Ulbricht is serving two life sentences plus 40 years in connection with the Silk Road, an online marketplace he founded and operated where users could buy and sell illegal substances.
Let there be no confusion: The Libertarian Party overwhelmingly rejects Trump.
He says the two ideas "are not in tension with one another." He's wrong.
Donald Trump’s promise to carry out “the largest domestic deportation operation” in U.S. history would tear apart families, harm American workers, and require militaristic enforcement.
This week the judge presiding over Trump's trial ruled that jurors do not have to agree on any particular legal theory.
The close Trump ally tried to argue that more aggressive U.S. policy in the Middle East would help the U.S. get out of the Middle East.
A party in disarray squabbles over its future in the shadow of the former president.
Since he favors aggressive drug law enforcement, severe penalties, and impunity for abusive police officers, he may have trouble persuading black voters that he is on their side.
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He also explains how the same is true of the current leadership of the Libertarian Party.
Public ignorance has a big impact on voter atttudes on a major issue in the 2024 election.
Despite both presidential candidates touting protectionist trade policy, tariffs do little to address the underlying factors that make it difficult for U.S. manufacturers to compete in the global marketplace.
Where are the fact-checkers?
To convert a hush payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are relying on a chain of assumptions with several weak links.
"The scale of trade barriers proposed by candidate Trump is unprecedented."
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Are Americans prepared to spend a trillion dollars to deport undocumented migrants?
The presidency is a powerful position, and the job application should be hard on hopefuls.
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Two debates, no RFK Jr.—not an improvement.
Will the real president of the United States during the years 2020 through 2022 please stand up?
Contrary to what prosecutors say, the former president is not charged with "conspiracy" or "election fraud."
Plus: A listener asks the editors about President Joe Biden holding up arms shipments to Israel.
Under the prosecution's theory, Trump would be guilty of falsifying business records even if Daniels made the whole thing up.
The economics of tariffs have not changed in the past eight years. Marco Rubio has.
The latest movie in the Apes franchise gestures at interesting ideas about politics and civilizational conflict, but it doesn't develop them.
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New York prosecutors are relying on testimony from several people who do not seem trustworthy.
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Total spending under Trump nearly doubled. New programs filled Washington with more bureaucrats.
Social Security is expected to hit insolvency in 2035, while the portion of Medicare that pays for hospital visits and other medical care will be insolvent by 2036.
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The pledge, while mostly legally illiterate, offers a reminder of the former president's outlook on government accountability.
To convert a hush money payment into 34 felonies, prosecutors are invoking an obscure state election law that experts say has never been used before.
Plus: A listener asks the editors about the magical thinking behind the economic ideas of Modern Monetary Theory.
"Today it is highly centralized, where a few people at the top control everything," the former five-term congressman tells Reason's Nick Gillespie.
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Most of the justices seem skeptical of granting Donald Trump complete immunity from criminal prosecution for "official acts."
The Supreme Court will decide whether former presidents can avoid criminal prosecution by avoiding impeachment and removal.
Since Donald Trump's alleged falsification of business records happened after he was elected president, he clearly was not trying to ensure that outcome.
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Many of the Washington hawks calling for war with Iran had sworn up and down that more pressure was not a path to war.
The Supreme Court's interpretation of the statute also could affect two charges against Donald Trump.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for examples of tasks the government does well (yikes).
