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How Private Is Private?

by John Stossel The Fourth Amendment secures our right to be secure against unreasonable searches, right? Not anymore, explains Naomi Brockwell on her popular YouTube channel. In my new video, she explains how tech companies spy on us and then sell our information to the government.
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Legal challenges to amendments appear quashed A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Smearing Capitalism

by John Stossel You must be lonely. The media say loneliness is everywhere in America. A Los Angeles Times columnist says, 'There's a mass loneliness crisis going on.' 'Capitalism is Making You Lonely,' says Jacobin Magazine. Vox claims, 'Capitalism makes us feel empty inside.
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Texas Supreme Court hears abortion ban challenge The Texas Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case that could decide whether medical exceptions to the state’s abortion ban are written clearly enough to protect pregnant women who face serious health risks, the Austin...

You Can't Say That

by John Stossel My first Stossel TV Fellow, Trevor Kraus, initiated this column. Our video version is called 'Freshly Cooked Censorship: Why You Can't Put 'Low FODMAP' on Food Labels.

Jews Around the World Fear Another Holocaust

I have been following the news from Israel very closely since first learning of the horrifying attacks of Oct. 7. As someone who has traveled to the Holy Land on nearly two dozen occasions and seen the country from north to south, I was affected.
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House kills school choice plan The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported.

Government Deceit

by John Stossel 'Experts' were confident that they knew what America should do about Covid. They were wrong about so much. Officials pushed masks, including useless cloth ones. Dr. Anthony Fauci said, 'Don't wear masks' then, 'Do wear them.
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Lege gets to work in fourth special session The Texas Legislature, conceived as a part-time body to meet every other year for 140 days, is now in its record fifth session (counting the regular session).