Ryan Young

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The Economic Importance of Thanksgiving – InsideSources Thanksgiving celebrates human cooperation. And even though the European colonization of America was not exactly a cooperative venture, the inaugural 1621

From the archives: a short piece on Thanksgiving gratitude for human progress. From 2015, but the argument holds up. Happy Thanksgiving, all. insidesources.com/the-economic...

ICE agent when told he's about to arrest a US citizen. Direct quote: "I DON'T CARE."

Underrated thing that's been flying under the radar: ICE's hiring spree, by necessity since there are so few others willing and able, has been hiring away local cops, which infuriates the departments by causing manpower problems and is, ironically, removing the worst of the worst from their ranks.

Chicago: That is insanely disturbing. ICE kidnaps workers in broad daylight, leaving their equipment on site.

Human evolutionary biology seems to disclose a past that was horrific, particularly for women.

Egalitarianism is a revolt against nature--and for human liberty. We must understand the past, because we must overcome it.

Freedom, Broadcasting, and the Public Interest - Competitive Enterprise Institute Introduction The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is invoking the public interest to justify regulatory moves that would, in theory, force television and radio station broadcast licensees to cr...

The FCC is an enemy of free speech. A new paper by my colleague Brian Rankin has some reform ideas to prevent politicians from weaponizing it against opponents. cei.org/studies/free...

news news

Manufacturing has now contracted for eight straight months.

Tariffs are working as well as most people not blinded by partisan politics thought they would. www.prnewswire.com/news/institu...

Employees at a Menards in Cicero Illinois have been instructed to delete video of ICE, according to people at the scene.

Multiple accounts on ICE Watch Facebook pages are reporting that agents pulled a couple out of their vehicle in Aurora, Illinois, arrested them, and then abandoned the couple’s toddler in the backseat.

Digital ID and the Return of Big Brother Britain | The Daily Economy Britain’s political class keeps forgetting its own lessons on liberty. A new digital ID scheme risks undoing a century of trust between the public and the s ...

Excellent piece on civil liberties by my colleague @iainmurray.bsky.social. thedailyeconomy.org/article/im-a...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Gotta log off for a while after this one. Just too much.

What if we gave the worst people in the world, the people who are just fundamentally assholes, all the power? What an experiment.

No excuse for price floors in rare earths dispute The best way to ensure that America’s technology sector has the rare earths it needs now and in the future is deregulation and openness.

Parents don’t tolerate “But they do it, too” as an excuse from their children. What about when adults in positions of power use it?

Paige Lambermont and me in @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social: www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...

‘The Blob' over Pacific Ocean could lead to snowy, frigid winter in Chicago area Chicago-area residents aren’t strangers to tough winters, but could a phenomenon called “The Blob” make things snowier and colder than usual?

In totally unrelated news, I am available to speak at any events your organization might be hosting in warm-weather cities in the next several months. www.nbcchicago.com/weather/stor...

'Jarring, frightening attack': Chicago homeowner describes immigration raid at his home MSNBC exclusively obtained security footage of federal agents targeting construction workers at a home in the wealthy Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago. Leo Feler, who owns the property, joined The Wee...

In a wealthy neighborhood in Chicago, immigration agents hopped the fence of a US citizen’s home and tried to pull a construction worker out a 2nd-story window. Homeowner came home to blood all over his house. www.msnbc.com/the-weekend-...

Collection of Biometric Data From Aliens Upon Entry to and Departure From the United States This final rule amends Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regulations to provide that DHS may require all aliens to be photographed when entering or exiting the United States, and may require non-e...

New final rule for DHS to collect immigrants' biometric data when entering or leaving the US. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

ICE detains mother dropping off child at elementary school—refuses to even look at her U.S. legal papers.

"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.

"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.

Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.

Pregnant women describe miscarrying and bleeding out while in ICE custody, advocates say The ACLU and other groups are pressing for ICE to identify and release all pregnant women in custody and to stop detaining anyone known to be pregnant, postpartum or nursing.

Pregnant women detained by ICE report horrifying treatment: shackling, solitary confinement, no prenatal vitamins, inadequate food. ICE's own directives and regulations require the agency to avoid detention of pregnant people in the first place. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Better-than-expected inflation report generates cut predictions (The Center Square) – Investors are predicting another rate cut at the Federal Reserve’s meeting next week after a better-than-expected inflation report Friday, while stocks reached new highs.

Quoted on how the Fed's coming interest rate cuts and balance sheet policies might keep inflation high. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...

State your business: Economists reckon with Trumpian capitalism It remains to be seen how Trump plans to make Intel successful. Unlike the Nippon-U.S. Steel deal, the U.S. did not state it has a say in Intel dealings.

Quoted in the Washington Examiner on Trump's statist economic policies. www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3860...

For the week that's 8 proposed regulations, 2 final regulations, 37 agency notices, and 183 pages. Less than a typical day's edition.

Today's Federal Register is light even by shutdown standards: 0 proposed regulations, 0 final regulations, 4 agency notices, 4 pages.

By @gelliottmorris.com’s estimate, between 1.5 and 2 percent of the population turned out for No Kings on Saturday. That’s pretty damn good. We need to do more but always remember how important it is to dispel any sense that the administration is feared and has things under control.

What economists are expecting in Friday’s delayed inflation report Experts believe headline inflation accelerated in September, giving the Fed caution as it weighs further rate cuts.

Quoted in Newsweek. www.newsweek.com/economists-e...

ICE stepped up activities in NYC today and New Yorkers were not having it.

(Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)

US-China soybean deal could be bit of good news for farmers China has been a big importer of U.S. soybeans, but purchases have now ground to zero as Beijing works to exert leverage against Washington.

Quoted on soybeans. www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finan...

> musk gutted government spending

2025 has seen an unusually *high* increase in government spending, not an unusually *low* increase.

😂😂