California Officials Baffled by Rising Gas Prices Following Tax Hike
Article from Reason by Christina Britschgi. As lieutenant governor, Gavin Newsom supported a 2017 bill increasing the state’s gas taxes. When running for governor in 2018, he opposed a ballot initiative that would have…
Court Rules Tire Chalking by Parking Enforcement Unconstitutional
Article from The Washington Post by Fred Barbash. The age-old parking enforcement practice of tire-chalking is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, saying it violated the Fourth Amendment’s bar…
REPORT: Social Security Will Run Dry by 2035
Article from Fox Business by Brittany De Lea. Social Security’sOpens a New Window. reserve funds are expected to be depleted in 2035, at which time the program will no longer be…
Broward County Sheriffs Deputy Slams Kid
Article from Reason by Robby Soave. Broward County sheriff’s deputies were called to a popular teen meet-up area, a McDonald’s parking lot, Thursday afternoon. The police were there ostensibly to…
Anti-Gun Rep Gets Owned by NRA Spokeswoman
Article from The Daily Wire by Hank Berrien. On Tuesday, Democratic president candidate Rep. Eric Swalwell took aim at the NRA, taunting them that they wouldn’t debate him. But NRA…
U.S. Intel is Becoming Partisan
Article from the Washington Free Beacon by Bill Gertz. The CIA and other U.S. intelligence agencies have become bastions of political liberals and the pro-Democratic Party views of intelligence personnel…
D.C.’s Plan to Help Homeless Fails Miserably
Article from The Daily Wire by Ashe Schow. In Washington, D.C., city housing officials “increased the value of rental subsidies” in order to “give tenants who had previously clustered in…
Police Kill Man Who Appeared to be Following Commands
Article from Reason by Joe Setyon. Newly released body camera footage appears to show that a man in Charlotte, North Carolina, was trying to obey police’s orders to drop his…
Texas Cops Arrest THOUSANDS for Minor Offenses
Article from Reason by Jacob Sullum. The practice of arresting drivers for minor traffic violations in Texas first received wide national attention as a result of the 2001 Supreme Court…
Prosecutors Charge Man for Crime That Doesn’t Exist
Article from Reason by Joe Setyon. The New Hanover County District Attorney’s Office didn’t drop animal cruelty charges against Michael Hinson because they realized treating a man like a criminal…