Criminal Justice Reform Took a Back Seat at the 2024 DNC
The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.
The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.
Both Israeli hostage families and Palestinian Americans want the war to end with a prisoner exchange. But that isn’t moving Democratic policy.
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This is what 'democracy' looks like. Unfortunately.
And probably because Republicans have foolishly abandoned it as a unifying theme.
The New York Times contributor discusses the Democratic National Convention and the rhetoric of "freedom" on Just Asking Questions.
Dynamic economies operate independently of the political party of whoever was elected most recently.
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
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An anticlimactic protest in Chicago reveals a tired approach to modern activism.
Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them "oligarchs," while Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets cheers when touting his own billionaire status.
The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment.
The rise of neopopulism means those who prioritize free markets have no political home.
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Democrats' official 2024 platform praises President Joe Biden's marijuana pardons but fails to call for decriminalization.
Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton bring millenarianism—and messianism—back.
Speakers at the 2024 convention bragged about the Democratic Party's willingness to give public money to private companies.
Democrats are pushing a jarringly disconnected economic message.
Amid hopes for peace, chaos erupts as protesters clash with police and each other.
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Early protests at the 2024 Democratic National Convention reveal uncertain momentum.
This is what you get when politics is untethered from governance.
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While the former congressman cares a lot about war powers, he has often flip-flopped on actually enforcing Congress’ red lines.
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The Pennsylvania governor's support for school choice and occupational licensing reform is encouraging.
It's good to hear a candidate actually talk about our spending problem. But his campaign promises would exacerbate it.
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"White women, we have 100 days to help save the world!"
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Axios reporter Alex Thompson discusses Joe Biden's exit and the rise of Kamala Harris on Just Asking Questions.
Two cheers for dull, purplish Democratic governors.
The New Right talks a big populist game, but their policies hurt the people they're supposed to help.
The candidate supports gun rights, wants to privatize government programs, and would radically reduce the number of federal employees.
It's still a close race between terrible, and terribly unpopular, major party candidates.
Stepping aside was commendable; spending months clinging desperately to power as voters lost faith in him, not so much.
Both had been dropped from the Inflation Reduction Act over concerns about the bill's cost and the amount of borrowing needed to pay for them.
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The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals.
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