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Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers

The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.

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Can You Hate the Government and Still Love America?

Plus: World Cup tourists embrace America, the Supreme Court expands gun rights, and Europe's resistance to air conditioning

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It's Time To Abolish the TSA

Plus: the real legacy of Cesar Chavez, blue state tax policies are driving out wealth, and a jury clears Afroman in a free speech case.

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A First Amendment Right Not To Use AI for Evil?

Anthropic sues the federal government—and kicks off a debate about free speech for artificial intelligence systems.

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Is America Really Going to War for Greenland?

Plus: Threats of new tariffs on NATO allies, masked federal agents stir unrest in Minnesota, and Trump’s new health care proposal.

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Do These Libertarians Regret Voting for Donald Trump?

Three libertarians—Dave Smith, J.D. Tuccille, and Liz Wolfe—revisit their reluctant votes for Trump, weighing the promises, chaos, and consequences of his second term so far.

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Can Anyone Stop Trump's Tariffs?

Plus: A listener asks if it's time for journalists to stop steel-manning Trump's policies.

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How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires

Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever.

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Why Socialists Are Cheering the Death of an Insurance CEO

Plus: A listener asks the editors if libertarians are more prone to believing in conspiracy theories.

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Harris and Trump's Terrible Tax Ideas

Plus: How will the editors vote in the presidential election?

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Biden's Cognitive Shrinkflation

Plus: A listener asks if the state of Oregon’s policy on drug decriminalization should be viewed as a success.

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OpenAI Basically Unionizes

Plus: Getting babies out of Gaza, lobster roll economics, gerontocracy update, and more...

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How Vexatious Government Demands Can Lead Your Bank To Refuse To Do Business with You

The government treats its endless appetite for information about citizens as more important than people's ability to conduct business in a normal fashion.

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Are Government Shutdowns Good for Limited Government?

Plus: A listener asks whether younger generations are capable of passing reforms to entitlement spending.

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Win for Writers Guild, Loss for AI

Plus: IRS insanity, robocop photo ops, and more...

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Hunter Biden Gets Caught in America's Double War on Drugs and Guns

Plus: A listener asks for the editors’ advice on how to spend his money.

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Do the Proud Boys Deserve To Be in Prison Forever?

Plus: A listener question concerning porn verification laws.

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It Isn't 'Divisive Rhetoric' That Kills People

Plus: kids and screen time, banks and the FBI, and more...

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Supreme Court Lets Biden's 'Ghost Gun' Regulations Stand Pending Ongoing Lawsuit

The plaintiffs in VanDerStok think that BATF's 2022 regulations defining certain gun-making kits as legally the same as guns overreached its constitutional authority.

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Court Greenlights Microsoft Acquisition of Video Game Powerhouse Activision Blizzard

Plus: California social media law could backfire, Massachusetts may ban the sale of phone location data, and more...

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Where Does Big Tech End and Government Start?

Plus: It’s National School Choice Week.

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Twitter Was Already a Hellscape Even Before It Was Set Free

Plus: For Halloween, the editors describe what scares them most about politics and government right now.

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President Biden's Continuing Misstatements About Guns

J.D. Tuccille here at Reason has a run-down (including links to where mainstream media sources have called the President on the errors, which he nonetheless repeats). An excerpt of one of Tuccille's observations: "There's no justification for a weapon of war. None. The speed of that bullet is five times…

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Biden Falls Off the Metaphorical Bike

Plus: The editors unveil their wish list for a hypothetical Libertarian president.

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