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Past articles by Robby:

The Global Disinformation Index Keeps Spreading Disinformation

Time and time again, so-called disinformation watchdogs fail their own tests—the lab leak is just the latest example. → Read More

U.S. Energy Department Endorses Lab Leak Theory of COVID-19's Origins

The push to label the lab leak thesis a racist conspiracy theory now looks even more foolish. → Read More

Save Roald Dahl Books From the Dreaded Sensitivity Readers

The sensitivity readers have come for beloved children's author Roald Dahl. → Read More

Josh Hawley's Social Media Ban Will Make Kids More Depressed

When COVID-19 and the U.S. government stopped kids from seeing each other, social media was their lifeline. → Read More

A White Employee Is Suing the City of Seattle for Alleged Racial Discrimination

"If I disagreed or offered another opinion, I was told I had cognitive dissonance," former employee Josh Diemert says. → Read More

House Oversight Committee Is Fighting Twitter Censorship the Wrong Way

Congress should set its sights on bad government actors who pressured social media companies. → Read More

Masks Make 'Little Or No Difference' on COVID-19, Flu Rates: New Study

The Cochrane Library's review of masking trials should sound the death knell for mask mandates everywhere. → Read More

Washington, D.C., Banned Bird E-Scooters: 'Arbitrary and Capricious,' Says Company

The company scored 445 points on the city's checklist—one fewer point than a company that did receive a permit. → Read More

Connecticut parents arrested for letting kids, ages 7 and 9, walk to Dunkin' Donuts

"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker." → Read More

Inside the Facebook Files: Emails Reveal the CDC's Role in Silencing COVID-19 Dissent

Throughout the pandemic, the CDC was in constant contact with Facebook, vetting what users were allowed to say on the social media site. → Read More

How the CDC Became the Speech Police

Secret internal Facebook emails reveal the feds’ campaign to pressure social media companies into banning COVID “misinformation.” → Read More

Prattle, a Shakespearean Version of Wordle, Won't Let You Guess 'Slave'

"This anti-free speech, anti-intellectual, anti-common-sense action deserves all the scorn it can get," says Roy Thomas, former editor in chief of Marvel Comics. → Read More

California Congresswoman Katie Porter Blamed, Punished a Staffer For Allegedly Giving Her COVID-19

Reason Exclusive: An interview with a former Hill staffer who says Rep. Katie Porter punished her for allegedly giving Porter COVID-19 → Read More

Stanford Seeks the 'Elimination of Harmful Language' Like 'American,' 'Stupid,' and...'Karen'

Stanford University seeks the "Elimination of Harmful Language"—words like "American," "stupid," and even "Karen" → Read More

Twitter Files: The FBI frequently flagged joke tweets, asked for moderation

FBI agents communicated regularly with content moderators at Twitter, and frequently asked for tweets to be taken down for allegedly violating the platforms' policies against election-related misinformation. → Read More

Blake Masters' Defeat Should End the GOP's Fealty to Trump and the Big Lie

The Arizona Senate candidate who said "libertarianism doesn't work" is expected to come up short. → Read More

No, Stacey Abrams Is Not Losing Because of 'Misinformation' Aimed at Black Men

"Unfortunately this year, black men have been a very targeted population for misinformation," said Abrams during a recent interview. → Read More

Libertarian Party Chair Angela McArdle Won't Endorse Blake Masters, Slams Dr. Oz, Fetterman, Georgia GOP

Libertarian Party chair Angela McArdle says libertarians should shrug off accusations of spoiling Pennsylvania, Georgia Senate races → Read More

The Paul Pelosi conspiracy theories are an embarrassment for the right

The House Speaker's husband was attacked by a crazy home intruder. Why is Donald Trump pretending otherwise? → Read More

Title IX Due Process Protections Could Be Wiped Away by Education Department, Report Claims

A new report from FIRE tallies due process gains on campuses but says Biden's policies "threaten to reverse that progress." → Read More