The Crisis in Gaza is Even Worse than You Think
The Crisis in Gaza is Even Worse than You Think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKjRbV5zBf8
Month: June 2025
Golden Dome & U.S. Missile Defence – What is it, Can it Work, and the Economics of Missile Defence
Golden Dome & U.S. Missile Defence – What is it, Can it Work, and the Economics of Missile Defence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpFhNXecrb4
Will Trump’s Order To Lift U.S. Sanctions on Syria Be Followed?
“Sanctions are a complicated bureaucratic knot to untangle. Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, warned on X that “people in [Trump’s] own administration are trying to stop it or slow it down severely.” And a Syrian government minister tells Reason that a U.S. delegation has come with a set of “requests” for Syria to fulfill.
The Caesar Civilian Protection Act, passed after Assad had fought a civil war against rebels to a standstill, punishes foreign investment in reconstructing areas under the Syrian government’s control. There is also a general U.S. trade embargo on Syria passed by executive order. And Sharaa himself is a designated terrorist because of his past fighting for Al Qaeda, which he later violently turned against.”
https://reason.com/2025/05/20/will-trumps-order-to-lift-u-s-sanctions-on-syria-be-followed/
Noah Smith & Matt Yglesias: We’re Losing the Tech War to China (And Nobody Cares)
We are all minorities now. Americans need to recognize that we are all minorities and focus on being Americans and making life better for everyone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc61eF3TPQo
Mike Johnson Is A Lie Factory
Republican bill kicks millions of people off Medicaid. Speaker of House falsely claims that he wants to remove fraudsters from Medicaid when really he just wants the program to help less people. Rather than making the argument for having a less generous Medicaid program, he misleads.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLry4cr_MtI
The Chaotic Personal Life of Elon Musk
Musk has been taking drugs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfDxO5Bg6jI
Will Trump’s Regulatory Reforms Do Enough To Unleash Nuclear Energy?
Will Trump’s Regulatory Reforms Do Enough To Unleash Nuclear Energy?
https://reason.com/2025/05/27/will-trumps-regulatory-reforms-do-enough-to-unleash-nuclear-energy/
More Government Intervention Won’t Make Concert Tickets Cheaper
“Antitrust laws can be enforced as rigorously as possible, but their enforcement will not change the fact that popular performances with limited runtimes, few seats, and many fans bidding for them means the market-clearing price is often above that set by artists, venues, and retailers.”
https://reason.com/2025/05/27/more-government-intervention-wont-make-concert-tickets-cheaper/
Trump Deletes Database Containing Over 5,000 Police Misconduct Incidents
“In one of his first acts after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump ordered the Justice Department to delete a nationwide database tracking misconduct by federal law enforcement.
Along with rescinding former President Joe Biden’s executive orders on policing, Trump scrapped the National Law Enforcement Accountability Database (NLEAD), which logged more than 5,200 incidents of misconduct by federal officers and agents across various agencies.”
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“”BOP and CBP employees comprised more than 70 percent of the more than 5,200 misconduct instances recorded in NLEAD between 2017 and 2024,” The Appeal reported. “BOP officers accounted for more than 2,600 incidents—over half of all entries.”
By deleting NLEAD, Trump isn’t protecting beat cops from woke witch hunts—he’s covering for two of the most sprawling, unaccountable, and expensive law enforcement agencies in the federal government.”
https://reason.com/2025/05/29/trump-deletes-police-misconduct-database/
Harvard Economist Ken Rogoff on debt, inflation and the dollar. A Charlie Rose Global Conversation
Harvard Economist Ken Rogoff on debt, inflation and the dollar. A Charlie Rose Global Conversation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKjBI6Lt14