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Frances Haugen, the woman whose Facebook revelations inspired "The Social Reckoning", argues that the real danger of social media isn’t bad speech—it’s the way the platforms are designed.

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Whistleblower Francis Haugen Trashes Facebook's Flawed Fact-Checkers

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Prettifying executions does not make them quicker or more reliable. Lethal injection aims to disguise the brutal reality of capital punishment by dressing it in medical garb. reason.com/2026/10/07/pretti…

Prettifying executions does not make them quicker or more reliable

Lethal injection aims to disguise the brutal reality of capital punishment by dressing it in medical garb.

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The SEC should not keep a searchable record of Americans’ lawful trades, much less make them pay for it. buff.ly/XcnWbQ0

The SEC is watching American investors' trades. That's a privacy nightmare.

The SEC should not keep a searchable record of Americans’ lawful trades, much less make them pay for it.

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Students and workers are protesting across France as rising debt costs and an aging population put new pressure on the country's welfare state. buff.ly/CJpYQBT

French tantrum

Students and workers are protesting as rising debt costs and an aging population put new pressure on the country's welfare state.

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Dan Osborn discusses breaking with both parties, opposing the Iran war, and how he plans to win over Trump voters. buff.ly/BUbuoJG

Can Nebraska's Dan Osborn win over libertarians?

Dan Osborn discusses breaking with both parties, opposing the Iran war, and how he plans to win over Trump voters.

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Ten-year interest rates have vaulted from around 4.5 percent in July to nearly 5.3 percent this week. That may not seem like a lot, but in the history of the bond market, such a rapid rise is almost without precedent. buff.ly/s3IXc1Q

The bond market doesn’t trust the Treasury

To judge from rising 10-year interest rates, the bond market doesn't seem to expect Trump to bring inflation or spending under control.

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In July 2021, the Georgia Department of Public Safety reportedly destroyed $37,000 worth of hemp crops by flying helicopters and a fixed-wing aircraft at low altitude during a "drug-suppression exercise." buff.ly/Px83h11

Police allegedly destroyed $37,000 of hemp. The Georgia Supreme Court just upended 60 years of...

The ruling has major implications for property owners when the government destroys their possessions in the exercise of "police power."

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Gun registry bans might not be enough to protect gun owners from lists built from Flock camera data. Read more: reason.pub/4hLwOJU
Man holding a shotgun under security cameras. Text warns Flock cameras outside gun stores put customers on a list.

ALT Man holding a shotgun under security cameras. Text warns Flock cameras outside gun stores put customers on a list.

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Social media as it once existed is dead. What remains isn't very social. buff.ly/yfaJ8su

The millennial internet is dead, and politicians killed it.

Social media use is declining, and what's left has shifted from conversation to passive scrolling.

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Obama hits the trail for Abdul El-Sayed as Michigan becomes a major political battleground. @robbysoave and @ambermarieduke break down what it means for the race. reason.com/video/2026/10/06/…

Obama campaigns for Abdul El-Sayed as Republicans sound the alarm

Former President Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail for Abdul El-Sayed as Michigan emerges as one of the country’s biggest political battlegrounds.

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Trump keeps contradicting the "national security" rationale for banning disfavored journalists from the White House. reason.com/2026/10/06/trump-…

Trump keeps contradicting the 'national security' rationale for banishing disfavored journalists

Attorney General Todd Blanche also has trouble keeping the story straight, complaining that CNN's coverage is negative towards Trump.

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Newly released audio from the Cornell 7 case raises fresh questions about Jane Doe’s story. Did her account change over time? reason.com/video/2026/10/06/…

'I never lie': Audio recordings raise new questions about Cornell 7 allegations

Robby Soave and Amber Duke discuss updates in the Cornell 7 scandal.

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Are the feds interested in upholding the law, or merely in silencing dissent? buff.ly/u2XdVDx

Minneapolis activists used encrypted group chats to outmaneuver ICE. Now the feds want to prosecute...

"I think courts are going to be very suspicious of how broad this is," one Minnesota lawyer tells Reason.

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103-year-old Irvin Koch's home basement bar was operating long before modern zoning. That's the only reason it's permitted today. reason.com/2026/10/06/the-wo…

The 'world's oldest' bartender's very illegal basement bar

103-year-old Irvin Koch's home basement bar was operating long before modern zoning. That's the only reason it's permitted today.

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Algorithms and short-form video drove engagement. They also made it easier to quit social media. buff.ly/FuohtME

The end of social media

Algorithms and short-form video drove engagement. They also made it easier to quit.

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These Minnesota parents were censored at a public meeting for simply saying school employees' job titles. reason.com/2026/10/06/these-…

These Minnesota parents were censored at a public meeting for saying school employees' job titles

Foley Public School Board stopped parents from naming school employees or even mentioning their job titles during public comment.

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Celebrate 10 years of The Reason Roundtable with @nickgillespie, @mattwelch, @petersuderman, and @kmanguward! Tune in to our special live taping on YouTube on Oct. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern reason.com/podcast/2026/10/0…

Live Reason Roundtable 10th anniversary show!

Join Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Matt Welch as they celebrate a decade of the show with a special live taping.

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A federal judge preliminarily approves a $1.5 million settlement for victims of financially motivated traffic enforcement in Brookside, Alabama, where "fines and forfeitures" accounted for half the town's revenue in 2020. reason.com/2026/10/01/judge-…

Judge preliminarily blesses $1.5 million settlement for victims of a tiny town's 'policing for...

A federal judge preliminarily approved the deal after Brookside extracted nearly $2 million from motorists through fines, fees, and towing.

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Sam Altman says “some bad things” will happen with AI. He’s right about the tradeoff: Progress has always required accepting risk. reason.com/2026/10/06/sam-al…

Sam Altman says ‘some bad things’ will happen with AI. That doesn’t mean we should stop it.

The Open AI CEO says society should weigh AI's risks against its benefits rather than trying to eliminate every possible danger through regulation.

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The SEC is considering changes to its massive database of American investors' trades. It should scrap the system instead reason.com/2026/10/06/the-se…

The SEC is watching American investors' trades. That's a privacy nightmare.

The SEC should not keep a searchable record of Americans’ lawful trades, much less make them pay for it.

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The Manchester City scandal is causing political and economic problems for the United Kingdom—because the team is basically owned by a foreign government. reason.com/2026/10/06/if-man…

If Manchester City weren’t (basically) owned by the UAE, their scandal would be a lot less compli...

Always be careful who you go into business with. That's a lesson the Premier League may now be learning the hard way.

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