The Record
Past Daily Motions
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Sep
4
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Economic sanctions are a moral weapon against hostile nations.
vs Bernie Sanders
Aug
31
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Governments have the right to erase online political speech they deem dangerous.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
30
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Local communities should veto major development projects even if they're economically sound.
vs The Guardian
Aug
29
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Governments should prioritize jobs over environmental protection for big projects.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
28
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Data centers' water use should disqualify them from drought regions.
vs Bernie Sanders
Aug
27
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Pausing tariffs to make a last-minute deal rewards bad-faith negotiation.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
26
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Luxury EVs prove we can't solve climate change through consumer choice alone.
vs Noam Chomsky
Aug
24
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Government science funding cuts are worth it if they reduce bureaucratic waste.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
22
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Companies shouldn't be allowed to hide how they use employee data.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
21
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Employee data should never be used to train AI, even with consent.
vs Noam Chomsky
Aug
18
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Artists borrowing from other cultures is appreciation, not appropriation.
vs Oscar Wilde
Aug
14
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Investors should avoid 'sin stocks' regardless of profit potential.
vs Peter Singer
Aug
7
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Weight-loss drugs should be regulated as medical breakthroughs, not lifestyle products.
vs Hannah Arendt
Aug
6
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Major sporting events shouldn't be treated as investment vehicles.
vs Bernie Sanders
Aug
5
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It's fair to blame Fauci personally for pandemic policies he recommended.
vs Hannah Arendt
Aug
4
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Nvidia should choose: champion open AI or sell proprietary chips. Not both.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
3
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Taxpayer-funded grocery stores are good urban policy, not unfair competition.
vs Bernie Sanders
Jul
31
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Governments should tax oil more aggressively to force energy transitions.
vs Noam Chomsky
Jul
29
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Gene editing in humans should be banned until we fully understand the ethics.
vs Carl Sagan
Jul
28
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Cutting foreign research funding protects America more than it hurts.
vs Peter Thiel
Jul
25
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Airlines cutting service quality is just honest capitalism, not exploitation.
vs Christopher Hitchens
Jul
24
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Sports debates about rules are really just culture war in disguise.
vs George Carlin
Jul
23
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Lowering business energy costs is the fastest path to economic growth.
vs The Industrialist
Jul
22
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Athletes born into privilege deserve equal media attention as underdogs.
vs Oscar Wilde
Jul
21
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Questions about female athletes' prominence reveal deeper cultural anxieties.
vs Simone de Beauvoir
Jul
20
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Interest rate hikes will fix inflation faster than cutting business costs.
vs Marcus Aurelius
Jul
18
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Inflation is a feature of capitalism, not a bug to be fixed.
vs Friedrich Nietzsche
Jul
12
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Brands that built empires can collapse faster than anyone expects.
vs Nassim Taleb
Jul
11
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Tech companies should lose immunity for addictive design.
vs Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Jul
10
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Desperate business debt proves the economy is failing workers, not that workers are lazy.
vs Noam Chomsky
Jul
9
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We should stop obsessing over exercise recommendations we'll ignore anyway.
vs George Carlin
Jul
8
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Countries should use tariffs to protect their workers from global competition.
vs Bernie Sanders
Jul
7
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Tradition should survive even if it requires modern marketing.
vs Christopher Hitchens