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Lower Crime Hasn't Stopped Gun Control Push
🗞️ Breaking! — 05:14 PM(2h or newer)
2025-08-11T21:14:52

Reem Ibrahim, wearing a bright red shirt, speaks in front of a background featuring a downward-trending line graph. Large white text in the upper right corner reads "CASE AGAINST GUN CONTROL."

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Monday Open Thread
🗞️ Breaking! — 04:39 PM(2h or newer)
2025-08-11T20:39:42

What's on your mind?

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Tariff Rebate Checks Are a Bad, Inflationary Idea
2025-08-11T19:35:56

President Donald Trump and Senator Josh Hawley (R–Mo.)

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Hostile Takeover: Trump Federalizes Law Enforcement and Deploys National Guard in D.C.
2025-08-11T17:25:42

President Trump in front of an orange background, flaked by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Attorney General Pam Bondi

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U.S. Revenue Grab on Chip Exports Raises Legal, Economic Alarms
2025-08-11T16:31:40

Illustration of President Donald Trump taking money out of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang's pocket

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For Ukraine, 'Losing Slowly' Might Be a Winning Strategy
2025-08-11T15:45:47

Ukrainian President Zelenskyy

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The Self-Sustaining Outrage Cycle of Sydney Sweeney's Jeans Ad
2025-08-11T15:31:24

An American Eagle store, with window displays that say "Sydney Sweeney Has Great Jeans."

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The University Presidents Who Want to Fix Universities Before They Get Fixed
2025-08-11T14:19:11

University Presidents are divided on how to respond to pressure from the Trump Administration. Are their concerns too little, too late?

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Big Balls Attacked
2025-08-11T13:30:52

Donald Trump

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Brickbat: Watch Those Hands
2025-08-11T08:00:50

A police officer frisks a suspect in a grey hoodie, who has his hands on top of his car.

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Second Amendment Roundup: The Zero Tax on NFA Firearms
2025-08-11T02:42:59

The $0 tax on firearms undercuts the constitutional basis of the National Firearms Act.

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D.C. Circuit Orders Trump Administration to Restore Public Database of Federal Expenditures
2025-08-11T01:53:09

Judge Henderson writes a forceful opinion rejecting the Trump Administration's attempt to extend executive authority over federal spending.

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Seventh Circuit Allows Teacher to Pursue Title VII Claim Against School for Requiring Him to Use Chosen First Names of Transgender Students
2025-08-10T19:10:25

This case presents a religious accommodation claim, rather than a free expression claim.

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6 U.S. Travel Destinations in the Middle of Nowhere
2025-08-10T10:00:16

From under the sea to the Rocky Mountains.

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Justice Sotomayor on Supreme Court Term Limits
2025-08-09T20:38:18

A bit of cold water on a popular Court "reform" from a justice on the left-wing of the Court

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Sixth Circuit Rejects Associational Standing in Medicare Drug Pricing Challenge
2025-08-09T14:29:07

An easy way to avoid the merits in the latest high-stake health care litigation.

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Child Protective Services Investigated Her 4 Times Because She Let Her Kids Play Outside
2025-08-09T11:00:35

A field surrounded by trees with small children playing

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Religious Dissenters Fled Holland (The Netherlands) and Established Holland (Michigan)
2025-08-09T10:00:22

In response to disagreements within the Dutch Reformed Church, some believers packed up and left.

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Seventh Circuit Upholds Indiana Alcohol Laws Without a Majority Opinion
2025-08-09T02:15:11

After one judge died, the two remaining judges could not agree on why the state should prevail.

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Friday Open Thread
2025-08-08T22:14:10

What's on your mind?

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