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Brad Smith

@CommishSmith

Father, law professor, former FEC Commissioner, Chairman Institute for Free Speech @InstFreeSpeech, lover of liberty & dogs, evidence-based, #freespeech,

Ohio, USA Katılım Eylül 2009
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Fandom Pulse@fandompulse·
Ian Fleming on James Bond: "Bond is not a hero, nor is he depicted as being very likable or admirable. He is a Secret Service Agent. He’s not a bad man, but he is ruthless and self-indulgent. He enjoys the fight- he also enjoys the prizes. In fiction people used to have blood in their veins. Nowadays they have pond water. My books are just out of step. But then so are all the people who read them.” “I didn’t intend for Bond to be likable. He’s a blunt instrument in the hands of the government. He’s got vices and few perceptible virtues.” Which film captures this spirit the best?
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
Asking hetero-normative, cisgender students for their pronouns is a profound act of aggression, meant to deny their identities and personhood and mark them in class as “deviant” from the professorial norm. It is a violent act against the heritage and culture formed over thousands of years. Good riddance.
Honesty For Ohio Education@Honesty4OhioEd

Ruth Colker, a highly distinguished law professor and the Heck Faust Memorial Chair in Constitutional Law, said that Ohio State’s “overcompliance” with SB 1 and its DEI rollbacks played a direct role in her early retirement. thelantern.com/2026/03/former…

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Institute for Free Speech@InstFreeSpeech·
🧵To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, the Institute for Free Speech held a virtual panel with @CommishSmith, Joel Gora, and Eugene Volokh to reflect on the history of the case and its enduring legacy. @KimStrassel of the @WSJ moderated the discussion.
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
@asymmetricinfo Don't worry, Megan. I've been assured that a small levy on just 938 billionaires will take care of everything.
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Megan McArdle
Megan McArdle@asymmetricinfo·
There are hard choices coming, like "raise taxes or cut SNAP" and many folks who are no longer used to paying any significant federal taxes are going to say "fine, cut SNAP, then". And you can't fund our welfare state entirely by taxing people who make a million dollars a year.
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Megan McArdle
Megan McArdle@asymmetricinfo·
I've been saying for years that GOP and Dems were in a game of chicken where the everyone runs up deficits and the object is to structure current taxes/spending so the other side's priorities absorb most of the burden of adjustment. I now think I was wrong.
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
@RedPillMediaX At least until Gen X. Then they had the easiest, until the Millenials, who had it the easiest until Gen Z. Every generation has it's unique challenges, and they are real, and not easy. But for the vast majority of people, life gets better with each generation.
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Red Pill Media@RedPillMediaX·
Boomers really lived in the easiest generation in modern history.
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Dominic Pino
Dominic Pino@DominicJPino·
Great @asymmetricinfo column about how the stuff people want to fund with wealth taxes (health care, education, infrastructure, anything) doesn't become any more abundant by taking rich people's money.
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
@pbreit @DominicJPino @asymmetricinfo You’re right. If a person is liquid, it’s perfectly right and just to take their stuff. I remember as a kid my mom telling me “go take that boy’s toys—he’s got a lot more than you—and he’s liquid.”
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Analytic Valley Girl Chris@ChrisExpTheNews·
I was using ChatGPT for legal advice and it decided to completely hallucinate some preposterous nonsense about how growing wheat to use on my own farm somehow constitutes interstate commerce
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
@ForbesTutt10128 @RandyEBarnett Actually, in BB he had health insurance, better than you'd get in Canada, UK, or Europe, and it was paying for his cancer treatment. But his wife insisted that they had to get the "best" specialist, who wasn't in their network. That's why they had to pay out of pocket.
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Forbes Tuttle@ForbesTutt10128·
@RandyEBarnett I never watched it. Never watched Breaking Bad. A school teacher lacking health insurance was just too fantastic. As Hillary would say, "beyond the suspension of all disbelief."
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
I've only watched Season 1, ep. 19/20, April 26, 2000. "Josh confronts a group of Republican Congressional staffers who threaten him with poison-pill legislation if he even thinks about supporting campaign finance reformers for two newly opened Federal Election Commission seats." Based on a real nomination for the FEC with which I am familiar. I still found them boring. youtu.be/fbJczKCpp84?si… youtu.be/1r0J7G_DBSw?si…
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
@parkersity_9 I despise stingy people. Retirement should be encouraged to start at 25. What have you got against the 25-49 year old set?
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parks@parkersity_9·
Unpopular Opinion: Retirement should be encouraged to start at 50. People deserve more time to enjoy life.
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@kirawontmiss I've always thought that if someone else had a lot more stuff than you, it was OK to steal it.
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kira 👾@kirawontmiss·
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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
I suggest that we just take $1 million of @sensanders money and redistribute it. True, no family would get $12k, but I was not aware that the morality of taking someone’s money to give it to someone else was based on taking a large amount.
Sen. Bernie Sanders@SenSanders

Surprise! The Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post is against my 5% billionaire wealth tax. I wonder why? If enacted, Bezos would owe $12 billion in taxes, and an average family of 4 would receive a $12,000 direct payment. Poor Jeff would be left with just $224 billion to survive.

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Brad Smith@CommishSmith·
Tip 33.3%? I’m trying to understand how this works. If I buy a $60 dinner, I can afford an $80 dinner? Where does the extra $20 come from? Does the delivery fairy bring it? Does this work at higher levels—if I pay $60k for college, can I automatically afford to pay $80k? And Why doesn’t Starbucks raise price of grande from $5.95 to $7.95, since if coffee drinkers can afford $6, they can afford $8? P.S. I always tip for deliveries. Not 33.3%, though.
Crazy Vibes@CrazyVibes_1

If you can afford to have food delivered straight to your front door, you can afford to tip at least $20. Period. You’re not just paying for tacos. You’re paying for somebody to: • Use their own car • Use their own gas • Put miles on their engine • Sit in traffic • Wait at the restaurant • Bring it directly to your door All because you didn’t feel like going to get it yourself. Delivery is a luxury. It’s convenience. It’s comfort. It’s somebody else handling the errand while you sit at home in pajamas. And before somebody says “that’s their job”….yes, and tips are how gig drivers actually make their money. The base pay on apps like DoorDash is not what you think it is. If you can drop $60 on dinner, you can drop $20 on the person bringing it to you. If $20 feels like too much, maybe pickup is the better option. Respect the hustle. Respect the gas. Respect the time.

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