Reason magazine
Less Indictable Than a Ham Sandwich
IN AUGUST 2025, President Donald Trump took control of the police force in Washington, D.C., and deployed the National Guard throughout the city.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
THEY THOUGHT LEGAL WEED MEANT FREEDOM. THEN THE DRONES CAME.
A CALIFORNIA COUNTY TRIED TO USE DRONES TO FIND ILLEGAL MARIJUANA OPERATIONS, BUT IT PUNISHED BUILDING CODE VIOLATIONS INSTEAD.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
THE PUNISHER ISN'T A ROLE MODEL
MARVEL'S POPULAR VIGILANTE SAYS SOMETHING TROUBLING ABOUT THE STATE OF AMERICA'S MILITARIZED POLICE.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Inside Vernor Vinge's FBI File
VERNOR VINGE-THE Hugo Award-winning science fiction author who passed away in March 2024—imagined a world where individuals, not governments, held the power.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
The Art of the Presidential Health Cover-Up
WHEN THE St. Petersburg Times first launched PolitiFact in 2007, its purpose was to assess the veracity of statements made by “members of Congress, the president, cabinet secretaries, lobbyists, people who testify before Congress and anyone else who speaks up in Washington.”
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December 2025
Reason magazine
What Happened After Greta Rideout's Husband Raped Her
WOMAN SHOWS up at the police station and says she would like to press charges for rape.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Algorithmic Censorship Is Changing the Way We Talk
How slang emerges from social media rules
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Thank This Klansman for Your Freedom of Speech
A TWO-BIT BIGOT'S SUPREME COURT VICTORY REVERBERATES IN CONTEMPORARY DEBATES.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Q&A Katie Engelhart
THE CANADIAN PULITZER Prize-winning journalist Katie Engelhart wrote the new book The Inevitable: Dispatches on the Right to Die.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Boycott Dystopia
HACKER PABLOS HOLMAN KNOWS THE FUTURE NEEDS MORE ENERGY.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
An Alarmingly Broad View of 'Public Health'
DEFENDING COVID-19 POLICIES against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate imposed by the Cambridge Board of Health.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Politicians Make Political Tensions Worse
AT SEPTEMBER'S TELEVISED memorial service for Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump commented on the conservative commentator’s character, saying, \"He did not hate his opponents; he wanted the best for them.” He then added, “That's where I disagreed with Charlie. I hate my opponents.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
Chipping Away at CHIPS
IN MARCH, PRESIDENT Donald Trump blasted the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) and Science Act of 2022.
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December 2025
Reason magazine
'Trump Invasion' of American Cities
“CHICAGO MAYOR SHOULD be in jail for failing to protect Ice [sic] Officers!” President Donald Trump blasted on Truth Social on October 8. “Governor Pritzker also!”
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December 2025
New York Amsterdam News
Thousands participate in NYC No Kings Day 2.0
Millions of protesters took to the streets across the nation on October 18 for the second time this year to reject President Donal Trump and what demonstrators called an \"authoritarian\" administration. New York was no exception, with as many as 100,000 participating across the Five Boroughs, according to the NYPD. No arrests were made.
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October 23, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
U.S. figure skater Alexa Gasparotto wins her first international medal
Earlier this month, in just her second international competition, U.S. senior women's figure skater Alexa Gasparotto earned the silver medal at the Tayside Trophy in Dundee, Scotland. Earlier this year in Poland, she became the eighth U.S. woman and first-ever Black woman to land a triple Axel jump in competition.
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October 23, 2025
New York Amsterdam News
The Knicks begin the regular season with key players sidelined
The Knicks opened their 2025-26 regular season schedule at Madison Square Garden last night a few hours before this article went to press. But prior to print, the Knicks confirmed that starting center Mitch Robinson and guard/forward Josh Hart—one of the NBA's best reserves would not be available to face the Cleveland Cavaliers, the favorites to win the Eastern Conference championship, due to injuries.
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October 23, 2025
Scoop USA Newspaper
They're calling it a 'hate-America' rally
You know, Trump Republicans are worried when they slam a planned protest, more than a week before it occurs.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 36
Scoop USA Newspaper
Auditor General DeFoor, Be Money $mart partners kick off financial planning month with new art contest for PA students
Auditor General Timothy L. DeFoor launched a contest to design the cover of his department's first-ever \"Be Money $mart\" financial literacy activity book. This book aims to help students and their caregivers learn how to plan for their financial future. Its production is in collaboration with 'Be Money $mart' partners, including the Pennsylvania Alliance of YMCAs, the Pennsylvania Library Association, the CrossState Credit Union Association, and the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 35
Scoop USA Newspaper
Octavius Valentine Catto
Octavius Valentine Catto was a notable activist, scholar, athlete, and military officer in the Philadelphia National Guard during the Civil War.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 35
Scoop USA Newspaper
Independence Blue Cross recommends getting the flu shot this year to stay healthy and stop the spread of the virus
Last year’s flu season was the most severe in over a decade.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 42
Scoop USA Newspaper
Philadelphia welcomes celebrities Pattie Labelle, Rob Riggle, Robert Irvine, Jesse Iwuji, & more for National Navy & Marine Corps 250th Celebration
The Philadelphia region is just days away from welcoming thousands of visitors from across the country to the birthplace of our maritime services to take part in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration honoring the 250th birthdays of the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 35
Scoop USA Newspaper
Dwayne Johnson gives Oscar performance in "The Smashing Machine"
Aspiring filmmakers came out last Friday for the 49th Anniversary of the Philadelphia International Film Festival (PhilaFilm) and Market, which took place from 3:00 pm to offering 12:00 am, offering 9 hours of movie screenings at the Philadelphia Theatre, located on 24th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, across from The Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 42
Scoop USA Newspaper
Bipartisan school safety notification bill heads to Governor's Desk
The Pennsylvania Senate gave final approval to Senate Bill 246, sponsored by Senator Christine M. Tartaglione (D-2) and Senator Jarrett Coleman (R-16), concurring with House amendments and sending the bipartisan legislation to the Governor's desk for signature.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 37
Scoop USA Newspaper
Misty Copeland will take to the ballet stage one last time, before hanging up her pointe shoes
Misty Copeland hangs up her pointe shoes Wednesday, putting a final exclamation point on a trailblazing career in which she became an ambassador for diversity in the very white world of ballet - and a crossover star far beyond.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 37
Scoop USA Newspaper
Due to Federal Shutdown, November SNAP payments will not be made to nearly two million Pennsylvanians
Unless Congress takes immediate action, SNAP payments will not be issued for November
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 37
Scoop USA Newspaper
Refueled: A Testimony of Strength, Sisterhood, and Survival
There are moments in life when we find ourselves drained, worn out, and in need of renewal.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 42
Scoop USA Newspaper
The other demonstration on Saturday
The Marine Corps under the watchful eyes of JD Vance and Pete Hegseth staged a demonstration on Saturday in Southern California.
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ScoopDigital, Vol. 6, No. 37
Scoop USA Newspaper
Philadelphia Visitor Center's Phambassadors Program surpasses 5,000 sign-ups in just under five months
PHILADELPHIA, PA, September 30, 2025 The Philadelphia Visitor Center Corporation announced at the Reading Terminal Market that the Phambassadors program has surpassed 5,000 sign-ups in just under five months since its launch on April 29, 2025.
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ScoopUSA Media, Volume 65 - Number 42
Scoop USA Newspaper
Trump faces his generals
When President Donald Trump dropped the bizarre suggestion last week that the military should use American cities as “training grounds” to fight what he called “an enemy within,” it sounded almost like old news.
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