Peter Meijer: Can the GOP Change?
Peter Meijer talks about his run for Senate, his Trump impeachment vote, and possibly competing against Justin Amash on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
Peter Meijer talks about his run for Senate, his Trump impeachment vote, and possibly competing against Justin Amash on the latest episode of Just Asking Questions.
As the party grows more populist, ethnically diverse, and working class, will Republicans abandon their libertarian economic principles?
Plus: A listener asks if it should become the norm for all news outlets to require journalists to disclose their voting records.
Congress and the leading presidential candidates are wildly unpopular. But don’t expect new faces.
A critique of John Yoo and Robert Delahunty's suggestion that the Vice President has a role in counting electoral votes.
An interesting analysis of the former President's brief challenging his disqualification from the ballot in Colorado.
As the party grows more populist, ethnically diverse, and working class, will Republicans abandon their libertarian economic principles?
RFK Jr. predicts all 50 states, Libertarian Party expects at least 48, Green Party over 30, and a still-waffling No Labels 32.
Political polarization poisons yet another area of life.
People who were disenfranchised based on felony convictions face a new obstacle to recovering their voting rights.
It is not the job of Florida taxpayers to support state officials' preferred presidential candidates.
Donald Trump won an unsurprising victory in the New Hampshire primary against his hawkish rival Nikki Haley.
And the Democratic votes won't even count. Get ready for what might be a weird night.
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His political makeover into a Trumpy cultural warrior undermined what could have been a compelling campaign about the value of freedom.
He is asking the justices to reject the Colorado Supreme Court's conclusion that he is disqualified from running for president.
Though alas, the long shot primary challenger probably will not.
They will either reduce the ability to spend money or to cut taxes.
The centrist group says it will decide on challenging Biden and/or Trump after Super Tuesday.
Plus: A listener asks the editors if there are any bad laws that might discourage people from having kids.
Dueling new studies reach opposing conclusions on whether minority voters are well served by ranked choice voting.
There were times when he seemed like the only person in the field willing to speak some impolitic truth. But he mixed those truths with some of the most godawful positions you could imagine.
DeSantis appears to be on track to claim second place, a distant 30-ish percentage points behind Trump.
But he would say no to pro-Palestinian speech.
Unfortunately, none of the Republican candidates want to scrap the federal ethanol mandates.
The former New Jersey governor was the only candidate in the Republican primary field with the courage to attack former President Donald Trump.
How do the Iowa caucuses work? The fact that people have to ask every four years shows why this tradition should end.
As one appeals court judge pointed out, Trump's defense could literally let a president get away with murder.
Plus: Which is worse, trashing Nancy Pelosi's office or having sex in a Senate hearing room?
Schools are already bad enough for kids. Let's not make it worse by taking tips from the people who've insisted you take your shoes off at the airport for 20 years.
DeSantis says the new, single tax rate would mean "lower taxes for everyone" but that only demonstrates that he hasn't thought too deeply about how a flat tax would work.
His Supreme Court petition raises serious questions about how to interpret and apply Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
Plus: State officials attempt to ban Donald Trump from 2024 election ballots.
Letting state officials determine whether a candidate has "engaged in insurrection" opens a huge can of worms.
The weird story of Victor Berger, the Espionage Act, and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.
The fourth-place GOP presidential candidate asserts the existence of "clear evidence" of "entrapment," without providing any.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
Watch Florida's Hispanic communities for clues about the 2024 election.
Former state lawmaker Jeff Brandes says the Florida Legislature has "ceded its role" to high-profile Gov. Ron DeSantis.
The Colorado Supreme Court's reasoning in deciding that Trump is constitutionally disqualified from running for president seems iffy.
Ballots should be counted quickly and accurately.
Plus: A listener asks if there is any place libertarians can go to start their own country or city state.
Friday A/V Club: He wasn't really the character created by the late Norman Lear. But the advertisers did all they could to obscure that.
As of today, adults 21 or older in the Buckeye State may possess up to 2.5 ounces of marijuana and grow up to six plants at home.
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Nikki Haley says "Trump was good on trade." What?