Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
Associate editor for Reason.com ............. "a homosexual" -- LifeSiteNews
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London’s Absurdly Broad ‘Junk Food’ Ad Ban Puts Its Own Culture on a Starvation Diet
Iconic British foods like Christmas pudding and strawberries and cream get censored.
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
Iconic British foods like Christmas pudding and strawberries and cream are getting purged from London transit ads by zealous nutrition nannies. reason.com/2019/04/24/lon… via @reason
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Will Connecticut—Home of the <em>Kelo</em> Supreme Court Case—Finally End Eminent Domain Abuse?
A bill in the state legislature would stop cities from seizing property and handing it over to developers.
What’s Really in the Mueller Report
Mueller won't decide on obstruction charges, but a close read reveals he likely thinks there's something there.
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
A close look at all 10 instances of potential obstruction in the Mueller report yields enough ambiguous fodder for many more years of partisan fighting reason.com/2019/04/18/mue… via @reason
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ACLU Sues Detroit for Bail System that Punishes the Poor
Magistrates don’t care whether defendants can pay, leaving the indigent stuck in jail before they’re ever convicted.
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
Can't afford bail? Magistrates in Detroit don't care, and now the @ACLU is suing over it. reason.com/2019/04/15/acl… via @reason
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U.S. Prisoners Have Lost a Combined 20,000 Years of Life to False Convictions
Annual exoneration report shows growth in amount of time served and increasing levels of official misconduct.
Will a Free Press Cheer on Government Censorship of the Internet?
Will a thirst to punish Silicon Valley destroy our liberty?
Big Pretrial Justice Reforms Included in New York's Budget
Better evidence sharing and a dramatic drop in cash bail demands will help defendants challenge charges.
Privacy-Minded Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Stop NSA from Collecting Your Phone Records
The feds have allegedly abandoned the program. These four want to make sure it stays dead.
Hide Those Memes, Folks! Europe Passes Massive Online Copyright Changes That Will Lead to Censorship
Do you have a license to link to that story? Will your sexy Tinder photo get confused with a celebrity's?
Mueller's Conclusion: No Coordination Between Trump Campaign and Russia
As for obstruction evidence, he punts the matter to Congress.
As the Mueller Report Drops, a Transparency Fight Begins
How much will we see of the special counsel's report? And when?
California News Outlets Team Up To Delve Into Police Misconduct Records
More than 30 organizations are reviewing thousands of newly released documents about bad cop behavior
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
California News Outlets Team Up To Delve Into Police Misconduct Records
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Facebook Had Every Right to Reject Elizabeth Warren's Crappy Ad
Nobody in the media should be supporting an elected official trying to control what speech online platforms allow.
ACLU Sues Philadelphia Over Cash Bail Demands That Keep Poor Defendants in Jail
Magistrates are supposed to consider the financial concerns of people who come before them. Instead they're tossing them behind bars.
If the Feds Have Stopped Snooping on Our Phone Records, Watch Out for the Anti-Encryption Propaganda
Backdoors into your texts and private message provide far more information than your phone metadata.
California Supreme Court Turns Away Attempt to Keep Police Misconduct Records Sealed
A law that forced open decades of secret information about law enforcement behavior is slowly being implemented.
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
California Supreme Court Turns Away Attempt to Keep Police Misconduct Records Sealed
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Federal Judge Orders San Francisco To Fix Bail System that Keeps Poor People Trapped Behind Bars
Very high cash demands disrupt defendants' lives without improving public safety.
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
Federal Judge Orders San Francisco To Fix Bail System that Keeps Poor People Trapped Behind Bars
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The NSA Has Apparently Stopped the Domestic Surveillance Program Snowden Exposed
For years, security state advocates fought to maintain the authority to snoop on your phone records. Are they really giving up?
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Scott Shackford [Blue Checkmark]
The NSA Has Apparently Stopped the Domestic Surveillance Program Snowden Exposed
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Trump Aide Attacks Amash, but This Libertarian Rep. Is Ready for a Fight
Republicans have tried taking him out in the primaries before and failed.
Knock It Off, Lazy News Outlets. 'Momo' Isn't Telling Kids To Hurt Themselves.
When absurd ghost stories are passed off as actual journalism