Elizabeth Warren Gives Up on Medicare for All
By planning to pass single-payer in year three of her presidency, she’s acknowledging it will never happen at all.
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Congress Will Vote Today on Continuing Resolution That Hikes Spending, Extends Patriot Act Surveillance
Rep. Justin Amash and some progressive lawmakers are trying to block it, but most Democrats seem happy to hand more spying powers to a president they are investigating for abusing his power.
Andrew Yang's 'Department of the Attention Economy' Is Why Libertarians Don't Trust Democrats
The answer to real and imagined problems is always spend more, regulate more.
Did Elizabeth Warren Forget She's a Senator?
The presidential campaign seems to be Warren's priority, despite the fact that she's being paid to represent the residents of Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate.
Of All the Things To Impeach a President for, They Chose This?
Working through the lows and highs of the House impeachment inquiry on the Reason Roundtable podcast
Michael Bloomberg's Convenient 'Stop and Frisk' Conversion Is Transparently Insincere
The former New York mayor wants us to believe he suddenly realized a program he defended for 17 years was unfair and unconstitutional.
Pete Buttigieg Open to Sending U.S. Troops To Fight Mexican Cartels
Afghanistan taught us the risks of miring troops in entrenched domestic security problems.
Mutual Hatred Is All Democrats and Republicans Have to Offer
The partisan factions aren't fighting for anything more than the power to destroy each other.
If Biden Won't Support Legalization Until We Know Whether Marijuana Is a 'Gateway Drug,' He Will Never Support Legalization
The correlation between cannabis consumption and use of other drugs is clear, but its meaning remains controversial and probably always will.
Democrats Are Conjuring Up New 'Rights'
Faced with a president they find repulsive to the core and with unfunded future payment obligations in the many trillions, Democrats think now is the time to really unleash Washington.
Boise's New Stadium Referendum Requirement Should Be a Model for Other Cities
A proposition approved last week will require a majority of city voters to approve any future stadium project that uses more than $5 million in public money.
Andrew Yang Proposes Making Social Media Algorithms Subject to Federal Approval
The presidential hopeful on Thursday released a plan to regulate tech giants.
Trade War Cost Republicans In 2018 Midterms, Especially in Rural Swing Counties
New research shows that GOP candidates lost ground in counties that were adversely affected by the trade war. In places without those effects, there were "no discernable gains" for Republicans.
The Democratic Primaries Get a Last-Minute Addition
Deval Patrick, former Massachusetts governor, is the latest to join an already-crowded field.
Oscar-Winner Errol Morris on American Dharma, Steve Bannon, and Cancel Culture
"They wanted to deplatform me," says the legendary filmmaker, for the mortal sin of engaging former Trump adviser and Breitbart.com head.
Joe Biden Has Officially Joined the Misguided Crusade Against Online Free Speech
In comments to CNN on Monday night, Biden expressed a willingness to smash Section 230 in order to settle a feud his campaign is having with Facebook. That's a terrible idea.
Pete Buttigieg Has a $1 Trillion Plan to Drive Up Housing, College, and Labor Costs
Dramatic increases in federal spending will not “unlock access” for the poor. It will only help those with the right connections.
Mark Sanford Extinguishes Lifeless Presidential Campaign
Former South Carolina congressman and governor, who'd been running on debt/deficits, says impeachment has sucked all the oxygen out of the room.
Elizabeth Warren Doesn't Really Have a Plan to Pay for Medicare for All
The presidential candidate wanted a proposal that was airtight and easy to explain. Her plan is neither.
Democrats Can't Quit Fantasizing About What They'd Do to Billionaires
Related: Michael Bloomberg can't keep fantasizing about being president
George Will Still Believes in Classical Liberalism
The erudite author and television commentator is not ready to give up on conservatism just yet.
Michael Bloomberg's Centrism Combines the Worst Instincts of the Right and Left
In the unlikely event that the former New York mayor wins the Democratic nomination, the 2020 election will pit a billionaire busybody against a billionaire bully.
Errol Morris on Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, Theranos, and Cancel Culture
Outrage mobs kept his new movie "American Dharma" out of theaters for a year.
Kamala Harris' Skin Color Is Not Why Her Presidential Bid Is Tanking
Blame her censorious and authoritarian approach to public policy instead.
Candidates Vie To Represent the Libertarian Wing of the Libertarian Party
Jacob Hornberger becomes the latest back-to-basics libertarian to enter the Libertarian presidential race.
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Raise Taxes by $26 Trillion
What she and Bernie Sanders are proposing is nothing short of a wholesale transformation of the size and scope of government.
Greg Gutfeld Is Done With Politics and Ready To Drop Acid
The Fox News star talks about Donald Trump, the 2020 election, the end of politics, and why he's ready for a whole new reality.
When Ranked-Choice Voting Comes to New York City, Expect More Voter Participation, Not Radical Changes
Voters won’t have to worry as much about having to choose between similar candidates or “throwing away” votes on third-party choices.
Election Day 2019 Was Bad for Republicans. But Is It Really All Trump's Fault?
Plus: A ranked-choice voting win, a scheduled execution in Georgia, Twitter wavers on political issue ad ban, and more...
Elizabeth Warren's Fake Plan To Pay for Medicare for All
She hasn't come up with a plan to pay for single-payer. She's come up with a plan to let her claim she has a plan.
Survey: Only 2% of Hispanics Prefer the Politically Correct Term 'Latinx'
"Despite its usage by academics and cultural influencers, 98% of Latinos prefer other terms to describe their ethnicity."
Elizabeth Warren Is Lying About Her Own Medicare Plan
Senator can't even accurately represent a plan whose numbers don't remotely add up
Will the Democrats' Go-for-Woke Strategy Cost Them the 2020 Election?
A New York Times poll of six swing states shows the progressive candidates faring worse against President Trump than comparatively moderate Joe Biden.
The 2020 Election Is Guaranteed to Leave Many Americans Bitterly Unhappy
Americans are deeply divided about our political options and even about each other’s fundamental decency.
Trump Asks House Republicans to Release Their Own Versions of Impeachment Transcripts
Plus: Trump well-poised in battleground states in 2020, the return of "covfefe," and more...
Elizabeth Warren Wants To Pay for Medicare for All With a $9 Trillion Tax That Will Hit the Middle Class
Warren says it’s not a tax. But what else would you call a requirement that employers send money to the federal government to finance a public program?
3 Reasons to Stop Freaking Out About a Tulsi Gabbard Third-Party Run
Promoters and detractors alike are not thinking through how unlikely it would be for Gabbard to seek and win the Green Party nomination, let alone come anywhere close to Jill Stein's totals from 2016.
Aaron Sorkin, Mark Zuckerberg Feud Over Political Ads. Here's Why Sorkin's Wrong.
Plus: The ACLU sues the FBI, divorce rates are at 40-year low, and more...
Small Taco Truck Company Bashed for Serving 'All Communities'—Including ICE Workers
The company was criticized for serving ICE employees, then criticized for apologizing.
'We Can Fact Check Your Ass,' but Not When It Comes to Political Ads
Twitter has made a bad decision when it comes to banning political ads from its site. They should trust users to decide what is right or wrong.
Twitter's Ban on Political Ads Will Help Incumbent Politicians Maintain Power
Attacks and threats by elected officials lead to inevitable self-censorship.
Tulsi Gabbard Overtakes Kamala Harris in New Poll as Layoffs Hit Cash-Strapped Harris Campaign
Plus: New York City bans foie gras, new Reason podcasts, and more...
Tulsi Gabbard Rising in New Hampshire Polls, Thanks to Republican Support
People who voted for Donald Trump have far more favorable views of Gabbard than those who voted for Hillary Clinton. And because the state has an open primary, that could be significant.
Does the Pending Federal Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes Endanger Trump's Re-Election?
A new poll suggests it does—and campaign officials agree, leading the administration to consider exempting more flavors.
It Seems Highly Doubtful That a President Sanders Could Unilaterally Legalize Marijuana
While the Controlled Substances Act generally gives the attorney general the authority to deschedule drugs, it also invokes treaty obligations that seem to preclude doing that with cannabis.
Buttigieg and Sanders Clash Over the Supreme Court
Progressive purity tests and Supreme Court wish lists
Dick's CEO Becomes Latest Anti-Gun Billionaire To Dream of a Third-Party Presidential Run
Well, at least they have the name!
If Confiscating 'Assault Weapons' Is a Gimmick, So Is Banning Them
Beto O’Rourke’s scheme would be an ineffectual attempt to enforce arbitrary distinctions.
