South Bend Mayor and Possible Presidential Candidate Pete Buttigieg Decries "Endless War"
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a veteran, believes that military intervention should be a last resort.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, a veteran, believes that military intervention should be a last resort.
Who's ready for a class war from the party of John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, Michael Bloomberg, and the Kennedy/Roosevelt clans?
The senator and presidential hopeful went to bat for dirty prosecutors, opposed marijuana legalization, and championed policies that endanger sex workers.
The Starbucks magnate is rich and early enough to buy his way onto ballots, but it's hard for a relative unknown to beat the third-party boomerang effect in a time of centrism-hating polarization.
Transitioning to a fully government-run system would require eliminating private health insurance for nearly 180 million Americans.
Plus: Another way the E.U. "right to be forgotten" is risky, and Baltimore cuts back on pot prohibition
The 2020 contender's single-payer pitch is all about disruption.
The former Starbucks CEO is getting dragged by liberals and progressives because he is talking about debt and spending in ways they don't like.
Is it moral to blame a country's problems on a handful of wealthy individuals? Is it a wise political strategy?
Pete Buttigieg wants to move forward, not backward. What a novel campaign platform!
It's safe to say this guy would not make a good president.
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the former vice president acknowledges regrets about his role in the drug war and mass incarcerations.
Bush, Chris Christie, Bill Kristol, and a bunch of op-ed interventionists stoke 2020 speculation around the Republican governor of Democratic Maryland.
"That's me!" jokes Bill Weld, while calling Amash a "hero" and encouraging the congressman to run.
Most politicians have evolved on gay issues. But not all were directly connected to anti-gay organizations.
"This is not me promoting anything, including myself," the former Ohio governor says, while promoting himself.
Plus: optimism about the end of liberalism and Marco Rubio's new tech bill.
Rebutting Krugman, cracking on Graham, and searching in vain for "freedom" in a caucus.
The Hawaii congresswoman will be a voice for humility in U.S. foreign policy.
The book neglects to mention all the times Harris' office appealed cases that were thrown out for gross prosecutor misconduct.
The #Resistance GOP mixes tonal civility with foreign-policy hawkishness and immigration amnesia.
If Democrats are trying to win with voters who supported Obama in 2012 but Trump in 2016, Joe Biden might be their best bet.
Democratic socialists prioritize economics first.
She's the highest-profile candidate to jump in.
NeverTrump conservatives flock to 62-year-old Maryland governor whose foreign policy views are a blank slate.
John Kasich, Mark Cuban, and an army of op-ed political strategists are wrong if they think you can just whip up an independent presidential candidacy or new third party from scratch.
Party activists reflect after both a disappointing midterm and an energizing Jeff Hewitt win
After years of opposition, Kennedy has finally jumped on the pro-weed legalization bandwagon.
The latest trial balloon from the perennial White House Hamlet contains more lead than the paint of a New York public school.
For Democrats-and bookmakers-the 2020 election is already underway.
You certainly didn't ask to see these three again on a presidential debate stage.
To which many Libertarian Party enthusiasts might respond, So you're saying there's a chance?
Former L.P. veep pick says 2016 emphasis on the "six-lane highway" down the middle of the road "might have been a fundamental error."
The former New York mayor's authoritarian record shows he has no real love for America's founding document.
"I'm thinking about it."
If Warren really wants to win in 2020, she's going to need to do something she hasn't yet accomplished: broaden her message beyond the far left wing.
After being resoundingly voted out of the party's vice-chairmanship over his comments about veterans, school shootings, and age-of-consent laws, the activist/entrepreneur throws his hat in the ring against Adam Kokesh and a presumed Bill Weld.
Incumbent National Chair Nick Sarwark, after picking a fight with Tom Woods, routs a Mises-backed challenger at the party's national convention. Controversial vice chair Arvin Vohra also booted out of office.
Michael Moore predicts the winner of the 2020 presidential election.
Nation's leading conservative columnist argues that the L.P. could be the only viable party in 2020 for "limited government, fiscal responsibility, free trade, the rule of law, entitlement realism and other artifacts from the Republican wreckage."
The outgoing senator wants to require congressional approval for "national security" tariffs, while the low-polling president taunts Flake about his low poll numbers.
"There's no for-profit business in the world that could sustain itself or survive with $20 trillion in debt," says Howard Schultz. "It's just not responsible."
The antivirus-software pioneer is flying the crypto flag, while the adult actress is running on weed, Net Neutrality, and #MeToo.
The 2016 V.P. candidate is issuing endorsements, raising money, talking about what the party needs to win the White House, and tacking in a more Libertarian direction. But will he take the plunge?
No robots need apply.
At some point, maybe we should just take Trump's antics as a given
Win or lose, libertarians will remind Americans about basic principles we have in common.
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