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[ad_1] Nearly half of Americans don’t understand what we’re celebrating for America’s 250th anniversary, according to a new poll. Clearly, the festivities aren’t about the quality of the country’s public schools, since this year marks 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Something else we should be celebrating, though, is this country’s continued legacy of individual liberty. Our freedom may be under threat from people who don’t appreciate its value both within and outside the country, but it endures with the support—mostly—of Americans themselves. You are reading The Rattler from J.D. Tuccille and Reason. Get more of…

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[ad_1] 7/3/1941: Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone takes oath. Chief Justice Harlan Fiske StoneThe post Today in Supreme Court History: July 3, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Believe it or not, CJ has been doing the Dangerous History Podcast for 12 years now! Despite many trials & tribulations that have caused him to be slowed down or even knocked down, he has always staggered back up to his feet, wiped the blood out of his eyes, and resumed fighting the good fight of spreading brushfires of freedom via historical samizdat; and, with your help, he intends to keep doing it for at least another dozen (or couple dozen) years more! To commemorate this anniversary, in this episode, CJ shares & expounds upon a dozen of his…

[ad_1] Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin meeting in Beijing for bilateral talks, May, 2026. (Screengrab from video posted to YouTube.). Since the early 1990s, the Russian city of Blagoveshchensk, located on the Amur River, has steadily reemerged as one of Russia’s most important “border trade hubs.” Sitting directly across from the Chinese city of Heihe, migration for work, commerce, and education has become a routine occurrence between these two cities. Now, the world’s first cross-border cable car system, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2026, will further connect Blagoveshchensk and Heihe. The vast majority of the…

[ad_1] The first half of the 2026 primary season has seen progressives – and Trump – win big. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Imagine waking up one day to realize that everyone you know is merely an NPC running a pre-programmed script, that the wars on the news are staged theater, and that the ‘apocalypse’ isn’t coming… It’s already here in the form of nanotech and mind control. If you’re reading this, you probably already feel it in your gut. That nagging sensation that the walls of the reality box are closing in. Look, I’ve been at this a long time. As a conspiracy theorist with a deep background in anarcho-capitalist analysis, I’ve spent decades watching the gears of the machine turn.…

[ad_1] In a special America 250 issue, Reason takes a look back at our country’s founding people and ideas. Read more here. Joanna Andreasson Obscured by the din of fireworks, rock ‘n’ roll, and raucous revelry, a stubborn and crucial question begs to be answered as we celebrate our Sestercentennial: What is an American? Historian Gordon Wood has championed a creedal conception of nationality: “To be an American is not to be someone, but to believe in something.” In stark opposition, you’ll find Vice President J.D. Vance’s physical view: “We’re a particular place with a particular people.” Both views hold a degree…

[ad_1] Alarmingly, only five members of the nine-person U.S. Supreme Court found the U.S. president’s executive order revoking birthright citizenship unconstitutional. This is a slender thread. President Donald Trump departs the Supreme Court after attending oral arguments in the landmark birthright citizenship case on April 1. ( White House /Daniel Torok) By Marjorie CohnSpecial to Consortium News In a case the U.S. Supreme Court never should have agreed to hear, its members narrowly rejected Donald Trump’s attempt to eviscerate the Citizenship Clause of the U.S. Constitution’s 14th Amendment, which ensures citizenship to virtually every person born in the United States. Trump…

[ad_1] The dayslong funeral for Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — who was assassinated by the U.S. and Israel on February 28 — began on Friday, with ceremonies beginning Saturday and expected to draw millions of mourners from across the country, as negotiations to end the conflict entered their 16th day. The New York Times reported on Thursday, citing anonymous U.S. officials, that the U.S. worried in April that Israel would attempt to assassinate Iran’s lead negotiators — Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf  — during ceasefire negotiations. Officials told the Times that…