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On November 3, Nebraska banned men in women's sports.

Wisconsin passed a constitutional amendment prohibiting affirmative action.

California voters rejected the billionaire tax.

Tennessee passed a constitutional prohibition on a state property tax.

Ballot measures increasing fentanyl penalties, establishing sex-based eligibility for school and college sports, and prohibiting specified gender-transition surgeries for minors are leading in Colorado.

The Republican Party may have sustained massive midterm losses, but statewide ballot initiatives tell a different story. Conservative policies still resonate, @Sean_Speer writes, even as voters reject the Trump administration. city-journal.org/article/midter…

"That week, many felt that the tragedy might have a silver lining, that Charlie’s death might move people to set aside petty differences and come together for the good of the country. That was his mission and, for a moment, it seemed that everyone was trying to honor it.

Instead, his death marked the shattering of the American Right."

@christopherrufo's powerful account of Charlie Kirk's assassination and how to honor his legacy: city-journal.org/article/charli…

“Democrats in Texas will learn what Republicans elsewhere have discovered: a state’s policies tend to be sticky,” @judgeglock writes. city-journal.org/article/texas-…

Americans are flocking to walkable small-town downtowns on the edges of big metros, but regulation has made it nearly impossible to build new ones.

Via @bhargreaves x.com/i/article/2032…

Who's really running Anthropic?

Since the beginning, Anthropic’s leadership has presented its mission as too important to be subject strictly to the profit motive.

Its SEC filing tells a different story. The trillion-dollar company’s corporate structure is ostensibly designed to keep Anthropic focused on the public interest—but in effect, it leaves CEO Dario Amodei and his co-founders firmly in control.

@chumpchanger on the corporate structure that seems designed to obfuscate ⬇️ city-journal.org/article/anthro…