Trump not being a libertarian would be one reason not to invite him to the LP convention. Trump not being a Libertarian is the main reason not to invite him. He’s the nominee of a competing party and you’re inviting him to your party convention? This is not how parties work!

To set the tone for peaceful exercise of free speech, it's important to have clear, firm principles applied equally to all points of view. reason.com/2024/05/01/for… via reason

Is it really a revolution if it's not catered?

Today's E-Pluribus newsletter features commentary from Gal Beckerman (Gal Beckerman), J.D. Tuccille (@JD_Tuccille) and Bruce Clark (@bruceclark7). More in the 🧵below.

This story is bananas. Florida charges people $50 a day for their stay in prison. The state wants this woman to pay $127,000 because she was sentenced to 7 years—even though she only served 10 months.

A perfect example of how the gov’t sets people up to fail upon release.

This is the way.

Americans claim to favor a free press, but half the country says suppressing “false information” is more important than press freedom. reason.com/2024/04/29/ame… via reason

'Australia Tries To Censor the World' J.D. Tuccille reason.com/2024/04/26/aus…

This, always.

We live in a wildly overcriminalized society where even the govt has lost track of how many laws are on the books—true fact: DOJ has repeatedly tried and failed to count just the number of federal criminal laws on the books, which is of course just the tip of the iceberg. /3

Local hostility to free speech may become a global problem as grasping Australian politicians demand control over what everyone, everywhere can see. reason.com/2024/04/26/aus… via reason

Why has FDR’s dark side been hidden? Just asking questions.

Censoring opponents through regulatory pressure. Mass surveillance of private messages. Indefinite detainment of Americans. Abuse of emergency powers. Does this style of governance remind you of anything? 🧵

What the actual...

Concerned about campus protests? Vile speech is protected by law, but that doesn’t shield the hateful from public revulsion. nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via National Post

Great piece from J.D. Tuccille on the insanity on American campuses right now. Yup, students have the right to be hateful, and we have the right to show them deserved revulsion. nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via National Post

Thanks, Wesley Coopersmith, for perfectly summarizing the difference between classical liberalism/libertarianism and what we might call late-stage conservativism, based on its dwindling hold on the American public.

During the Cold War, conservatives and libertarians seemed to be…

Lower courts have been extremely skeptical of attempts to regulate unfinished parts as firearms. Now the Supremes weigh in. reason.com/2024/04/24/sup… via reason

This is batshit insane. The planet is supposed to obey the whims of local censors?

'An Australian judge on Monday ruled that social media platform X must block every user in the world from accessing video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church'
apnews.com/article/austra…

When government officials try to suppress information, it's an excellent time to tell them to fuck off.

This doesn't bode well.