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Nick Gillespie
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Libertarian. Editor at large, Reason. Host, The Reason Interview with Nick Gillespie.
New York, NY
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Born August 7
Joined January 2009
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Jun 2
    If Dems are pushing Graham Platner and Reps are pushing Ken Paxton, what is a sane, rational person supposed to do? Plus, Euphoria is good, Freedom 250 bad, Iran war ugly. New @reason Roundtable w @kmanguward @petersuderman @MattWelch & me is up.
    Why socialism won't deliver government efficiency
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Apr 8, 2025
    I'm 61 and over the past two months, my 401(k) has lost 25 percent of its value. I'm always happy to contribute to the greater good, but can someone please explain to me how this helps anyone?
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Aug 15, 2020
    Serious question as teachers push back against reopening schools: Did anyone raise concerns abt supermarket workers, who have been showing up for months without many seeming problems?
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Feb 12, 2019
    How high did @KamalaHarris get while smoking weed in college? High enough to claim she listened to Tupac and @SnoopDogg as a student, though their debuts came after she graduated college ('86) and law school ('89). As with her former position on legalization, she's scamming
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Jun 20, 2024
    Donald Sutherland, RIP. My favorite role of his is Sgt. Oddball in the strange and wonderful Kelly's Heroes: 'I'm drinking wine and eating cheese and catching some rays, you know.' My father, who served in Europe in WW2, approved.
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Mar 10, 2022
    I want to thank my grandparents, who fled repressive, economically degraded lives in Old Europe in the 1910s, for moving to a country where the govt puts out bullshit propaganda so bad that no one is dumb enough to believe it.
    The White House 46 Archived
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    Nick Gillespie
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    May 24, 2020
    This is a terrible position, @JoeBiden.
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    Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
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    May 24, 2020
    Replying to @DeAngelisCorey
    Joe Biden: "If I'm president, charter schools are gone." He should reconsider that proposal.
    Corey A. DeAngelis, school choice evangelist
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Sep 24, 2020
    What if Biden wins and refuses to enter the White House?
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Oct 28, 2025
    I used to be proud of being an American. This is fucked up beyond belief.
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Oct 4, 2025
    'Ricky Gervais once told an awards show crowd, “If ISIS started a streaming service, most of you would call your agent.” Give the man credit—he was pretty much right.' Ben Schwartz in @thenation
    The Sad Spectacle of American Comedians Selling Out in Saudi Arabia
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Apr 24, 2021
    These cops should be fired and the wife should file for divorce.
    hitman 🜲⁶
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Nov 9, 2023
    The @washingtonpost took down this @ramirezcartoons cartoon mocking #Hamas (not Palestinians writ large) after readers and staffers complained that it was offensive, racist, unfair, inaccurate, etc (see linked story). The editor of the opinion page, David Shipley, explained his
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Sep 8, 2025
    The last thing a small business owner sees before shutting down.
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    Zohran Kwame Mamdani
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    Sep 6, 2025
    A perfect afternoon in Astoria.
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    Nick Gillespie
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    Apr 21, 2021
    I think we might be done.