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Joe Biden Tried To Use the Regulatory State To Micromanage Everything
21 December 2024 @ 11:00 am
The Biden administration's war on "junk fees" is emblematic of its nanny state instincts.
Hometown Fans of Some College Football Playoff Teams Can't Bet on College Football
20 December 2024 @ 9:30 pm
Nearly half of the universities in the College Football Playoff are located in states where sports betting is illegal.
Do You Have To Choose a Side in Politics? Reason Versus The Bulwark
20 December 2024 @ 9:15 pm
The Bulwark's Tim Miller and Sarah Longwell debate Reason's Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch on choosing a side in politics.
Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Appeals Court Decisions
20 December 2024 @ 8:30 pm
Rolodexes, rabbit holes, and challenge coins.
Police Data: N.J. Drone Sightings Concentrated Along Airport Flight Paths
20 December 2024 @ 6:53 pm
Are New Jerseyans mistaking normal airplanes for mysterious drones?
New Law Finally Allows Conservationists To Clean Up Abandoned Mines
20 December 2024 @ 5:30 pm
For decades, federal rules punished good Samaritans who tried to tackle toxic mine pollution. A new program removes barriers to restoring waterways across the West.
Celebrating Brian Thompson's Killing Is Ghoulish
20 December 2024 @ 3:31 pm
Vigilante murder of corporate bosses is not going to fix any of the problems with America's health care system.
Third Time's the Charm?
20 December 2024 @ 2:45 pm
Plus: House Speaker Elon Musk, the value of the debt ceiling, and D.C.'s shut down specials.
Student Suspended for Saying Man Who Insulted Her "Needa Get Blasted" + Having Posted (a Year Before) a Shooting Range Video
20 December 2024 @ 1:20 pm
From Monday's decision by Judge Joseph Dawson, III (D.S.C.) in Lemoine v. Horry Georgetown Technical College: In September 2024, Leigha…
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No Right to Discovery as to Possible Selective Prosecution in Prosecution for Burning Police Car at George Floyd Protest
20 December 2024 @ 1:01 pm
From U.S. v. Wilson, decided yesterday by Ninth Circuit Judge Danielle Forrest, joined by Judge Patrick Bumatay and District Judge…
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Currently, we find ourselves in the fifth release of unsealed court documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking activities. US Judge Loretta Preska ordered the unsealing as part of a lawsuit filed by one of Epstein's victims, Virginia Giuffre, against
The UK Prime Minister is facing the wrath of MPs and the general public as more controversial information about alleged Downing Street parties during the 2020 Covid lockdowns continues to emerge. In the most recent set of shocking revelations, Boris Johnson and his wife, Carrie Symonds, are alleged to have been among 30 people who attended a “bring-your-own-booze” drinks gathering on May 20th, 2020, where as many as 100 people were
The UK Government has stated that it will respond in turn if France continues with its trend of threatening the UK with various actions, such as shutting off electricity to the Channel Islands, amid post-Brexit fishing rights disagreements. Amid the escalation of threats from the continent, the Environment Secretary has 
Floral tributes left in Parliament Square following the 2017 Westminster Islamist terror attackA new report, published in the wake of the murder of MP Sir David Amess last week, has criticised the UK’s flagship anti-terror program ‘Prevent’ for its emphasis on “political correctness” and the diversion of resources from the “gravest threat” of Islamic terrorism. 
The UK government is facing increasing pressure from scientists to reimpose social restrictions.The calls come after the country recorded 49,156 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the largest number since mid-July, with the Office for National Statistics last week estimating that one in 60 people in England had the virus. 
The member of parliament for Leicester East may face jail time after being found guilty of harassing her partner’s former girlfriend.Appearing outside Westminster magistrates’ court on Wednesday following the verdict, Claudia Webbe, 56, said she was “innocent” and “deeply shocked” and would seek an appeal. 
A study by the taxation and public policy research institute, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), has found that women earn less than men in their twenties because they choose university degrees that lead to lower-paying jobs. According to the IFS, the first emergence of the gender pay gap occurs immediately after graduation from university, with male graduates earning on average five percent more than female graduates at the age of 25. 
The BBC is expected to end its subscription to the LGBTQ diversity programme run by the self-described lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights charity Stonewall. The move, revealed by VICE, will see the UK’s publicly funded service broadcaster resign from the organisation’s flagship ‘Diversity Champions’ programme which ensures that “all LGBT+ staff are accepted without exception in the workplace.” Beginning in 2001, the initiative allows its recipients “access to
The UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has said that the BBC needs to depart from “tokenism” and “groupthink” in order to best represent the views of the country as a whole. Speaking at the Conservative Party Conference on Monday, Nadine Dorries, who replaced the former culture minister Oliver Dowden in September’s cabinet reshuffle, said that the publicly funded broadcaster was full of “people from a similar background with a certain political bias.” 
Polish MPs have lambasted the Australian government for its “totalitarian” Covid lockdown policies and “human rights” abuses.Gathering outside of the Australian embassy in Warsaw, the group of politicians, which included the former leader of the Liberal KoLiber party, Jakub Kulesza, accused Australia of “unsubscribing herself from the civilised International Community” after “contracting Covid madness.” 
I was delighted to be invited on to Gareth Icke Tonight to discuss the vital imp
Most people who have heard of "Technocracy" think it refers to technocratic governance: a sociopolitical system where qualified experts or "technocrats," rather than politicians, set policy. Due to disillusionment and widespread disinterest in so-called representative democracy, many people are open to the potential benefits of what they imagine Technocracy to be.
Certainly, all governments are enthusiastic supporters of Technocracy. The global commitment to Sustainable Development is a plan to rollout Technocracy. Unfortunately, Technocracy is the most oppressive, dictatorial system of social control ever devised. Which undoubtedly explains 
I deplore the blame game, so often used to divert attention from the real issue or problem. I rail against the fake binaries deliberately created to divide and rule us, and yet, in this article, I refer to billionaire oligarchs---and their establishment---as “the parasite class.” Please bear with me, I will attempt to explain this apparent hypocrisy.
A current internet search on the term “oligarchy” will repeatedly try to convince you that oligarchy relates specifically to Russia. This is complete rubbish.
An oligarch is someone who has amassed immense wealth and converted it into political and social a
In this article we are going to explore "accelerationism" and its roots in "the Dark Enlightenment." We need to do this because, surprisingly, a commitment to accelerationism---following the philosophical path laid by the Dark Enlightenment---is a powerful influence on both the left and the right of the political spectrum. In order to examine these ideas, we need to pick apart some pretty impenetrable texts, and this won't be easy. So, if you are ready to start wrestling with some quite alien and seemingly bizarre concepts, read on.
The term "accelerationism" first mentioned in the 1967 sci-fi novel Lord of Light by Roger Zelanzy, was regularly applied in economics during the mid-1970s. It has 
When three little girls were reportedly murdered by a 17-year-old youth from a first-generation migrant family, long-simmering resentments against the perceived "outsiders" led a small minority in the Southport to snap. They were joined by organised agent provocateurs, bussed in from the surrounding areas. Not surprisingly, the Southport residents' volatile reaction triggered unrest in similar communities across the UK.
There is no excuse for violence. The ethnicity of the suspected murderer or their immigration status did not justify the ensuing disorder. But to claim that this reported tragedy, racism and bigotry were the only "causes" of the UK-wide upheaval, while neglecting the decades of structural economic and political oppression foisted upon the 
