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• 6 Things We Know about the CIA’s Secret Mass Surveillance Program
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  Jon Miltimore | Tuesday, February 15, 2022

  Newly declassified government documents reveal the CIA has been running a secret mass surveillance program. 

  The CIA, Politico notes, “is largely prohibited by law from engaging in domestic spying,” which makes the revelations troubling.

• Why Calling Your Intellectual Opponents “Deniers” Is Bad for Scientific Progress
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  Walter Block | Saturday, January 15, 2022

  They claim to rely on science, but the earmark of that discipline is open-ended debate.

• Breaking Down the Latest Bipartisan Assault on Big Tech—And How It Could Blow Up in Consumers’ Faces
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  Brad Polumbo | Thursday, June 24, 2021

  When politicians from both parties start getting together in Washington and actually agreeing on legislation, you should hold on to your wallet and watch out. Usually, it means they’re about to spend more of your money, or, in this case, mess up the services you rely on every day.

• Federal ‘COVID’ Spending Just Hit $41,870 Per Taxpayer. Did You See That Much in Benefit?
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  Brad Polumbo | Thursday, March 11, 2021

  President Biden just signed his sweeping $1.9 trillion spending package into law. Once this bill hits the books, total taxpayer expenditure on (ostensibly) COVID relief will hit $6 trillion—which, roughly estimated, comes out to $41,870 in spending per federal taxpayer. Did you see anywhere near that much in benefit?

• Do Big Tech Companies Exploit Our Data?
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  Donovan Choy | Monday, March 1, 2021

  The claim that Big Tech steals or data is central to the anti-Big-Tech Netflix documentary “The Social Dilemma,” and a common rallying cry of pundits and politicians.

  But is it true?

• The Ignorant Mob Assault on Rand Paul Shows How Political Tribalism Undermines Progress
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  Brad Polumbo | Saturday, August 29, 2020

  The assailants screeched things like “Say her name!” and “Breonna Taylor! Breonna Taylor!” Yet they were harassing the very senator who met with Taylor’s family and worked with them to craft legislation banning the “no-knock” police search warrants that led to her tragic death.

  That’s right: Rand Paul literally introduced the “Justice for Breonna Taylor Act.”

• Don’t Forget Breonna Taylor: Her Death Shows Why ‘No-Knock’ Warrants Need to Go
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  Brad Polumbo | Thursday, June 11, 2020

  The policy that resulted in the death of Breonna Taylor is a violation of the sanctity of the home and the individual’s right to protect it. As James Bovard wrote for FEE 20 years ago:

  “Few government policies better symbolize the contempt for property rights than the rising number of no-knock raids. ‘A man’s home is his castle’ has been an accepted rule of English common law since the early 1600s and required law-enforcement officials to knock on the door and announce themselves before entering a private home. But this standard has increasingly been rejected in favor of another ancient rule—’the king’s keys unlock all doors.'”

• Mass Surveillance Is Spreading along with COVID-19
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  Mitchell Nemeth | Saturday, April 18, 2020

  On April 10, Apple and Google announced a joint effort to “enable the use of Bluetooth technology to help governments and health agencies reduce the spread of the virus, with user privacy and security central to the design.”

• Stranger Things, Miller Lite, and the Power of Nostalgia in the Marketplace
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  Brittany Hunter | Thursday, August 1, 2019

  Miller Lite goosed its market share by 20 percent by switching to a retro can. Disney is dedicating much of its resources to remaking 1980s and 1990s animated classics. Full House and The Twilight Zone are back. Where is this craving for the “good ole days” coming from?

• Don’t Blame Capitalism for Surging Student Debt and High Tuition
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  Doug McCullough Brooke Medina | Sunday, May 12, 2019

  Warren’s sleight-of-hand doesn’t make existing debt or future tuition magically disappear. Rather, those costs are passed on to taxpayers.