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Kanye West

Donald Trump had dinner with Nick Fuentes and Ye/Kanye West.

Republican Party

Republicans Shouldn't Be Shocked at Trump's Creepy Dinner With Ye and Nick Fuentes

The GOP will get what it deserves if, as predicted, Trump burns down the party if he doesn’t get the 2024 nomination.

Steven Greenhut | 12.9.2022 8:00 AM

Is Elon Musk inviting hate speech on Twitter?

Twitter

Elon Musk Enforces Twitter's Ban on 'Hateful Conduct' As Critics Predict a Flood of Bigotry

The "free speech absolutist" is maintaining some content restrictions while loosening others.

Jacob Sullum | 12.2.2022 4:40 PM

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Reason Roundup

Kanye's Suspension Shows Musk Twitter Might Look a Lot Like…Old Twitter

Plus: Freedom's Furies, SCOTUS to take up student loan forgiveness plan, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 12.2.2022 9:59 AM

Clockwise from top left: Milo, Ye, Tim Pool, Nick Fuentes

Politics

The Former Kanye West Is Running for President Again, Allying With Fascists

The "Ye24" campaign is seemingly managed and shaped by the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos and Nick Fuentes.

Brian Doherty | 11.29.2022 3:30 PM

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Donald Trump

Midterm Polling, PayPal, and Patellas

Plus: The editors consider Ye and social media, then field a question about the TARP bailouts during the 2008 fiscal crisis.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 10.17.2022 4:53 PM

Kanye West and Tucker Carlson behind a "White Lives Matter" banner

Kanye West

Should Anyone Be Offended by Ye? Live with Eli Lake

The rapper is undeniably brilliant. And outrageous. But how seriously should we take any artist's politics? A conversation with the host of The Re-Education.

Nick Gillespie and Natalie Dowzicky | 10.13.2022 12:45 PM

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Kanye West

Donda Is a Portal Into Kanye West's Exquisite Mania 

He may have taken off the MAGA cap. But he's still finding a way to push people's buttons.

Peter Suderman | 9.1.2021 1:09 PM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Unveils His Presidential Platform

Is the Kanye 2020 platform designed to steal votes from Joe Biden?

Brian Doherty | 8.12.2020 9:00 AM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Launches a Presidential Campaign of Christian Morality

The hip-hop star's wild, disjointed presentation offers both red meat and poison for right, left, and libertarian.

Brian Doherty | 7.19.2020 10:16 PM

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Kanye West

Despite Reports, Kanye West Apparently Still Running for President

He has added strong anti-abortion and anti-vaccine views to his public profile, and said it was racist to think blacks needed to vote Democrat.

Brian Doherty | 7.15.2020 3:20 PM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Tweets That He's Running for President

He does not appear to have told the Federal Elections Commission yet.

Brian Doherty | 7.5.2020 12:26 AM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Is Misunderstood

Yeezus gets crucified for our sins.

Brian Doherty | 1.3.2019 9:00 AM

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California

Why Are People 'Outraged' That Private Firefighters Saved Kim and Kanye's Home?

Getting upset over private firefighters does a whole lot less good than the firefighters themselves.

Joe Setyon | 11.16.2018 1:15 PM

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Reasontv

Trump Fact-Checks Kanye West on the Foxconn Deal, but There's More West Might Want to Know

"We could bring Foxconn to set up a factory in, I think, Minnesota," West said of the manufacturing plant being built in Wisconsin.

Zach Weissmueller | 10.11.2018 4:01 PM

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Donald Trump

President Trump and Kanye West Talk Prisons, Flyness, and Stop and Frisk

The pair discussed reforms at the White House.

Zuri Davis | 10.11.2018 3:30 PM

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Kanye West

Taylor Swift and Kanye West Divide American Politics Again

Imma let you finish, but the Tay and Ye beef is the best political lesson of all time.

Zuri Davis | 10.8.2018 3:15 PM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Doesn't Want to Bring Back Slavery. He's Trying to Abolish It for Good.

The 13th Amendment outlaws slavery, but not for prison inmates.

Joe Setyon | 10.1.2018 2:45 PM

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Kanye West

MAGA Hat and Colin Kaepernick Shirt Make Kanye West a One-Man Bridge Across Our Political Chasm

Politics is not solely red and blue. Or in this case, red and white.

Zuri Davis | 9.28.2018 5:00 PM

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Kanye West

Kanye West's Support for Trump Is No Different Than the Average Voter's

Except possibly the bit about "break[ing] the fucking simulation."

Zuri Davis | 8.10.2018 2:30 PM

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Kanye West

Kanye West Supported Trump and Enraged Many. He's Still Holding on to His Pop Audience.

Kanye's Ye proves America still cares about him. But does it mean Trumpism is a pop sensation?

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2018 7:10 PM

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Donald Trump

3 Ways Kanye West Is Confounding Everyone with His MAGA Tweeting

The musician and provocateur is spinning the heads of his fans, Trump's fans, and everyone who angrily overinterprets what affection for Trump has to mean.

Brian Doherty | 4.27.2018 10:45 AM

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Kanye West

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.

Ed Krayewski | 11.18.2016 11:20 AM

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Popular Culture

Did Jay-Z Cheat on Beyoncé or Do the Two Know How to Sell a Record?

Lemonade and the libertarian moment

Ed Krayewski | 4.29.2016 3:22 PM

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Culture

School Investigates Teacher Over Kanye West Costume, and That's Absurd

It's okay. You can make fun of Kanye West. Can't you?

Robby Soave | 10.26.2015 4:59 PM

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Culture

UCLA Is Investigating a Fraternity's Offensive 'Kanye Western' Theme Party. It Shouldn't.

Were the students mocking black people, or were they mocking Kanye West?

Robby Soave | 10.9.2015 2:01 PM

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Politics

You Tune Into the VMAs for Miley Cyrus and Kanye West, You Get Pot Legalization Agitprop

...from Hillary Clinton supporters, no less.

Nick Gillespie | 8.31.2015 3:30 PM

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Popular Culture

Kanye West Announces Presidential Bid in 2020, Claims Millennial Status

Endorsed Hillary Clinton earlier this month.

Ed Krayewski | 8.30.2015 11:30 PM

Politics

Jay-Z, Kanye West Join Stevie Wonder's Boycott of Florida over Stand Your Ground

Zenon Evans | 7.23.2013 3:35 PM

Kanye West

Brother, Kanye Spare a Dime?

Julian Sanchez | 9.3.2005 3:27 PM

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