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Search ArticlesMarjorie Taylor Greene on MAGA, Congress, and the Two-Party System Original
MAGA "I spent five years of my life the most pissed off I could ever be because I hated all of it," the former congresswoman tells Reason's Robby Soave. | Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–Ga.) joined Free Media's Robby Soave in June to discuss her friendship with Rep. Thomas Massie (R–Ky.), her break with Trump-era politics, and why she believes both major parties are failing ordinary Americans. Greene says she once thought President Donald Trump would help crash the system.
Brickbat: King Bee Original
Bees | (Illustration: Fatima Ruiz/Midjourne) The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is being asked to decide whether South Charleston can ban beekeeping within city limits. The legal fight began when Alex Urban sought permission to keep bees on his property. South Charleston rejected his request and later adopted a complete ban, arguing that the city has authority to regulate animals and that beehives can create problems in densely populated neighborhoods.
How Did America Get $40 Trillion in Debt?
National Debt Plus: Trump's trade war with Canada, the growing backlash against data centers, and calls to censor journalists in Britain | This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Nick Gillespie are joined by Reason Senior Editor Robby Soave to discuss the national debt hitting $40 trillion and whether decades of fiscal irresponsibility are finally beginning to have consequences.
This YouTuber Got Kicked Out of the Flock Convention. So He Ran His Own Surveillance.
Surveillance Benn Jordan wants the snoopers to be “a little unsettled.” | The surveillance contractor Flock Safety argues that police customers don't need a warrant to track drivers with its automated license plate reading cameras because drivers have "no reasonable expectation of privacy" on public roads. So YouTube host Benn Jordan applied the same logic back on Flock.
Trump Threatens U.S. Relationship With Canada as Trade Talks Collapse Original
Canada Canada is one of our largest trading partners. The president imposed 50 percent tariffs on cars, wigs, and hockey sticks. | (Illustration: Midjourney) Over the weekend, President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs against Canada went into effect as talks between the two countries collapsed after weeks of negotiations. As always, Trump's protectionism is shortsighted and self-defeating.
Study: Most Mealtime Screen Time Is TV, Not Social Media Original
Everyone has seen them out at restaurants: the "iPad babies" and zoned-out families. Parents letting their children, some quite young, stare at phones or tablets throughout the meal, sometimes while mom and dad also look at screens. It's easy to judge those families, though I try to remind myself that we, as casual onlookers, never know the full story. Maybe this almost never happens but tonight the parent has a crucial work deadline. Maybe it's been that rare kind of extraordinarily stressful day.
Forget the Population Bomb. The New Fear Is a Population Implosion.
Population Overpopulation panic is sooooo 20th Century! Welcome to the era of depopulation dread. | (Scaliger/Dreamstime. Illustration: Fatima Ruiz.) Nearly six decades ago the world was allegedly in the midst of an apocalyptic "population explosion." Today the fear among some economists is the opposite: that the world in this century is on track to experience a steep global population implosion.
Behind Bars: October 2026 Puzzle
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Scott Bessent is planning to ratchet up economic pressure on Iran Original
Ratcheting up? "U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has promised to reveal severe measures on Iran, which has endured near-continuous economic sanctions since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, when he gives a press conference at 1 p.m. EDT (1700 GMT) on Monday," reports Reuters. This comes in response to Iran's recent escalation, blacklisting 45 oil tankers who had allegedly broken its rules crossing the Strait of Hormuz without permission.
1 in 5 Americans Still Need Government Permission To Work Original
Last week, an article in Governing noted that despite years of reform efforts, roughly one in five jobs in the United States requires government permission in the form of occupational licensing. In a world that is more potentially mobile and flexible than ever, licensing requirements can keep people fixed in place or pose high barriers to entering new trades and professions.