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J.D. Tuccille

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Contributing Editor, @reason. Aficionado of personal freedom. Possibly, a 'hard-ass desert anarchist.'

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The D.C. parade was fun, but also a somewhat odd spectacle for a republic built on foundations that included suspicion of a strong military. reason.com/2025/06/16/par… via reason

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Yet going beyond the financial cost is a larger issue of whether a celebration of a standing army fits in a republic built on foundations that included suspicions of a strong military.

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Gun Owners Deserve Freedom To Enjoy the Sound of Silencers Long restricted by federal law, suppressors are poised to be freed by litigation or legislation. reason.com/2025/06/18/gun… via reason

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Gun suppressors aren’t tools for killers. They’re tools for auditory health. Reason’s J.D. Tuccille wrote about recent, ignorant comments on gun suppressors from politicians like Sen. Chris Murphy and why pols like him are comically wrong about the need for suppressor

Gun suppressors aren’t tools for killers. They’re tools for auditory health.

Reason’s <a href="/JD_Tuccille/">J.D. Tuccille</a> wrote about recent, ignorant comments on gun suppressors from politicians like Sen. Chris Murphy and why pols like him are comically wrong about the need for suppressor
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The debate over a U.S role in Israel's war with Iran raises two big questions: 1) Should the U.S. intervene? 2) Who gets to make that decision? At stake are human lives, expense, and potential repercussions. reason.com/2025/06/20/war… via reason

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(for more on government overreach, the dangers of executive power, and other threats to our everyday liberty, subscribe to The Rattler, from J.D. Tuccille and Reason) reason.com/newsletters/th…

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We’ve made government so powerful that people will fight rather than surrender control to the enemy. reason.com/2025/06/23/pol… via reason

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At the border, even returning citizens might have to submit to searches of their possessions and their electronic devices. But travelers can take steps to keep information safe and beyond the reach of nosy enforcers. reason.com/2025/06/25/cro… via reason

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Show this video to Zohran. A Cuban seeing Costco for the first time gets emotional witnessing the sheer abundance. People who’ve actually lived under socialism are often the most moved by what markets can create. Capitalism is a miracle, actually.

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Trump's stature got a boost from his tentative successes with Iran. So did the U.S. presidency’s bad habit of unilaterally waging war. nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via National Post

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Members of Congress propose to create a new intellectual property claim in digital representations of real people. Of course, the bill goes further, mandating censorship of digital replicas and regulating technology capable of producing them. reason.com/2025/06/27/hea… via reason

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MahmoudĀ was a win for parents' right to guide their kids' education. But the best outcome is to get government out of the business of running schools. reason.com/2025/06/30/sch… via reason

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Americans' pride—or lack thereof—in the one big thing they have in common seems increasingly linked to whether their preferred politicians are in power. This is especially true of Democrats. reason.com/2025/07/02/ame… via reason

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Perhaps the one thing Americans still have in common is our eagerness to criticize government. reason.com/2025/07/04/cel… via reason

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The potential new face of New York City — and the Democratic Party — is the latest in U.S. political lunacy. nationalpost.com/opinion/j-d-tu… via National Post

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"Sweden is proof socialism works!" Your professor loves this story. Politicians too. But there's one problem: Sweden got rich BEFORE it tried socialism. And when they actually tried it, everything fell apart. 🧵

"Sweden is proof socialism works!" 

Your professor loves this story. Politicians too. But there's one problem: Sweden got rich BEFORE it tried socialism. 

And when they actually tried it, everything fell apart. 🧵