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## America’s 250th
Birthday in 2026

As a think tank whose work is grounded in liberty and freedom, R Street is spending 2025 researching, debating, and preparing to celebrate the country’s founding and what its future holds. From debating federalism, globalism, our electoral systems, free speech, and free markets, join us as we explore real solutions for this moment and the next.

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Analysis, Newsletters Our Organization, Real Insights

### Real Insights: The Bright Line Between Words and Violence

Erica Schoder Nov 10, 2025

Op-Eds Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Sentencing

### Locking up moms destabilizes families and doesn’t make us safer

Jillian Snider Oct 22, 2025 The Hill

Policy Studies Disintermediation, Project for Women and Families, State Policy

### Case Studies: Examining Right-to-Contraception State-Level Legislative Processes

Chelsea Boyd Nov 6, 2025

Op-Eds Federal Government Affairs, Harm Reduction, Opioid Harm Reduction

### President Trump Wants Treatment Without Harm Reduction. It Won’t Work.

Stacey McKenna Oct 27, 2025 Inside Sources

Analysis Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Privacy, Use of Force

### The Future of Military Troops in American Cities Is Now Before the Highest Court

Lisel Petis Nov 7, 2025

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## New Research

External Policy Studies Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Innovation

### America’s Litigation Addiction Threatens Its AI Leadership

Adam Thierer Nov 13, 2025

Policy Studies Disintermediation, Project for Women and Families, State Policy

### Case Studies: Examining Right-to-Contraception State-Level Legislative Processes

Chelsea Boyd Nov 6, 2025

Explainers Alternatives to Arrest, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing

### Georgia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads:   Opportunities for Pre-Arrest, Pretrial, and Post-Conviction Change in the Peach State

Lisel Petis, Sarah Anderson, Jillian Snider Nov 4, 2025

Explainers Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Northeast, Parole, Policing, Pretrial, Prosecution, Reentry, Second Look, Sentencing, State Policy

### Virginia’s Criminal Justice Crossroads: Opportunities for Pre-Arrest, Pretrial, and Post-Conviction Change in the Commonwealth

Jillian Snider, Lisel Petis, Sarah Anderson Oct 29, 2025

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## Recent Op-Eds

Op-Eds Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment, South, State Policy

### Public Service Commission short-circuit doesn’t mean Georgia is blue

Marc Hyden Nov 17, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald

Op-Eds Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Prosecution, Sentencing

### America’s crime problem hasn’t grown, but it has aged

Jillian Snider Nov 8, 2025 The Hill

Op-Eds California, Finance and Trade, Regulatory Reform, State Policy

### California’s Hypocrisy on Property Rights

Steven Greenhut Nov 12, 2025 The American Spectator

Op-Eds Electoral Reform, Governance, South, State Policy

### Unintended consequences could undermine Georgia voting

Marc Hyden Nov 12, 2025 The Newnan Times-Herald

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## Timely Commentary

Real Solutions Electricity Policy, Energy and Environment

### Low-Energy Fridays: DOE “Zombies” Are Eating Competitive Power Markets

Michael Giberson Nov 13, 2025

Analysis Electoral Reform, Governance, State Policy, Texas

### As Texas Latinos Move Rightward, Closing the Primaries Could Backfire on Republicans

Jonathan Madison Nov 12, 2025

Real Solutions Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Pretrial, Reentry, Second Look, Sentencing

### Second Look, Smarter Justice: A Gendered Approach to Post-Conviction Initiatives

Jillian Snider Nov 10, 2025

Analysis Federal Government Affairs, Patent Policy, Technology and Innovation

### Patents, Progress, and Innovation: A Nobel Tale of Caution

Wayne Brough Nov 10, 2025

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## Upcoming Events

Nov 19

The Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today

Events hosted by RSI AND Virtual

3:00PM – 4:30PM EST

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Nov 19

The Fragile Republic: Lessons on Political Violence from the Founding to Today

Events hosted by RSI AND Virtual

3:00PM – 4:30PM EST

## RSI In the News

In the News Alternatives to Arrest, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Policing, Pretrial, Prison Reform, Prosecution, Reentry, Sentencing

### Radio: FL justice system punishes women for trauma, new report finds

Sarah Anderson Nov 12, 2025 Public News Service

In the News Bail System Changes, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Detention, Pretrial, State Policy, Texas

### More people can be denied bail after Texas voters pass Proposition 3. What happens now?

Lisel Petis Nov 7, 2025 KERA News

In the News Competition & Antitrust, Federal Government Affairs, Online Content Policy, Technology and Innovation

### Trump can make Big Tech great again

Josh Withrow Nov 12, 2025 Washington Examiner

In the News Energy and Environment, Florida, Nuclear, State Policy

### Florida’s next frontier: Lawmakers weigh nuclear innovation to power a growing state

Josiah Neeley Nov 10, 2025 Florida Politics

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## Podcasts

In the News, Podcasts Federal Government Affairs, Governance, Restoring the First Branch

### Roots of Reality Podcast: The Future of Freedom in America with Sabrina Schaeffer

Sabrina Schaeffer Oct 28, 2025 Roots of Reality Podcast

In the News, Podcasts Energy and Environment, Energy Regulatory Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Permitting Reform

### The Dispatch Podcast: Abundance Democrats Are Turning Right

Philip Rossetti Oct 6, 2025 The Dispatch Podcast

In the News, Podcasts Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technology, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

### Shaped Docuseries Episode 3: AI at a Crossroads

Adam Thierer Oct 2, 2025 Shaped Docuseries from The Federalist Society

In the News, Podcasts Federal Government Affairs, Health Tech, Technology and Innovation

### Shaped Docuseries Episode 2: Should the FDA approve MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD?

Adam Thierer Sept 25, 2025 Shaped Docuseries from The Federalist Society

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## Latest Outreach

Regulatory Comments Carbon Pricing, Climate, Energy and Environment, Energy Regulatory Reform, Environmental Regulation, Federal Government Affairs, Fossil Fuels, Natural Gas

### Public Input from the R Street Institute on the Reconsideration of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program

Philip Rossetti Nov 6, 2025

Coalition Letters, Congressional Letters, Letters Budget and Spending Reform, Federal Government Affairs, Governance

### Coalition Outlines Ways to Strengthen Pentagon Accountability and Oversight

Nan Swift Nov 5, 2025

Presentations Energy and Environment, Energy Regulatory Reform

### Transmission Cost Drivers and Policy Remedies

Devin Hartman, Kent Chandler, Olivia Manzagol Nov 3, 2025

Regulatory Comments Artificial Intelligence, Federal Government Affairs, Technology and Innovation

### Comments of the R Street Institute in Request for Information on Regulatory Reform on Artificial Intelligence

Mark Dalton Oct 27, 2025

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## 2024 Impact Report

RSI consistently offers pragmatic, real solutions that foster American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty. We build trust, we inject evidence into the policymaking process, and we create space for difficult but necessary conversations.

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## Who We Are

Alexa Cunniff (left) and Luke Cromwell (Right) check people in at the 2025 Real Solutions Summit.

The R Street Institute was founded in 2012. We are a think tank committed to classical liberalism, principled pluralism, and a more civil civic culture. We are headquartered in Washington, D.C. with offices in California, Georgia, Ohio, Texas, and Virginia. Our staff live around the world. Learn more about our mission and values here.

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RSI’s Senior Fellow Adam Thierer testifies about artificial intelligence before Congress. (2025)

R Street Institute Executive Director Erica Schoder (right) talks real insights and the future of democracy with Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch (left). (2025)

Courtney Joslin (middle-right), resident fellow and senior manager for the Project for Women and Families, hosts a Capitol Hill event on the child tax credit. (2025)

Kelli Pierce (left) and Governance Fellow Nan Swift (middle) record a live episode of RSI’s Red Tape podcast with the Washington Post’s Megan McArdle. (2025)

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We consistently offer pragmatic, real solutions that foster American innovation, bolster competition, and safeguard individual liberty—all with the understanding that life in a democratic society sometimes requires compromises that don’t necessarily represent first, best solutions.

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