Ryan Young
@ryanyoungcei.bsky.social
Senior Economist, Competitive Enterprise Institute.
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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.
The more local police see ICE assholes as criminals, the better it will be for us.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
November 19, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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.
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Chicago: That is insanely disturbing. ICE kidnaps workers in broad daylight, leaving their equipment on site.
November 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Chicago: That is insanely disturbing. ICE kidnaps workers in broad daylight, leaving their equipment on site.
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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.
Egalitarianism is a revolt against nature--and for human liberty. We must understand the past, because we must overcome it.
reasonpapers.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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.
Egalitarianism is a revolt against nature--and for human liberty. We must understand the past, because we must overcome it.
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...
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...
cei.org
November 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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...
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...
Tariffs are working as well as most people not blinded by partisan politics thought they would. www.prnewswire.com/news/institu...
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November 3, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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...
Tariffs are working as well as most people not blinded by partisan politics thought they would. www.prnewswire.com/news/institu...
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Employees at a Menards in Cicero Illinois have been instructed to delete video of ICE, according to people at the scene.
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Employees at a Menards in Cicero Illinois have been instructed to delete video of ICE, according to people at the scene.
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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.
October 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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.
Excellent piece on civil liberties by my colleague @iainmurray.bsky.social. thedailyeconomy.org/article/im-a...
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 ...
thedailyeconomy.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Excellent piece on civil liberties by my colleague @iainmurray.bsky.social. thedailyeconomy.org/article/im-a...
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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...
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.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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...
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Gotta log off for a while after this one. Just too much.
I'm shaking almost too hard to type. I entered SLC airport and heard screams and cries for help. I could see people gathered around, watching. I sped over to discover this woman face down on the floor, four grown men pushing her down, while she cried "HELP ME" and pled for her child.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Gotta log off for a while after this one. Just too much.
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What if we gave the worst people in the world, the people who are just fundamentally assholes, all the power? What an experiment.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
What if we gave the worst people in the world, the people who are just fundamentally assholes, all the power? What an experiment.
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...
Paige Lambermont and me in @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social: www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
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.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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...
Paige Lambermont and me in @washingtonexaminer.bsky.social: www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-am...
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...
‘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?
www.nbcchicago.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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...
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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-...
'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...
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October 26, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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-...
New final rule for DHS to collect immigrants' biometric data when entering or leaving the US. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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...
www.federalregister.gov
October 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
New final rule for DHS to collect immigrants' biometric data when entering or leaving the US. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
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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.
"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.
"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.
Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
October 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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.
"What documents?" agent sarcastically replies—holding up the folder.
"The ones in your hands!" witnesses yell back.
Madison Elementary School in Santa Ana, California.
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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...
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.
www.nbcnews.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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...
Quoted on how the Fed's coming interest rate cuts and balance sheet policies might keep inflation high. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
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.
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October 24, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Quoted on how the Fed's coming interest rate cuts and balance sheet policies might keep inflation high. www.thecentersquare.com/national/art...
Quoted in the Washington Examiner on Trump's statist economic policies. www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3860...
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.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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.
October 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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.
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Today's Federal Register is light even by shutdown standards: 0 proposed regulations, 0 final regulations, 4 agency notices, 4 pages.
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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.
October 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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.
Quoted in Newsweek. www.newsweek.com/economists-e...
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.
www.newsweek.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Quoted in Newsweek. www.newsweek.com/economists-e...
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ICE stepped up activities in NYC today and New Yorkers were not having it.
(Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)
(Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)
October 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
ICE stepped up activities in NYC today and New Yorkers were not having it.
(Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)
(Seen on @keithboykin.bsky.social threads)
Quoted on soybeans. www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finan...
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.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Quoted on soybeans. www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/finan...