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Justice Department Investigates Appalling Conditions at Mississippi Prisons
The Justice Department is now reportedly investigating Mississippi prisons, in the wake of violence that left five inmates dead as
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After violence this month left five inmates dead, the Justice Department is reportedly investigating the appalling conditions inside Mississippi's prisons
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Family Sues DEA and TSA After Elderly Man's Life Savings Were Seized at Airport
Terrence Rolin kept his life savings in a Tupperware container, but all that money now belongs to the Drug Enforcement
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A 79-year-old man and his daughter are suing the DEA and TSA after his life savings were seized at an airport using civil asset forfeiture
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Terrence Rolin kept his life savings in a Tupperware container, but all that money now belongs to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), even though the 79-year-old retired railroad engineer hasn't been charged with a crime.
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By Withholding Funds to Ukraine, Trump Broke the Law
One argument that President Donald Trump's supporters have employed in the impeachment debate is that it was merely a "policy
Victims or Criminals? Cops Can't Decide When It Comes to Teens Selling Sex
Wisconsin's efforts to stop "human trafficking" largely target people selling sex, including those who are underage. A third of police
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Wisconsin cop survey finds 58% arrest minors for prostitution & 1/3 said their crime data doesn't differentiate between sex work and human trafficking #ReasonRoundup
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In a horrifying report, over half of surveyed cops in Wisconsin said they have enforced prostitution laws against minors, treating them as perpetrators rather than victims.
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Proposed Hemp Regulations Would Be a Nightmare for Farmers
The federal government is considering various regulations on the commercial harvesting of hemp, and hemp farmers are none too thrilled.
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"I would have to grow at least three times as many plants under the USDA rule to produce the same amount of CBD as I get out of one plant now."
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Why LBJ's Great Society Flopped—and What It Means for the 2020 Election
In a 1964 speech delivered at the University of Michigan, President Lyndon Johnson announced his plans for what he called
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Podcast: @AmityShlaes talks with @nickgillespie about Great Society: A New History, which explores the failure of the war on poverty and other well-intentioned welfare programs.
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Justin Amash's Biggest Fiscally Conservative National Donors Are Abandoning His Re-election Bid
FreedomWorks, the influential libertarian/conservative advocacy group that gave Rep. Justin Amash (I–Mich.) FreedomFighter Awards each of his first eight years
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The same conservative groups that give 99% lifetime ratings to @JustinAmash are declining to support his re-election bid.
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Democrats Chased the Peace Vote Last Night, but Can We Trust Them to Follow Through?
Last night's Democratic presidential debate on CNN featured a good deal of foreign policy chatter, for a change—one of the
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Democrats chased the peace vote last night. But can we trust them to follow through? Signs aren't good... #ReasonRoundup
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CNN Implicitly Took Elizabeth Warren's Side in the Unproven Sexism Accusation Against Bernie Sanders
Diehard supports of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) have long believed that the mainstream media finds subtle ways to undermine their
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CNN implicitly took Elizabeth Warren's side in the unproven sexism accusation against Bernie Sanders #DemocraticDebate
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Health Care Spending Is Out of Control
Health insurance doesn't just protect people from financial ruin. It insulates them from individual decisions about price and service quality.
Congress Repealed Major Elements of Obamacare and Almost No One Noticed
You can be forgiven for not having noticed, but at the tail end of 2019, Congress repealed three significant components
The 2020s Will Be the Decade of Deficit Doomsday
The decade that just ended saw a period of uninterrupted economic growth. In the decade to come, we'll pay for
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We've never had deficits like this except after major wars and recessions. Welcome to the decade of unsustainable debt.
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Elizabeth Warren's Fake Plan To Pay for Medicare for All
To understand how Elizabeth Warren wants to pretend to pay for Medicare for All, consider one small aspect of her
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Elizabeth Warren's plan to pay for Medicare for All is almost entirely fake. reason.com/2019/11/05/eli… via
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Tonight Will Be Bernie's Time in the Barrel
The drama at tonight's Democratic debate is going to be all about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.), and not simply because
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"Expect Sanders' opponents to attack him tonight by forcing him to say exactly how he's going to pay for all the giveaways he promises to everyone. More than any other Democratic contender, Sanders has promised more free stuff," writes @nickgillespie.
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Gaze Upon the Worst Anti-Vaping Poster Ever and Despair
My home state of New Jersey has many things to be proud of, from being the only state of two
The Woke Primary Is Over and Everyone Lost
In the run-up to tonight's Democratic presidential debate in Iowa, the last such contest before primary voting begins, one of
Warren Accuses Sanders of Saying a Woman Couldn't Win in 2020
CNN kicked off some shit yesterday between Sens. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.), just ahead of the Democratic
The FBI Wants Access to a Mass Shooter's iPhone. Will They Demand a Backdoor?
When the dust from a suspected terrorist attack on U.S. soil eventually settles, the inevitable fight over access to encrypted
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Contempt for Renters Leads to Second-Class Search and Seizure Protections
Add Pottstown, Pennsylvania, to the list of jurisdictions getting slapped over officials' efforts to bypass search and seizure protections by
Iran's Theocracy Will Collapse Because of People Like Kimia Alizadeh
The killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani by the United States military will understandably dominate headlines for weeks if not