptable to allow unrestricted border crossings into the United States without penalty.

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Trump Won. What's Next?

Plus: A listener asks about Trump's early picks for cabinet positions.

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Get Your Gross Sex Out of My Sick Politics!

Plus: "Black Nazi,” Oprah interviews Kamala, and yet another looming government shutdown.

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What Libertarians Would Ask Trump and Harris at the Debate

Plus: A listener asks if rebranding tariffs as taxes would make any difference in reducing their appeal to politicians and voters.

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Tim Walz Is Another Big-Government Liberal

Plus: A listener asks the editors about tariffs and subsidies in the manufacture of electric vehicles.

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