The Republican National Convention Isn't Out To Convert Anyone
Plus: Lawsuits challenge Trump's TikTok ban, the police abolition movement explained, and more...
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The 2020 Republican Convention Doesn't Have a Platform—It Has Trump's Pet Peeves
Plus: Protesters could lose right to vote in Tennessee, Apple and Microsoft fight over Fortnite, and more...
Jo Jorgensen Is the 2020 Libertarian Party Presidential Nominee
What can libertarianism offer America in the midst of the economic crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic?
Democratic Convention Recap: Biden and Harris Vow To Make Government Even Bigger
We suffered through it so you didn't have to.
The Democratic Convention Was a Brief for Biden's Character. Policy Got Left Behind.
The focus on personality over policy obscures as much as it reveals.
Oregon Ballot Initiative Would Decriminalize Low-Level Possession of All Drugs
Measure 110 would reduce felony convictions for drug possession by an estimated 95 percent.
Post Office Expects $9 Billion Loss This Year, Will Prioritize Mail-in Ballots Before Election Day
Postmaster Louis DeJoy told members of Congress that the post office must make changes to survive. Will Congress let it?
A Vote for Joe Biden Is a Vote for a National Mask Mandate, Says Biden
Plus: Emoji law, food trucks, and more...
Tulsi Gabbard Says the DNC Didn't Even Ask Her To Speak
"I was not invited to participate in any way."
Are the Democrats Right That We Are Seeing an 'Epidemic of Gun Violence'?
The rhetoric may not be accurate, but it is definitely useful.
Democratic Party Platform Calls for 'Reining In' Qualified Immunity. Why Not Eliminate It?
Stop pandering to Joe Biden and listen to Americans who want to stop shielding abusive officers from liability.
Americans Rightly Tune Out the Democratic National Convention
Compared to 2016, fewer people are watching on broadcast and cable TV because they know a dull infomercial when they see one.
Kamala Harris' Dishonest Campaign To Destroy Backpage.com
The vice presidential candidate opportunistically painted the site's co-founders as villains when they were actually helping law enforcement to catch sex traffickers.
Kamala Night at the DNC: The Party Anoints Harris and Brags About Biden's Crime Bill
Plus: Court rules for Robert Kraft in massage parlor video case, Trump talks QAnon, and more...
The GOP Should Shun Laura Loomer
The far-right gadfly palled around with Richard Spencer and said she hoped immigrants would die.
Americans Dislike Both Biden and Trump
Hostility to political opponents sustains what's left of the legacy parties.
No, AOC Didn't Snub Joe Biden
Plus: Laura Loomer's win, another hotel accused of sex trafficking, and more...
Joe Biden Does Not Understand the Second Amendment
The Democratic presidential candidate favors the same magazine limit that a federal appeals court just declared unconstitutional.
Michelle Obama Hates Politics and Third Parties, Loves Schmaltz and Unity
Plus: The 19th Amendment turns 100, DOJ doubts about Google antitrust case, and more...
Bernie Sanders Just Gave Joe Biden a Very Expensive Wish List
Is Bernie Sanders' mouth writing checks that Joe Biden's administration won't be able to cash?
No, Governor Cuomo, COVID-19 Is Not 'Just a Metaphor'
Cuomo's tortured analogy obscures his own failed leadership as the coronavirus claimed the lives of 30,000 New Yorkers.
Conventions and Conspiracy Theories
Democrats prepare to hold their first virtual convention, while Republicans are poised to elect a Q fan to Congress.
Donald Trump and Ben Carson Go Full NIMBY in The Wall Street Journal
The Trump administration has abandoned its own promising housing reforms in favor of toxic culture war politics.
Susan Rice Tries To Turn Possible Snowden Pardon Into Attack on GOP
All the worst people are still mad he blew the whistle on government snooping.
Don't Blame Donald Trump if the Post Office Loses Your Vote
Even if all presidential votes were cast through the mail and sent on the same day, they would amount to 30 percent of a single day's volume.
Rejecting Biden's Threat of a Nationwide Mask Mandate, Trump Suddenly Respects Limits on Presidential Power
Both major parties defend the Constitution only when it's convenient.
Former Drug Warrior Kamala Harris Wants To Legalize Pot. Can She Flip Joe Biden?
Once a staunch prohibitionist, the Democratic vice-presidential pick is arguably the most libertarian senator on marijuana.
What to Expect From a Joe Biden Supreme Court Pick
What sort of judicial nominee can we expect from the Democratic candidate?
You Don't Have to Vote for Your Party's Crappy Ticket
At least 100 million Americans live in states where the presidential winner is a foregone conclusion. Maybe don't reward your party for nominating candidates you don't like?
Greg Gutfeld's Self-Help Book for Haters of Self-Help (Who Love To Drunk-Tweet)
Fox News host's The Plus is a funny yet serious argument about making politics matter less in your life.
Greg Gutfeld: 'Impulse Control or Lack Thereof Is a Huge Deal Right Now'
The Fox News host explains his new self-help book The Plus, the upside of quarantine, and why he thinks Donald Trump will be reelected.
Once Again, Kamala Harris' Record as a Prosecutor Was Less Than Progressive
There is no need to excuse Kamala Harris' law enforcement record just because it has outlived its usefulness for her political ambitions.
Kamala Harris Is So 'Radical,' Trump's Campaign Says, That She Criticized Joe Biden's Criminal Justice Record. So Does Trump.
Harris and Trump are both right that the Democratic nominee has a long record of championing draconian penalties.
Trump Campaign Attacks Kamala Harris for Wanting To Ban Plastic Straws
Both Harris and the Trump campaign agree that plastic straws are a superior product. Only Harris wants to ban them.
Deadly Protests in Belarus Follow Disputed Reelection of 'Europe's Last Dictator'
Cops demonstrated their commitment to free and fair elections by firing rubber bullets and water cannons at protesters.
Kamala Harris: Drug Warrior, Vice Cop, Draconian Prosecutor
Biden picked a V.P. candidate whose record on police and criminal justice reform is as terrible as his own.
Kanye West Unveils His Presidential Platform
Is the Kanye 2020 platform designed to steal votes from Joe Biden?
Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be (Vice) President
Joe Biden announced today that Harris will be his Democratic running mate.
Trump's Executive Disorder
The next Democratic president will be all too happy to govern by pen and phone too, say the Reason Roundtable podcasters.
Joe Biden Said He Would Scrap Trump's China Tariffs. Or Did He?
Trump's trade war with China has been an outright failure. It shouldn't be too much to expect Biden to be able to say so.
'America's Toughest Sheriff' Joe Arpaio Defeated in Bid To Get His Old Job Back
After a presidential pardon, Arizona's most notorious former sherrif is not a reformed man.
Jo Jorgensen on Black Lives Matter: 'I Think We Should Support the Protesters'
But she warns against "opportunistic people hijacking the movement.”
America Is Going To Vote by Mail. We're Not Ready.
President Trump threatens to delay the election over at-home voting, but a bigger problem looms: States haven’t prepared for a huge influx of mail-in ballots.
Cliff Maloney Says Young Americans for Liberty Event Was Canceled for Political Reasons
Dallas officials pulled the plug on the event just three days before it was to begin, costing the libertarian student group $200,000.
The Looming Illegitimate Election of 2020
Will Americans make peace with unpalatable election results?
Joe Biden: 'Why the Hell Would I Take a Test?…Are You a Junkie?'
The Democratic Party presidential candidate attacks Donald Trump's mental faculties while revealing his own issues.
Trump's Naked Megalomania Continues a Bipartisan Trend
Will his blunt self-aggrandizement reinvigorate concerns about presidents who exceed their powers?
