"I would have asked the states to submit alternative slates of electors and let the country have the debate," Vance said when asked if he'd refuse to certify the election.
Corporate subsidies and regressive tax breaks show who really benefits from Harris' agenda.
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Plus: A listener asks if rebranding tariffs as taxes would make any difference in reducing their appeal to politicians and voters.
His new stance could encourage Vice President Kamala Harris to emphasize her opposition to federal marijuana prohibition.
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Governments are always screwing with other countries' politics. It’s often ineffective.
On this small issue, America has finally come to its senses.
If the Republican Party's presidential candidate can't articulate a supply-side alternative to costly Democratic proposals, then government will get bigger.
As families continue to defect from government-managed K-12, teachers unions are tightening their squeeze on the Democratic Party.
Donald Trump believes that endless sanctions on Russia and Iran have serious downsides. So do Kamala Harris’ advisers.
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From overspending to the state's overly powerful unions, California keeps sticking to the taxpayer.
The former president's attempts to put a positive spin on the term are consistent with his alarmingly authoritarian instincts.
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Both propose awful economic policies that appeal to public ignorance.
Trump promised to hire "only the best people," yet his presidential plans were repeatedly thwarted by his staff. Will a second term be different?
It remains unclear whether either would do anything about that as president.
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At least he draws the right conclusion from this imaginary hazard, acknowledging the dangers created by prohibition.
Autonomous vehicle developer Waymo is at the center of a fight between labor unions and venture capital that's dividing the populist right.
Don't attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
The Ohio senator doesn't want to limit government power. He wants to use it against his political enemies.
Trump says the legislature should ban public pot smoking but that we shouldn't waste money arresting adults for possession.
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The forthcoming Cato Supreme Court Review article is now available on SSRN. It critiques the Supreme Court's decision in the Trump Section 3 disqualification case.
Trump promised to hire "only the best people," yet his presidential plans were repeatedly thwarted by his staff. Will a second term be different?
In charging the former president with illegal election interference, Special Counsel Jack Smith emphasizes the defendant's personal motivation and private means.
Debate is one of the best ways to get closer to the truth. At least Kennedy is willing to do so.
Vice President Kamala Harris would add about $2 trillion to the deficit.
Kamala Harris' promise to end the housing shortage and adopt rent control shows that YIMBY ideas are just one of several competing housing policy agendas within the Democratic Party.
As with Trump and his tariffs, Harris appears unwilling to acknowledge the obvious consequences of hiking taxes on businesses.
Plus: Brat summer revisited, Telegram CEO arrested, and more...
Kennedy said that Trump would be the superior candidate on his three major, "existential" issues of "free speech, the war in Ukraine, and the war on our children."
The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.
The independent candidate deserves credit for promoting some liberty-friendly causes.
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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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.
Democrats campaigning both on their pandemic record and minding your own damn business: Pick one.
Both campaigns represent variations on a theme of big, fiscally irresponsible, hyper-interventionist government.
Americans need a politician dedicated to unwinding decades of government interventions that have driven up the cost of middle-class living.
The American economy is robustly competitive. The federal government could just mess it up.
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Harris has flip-flopped on many issues, but she's been consistent on her desire to spend more of your money.
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