Monday’s Complaint in this case essentially alleges that pollster Ann Selzer’s Nov. 2 poll for the Des Moines Register, which showed Harris ahead in Iowa by 3 points, was deceptive to consumers and thus violated Iowa consumer fraud law: 62. President Trump, together with all Iowa and American voters, is a “consumer” within the meaning […]
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—passed in 2017 during the first Trump administration—wasn’t really a tax cut in practice. It ended up functionally raising taxes on a lot of people. While it did lower marginal income tax rates across the board, reducing the top rate from 39.6 percent to 37 percent, it also capped […]
Confessions of a Good Samaritan‘/> Today’s guest is Penny Lane, the acclaimed documentary filmmaker whose previous works include Listening to Kenny G and Hail Satan?, both of which formed the basis of previous Reason interviews linked in the show notes. Her exceptional new film is Confessions of a Good Samaritan. It’s currently streaming on Netflix and follows […]
It’s starting to feel a lot like Christmas: Like a student rushing to finish the last essay of the semester, or a guest writer struggling to turn in the morning newsletter on time, congressional leaders have hastily agreed to a spending plan just days before the federal government was due to partially shut down for […]
With Bitcoin climbing over $100,000, both investors and government officials are taking a closer look at digital money. The problem is that there’s a huge difference between an independent currency designed to resist surveillance and control, and one crafted by a central bank to enable exactly that. A new handbook from the International Monetary Fund […]
12/18/1944: Korematsu v. U.S. decided. The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 1 Read More Article from Reason.com Reason MagazineThe Reason Magazine website is a go-to destination for libertarians seeking cogent analysis, investigative reporting, and thought-provoking commentary. Championing the principles of individual freedom, limited government, and free markets, the site offers a diverse range […]
Emergency dispatchers in parts of England have been told to ask some people requesting ambulance service to come to the hospital on their own. An internal memo from the West Midlands Ambulance Service directs dispatchers to ask patients with severe abdominal pain, who have fallen, or who are vomiting to bring themselves to the emergency […]
On his first day in office, President-elect Donald Trump promises, he will pardon at least some of the 1,500 or so people who have been charged with crimes in connection with the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. He notes that most of those defendants were not violent and that they faced […]
From Doe v. Chutkan, decided today by Chief Judge James Boasberg (D.D.C.): In this pro se lawsuit, Plaintiff John Doe seeks, first, a court declaration that President- elect Trump is constitutionally ineligible to serve as President and the Supreme Court’s recent decision holding otherwise is “void”; and, second, an order requiring Defendants Judge Tanya Chutkan […]
This week’s featured article is “The Great American City Upon a Hill Is Always Under Construction” by M. Nolan Gray. This audio was generated using AI trained on the voice of Katherine Mangu-Ward. Music credits: “Deep in Thought” by CTRL S and “Sunsettling” by Man With Roses The post The Best of Reason: The Great American […]