Trump's Pick for Attorney General Is a 'Drug War Dinosaur'
Jeff Sessions opposes sentencing reform, defends civil forfeiture, and criticizes the Obama administration for letting states legalize marijuana.
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10 Things Libertarians Need to Know About Trump and Pence, Hamilton, and Political Correctness
It's absolutely fine for actors to use their platform to criticize the president or vice president after a performance.
Scenes From Inside and Outside the Alt-Right's First Major Post-Election Gathering
As progressive protesters and "antifa" activists marched outside, white nationalists & "Trumpservatives" plotted within.
Fashion Designers Are Boycotting Melania Trump. Shouldn't Bakers and Florists Have the Same Right?
Free association should not be for powerful liberals only.
What Trump's Win Means for Food and Agricultural Policy
Should we expect a scaling back of regulations or even repeals?
Is Donald Trump the Golem We Assume or Will He Usher in Some Good Policies?
He's a reality-show weirdo with terrible hair and many awful ideas. Libertarians should be cautiously optimistic - and subscribe to the Reason Podcast!
Trump Could Resurrect a Failed Bush-Era Screening Program for Muslim Immigrants
The NSEERS program screened more than 93,000 immigrants over nine years but failed to catch a single potential terrorist.
Kanye West Would've Voted for Trump; Admired 'Futuristic' Style of Campaign
Says the country and world are racist so people need to stop focusing on it.
Donald Trump and the Coming Battle Over Legal and Illegal Immigration
The billionaire president-elect may even seek to keep high-skilled foreigners out of the country.
Matt Welch and Nick Gillespie Talking Trump on Kennedy Tonight at 8 P.M.
Who are the the biggest threats to freedom in the next president's cabinet? And in the Democratic legislative minority?
5 Reasons America Should be Happy to See James Clapper Leave His Post
The departing director of national intelligence had no respect for our rights, no problem lying about it, and no apparent ability to do the basics of his job right.
FDR's Wartime Violations of Civil Liberties Are Not a Good Precedent for Anything
And you don't get points for not being as bad.
Will New Bosses Be the Same as the Old Bosses?
Republican control of the White House and Congress doesn't necessarily mean limited government.
Why Minorities Will Save American Constitutional Traditions in the Age of Trump
Don't count on resistance from the white establishment
Suggestions for My Liberal Friends on How to Play Defense Against Trump
Federalism is your friend, as is non-hysterical specificity in combating authoritarianism
Keep It In The Ground: A Global Carbon Budget
"Globally, a third of oil reserves, half of gas reserves and over 80 per cent of current coal reserves should remain unused."
Trump's Infrastructure Illusions
Yet another federal spending spree isn't going to fix what ails us.
Trump's War on Immigration Will Reprise the War on Drugs
Reason policy analyst Shikha Dalmia on how the president-elect will make good on his worst threats.
Five Reasons Jeff Sessions Would Be No Friend of Liberty In the Trump Administration
The Alabama senator has been touted as a possible Attorney General, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, or Secretary of Homeland Security.
The Coming Resistance to Trump's Immigration Crackdown
Watch for federal/local battles over deportations.
Trump Is Not My President, and Clinton Is Not Our Secretary
Something like titles of nobility.
Hey Dejected Dems: Stop Crying Over Hillary's Loss and Block Chuck Schumer's Ascent
If you worry about Wall Street influence and hawkish foreign policy, the senior New York senator is very bad news.
Is the 'Momentum' for Action on Climate Change Unstoppable?
"Acknowledging the uncertainty we are all feeling with regard to the changes in the political situation in the United States."
What Trump Can Do for Us
Will a ridiculous president encourage Americans to take the presidency less seriously?
Five Horrifically Bad Foreign Policy Ideas That Should Disqualify John Bolton From Being Secretary of State
Calling for the preemptive use nuclear weapons, and other potential catastrophes from America's mustachioed warmonger.
VA Backtracks on Funding Transgender Surgeries, But Not Because of the Election
Somebody neglected to account for the expenses.
Interview with Rand Paul: 'I Can't Support Anybody to Be Our Secretary of State Who Didn't Learn the Lesson of Iraq'
For the libertarian-leaning senator, just about anybody would be better than John Bolton or Rudy Giuliani.
Policing 'Fake News' Is Our Own Responsibility, Not Facebook's
Calling for the social media outlet to censor things, even completely made up stories, can end up in bad places.
Rand Paul on Prospective Trump Secretary of State Pick John Bolton: No Way
Senator declares: "President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on changing our disastrous foreign policy. To appoint John Bolton would be a major first step toward breaking that promise."
Trump Wants To Deport As Many Undocumented Immigrants As Obama Already Has
The upside: the number of undocumented immigrants with criminal records is less than Trump's stated goal of over two million deportations.
6 Fast Facts About the FBI's New Hate-Crime Report
Hate crimes against persons decreased in 2015 over the previous year. Anti-black, Jewish, and gay-male sentiment was most common.
A Tech Agenda for the Trump Administration
How Donald Trump can make America innovate again
Does Trump's Commitment to NATO Preclude Rethinking Relationships?
Based on everything seen on the campaign trail, no it doesn't.
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Affordable Care Act's Unpopularity Helped Trump Win 2016 Election
What was Obamacare, in the end, but an arrogant overreach by an elite out of touch with the rest of America?
Criminal Justice Reform in the Age of Trump
What future for the right wing of the movement against mass incarceration?
Let's Not Have an LGBT Panic over Trump's Election
Use this opportunity to reconsider the desire to punish one's enemies.
SNL Hillary Clinton Singing 'Hallelujah,' Or How Political Correctness Gave Us Trump
'It's almost as if the political acumen of Beyonce and Jay-Z counts for nothing!'
President Donald Trump Could Make Military Interrogations Medieval Again
The next commander-in-chief could legally bring back torture.
Game Over for the Climate?
First dispatch from COP22: Trump, Peak Carbon Dioxide, and Extreme Weather Events.
'I've Got a Pen and I've Got a Phone': Obama's Executive Overreach Becomes Trump's Executive Overreach
The dangers of unchecked executive power.
Trump Retreats From Deportation of 'Terrific People' Who Live Here Illegally
After the border is secured, the president-elect says, "we're going to make a determination" about undocumented immigrants.
Trump Campaign Manager Suggests the President-Elect Could Sue Harry Reid for Libel
Kellyanne Conway says Trump's critics should be "very careful" about dissing him "in a legal sense."
Trump and the Media's Alleged 'Failure'
There was actually plenty of news coverage of the views of Trump supporters.
