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Why did Russia strap BOMBS to DOGS?
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- Why did Russia strap BOMBS to DOGS?
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- 16 hours ago
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- The year? 1941. The problem? The Red Army needs to blow up more Germans. The Solution? Strap explosives to the back of dogs and train them to run under enemy tanks. Sounds like, oh man, that is seriously depressing. What could possibly go wrong? #History #HistoryFacts #dogs #russia
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- California’s $450 million 911 FAILURE
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- 2 days ago
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- How did California spend $450 million over six years on a 911 system that didn’t work? #California #911 #tech #technology
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- The COVID Reckoning Is Finally Here
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- 2 days ago
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- Real medical freedom will require something greater than replacing the public health establishment: ending the FDA's monopoly.
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The public health establishment lost America's trust during the COVID-19 pandemic with its bureaucratic incompetence, "noble lies," and authoritarian mandates.
It was about time. Agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been failing the American public for decades. But the agency with the worst track record is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which, long before COVID, caused Americans to lose hundreds of thousands of life years by slowing down drug development. After COVID, the American public had finally started to catch on.
President Donald Trump put a new team in charge of the federal health apparatus, some of them truth-telling contrarians who risked their careers to expose the sins of the old guard. But it's...
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- Afroman on Becoming the 2028 Libertarian Presidential Nominee
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- 3 days ago
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- Andrew Heaton is joined by Grammy-nominated rapper Afroman, who recently turned a police raid on his home and the lawsuit that followed into an unlikely free speech victory and a new chapter in his career.
Afroman explains how officers raided his house, damaged his property, seized cash, and then sued him after he used the security footage in his music videos to mock them. He argues that the real issue was not just the raid itself, but the lack of accountability that followed, and says the verdict was a win for ordinary Americans who want the right to criticize public officials without getting dragged into court.
Heaton and Afroman also discuss a possible presidential run, smaller government, patriotism, and why his unifying message could break through in a divided country. Along the way, they talk about Flavor Flav as a possible running mate, Lemon Pound Cake, and how this viral comeback can become something even bigger than his music. Plus, Heaton asks what ...
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- How to WIN elections? Gerrymandering!
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- 5 days ago
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- Remy appreciates your support this November, but he doesn't need it. #comedy #music #politics
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- Is this the WORST streetcar EVER?!
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- 6 days ago
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- This is one of the last runs for the D.C. Streetcar, which is shutting down just a decade after it launched.
But even while it was running, the streetcar didn’t really go anywhere. Here's why. #transportation #washingtondc #streetcar
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- Colombia's 'illegal crops' problem
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- 7 days ago
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- The year? 2014. The problem? Colombia produces too much coca. The solution? Announce a crop substitution program designed to pay farmers to voluntarily eradicate coca and replace their fields with legal crops. Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong? #colombia #history #historyfacts
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- Illinois prison guards used her as BAIT?!
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- 8 days ago
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- When staff at the Logan Correctional Center learned a prison counselor may have been repeatedly sexually assaulting a female inmate, they did the sane and humane thing and immediately removed her from his reach while opening an investigation into the alleged assailant.
Just kidding. What they really did was decide to use the inmate as rape "bait.” #Illinois #prison #criminaljustice
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- Can they enter your home WITHOUT a warrant?
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- 9 days ago
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- You probably saw this video of officers breaking into a home.
Officers said they could enter the house to arrest Garrison Gibson. But Garrison and his wife said the officers ignored their repeated demands to see a judicial warrant before allowing them to enter their home.
So who’s right? And what’s supposed to happen in a situation like this? #police #ICE #immigration
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- Fact check: Free trade did THIS for America
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- 13 days ago
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- Why does everybody think America doesn't make stuff anymore? Did free trade kill manufacturing or did it increase it? #trade #economics
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- Remy: Gerrymandering
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- 13 days ago
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- Remy appreciates your support this November, but he doesn't need it.
Watch all of Remy's Reason TV music videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02D02B9A144182DB
Written and performed by Remy. Music tracks and mastering by Ben Karlstrom.
LYRICS
You're working real late
You're behind in the polls
Cuz you can't quite win
On ideas alone
Well don't you fret, buddy
No need to feel blue
There's just one thing
That you're needing to do
Just put a pen in hand and
Do a ziggy-zaggin'
Wee wee—gerrymandering!
Draw one like some scissors
Draw one like a freight train
Like something that they throw
At WNBA games
Draw one like a Fresh Prince
Draw one like a saint
They're gonna try to beat you
but I betcha they can't
But isn't this act democracy-mangling?
Oui oui—gerrymandering!<...
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- Why 3D printer bans WON’T work
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- 15 days ago
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- New York promised to equip all 3D printers with tech that stops them from creating parts.
Governor Kathy Hochul announced she wants to establish “minimum safety standards” for 3D printers, but here's why that won't work. #3dprinting #3dprinter
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- 600 hours of school to…BRAID HAIR?!
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- 16 days ago
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- Can someone safely braid hair without knowing the “ancient origins of braiding”?
A bill backed by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology would require 600 hours of training before someone can get an “alternative hair design” permit allowing them to braid, twist, wrap, weave, extend, or lock hair professionally. #hair #hairstyle #braids
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- LA is TICKETING fire victims?!
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- 17 days ago
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- How does California help victims of the Eaton Fire? By ticketing the RV they live in out front their damaged property! #California #LA #fire #wildfire
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- Does America Still Make Stuff?
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- 20 days ago
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- Why does everybody think America doesn't make stuff anymore? Where is this expressly disprovable idea dribbling in from?
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- Can cops SUE you over lemon pound cake?
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- 20 days ago
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- Are you allowed to make fun of the police on the internet after they raid your home, wreck your stuff, and take your money, all based on a bogus tip?
Well, that’s just what rapper Joseph Foreman, aka Afroman, did to some Ohio cops. Then they sued him, seeking nearly $4 million for the “humiliation…and loss of reputation” the videos caused. #Afroman #Ohio #cops #freespeech
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- Why is New York making it HARDER to QUIT smoking?
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- 21 days ago
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- Did you know 57 percent of cigarettes sold in New York are sold illegally? New York has basically given the tobacco industry over to organized crime by placing a 75 percent tax on cigarettes! #NYC #newyork
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- Is MAGA going green?
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- 22 days ago
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- Is Katie Miller putting MAGA on green energy or is she just getting paid? She tweeted, “Solar energy is the energy of the future,” and people online had a lot to say. #greenenergy #solar #MAGA
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- Accused of human trafficking for THIS?!
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- 23 days ago
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- Is it suspicious for a dad to take his daughter to a coffee shop? For this Canadian family, a trip to get coffee sparked a human trafficking investigation. #parenthood #fatherhood #canada
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- Your grandparents are bankrupting you
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- 24 days ago
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- Today's retirees are the wealthiest cohort of Americans. The median household headed by someone over age 65 is far wealthier than the average household headed by someone in their late 30s.
Despite that, roughly 22 cents of every dollar the federal government spent last year was funneled to retirees via Social Security. Medicare spending accounted for another 14 percent. Many of those dollars were extracted from younger, poorer Americans. (The rest were borrowed and added to the national debt.)
A retired couple today might possess a robust retirement account and own a million-dollar home, but the government still acts as if they live in the poverty-stricken hellscape that O'Neill described. And as the old have gotten wealthier, the taxpayer-funded benefits have only gotten more lavish.
Social Security provides inflation-proof monthly payments, keeping retirees ahead of the curve even as working-age Americans struggle to make ends meet. In many p...
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- Do toll roads ACTUALLY work?
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- 27 days ago
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- A lot of people hate toll roads...but what if they actually work? #NewYork #NYC #transportation
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- Great Moments in Unintended Consequences: Seattle PayUp Law, Dog Bombs, Colombian Coca (Vol. 21)
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- 27 days ago
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- Good intentions, bad results.
Watch the whole series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lUrH4Sbgh8&list=PLBuns9Evn1w9XhnH7vVh_7C65wJbaBECK&index=1
Do you know a great moment in unintended consequences? Leave a comment or email us at comedy@reason.com.
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PART 1: High Ground
The Year: 2014
The Problem: Colombia produces too much coca, the raw material for cocaine.
The Solution: Announce a crop substitution program designed to pay farmers to voluntarily eradicate coca and replace their fields with legal crops.
Sounds like a great idea, with the best of intentions. What could possibly go wrong?
Turns out, farmers like money. Since compensation was tied to having coca plants to destroy, many farmers decided to plant new coca plots or expand existing ones before the program went into effect, allowing them to qualify for the government subsidies. Coca production surged, and potential coc...
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- Humboldt County's SHADY land grab
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- 28 days ago
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- How is one California county using grainy satellite images to extort millions from homeowners?
Doug and Corrine Thomas moved to Humboldt County in 2021 after their home burned down in the LA County wildfires. And six days later, their dream property turned into a nightmare due to a shady government land grab. #California #home #homeowner
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- Ron DeSantis Suggests ABOLISHING TSA!
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- 30 days ago
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- Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss the ongoing nightmare at airports as DHS remains partially shutdown and unable to pay TSA workers.
Producer: Natalie Dowzicky
Video editor: Chris Sowick
Subscribe to the @reasonFreeMedia channel to get more news like this!
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- People went to prison for…MARGARINE?!
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- 1 month ago
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- When margarine was invented in the last 1800s as a cheap butter substitute, dairy farmers had a cow. So they went to the government and laid it on thick. #food #history #historyfacts
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- The problem with historic preservation
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- 1 month ago
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- Can your neighbor surprise you with nearly $160,000 in extra renovation costs?
That's what almost happened to Cassandra London, a real estate agent who recently bought a 140-year-old property in Baltimore County. #homes #homeremodel #baltimore
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- The unstoppable homemade gun
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- 1 month ago
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- The 3D-printed gun movement has survived the downfall of its charismatic founder, a major defeat at the Supreme Court, and involvement in one of the most talked-about crimes of last year.
Meanwhile, the guns have gotten good. Really good. Today's hobbyist gun makers are creating better and better weapons that are easier and easier to make, including some with wildly creative designs.
There's anger and passionate disagreement about strategy, law, copyright, and leadership. The movement's critics are scathing: Lizzie, who met her husband Spezz through an online 3D-gun printing forum, calls movement founder Cody Wilson "a thief, a federal informant, and a pedophile." Spezz says "most of the cool stuff he does he just steals from other people." Wilson, for his part, is dismissive: "If you have evidence, present your evidence."
But in the meantime, this technology is fundamentally undermining the power of the state to control our access to firearms. An...
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- Who are the wealthiest people in America?
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- 1 month ago
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- Destitute old people are common theme in our culture and in our politics. But here’s the thing. Senior citizens nowadays are filthy rich compared to the rest of us. #retirement #politics
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- FedEx DELIVERS a lawsuit to Trump
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- 1 month ago
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- In February, FedEx, the multibillion-dollar shipping giant, sued the federal government over tariffs they’ve paid under the Trump administration. Why, you ask? #Trump #tariffs #politics
0:14— Correction: Trump first imposed tariffs in 2025.
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- One city is using STRAY CATS to SEIZE property?
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- 1 month ago
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- Why is one New Jersey town using stray cats to seize a family-owned tire shop and four homes? #NewJersey #cats #businessowner
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- America's 250th birthday midlife crisis
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- 1 month ago
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- Andrew Heaton takes stock of the United States on its 250th birthday. #America #history #enlightenment
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- Taxpayer-funded GOLF for BOOMERS?
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- 1 month ago
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- Your tax dollars help pay for rich old people to golf in paradise.
California residents over 65 and enrolled in the right Medicare plan can get subsidized golf course fees at beautiful Southern California destinations.
It’s part of a federal program called Medicare Advantage, whose supplemental benefits cost taxpayers $6.4 billion in 2022, according to the government. The number has likely grown since then. #retirement #Medicare #seniors
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- Helping with home birth is a FELONY?!
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- 1 month ago
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- In Nebraska, it’s a felony for certified nurse midwives to help with home births.
This is nuts! Midwives have delivered babies at home safely for centuries. #birth #motherhood #parenting
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- If guessing war were a game show
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- 2 months ago
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- Were World War I, World War II, Vietnam, the Korean War, Iraq Wars, Afghanistan, War on Poverty, and War on Christmas all wars? Play along in this new game show and you might behave just like a congressman! #war #comedy #gameshow
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- Is it War?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- When America sends missiles and tanks into a sovereign country, is it war? Let's find out on America's longest, most depressing game show.!
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- FORCED to give up her 10-POUND pygmy goat?
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- 2 months ago
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- Why wouldn’t Powell, Wyoming, let this woman keep her 10-pound pygmy goat?
After the town sent police to Venus Bontadelli’s house to tell her she needed an exotic pet permit to keep her pygmy goat, Porsche Lane, the city denied her a permit. But why?
That’s what Venus wanted to know. #goats #pets #Wyoming
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- America: The Enlightenment with Muskets
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- 2 months ago
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- Andrew Heaton takes stock of the United States on its 250th birthday.
America has often been hypocritical in executing its foundational beliefs. But the reason that criticism holds weight is because the ideals we've fallen short of are so awesome.
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- The state used a BEAR to SPY on people?!
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- 2 months ago
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- Connecticut found a new way to avoid getting a warrant: surveillance by way of bear.
Mark and Carol Brault own a nature preserve in Hartland, CT. In 2020, Hartland sued Mark, accusing him of illegally feeding bears. Mark denies this allegation.
So imagine his shock when he found Bear Number 119, a bear he has seen many times before, now wearing a camera right outside his house. #Connecticut #bears #bear #FourthAmendment
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- Should the NIH be Abolished?
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- 2 months ago
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- Harvard professor Jeffrey Flier and historian of science Terence Kealey debate the resolution, "The National Institutes of Health should be abolished."
For the affirmative is Kealey, former vice-chancellor of the University of Buckingham. He's the author of multiple books, including The Economic Laws of Scientific Research. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute where he co-authored the white paper Mission Lost: How NIH Leaders Stole Its Promise to America.
For the negative is Flier, the George Higginson professor of physiology and medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also a former clinical associate at the National Institutes of Health.
The debate is moderated by Soho Forum director Gene Epstein.
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- The military's EV mail truck FAILURE
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- 2 months ago
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- Why is it so hard for the military industrial complex to build an electric mail truck? In February 2021, USPS announced plans to update their delivery fleet. It’s called the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle.
The company that won the contract was Oshkosh Defense. It’s a weird pick, considering a month prior, their website had absolutely zero mention of delivery vehicles.
That’s because Oshkosh is a defense contractor who specializes in “mission-critical technology” for the military. But now they do delivery vehicles…allegedly. #military #electricvehicle #cars #ev
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- Real patriots eat American-grown bananas
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- 2 months ago
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- Real patriots know, if you want to be America First — you have to eat American grown bananas. Howard Lutnick, the United States Secretary of Commerce, said just ‘Make it in America, no tariff!’
Yeah, good luck with that. Some countries make things we can’t produce ourselves. And sometimes, they just make them cheaper than we can. That’s why free trade is so important. #bananas #tariffs #trade
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- Everyone Is WRONG About This Jeffrey Epstein Theory I Michael Shellenberger
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- 2 months ago
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- It is understandable why so many libertarians have wanted to release the Epstein files and why the two members of Congress who led the charge have considerable right/left libertarian tendencies: Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.). Libertarians rightly distrust the federal government and reasonably fear that federal authorities may have covered up Jeffrey Epstein's crimes in order to conceal the involvement of political leaders in both major parties. If you're someone who thinks Democrats and Republicans are corrupt and that both the Clintons and President Donald Trump may have something to hide, you are very likely some kind of libertarian.
From this perspective, the release of millions of pages of federal investigative documents, emails, videos, and photos relating to Epstein may seem like a vital act of government transparency and accountability.
The public has a right to know if the government protected Epstein, who killed himself ...
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- Teens REVOLT against Australia's social media ban
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Australia just became the first country to ban social media for kids under 16, and Noah Jones is suing to stop it.
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- Working from home means more babies?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Researchers studied people in 39 countries and found those who work from home at least once a week have more babies than those who never work remotely.
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- Reason Reacts to the State of the Union
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- 2 months ago
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- Andrew Heaton talks with Reason's Katherine Mangu-Ward, Billy Binion, Robby Soave, Christian Britschgi, Eric Boehm, and Reem Ibrahim to get their instant reactions to Trump's State of the Union address.
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- Trump said WHAT about tariffs?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Reem Ibrahim reacts to President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address.
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- Are stadium subsidies a scam?
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Owners of professional sports teams are worth billions of dollars. So why is the government giving them your money?
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- Wikipedia is in trouble
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- Wikipedia shapes our perception of reality today more than ever before because it informs the large language models like ChatGPT. But can we really trust it?
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Whom can you trust?
Trust in institutions is at an all-time low. Trust in the media has collapsed.
"Meanwhile, during that same 25-year period, Wikipedia has gone from being kind of a joke to one of the few things people trust," says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, whose new book The Seven Rules of Trust: A Blueprint for Building Things That Last shares lessons he learned about building trust while creating the world's largest crowdsourced encyclopedia.
He's right that many of us turn to Wikipedia as one of the last trusted sources for information online.
But can we really trust it?
Wikipedia shapes our perception of reality today more than ever before because it informs the large language models like ChatGPT that we...
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- He had legal pills. Then the cops did THIS.
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- 2 months ago
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- This is what happens when police drug tests fail.
Read the full story here: https://reason.com/2026/02/23/he-was-jailed-for-fentanyl-it-was-really-his-legal-prescription-meds/
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- This TWEET lands you in JAIL?!
- Date posted
- 2 months ago
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- British police arrest an average of 33 people per day for their “offensive” social media posts.
