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Brad Polumbo is an independent journalist and co-host of the BASEDPolitics podcast.

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opinion

TikTok Is Bad. Banning It Would Be Much Worse.

PANIC LAWS

A U.S. government ban on the social media app is authoritarian and unconstitutional.

Brad Polumbo | Published Mar 22, 2024
opinion

Elon Musk’s Feelings Led Him to Censor Legal Speech on X

FREE SPEECH TOURIST

However you feel about certain pro-Palestinian slogans that Musk banned, they are legal speech and not direct incitements to violence.

Brad Polumbo | Published Nov 20, 2023
opinion

DeSantis’ Call to Deport Foreign Students Is Un-American

UNPOPULAR SPEECH IS STILL FREE SPEECH

The Florida governor says he’d cancel visas for students who “celebrate terrorism.” That’s wrong for so many reasons, and probably unconstitutional.

Brad Polumbo | Published Oct 24, 2023
opinion

Please Stop the Weird Obsession With Tim Scott’s Love Life

SERIOUSLY, WTF

It’s no one’s business whether or not the South Carolina senator and GOP presidential candidate has a romantic partner—especially given the party’s leader is Donald Trump.

Brad Polumbo | Published Sep 12, 2023
opinion

Elon Musk, Worst Free Speech Hero Ever

FOR ME, NOT THEE

When he bought Twitter he promised a First Amendment-level of freedom. He just labeled the word “cis” a slur that could lead to a banning—because it offends some conservatives.

Brad Polumbo | Published Jun 27, 2023
opinion

RFK Jr.’s Long Legacy of Supporting Censorship

WANNABE AUTHORITARIAN

He’s no free speech champion, even if his anti-vaccine activism has made him a hero to the MAGA right.

Brad Polumbo | Published May 17, 2023
opinion

Biden’s Budget Is Economically Reckless and Clueless

PIE IN THE SKY

The president’s “soak the rich” proposal would explode the national debt, do nothing to “save” Social Security, and would ultimately hurt the working class.

Brad Polumbo | Published Mar 11, 2023
opinion

‘Liberty’ University? On Free Speech, It’s Anything But.

Eeen-teresting

Now here are some surefire ways to avoid hate-speech incidents: Silence campus liberals, and don’t invite intellectuals from the other side in the first place!

Brad Polumbo | Published Jun 30, 2018

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