# ![@jacobsullum Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::407523452.png) @jacobsullum Jacob Sullum

Jacob Sullum posts on X about alex pretti, ice, to the, law enforcement the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[finance](/list/finance)  4.2% [countries](/list/countries)  3.36% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.68% [musicians](/list/musicians)  0.84%

**Social topic influence**
[alex pretti](/topic/alex-pretti) 5.04%, [ice](/topic/ice) 3.36%, [to the](/topic/to-the) 3.36%, [law enforcement](/topic/law-enforcement) 3.36%, [health](/topic/health) 3.36%, [supreme court](/topic/supreme-court) 2.52%, [war](/topic/war) 2.52%, [history](/topic/history) 2.52%, [new york](/topic/new-york) 2.52%, [the new](/topic/the-new) 2.52%

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**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"Grand jury rejects Trump's attempt to prosecute [--] legislators The president was offended by a video reminding military personnel of their duty to disobey unlawful orders"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/11/a-grand-jury-rejects-trumps-attempt-to-prosecute-6-legislators-for-saying-something-he-did-not-like/)  2026-02-11T18:46Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"If 'you bring a gun' to D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro warns 'you're going to jail' Jeanine Pirro's comments about guns in D.C. renew concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to protecting Second Amendment rights"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/03/if-you-bring-a-gun-to-d-c-u-s-attorney-jeanine-pirro-warns-youre-going-to-jail/)  2026-02-03T22:26Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Drug dogs should not be unleashed to authorize apartment searches a SCOTUS brief argues A potential Supreme Court case raises the question of whether police can justify home searches by deploying drug dogs at apartment doors"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/04/drug-dogs-should-not-be-unleashed-to-authorize-apartment-searches-a-scotus-brief-argues/)  2026-02-04T21:35Z [----] followers, 38.6K engagements


"The NRA and NORML unite to oppose the federal gun ban for marijuana users Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/02/the-nra-and-norml-unite-to-oppose-the-federal-gun-ban-for-marijuana-users/)  2026-02-02T18:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Trump is bragging about homicide data that he tried to discredit in [----] While running against Kamala Harris Trump claimed homicides were "skyrocketing" disregarding the data contradicting that assertion"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/10/in-2024-trump-rejected-numbers-showing-a-homicide-drop-as-a-lie-now-he-is-bragging-about-them/)  2026-02-10T21:16Z [----] followers, 55.7K engagements


"First Amendment lawsuit challenges FTC chairman's NewsGuard vendetta Andrew Ferguson has targeted the news rating company with onerous record demands and a merger condition aimed at cutting off its revenue"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/09/a-first-amendment-lawsuit-challenges-ftc-chairman-andrew-fergusons-vendetta-against-newsguard/)  2026-02-10T23:28Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Don Lemons arrest looks like an assault on freedom of the press A federal indictment accuses Lemon and another journalist of conspiring with protesters who disrupted a St. Paul church service"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/04/don-lemons-arrest-looks-like-an-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press/)  2026-02-04T05:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Jeanine Pirro's comments about guns in D.C. renew concerns about the Trump administration's commitment to protecting Second Amendment rights. https://reason.com/2026/02/03/if-you-bring-a-gun-to-d-c-u-s-attorney-jeanine-pirro-warns-youre-going-to-jail/ https://reason.com/2026/02/03/if-you-bring-a-gun-to-d-c-u-s-attorney-jeanine-pirro-warns-youre-going-to-jail/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2018814102446227626)  2026-02-03T22:29Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The St. Paul protest that Don Lemon covered combined trespassing with disorderly conduct. But the attempt to treat his reporting as a federal felony looks like a thinly veiled assault on freedom of the press. https://reason.com/2026/02/04/don-lemons-arrest-looks-like-an-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press/ https://reason.com/2026/02/04/don-lemons-arrest-looks-like-an-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2019033195916800168)  2026-02-04T13:00Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"A potential SCOTUS case raises the question of whether police should have free rein to justify home searches by deploying drug dogs at apartment doors. Although SCOTUS says you need a warrant to do that near a house entrance the 4th Circuit says apartments are different. https://reason.com/2026/02/04/drug-dogs-should-not-be-unleashed-to-authorize-apartment-searches-a-scotus-brief-argues/ https://reason.com/2026/02/04/drug-dogs-should-not-be-unleashed-to-authorize-apartment-searches-a-scotus-brief-argues/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2019164169979695237)  2026-02-04T21:40Z [----] followers, 10.4K engagements


"Minneapolis shootings could spur new body cam rules for ICE and CBP A pending appropriations bill could increase transparency and accountability by requiring DHS personnel to record encounters with the public"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/30/the-minneapolis-shootings-underline-the-advantages-of-body-cameras-which-dhs-has-been-slow-to-adopt/)  2026-01-30T21:20Z [----] followers, 76.2K engagements


"Don Lemon may be a hack but that does not make him a felon The federal case against the former CNN anchor hinges on conduct that can plausibly be viewed as part of a journalist's work"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/05/don-lemon-may-be-a-hack-but-that-does-not-make-him-a-felon/)  2026-02-05T22:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Brendan Carr flagrantly abused his powers to cancel Jimmy Kimmel "We can do this the easy way or the hard way" the FCC chairman said threatening to punish broadcasters for airing the comedian's show"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2025/09/18/brendan-carr-flagrantly-abused-his-powers-to-cancel-jimmy-kimmel/)  2025-09-18T18:24Z [----] followers, 48.9K engagements


"Are Trump's drug boat bombings legal The legal rationale for bombing suspected drug boats in the Caribbean doesn't stand up to scrutiny"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/02/02/trumps-drug-strategy-excuses-murder-as-self-defense/)  2026-02-02T11:01Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Border Patrol agents started the scuffle that led to Alex Pretti's death As with Renee Good a calmer response could have avoided the lethal outcome"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/27/border-patrol-agents-started-the-scuffle-that-led-to-alex-prettis-death/)  2026-01-27T21:34Z [----] followers, 26.4K engagements


"As @JoeRLancaster notes FCC Chairman Brendan Carr now says talk shows are subject to the "equal time" rule because they are not "bona fide news" programs. 🧵1/3 https://reason.com/2026/01/23/the-fcc-wants-to-police-how-many-conservatives-appear-on-the-view/ https://reason.com/2026/01/23/the-fcc-wants-to-police-how-many-conservatives-appear-on-the-view/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2014803798305186052)  2026-01-23T20:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Minneapolis shootings underline the advantages of body cameras which DHS has been slow to adopt. Congress may start requiring DHS personnel to record interactions with the public which would promote transparency and accountability. https://reason.com/2026/01/30/the-minneapolis-shootings-underline-the-advantages-of-body-cameras-which-dhs-has-been-slow-to-adopt/ https://reason.com/2026/01/30/the-minneapolis-shootings-underline-the-advantages-of-body-cameras-which-dhs-has-been-slow-to-adopt/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2017347302583619991)  2026-01-30T21:20Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Don Lemon may be a hack but that does not make him a felon. The federal case against him hinges on conduct that can plausibly be viewed as part of a journalist's work combined with the obvious partiality of that work. https://reason.com/2026/02/05/don-lemon-may-be-a-hack-but-that-does-not-make-him-a-felon/ https://reason.com/2026/02/05/don-lemon-may-be-a-hack-but-that-does-not-make-him-a-felon/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2019537287961354650)  2026-02-05T22:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"I did not mention the claim that Lemon can be heard chanting in that cellphone video because I could find no confirmation of it and it is contradicted by The Washington Post's analysis which included cellphone video as well as Lemon's footage. And I am not trying to resolve every factual issue raised by the charges--just explaining the ways in which the indictment falls short. Maybe prosecutors ultimately will present evidence that Lemon actually engaged in "physical obstruction" as defined by the statute. But the fact that the indictment uses that term in connection with the Parnell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2019787362763509991)  2026-02-06T14:56Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The [--] Best Drug Scares of [----] Caffeine conniptions lethal LSD pot-smoking punks vaping vapors and devouring dope"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2013/12/26/the-5-best-drug-scares-of-2013)  2013-12-26T19:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Chuck Grassley's Demands Make Sentencing Reform Weaker At the insistence of the powerful senator a new bill shortens fewer sentences and lengthens others"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2015/10/01/chuck-grassleys-demands-make-sentencing)  2015-10-01T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Eric Trump incorrectly credits his father's boat bombings for fentanyl decline Eric Trump claims his fathers drug war caused falling fentanyl deaths. The dataand the timelinesay otherwise"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/20/eric-trump-congratulates-his-father-for-a-drop-in-fentanyl-deaths-that-happened-before-he-took-office/)  2026-01-20T16:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Obama's Clemency Record Is Still One of the Worst Ever Despite belated pardons and a few more commutations the president's mercy is rarely seen"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2015/02/04/obamas-clemency-record-is-still-among-th)  2015-02-04T22:31Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why Prosecutors Love Mandatory Minimums Seeking to shorten "draconian" sentences the attorney general faces opposition from his underlings"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/08/06/why-prosecutors-love-mandatory-minimums)  2014-08-06T13:34Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"ICE agents flouted DHS policies that could have prevented Renee Good's death The department tells its employees to use "de-escalation tactics" employ "a verbal warning" instead of force when feasible and avoid "placing themselves in positions" that trigger the use of deadly force"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/16/ice-agents-flouted-dhs-policies-that-could-have-prevented-renee-goods-death/)  2026-01-16T21:16Z [----] followers, 324.7K engagements


"FDA E-Cigarette Regulations Give Smoking a Boost The new rules will discourage smokers from switching to vaping a much less dangerous alternative"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2016/08/15/fda-e-cigarette-regulations-give-smoking)  2016-08-16T23:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The FBI Quietly Revised Its [----] Crime Numbers The change makes recent violent crime trends murkier adding fuel to an ongoing argument between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2024/10/21/the-fbis-quiet-revision-of-its-2022-crime-numbers-adds-fuel-to-an-argument-between-harris-and-trump/)  2024-10-21T20:19Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements


"Very Few Prisoners Seeking Commutations Meet DOJ's Picky Criteria for Consideration Only [--] percent of cases reviewed by volunteer lawyers have made the cut so far"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/05/17/very-few-prisoners-seeking-commutations)  2016-05-17T17:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"ICE agent who killed Renee Good disregarded traffic stop guidelines Jonathan Ross positioned himself in front of Good's car and continued firing even after he was no longer in its path"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/12/the-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good-disregarded-traffic-stop-guidelines/)  2026-01-12T20:49Z [----] followers, 148.2K engagements


"The FBI thinks Renee Good's anti-ICE activism is relevant in deciding whether killing her was justified It is hard to see how since that question hinges on what happened the morning that an ICE agent shot her"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/14/the-fbi-thinks-renee-goods-anti-ice-activism-is-relevant-in-deciding-whether-killing-her-was-justified/)  2026-01-14T20:46Z [----] followers, 24.9K engagements


"The Insurrection Act is alarmingly vague and broad The antiquated statute arguably allows the president to deploy the military in response to nearly any form of domestic disorder"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/21/the-insurrection-act-which-trump-keeps-threatening-to-invoke-is-alarmingly-vague-and-broad/)  2026-01-21T06:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"California's ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional 9th Circuit says The laws cited by California preserved the right to openly carry guns which state courts said was clearly protected by the Second Amendment"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/05/californias-ban-on-openly-carrying-guns-is-unconstitutional-9th-circuit-says/)  2026-01-06T13:01Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements


"Invading Venezuela for 'law enforcement' is an open-ended license for war If an indictment is enough to justify military action why should the White House bother seeking congressional approval"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/07/the-law-enforcement-rationale-for-invading-venezuela-is-an-open-ended-license-for-war/)  2026-01-07T05:02Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements


"How the FCC became the speech police The constitutionally anomalous status of broadcasting invites government meddling"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/18/how-the-fcc-became-the-speech-police/)  2026-01-26T03:58Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The Punishment Is the Crime Thousands of Americans are serving life sentences for nonviolent offenses"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2013/11/20/the-punishment-is-the-crime)  2013-11-20T14:29Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Looking vs. Touching Is possession of child pornography a crime worthy of years in prison"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/02/12/looking-vs-touching)  2014-10-16T15:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Ebola Smoking and Mission Creep at the CDC Controlling contagious diseases is just one of many items on the agency's to-do list"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/12/24/ebola-smoking-and-mission-cree)  2014-12-25T21:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"3 areas where courts resisted Trump's attempts to avoid judicial review in [----] The president asserted broad powers to deport people impose tariffs and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/01/3-areas-where-the-courts-pushed-back-against-trumps-attempts-to-avoid-judicial-review-in-2025/)  2026-01-01T20:44Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements


"The outrage at the police response to the Uvalde school shooting is fully justified. That does not mean the child endangerment charges against Adrian Gonzales are legally viable. https://reason.com/2026/01/06/a-school-district-cop-allegedly-did-nothing-to-stop-the-uvalde-mass-shooting-was-that-failure-a-crime/ https://reason.com/2026/01/06/a-school-district-cop-allegedly-did-nothing-to-stop-the-uvalde-mass-shooting-was-that-failure-a-crime/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2008664011735527483)  2026-01-06T22:16Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The [----] Maduro indictment erroneously described Cartel de los Soles Venezuelan slang for officials corrupted by cocaine money as a drug-trafficking organization. 🧵 1/8 https://reason.com/2026/01/07/why-the-doj-has-stopped-describing-maduro-as-the-head-of-a-literal-drug-cartel/ https://reason.com/2026/01/07/why-the-doj-has-stopped-describing-maduro-as-the-head-of-a-literal-drug-cartel/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009291568600014983)  2026-01-08T15:50Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The new indictment corrects that embarrassing mistake describing Cartel de los Soles as a patronage system. 2/8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009291570143547772)  2026-01-08T15:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"But Marco Rubio is still pretending Maduro and his corrupt cronies ran a literal drug cartel and Cartel de los Soles is still listed as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). 3/8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009291571334611234)  2026-01-08T15:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"According to Trump he is targeting terrorists when he summarily deports alleged gang members as alien enemies and summarily executes suspected cocaine smugglers. 7/8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009291576703353111)  2026-01-08T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"But that term is meaningless in those contexts because FTOs are not necessarily engaged in any sort of violent aggression against Americans. 8/8 https://reason.com/2026/01/07/why-the-doj-has-stopped-describing-maduro-as-the-head-of-a-literal-drug-cartel/ https://reason.com/2026/01/07/why-the-doj-has-stopped-describing-maduro-as-the-head-of-a-literal-drug-cartel/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009291578079059971)  2026-01-08T15:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Video of the Minneapolis ICE shooting seems to contradict Trump but does not definitively resolve the question of whether this use of deadly force was legally justified. https://reason.com/2026/01/09/video-of-the-minneapolis-ice-shooting-does-not-resolve-the-issue-of-whether-it-was-legally-justified/ https://reason.com/2026/01/09/video-of-the-minneapolis-ice-shooting-does-not-resolve-the-issue-of-whether-it-was-legally-justified/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2009734667050561970)  2026-01-09T21:10Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The ICE agent who killed Renee Good disregarded traffic stop guidelines by placing himself in front of her car and continuing to fire even after he was out of its path. https://reason.com/2026/01/12/the-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good-disregarded-traffic-stop-guidelines/ https://reason.com/2026/01/12/the-ice-agent-who-killed-renee-good-disregarded-traffic-stop-guidelines/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2010817552373498113)  2026-01-12T20:53Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The FBI seems to think Renee Good's history of nonviolent anti-ICE activism is relevant in determining whether killing her was justified. https://reason.com/2026/01/14/the-fbi-thinks-renee-goods-anti-ice-activism-is-relevant-in-deciding-whether-killing-her-was-justified/ https://reason.com/2026/01/14/the-fbi-thinks-renee-goods-anti-ice-activism-is-relevant-in-deciding-whether-killing-her-was-justified/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2011541909140095025)  2026-01-14T20:52Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Whatever you make of the decision to shoot Renee Good that outcome could have been avoided if ICE agents had followed DHS policy. DHS tells its employees to use "de-escalation tactics" employ "a verbal warning" instead of force when feasible and avoid "placing themselves in positions" that trigger the use of deadly force. https://reason.com/2026/01/16/ice-agents-flouted-dhs-policies-that-could-have-prevented-renee-goods-death/ https://reason.com/2026/01/16/ice-agents-flouted-dhs-policies-that-could-have-prevented-renee-goods-death/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2012273085479591991)  2026-01-16T21:17Z [----] followers, 276.2K engagements


"@CRTC_Nichols His cellphone video shows him walking around to the front of the car. Bystander video puts him near the left headlight when the car starts moving forward. The front wheels are turned toward the right away from him and the other ICE agents. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/video/ice-shooting-renee-good-minneapolis-videos.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/video/ice-shooting-renee-good-minneapolis-videos.html"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2012305461094011269)  2026-01-16T23:26Z [----] followers, 23.3K engagements


"Trump abetted by a simpatico FCC chairman is relying on the constitutionally anomalous status of broadcast speech to shape the content of TV programming. 6/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2012975705865232658)  2026-01-18T19:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"In addition to Trumps frequent threats to yank broadcast licenses that campaign has included FCC investigations of broadcast news distortion the conditions attached to the Paramount/Skydance merger and the regulatory bullying that preceded Jimmy Kimmels suspension. 7/9"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2012975707299741743)  2026-01-18T19:49Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The acquittal of a former Uvalde police officer illustrates the challenges of criminalizing the failure to stop a mass shooting. https://reason.com/2026/01/22/uvalde-cops-acquittal-shows-why-its-hard-to-criminalize-failing-to-stop-a-mass-shooting/ https://reason.com/2026/01/22/uvalde-cops-acquittal-shows-why-its-hard-to-criminalize-failing-to-stop-a-mass-shooting/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2014448958051860570)  2026-01-22T21:23Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"CDC Says Vaping-Related Lung Injuries Overwhelmingly Involve Black-Market THC Products but It's Still Warning People to Avoid E-Cigarettes In cases where the information was known just [--] percent of patients said they had vaped only nicotine"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2019/10/31/cdc-says-vaping-related-lung-injuries-overwhelmingly-involve-black-market-thc-products-but-its-still-warning-people-to-avoid-e-cigarettes/)  2019-11-02T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Guantanamos Across America Indefinite detention of sex offenders flouts the rule of law"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/02/26/guantanamos-across-america)  2014-02-26T15:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"DHS promises to investigate Pretti shooting but has prejudged the outcome "The victims are the Border Patrol agents" who killed Alex Pretti says one DHS official who previously claimed Pretti wanted to "massacre law enforcement.""  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/25/dhs-again-promises-a-thorough-investigation-of-a-fatal-shooting-after-prejudging-the-outcome/)  2026-01-25T23:01Z [----] followers, 19.6K engagements


"CDC Prescription Guidelines Will Leave More Patients in Pain and Drive More Addicts to Heroin To shrink the supply of opioids the agency encourages doctors to be suspicious and stingy"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/03/16/cdc-prescription-guidelines-will-leave-m)  2016-03-28T19:15Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Can the Damage Done by the CDCs Opioid Guidelines Be Reversed The agencys acknowledgment of the suffering caused by its prescribing advice may be too little too late"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2019/05/01/can-the-damage-done-by-the-cdcs-opioid-guidelines-be-reversed/)  2019-05-01T14:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Federal Appeals Court Rebukes Florida Cops for Using SWAT-Style Raids to Check Barbers' Licenses Desilu Productions Today a federal appeals court rebuked police in Orange County Florida for mounting a warrantless SWAT-style raid on"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/09/16/federal-appeals-court-rebukes-florida-co)  2014-09-17T14:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Pennsylvanians Can't Buy Beer and Wine at the Grocery Store Because 'It Only Takes a Little Bit of Greed to Kill a Child' UCFW PA Wine & Spirits Council Residents of most states take for granted the ability to buy beer and wine"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/05/02/pennsylvanians-cant-buy-beer-and-wine-at)  2014-05-02T16:07Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Why Background Checks Do Not Stymie Mass Shooters - Reason.com The vast majority do not have disqualifying records and "universal" requirements are easily evaded"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2022/05/17/why-background-checks-do-not-stymie-mass-shooters/)  2024-02-20T12:51Z [----] followers, 45.4K engagements


"Cops Say Any Change in Mandatory Minimums Including Retroactive Application of Previous Reductions Threatens Public Safety FLEOA In a recent letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA) opposes any attempt"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/03/19/federal-cops-say-any-change-in-mandatory)  2014-03-21T19:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Do We Want Better Enforcement of Misguided Gun Restrictions "Universal background checks" could unjustly deny millions of people the right to armed self-defense"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2013/01/23/do-we-want-better-enforcement-of-misguid)  2013-01-23T14:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Getting High With Willie Nelson Does Not Clarify Maureen Dowd's Understanding of Colorado's Marijuana Regulations Fred R. Conrad / The New York Times In her most recentNew York Timescolumn Maureen Dowd brags about getting high"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/09/22/getting-high-with-willie-nelson-does-not)  2014-09-22T18:02Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Hillary Clinton Calls for 'Real Reforms' to 'End the Era of Mass Incarceration' but Does Not Specify Any "I don't know all the answers" the presumptive Democratic nominee confesses"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2015/04/29/hillary-clinton-calls-for-real-reforms-t)  2015-04-29T17:12Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Obama's 'Third Way' Looks a Lot Like the War on Drugs ONDCP We know President Obama is committed to "drug policy reform" because he keeps telling us he is. Since April"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/07/09/obamas-third-way-seems-a-lot-like-the-wa)  2014-07-10T18:30Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Republicans Demand That the Feds Impose Pot Prohibition on States That Have Opted Out House Judiciary Committee Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee yesterday Attorney General Eric Holder was grilled once again about his"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/04/09/republicans-demand-that-the-feds-impose)  2014-04-09T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Filmmaker Gets [--] Years for Grossing Out Jurors Today Ira Isaacs a self-described "shock artist" was sentenced to four years in federal prison for shocking people a little"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2013/01/16/fillmmaker-gets-four-years-in-prison-for)  2013-01-18T19:51Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Can You Lose Your Citizenship by Lying About Your Weight The federal government says yes but the Supreme Court seems skeptical"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2017/04/27/can-you-lose-your-citizenship-by-lying-a)  2017-04-27T21:16Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Obama Who Evidently Has Not Read the Controlled Substances Act Denies That He Has the Power to Reclassify Marijuana CNN In an interview with CNN's Jake Tapper that aired last night President Obama tried to dodge responsibility for eliminating"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/01/31/obama-who-evidently-has-not-read-the-con)  2014-01-31T22:13Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Alarm About a 'Heroin Epidemic' Skyrockets As Heroin Use Falls Yesterday the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) released the results of the [----] National Survey on Drug"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/09/17/alarm-about-a-heroin-epidemic-skyrockets)  2014-10-30T20:17Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Heroin Death Rate Among Teenagers Rises As Heroin Use Falls The CDC supplies more evidence that the war on drugs is making heroin more lethal"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2017/08/16/heroin-death-rate-rises-among-teenagers)  2017-08-16T17:43Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Arizona Supreme Court Makes It Harder to Convict Unimpaired Pot Smokers of Driving Under the Influence Yesterday the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that people whose blood contains a secondary inactive byproduct of marijuana can drive without"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/04/23/arizona-supreme-court-makes-it-harder-to)  2014-04-24T13:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Trump backpedals from portraying Alex Pretti as a 'would-be assassin' Although the president initially reinforced that plainly inaccurate narrative his subsequent comments cast doubt on the initial justification for shooting the Minneapolis protester"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/26/trump-backpedals-from-portraying-alex-pretti-as-a-domestic-terrorist-and-would-be-assassin/)  2026-01-26T19:11Z [----] followers, 19.1K engagements


"Alex Prettis death widens a split between Trump and gun rights groups Federal officials suggested that carrying a firearm is inherently threatening and an invitation to police violence"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/28/alex-prettis-death-widens-a-split-between-trump-and-gun-rights-groups/)  2026-01-28T05:02Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Heroin-Related Deaths Rise As Heroin Use Falls The divergence reinforces the case for harm reduction"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/12/12/heroin-related-deaths-rise-as-heroin-use)  2016-12-12T16:28Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"FDA Approves an E-Cigarette for the First Time but Still Seems Bent on Banning the Flavors Former Smokers Overwhelmingly Prefer If teenagers like an e-liquid flavor the agency seems to think adults should not be allowed to buy it"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2021/10/13/fda-approves-an-e-cigarette-for-the-first-time-but-still-seems-bent-on-banning-the-flavors-former-smokers-overwhelmingly-prefer/)  2021-10-15T02:03Z [----] followers, 13.2K engagements


"Crackbrained Crack Crackdown There's no rational basis for the federal government's cocaine sentencing policy"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2007/05/23/crackbrained-crack-crackdown)  2015-03-12T20:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Oklahoma D.A. Contracts Out Highway Robbery Office of Jason Hicks What's worse than the perverse incentives created by civil forfeiture laws that let police and prosecutors"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2013/07/22/oklahoma-da-contracts-out-highway-robber)  2013-07-22T19:36Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"How the Press Exaggerated Holder's Forfeiture Reform The change leaves untouched the vast majority of loot that state and local agencies get from federal asset grabs"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2015/01/19/how-the-press-exaggerated-holders-forfei)  2015-01-20T18:35Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Darren Wilson Got a Private Trial Run by Friendly Prosecutors Fox [--] As I notedyesterday the likelihood that Darren Wilson would have been acquitted if he had faced a homicide"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/11/26/darren-wilson-got-a-private-trial)  2014-11-26T16:45Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Eric Holder Says Mandatory Minimums Are Unnecessary As Well As Unjust C-SPAN In a speech to the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers today Attorney General Eric Holder reiterated his criticism"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/08/01/eric-holder-says-mandatory-minimums-are)  2014-08-01T18:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Prohibition Gives Us Heroin Spiked With an Elephant Tranquilizer Carfentanil-related deaths illustrate how banning drugs makes them more dangerous"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/09/07/prohibition-gives-us-heroin-spiked-with)  2016-09-08T04:46Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Jeff Sessions Provides More Evidence That He Plans a Marijuana Crackdown The attorney general ties legalization to violence interstate smuggling underage consumption and health hazards"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2017/02/28/sessions-provides-more-reason-to-think-h)  2017-02-28T14:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Trump-appointed federal judge orders Lindsey Halligan to stop 'masquerading' as a U.S. attorney The lawyer refused to relinquish her job after another judge ruled that she had been unlawfully appointed"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/21/a-trump-appointed-federal-judge-orders-lindsey-halligan-to-stop-masquerading-as-a-u-s-attorney/)  2026-01-21T22:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Congress Did Not Repeal the Ban on Medical Marijuana Yesterday I argued that it's not clear whether a rider aimed at stopping federal harassment of medical marijuana patients and"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/12/16/congress-did-not-repeal-the-ban-on-medic)  2014-12-17T15:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"When Drug Warriors Burn a Baby Who's the Terrorist WSB-TV Habersham County Georgia Sheriff Joey Terrell feels bad that his deputies horribly burned a toddler by tossing a "distraction"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/05/30/when-drug-warriors-burn-a-baby-whos-the)  2014-05-30T18:01Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The Authors of the CDC's Opioid Prescribing Advice Say It Has Been 'Misimplemented' in a Way That Hurts Patients The CDC decries abrupt involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment without acknowledging its responsibility for those unintended but foreseeable consequences"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2019/04/24/the-authors-of-the-cdcs-opioid-prescribing-advice-say-it-has-been-misimplemented-in-a-way-that-hurts-patients/)  2019-04-24T22:18Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"The New York Times Highlights U.S. Officials' Irrational Hostility Toward E-Cigarettes By portraying vaping as a public health menace the government promotes misconceptions that deter smokers from quitting"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/11/02/the-new-york-times-highlights-us-officia)  2016-11-03T16:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"America's War on Pain Pills Is Killing Addicts and Leaving Patients in Agony The government's efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use but they have made it more dangerous"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2018/03/08/americas-war-on-pain-pills-is)  2018-12-08T15:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Disarming millions of Americans based on marijuana use is unconstitutional a SCOTUS brief says The Liberty Justice Center is urging the Supreme Court to uphold a decision rejecting the claim that cannabis consumers have no Second Amendment rights"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/28/disarming-millions-of-americans-simply-because-they-use-marijuana-is-unconstitutional-a-scotus-brief-says/)  2026-01-29T14:18Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"'If We Didn't Trade' Trump Argues 'We'd Save a Hell of a Lot of Money' The president's longstanding obsession with trade deficits reveals mercantilist instincts he cannot escape no matter how much he talks about zero tariffs"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2018/07/27/if-we-didnt-trade-trump-argues-wed-save)  2018-07-28T01:14Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Florida Legislators Unanimously Approve Major Forfeiture Reforms The bill which now goes to the governor requires an arrest and proof beyond a reasonable doubt in most cases"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/03/08/florida-legislators-unanimously-approve)  2016-03-08T17:44Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Nan Goldin's Misleading OxyContin Story Feeds the Myth of 'Highly Addictive' Pain Pills Like most people who become addicted to prescription opioids the famous photographer had a history of substance abuse"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/11/nan-goldins-misleading-oxycontin-story-r)  2018-06-11T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Nevada Family Says Police Occupation of Homes Violated the Third Amendment You don't often hear about lawsuits based on the Third Amendment the one that says "no soldier shall in time"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2013/07/05/nevada-family-says-police-occupation-vio/)  2026-01-30T18:38Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Cop-assisted extortion of DWI arrestees in New Mexico included getting them drunk A recent guilty plea reveals a new wrinkle in a long-running corruption scheme that involved bribing police officers to make drunk driving cases disappear"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/23/cop-assisted-extortion-of-dwi-arrestees-in-new-mexico-included-getting-them-drunk/)  2026-01-23T18:51Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The New York Times Warns That Drinking E-Cigarette Fluid Could Become a Fatal Fad Among Toddlers V2 Cigs A story in today's New York Timessounds the alarm about "a dangerous new form of a powerful stimulant""  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/03/24/new-york-times-warns-that-drinking-e-cig)  2014-03-25T16:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Lying About Snus and E-Cigarettes Is Like Blocking Access to Clean Heroin Needles Two public health researchers condemn the "information quarantine" surrounding safer nicotine products"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2016/04/06/lying-about-e-cigarettes-and-smokeless-t)  2016-04-06T18:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Are People Really Trying to Drug Kids With Marijuana-Laced Halloween Candy While media outlets and law enforcement officials warn that pot-infused edibles could end up in kids' treat bags evidence suggests there's no reason to worry"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/10/20/you-got-your-weed-in-my-kids-trick-or-tr)  2014-10-20T13:54Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"3 Drug Scares Undermined by New Survey Data Denver Post video New data from the CDC's biennialNational Youth Risk Behavior Survey contradict or at least complicate three drug-related"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/06/13/3-drug-scares-undermined-by-new-survey-d)  2014-06-13T22:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"FDA Lies About Vaping While the CDC Inches Toward the Truth Federal officials deny big reductions in adolescent tobacco use and obscure the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2017/08/31/fda-lies-about-vaping-while-the-cdc-inch)  2017-09-04T14:11Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Research Shows That Cocaine and Heroin Are Less Addictive Than Oreos Wikipedia "Research Shows Oreos Are Just As Addictive As Drugs" says the headline above a recent Connecticut College press release"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2013/10/16/researchers-show-that-cocaine-and-heroin)  2013-10-16T19:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Legislators Say E-Cigarette Companies Are Bound by an Agreement Reached Before They Existed Office of Dick Durbin Sixteen years ago the leading tobacco companies resolved state lawsuits against them through a Master Settlement"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2014/12/23/legislators-want-to-retroactively-modify)  2014-12-24T14:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Kansas Medical Marijuana Patient Faces Years in Prison After losing custody of her son Shona Banda may now lose her freedom"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2015/06/09/kansas-medical-marijuana-patient-faces-y)  2015-06-09T19:22Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"'We are not investigating' the shooting of Renee Good says Todd Blanche Todd Blanche joins other top administration officials in declaring that ICE agent Jonathan Ross was justified in killing Good. Most Americans disagree"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2026/01/19/we-are-not-investigating-the-shooting-of-renee-good-the-deputy-attorney-general-says/)  2026-01-19T20:06Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"RIP Mark Kleiman Who Brought Rigor Dispassion and Candor to a Frequently Overheated Drug Policy Debate The widely quoted and consulted academic died yesterday at the age of 68"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2019/07/22/rip-mark-kleiman-who-brought-rigor-dispassion-and-candor-to-a-frequently-overheated-drug-policy-debate/)  2019-07-22T21:56Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Washington Prosecutors Drop Marijuana Cases in Anticipation of Legal Pot Yesterday I discussed the possibility of a federal lawsuit seeking to block state-licensed pot shops in Colorado and Washington"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/blog/2012/11/13/washington-prosecutors-drop-marijuana-ca)  2012-11-14T19:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"New Survey Data Deflate Two Drug Scares As heroin use and teenage pot smoking fall alarm about them rises"  
[X Link](https://reason.com/archives/2014/09/29/new-survey-data-deflate-two-drug-scares)  2014-10-30T15:41Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Like most people who become addicted to prescription opioids Nan Goldin had a history of substance abuse. Ignoring that background reinforces the myth of "highly addictive" pain pills. https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/11/nan-goldins-misleading-oxycontin-story-r https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/11/nan-goldins-misleading-oxycontin-story-r"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/1006250619294887936)  2018-06-11T19:03Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The CDC's acknowledgment of the suffering caused by policies and practices based on its opioid prescribing guidelines may be too little too late. https://reason.com/2019/05/01/can-the-damage-done-by-the-cdcs-opioid-guidelines-be-reversed/ https://reason.com/2019/05/01/can-the-damage-done-by-the-cdcs-opioid-guidelines-be-reversed/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/1123591164421079040)  2019-05-01T14:13Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the DOJ is "not investigating" the shooting of Renee Good which he views as obviously justified based on bystander videos. Most Americans who have seen that footage disagree. https://reason.com/2026/01/19/we-are-not-investigating-the-shooting-of-renee-good-the-deputy-attorney-general-says/ https://reason.com/2026/01/19/we-are-not-investigating-the-shooting-of-renee-good-the-deputy-attorney-general-says/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2013343018237993374)  2026-01-19T20:09Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"After a federal judge ruled that her appointment as U.S. attorney was illegal Lindsey Halligan tried a George Constanza strategy: She stuck around as if nothing had happened. George did not get away with it and neither did Halligan. https://reason.com/2026/01/21/a-trump-appointed-federal-judge-orders-lindsey-halligan-to-stop-masquerading-as-a-u-s-attorney/ https://reason.com/2026/01/21/a-trump-appointed-federal-judge-orders-lindsey-halligan-to-stop-masquerading-as-a-u-s-attorney/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2014104131628118436)  2026-01-21T22:33Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The latest wrinkle in New Mexico's huge law enforcement scandal: Extortion of DWI arrestees sometimes involved getting them drunk so they could be busted by bribe-hungry cops after they hit the road. https://reason.com/2026/01/23/cop-assisted-extortion-of-dwi-arrestees-in-new-mexico-included-getting-them-drunk/ https://reason.com/2026/01/23/cop-assisted-extortion-of-dwi-arrestees-in-new-mexico-included-getting-them-drunk/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2014773904238170268)  2026-01-23T18:55Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Gregory Bovino claims the Border Patrol agents who killed Alex Pretti used "de-escalation techniques." That is not what the videos show. https://reason.com/2026/01/27/border-patrol-agents-started-the-scuffle-that-led-to-alex-prettis-death/ https://reason.com/2026/01/27/border-patrol-agents-started-the-scuffle-that-led-to-alex-prettis-death/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2016263872072634861)  2026-01-27T21:35Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"The government's defense of the Alex Pretti shooting widens a split between Second Amendment advocates and an administration that claims to support their cause. https://reason.com/2026/01/28/alex-prettis-death-widens-a-split-between-trump-and-gun-rights-groups/ https://reason.com/2026/01/28/alex-prettis-death-widens-a-split-between-trump-and-gun-rights-groups/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2016496484233953403)  2026-01-28T13:00Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"Kristi Noem and Gregory Bovino said the DHS employees who killed Alex Pretti were dealing with "a violent riot." DHS now describes the threat as "several civilians" who were "yelling and blowing whistles." https://reason.com/2026/01/29/dhs-retreats-from-the-claim-that-the-agents-who-killed-alex-pretti-faced-a-violent-riot/ https://reason.com/2026/01/29/dhs-retreats-from-the-claim-that-the-agents-who-killed-alex-pretti-faced-a-violent-riot/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/2017002752216318255)  2026-01-29T22:31Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"My Forbes column: Celebrity Doctor Margaret Cuomo Insists on Misleading Smokers About Vaping Hazards: #ecigs #vaping http://goo.gl/FDVJ8d http://goo.gl/FDVJ8d"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/712963720335466496)  2016-03-24T11:26Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@slsatel I suspect that no one involved in this video did any kind of fact checking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/713027648621002752)  2016-03-24T15:40Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@enbrown @robbysoave @swin24 @carrie_soave @sladesr @kmanguward The beard options were rather limited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/717805765629755392)  2016-04-06T20:06Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Louisiana is the only state that licenses florists. But if it stops a licensing bureaucrat says it will have "a situation where anybody can open a floral shop and there's no method to protect the public." via @EricBoehm87 https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/16/louisiana-is-the-only-state-to-license-f https://reason.com/blog/2018/03/16/louisiana-is-the-only-state-to-license-f"  
[X Link](https://x.com/jacobsullum/status/974750458584731650)  2018-03-16T20:53Z [----] followers, [---] engagements

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