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5-3).....for any reason whatsoever, absent a judicial subpoena thereon, issued in legitimate and substantive connection to an ongoing criminal investigation or court case.
August 5, 2026 at 7:16 AM
5-3).....for any reason whatsoever, absent a judicial subpoena thereon, issued in legitimate and substantive connection to an ongoing criminal investigation or court case.
5-2) ....without revealing his or her name or identity to the state, the public at large, or any individual member thereon, shall not be abridged by Congress, the States, or any local or territorial governance subject to United States sovereignty....
August 5, 2026 at 7:15 AM
5-2) ....without revealing his or her name or identity to the state, the public at large, or any individual member thereon, shall not be abridged by Congress, the States, or any local or territorial governance subject to United States sovereignty....
5-1) The right of the individual adult, who has attained to at least eighteen years of age, to publish, distribute, transmit, and receive licit and Constitutionally protected speech, communication, and expressive content, over any platform or medium....
August 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
5-1) The right of the individual adult, who has attained to at least eighteen years of age, to publish, distribute, transmit, and receive licit and Constitutionally protected speech, communication, and expressive content, over any platform or medium....
4-3) ....provided said grant of consent is either temporary and revocable or momentary, and does not constitute the condition of slavery.
August 5, 2026 at 7:14 AM
4-3) ....provided said grant of consent is either temporary and revocable or momentary, and does not constitute the condition of slavery.
4-2) ...and said consent, when genuinely expressed and granted by one of sound and sober mind, shall be respected by the laws and law enforcement agents of the United States, as well as the several States, and all local and territorial governments subject to United States sovereignty....
August 5, 2026 at 7:13 AM
4-2) ...and said consent, when genuinely expressed and granted by one of sound and sober mind, shall be respected by the laws and law enforcement agents of the United States, as well as the several States, and all local and territorial governments subject to United States sovereignty....
4-1) Every person under United States sovereignty, of sound and sober mind, who has attained to at least eighteen years of age, shall be presumed capable of consent....
August 5, 2026 at 7:12 AM
4-1) Every person under United States sovereignty, of sound and sober mind, who has attained to at least eighteen years of age, shall be presumed capable of consent....
3-2) ....nor undermines a reasonable expectation of public order and safety, nor victimizes someone else by either fraud, theft, property damage, unwarranted harm, or threat thereon.
August 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
3-2) ....nor undermines a reasonable expectation of public order and safety, nor victimizes someone else by either fraud, theft, property damage, unwarranted harm, or threat thereon.
3-1) No person under United States sovereignty shall be punished under civil, criminal, or common law for any act which neither challenges duly established sovereign authority...
August 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
3-1) No person under United States sovereignty shall be punished under civil, criminal, or common law for any act which neither challenges duly established sovereign authority...
2) No person under United States sovereignty shall be held to account under criminal, civil, or common law, for any act which he or she did not directly, consciously, and intentionally either do or conspire to have done.
August 5, 2026 at 7:10 AM
2) No person under United States sovereignty shall be held to account under criminal, civil, or common law, for any act which he or she did not directly, consciously, and intentionally either do or conspire to have done.
1)The laws of the United States, as well as the several States, and all territories subject to United States sovereignty, will be written and understood to presume innocence and respect the right to privacy, and will be enforced accordingly.
August 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
1)The laws of the United States, as well as the several States, and all territories subject to United States sovereignty, will be written and understood to presume innocence and respect the right to privacy, and will be enforced accordingly.
If I were to update the Bill of Rights for the modern age, I would add these five clauses:
August 5, 2026 at 7:09 AM
If I were to update the Bill of Rights for the modern age, I would add these five clauses:
The canary goes into the coal mine.
The future of online porn is at stake today
A Texas law requiring people to provide proof of age before viewing online porn comes before the U.S. Supreme Court today. With similar laws already at
reason.com
January 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
The canary goes into the coal mine.
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The 2025 Republican Party believes childhood begins at egg fertilization, and lasts until: you’re 18 (for white cis men), 25 (for unmarried cis women), 12 or onset of puberty (for BIPOC men) and the day of the wedding (for teen girls of any age chosen by an older cis man).
No, really:
No, really:
My most read article of 2024
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
The United States of America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think.
www.qasimrashid.com/p/america-ha...
America has a child marriage epidemic—and it's even worse than you think
With more than 300,000 documented child marriages since 2000, Republicans are fighting to keep it that way
www.qasimrashid.com
January 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The 2025 Republican Party believes childhood begins at egg fertilization, and lasts until: you’re 18 (for white cis men), 25 (for unmarried cis women), 12 or onset of puberty (for BIPOC men) and the day of the wedding (for teen girls of any age chosen by an older cis man).
No, really:
No, really:
This really is one of the most amazing things that I’ve lived to see.
the progression of AIDS treatment in my lifetime, from how terrifying it was as a child in the 80s to stories like this 40-odd years later, is genuinely one of the human race’s most awe-inspiring scientific achievements. it was a nonnegotiable death sentence for SO LONG
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
December 28, 2024 at 5:59 AM
This really is one of the most amazing things that I’ve lived to see.
Haven't read it all yet, but this looks like a really good article.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
“The arguments that Rothbard provides for his particular version of libertarianism are radically incomplete…And the conclusions that he reaches are grossly implausible, even when judged by the standard of an overriding commitment to individual liberty.”
www.independent.org/publications...
www.independent.org/publications...
Libertarianism, Oversimplified | Matt Zwolinski
This essay dissects For a New Liberty's chapter on property and exchange. Arguing from a libertarian perspective, it con
www.independent.org
December 27, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Haven't read it all yet, but this looks like a really good article.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
A critical re-examination of Rothbard is, in my opinion, something that is long overdue in libertarian circlees.
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The greatest source of evil in the world is a pair of linked cravings: the desire for power over others, and the desire to be controlled by "leaders". Each is reinforced and supported by the other.
December 23, 2024 at 8:01 PM
The greatest source of evil in the world is a pair of linked cravings: the desire for power over others, and the desire to be controlled by "leaders". Each is reinforced and supported by the other.
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Funny how if this wasn’t a congressman from one of the two parties their owners support, the prostitution charges would 100 percent be framed as “HUMAN TRAFFICKING,” regardless of context.
#DecriminalizeSexWork
#DecriminalizeSexWork
"The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Rep. Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress"
www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
www.cbsnews.com/news/matt-ga...
Matt Gaetz ethics report says his drug use and sex with a minor violated state laws
A report by the House Ethics Committee found former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid multiple women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
December 23, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Funny how if this wasn’t a congressman from one of the two parties their owners support, the prostitution charges would 100 percent be framed as “HUMAN TRAFFICKING,” regardless of context.
#DecriminalizeSexWork
#DecriminalizeSexWork
This looks really good.
The World Needs Films Like ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’
Mohammad Rasoulof had to flee his native Iran after being sentenced to prison for making films like this courageous drama.
www.vanityfair.com
December 5, 2024 at 4:21 AM
This looks really good.
This looks like a really good book.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
Libertarianism from the ground up
In 'Common Law Liberalism' legal scholar John Hasnas weaves previously published material into a new vision for a free society.
reason.com
December 1, 2024 at 8:29 AM
This looks like a really good book.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
I checked on Amazon and it costs about $90. Still thinking about getting it.
I probably won't. I have too big of an intending-to-read stack to justify spending that much on one more.
And yet, still thinking about it.
As much as I like Bluesky, I have been avoiding it for the last couple of months, mainly because I have been trying to avoid political doom-and-gloom. But I'm kind of over that now.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
November 30, 2024 at 7:13 PM
As much as I like Bluesky, I have been avoiding it for the last couple of months, mainly because I have been trying to avoid political doom-and-gloom. But I'm kind of over that now.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
In the interim, I somehow went from four to 15 followers without doing anything at all.
The Federal Government's case against Backpage is rotten to the core. God bless Reason Magazine - and Elizabeth Nolan Brown - for their willingness to cover this ongoing free-speech travesty, one that none of their mainstream colleagues have had the courage to even look at.
Backpage: A blueprint for squelching speech
How the Backpage prosecution helped create a playbook for suppressing online speech, debanking disfavored groups, and using "conspiracy" charges to imprison the government's targets.
reason.com
April 29, 2024 at 11:53 PM
The Federal Government's case against Backpage is rotten to the core. God bless Reason Magazine - and Elizabeth Nolan Brown - for their willingness to cover this ongoing free-speech travesty, one that none of their mainstream colleagues have had the courage to even look at.
Great piece. Worth a read.
"It isn’t that all the heterodox types have gone full MAGA. It’s just that they seem to loathe racial and social justice activists much more than they oppose Trump, or favor reform."
@radleybalko.bsky.social 🔥
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The War on the Woke Trumps the Truth for Many Heterodox Thinkers
Their flagship publication, The Free Press’, failure to correct an error-filled defense of George Floyd’s killer demonstrates that they are just another partisan tribe
www.theunpopulist.net
March 15, 2024 at 9:24 PM
Great piece. Worth a read.
Young adults have free speech rights too.
More for the growing-infantilization-of-young-adults files: Florida says you have to be 21 to be a stripper or work in any capacity in an adult entertainment business reason.com/2024/03/11/f...
Florida lawmakers vote to raise stripping age to 21
Employing an 18- to 20-year-old at an adult venue could mean 15 years in prison, even if the young person used a fake ID.
reason.com
March 12, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Young adults have free speech rights too.
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Why were you searching for "woman" and "dolphin", JD?
February 18, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Why were you searching for "woman" and "dolphin", JD?