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Welcome to Stupid State Stories , a podcast that dives into the absurd, illiberal, and downright oppressive ways governments mess with their own people. From bizarre laws and overreaching bureaucracies to outright abuses of power, each episode unpacks real stories and obvious hallucinations of state overreach—think petty tyrants, ridiculous regulations, and the occasional dystopian nightmare. With sharp wit, manufactured statistics, and a keen eye for the ridiculous, we explore how the state’s heavy hand shapes lives, often with unintended consequences. Tune in for a mix of outrage, disbelief, and dark humor as we expose the dumbest things done in the name of control.
Unknown Host hosts Stupid State Stories, a government show with 19 episodes published.
Thomas Massie (R-KY), 8-term congressman, lost his primary on May 19, 2026 to Trump-backed sock puppet Ed Gallrein. The most expensive House primary in US history $32M+ in ad spending BBB Adds ~$3T to national debt over
Chuck and Megan try to untangle Schrödinger's ceasefire, a confusing Middle East agreement that is somehow simultaneously happening and not happening. We also examine Lindsey Graham's unique interpretation of war powers,
https://reason.com/2026/03/06/jobs-are-down-while-the-u-s-spends-2-billion-a-day-on-war-with-iran/ https://floridaphoenix.com/2026/02/24/proposal-to-create-counterintelligence-unit-receives-bipartisan-pushback/?utm_sourc
• ICE Legal Observer Added to Terrorist Database https://reason.com/2026/01/23/ice-tells-legal-observer-we-have-a-nice-little-database-and-now-youre-considered-a-domestic-terrorist/ • WH Domestic Terrorism Memo Sept 2025
- The U.S. Navy under Trump: A Tool of Modern Piracy - Global Research - Assange's war crimes accusation: Nobel Prize faces criminal complaint over 2025 winner - Natural News - Donald Trump's squeeze on Venezuela - The W
America's longest government shutdown shows why we must free air traffic control from politics Congressman Thomas Massie's Official Website - Information on his work to reform the appropriations process and restore regul
- [The War on Poverty After 50 years](https://www.cato.org/policy-report/may/june-2015/war-poverty-after-fifty-years) - [EconTalk: Robert Chitester](https://www.econlib.org/econtalk-with-bob-chitester/) - [The Ballad of
Occupational Licensing Hours required to braid hair AMA Flight 328 The Machinery of Freedom
https://www.influencewatch.org/labor-union/national-education-association-nea/ https://fee.org/articles/power-grab-how-the-national-education-association-is-betraying-our-children/
FDA Delays Patients’ Access to a New Alzheimer’s TreatmentProfits and DrugsPrice Controls for Medicines Risk Harming InnovationA Blueprint for FDA ReformAn FDA Report Card
That Which is Seen, and That Which is Not Seen https://mises.org/articles-interest/which-seen-and-which-not-seen https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-beltways-energy-transition-relies-on-the-broken-window-fallacy/
Basic EconomicsTaxation, Forced Labor, and TheftThe Ethics of Liberty
Real ID - bringing 2005 to you with a side of authoritarian inconvenience. https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-id-not-about-keeping-you-safe https://reason.com/2023/03/31/tsas-biometric-screening-may-not-be-optional-for-lo
From one ribbon cutting ceremony to the next, Public Choice explains why we can't have nice systems. But don't take it from us, Mike Munger wrote the book on Public Choice Is Capitalism Sustainable? https://amzn.to/44uEt
DOGE cuts violently, while congress spends more than ever. https://reason.com/2025/03/12/the-houses-budget-bill-cuts-earmarks-but-spending-will-be-going-up-anyway/ https://thenewamerican.com/us/politics/trump-massie-feud
This St. Patrick's day, remember: Tariffs are taxes. https://reason.com/2025/03/15/pour-one-out-for-purchasing-power-this-st-patricks-day/ https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/fiscal-economic-and-distributional-effects-20
"Why, sometimes I’ve devalued six currencies before breakfast!" boasted the Mad Chairman, tipping his hat to the Fed's fine feast of fiscal folly.
D.S.T. is D.U.M.B. https://www.standardtime.com/proposal.html https://enddaylightsavingtime.org/
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