Don't Count on Americans Hating Each Other Any Less Post-Midterms
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
Baffled by and fearful of each other, the political tribes remain consumed by loathing and dedicated to total victory.
Should the Senate majority leader really be celebrating more reckless spending?
Bruce Poliquin is currently ahead. But a new requirement that he get a majority vote could unseat him.
No blue wave, no "Trump bump." We're still waiting for politics to catch up with a world of increased individual autonomy.
Plus: The FDA will ban flavored e-cigarette sales at most places, and Chris Christie is being floated as Jeff Sessions' replacement.
The Trumpening of the Republican Party continues apace. What will principled conservatives do now that it's clear they have no home in the GOP?
But a few of Tuesday's big races indicate he did more harm than good.
He's not the first dead person to win an election.
It's unorthodox, but it makes sense.
Plus: Russian bots still stirring election fears and social media growth in U.S. is flat.
Plus, a Gary Johnson honorable mention.
Even when Americans don't love their political allies, they hate their opponents.
Some conservatives are calling it a political stunt cooked up by Democrats. Democrats blame Trump's rhetoric. Trump blames the media.
Plus: Trump condemns poor cover-up of Saudi journalist killing and Houston compromises on sex robots.
Meanwhile, Alex Jones yells at horseshit.
It's misguided to politicize something as non-controversial as an honorary degree.
Imma let you finish, but the Tay and Ye beef is the best political lesson of all time.
Sen. Lindsey Graham had the quote of the day: "I think I know what happened."
We didn't get another Anita Hill hearing. Let's consider that a small silver lining.
Independents now make up a plurality of the public.
Or is the L.P. our best bet for making a difference?
Texas Republicans invoke band membership and dyeing one's hair in outdated character attacks.
"If you surround yourself with white supremacists and Nazis, then you're telling me that you're one of them," Winsome Sears tells Reason.
The former Ron Paul delegate, current state senator, and underdog to unseat independent Angus King says Johnson "would be one of the best U.S. senators."
Don't let the chair of the California Democrat Party catch you donating $25,000 to the GOP.
Many Americans don't care about who is right or wrong; they only care about crushing political enemies.
A Trump loyalist, a Bernie-backed progressive, and lots of moderates were victorious. It's hard to create an overarching narrative out of that.
As with school shootings, terrible events breed really bad policy ideas.
The Republican Party should take a more forceful and public stand on behalf of freedom and opportunity for all.
Rep. Vern Buchanan bought a yacht with a giant loan from a foreign bank that lobbied heavily in favor of tax reform.
The two major parties continue their sorting into democratic socialists on the left and Mercantilist nativists to the right.
"We wish it got the pitch forks out and it doesn't."
Burn victim. Demon. Half-brother to The Undertaker. Knox County Mayor.
The ad also shows Ron DeSantis reading to his son from The Art of the Deal and teaching his daughter to say "make America great again."
He isn't the first president to do something like this. But it would be nice if he'd be the last.
GOP legislators released their "Tax Reform 2.0" proposal, which aims to make last year's tax cuts permanent, adding trillions to the $21 trillion debt.
Americans are recoiling "against the churning of an open society, against the spontaneous order that is the alternative to statism." That ain't gonna end well.
The Ohio Republican is running despite allegations that he ignored sexual abuse claims as an assistant coach at Ohio State.
Trump used Twitter to blast Twitter for allegedly censoring several prominent conservative leaders.
Devin Nunes gets the Richard Spencer treatment.
"I didn't come to Washington to make friends."
But will Congress act to rein in Trump?
So long as anything resembling legitimate elections continue to be held, no political coalition will gain a permanent lock on the future.
Jason Emert really wants people to know he supports Donald Trump.
The Republican governor of Massachusetts just made a deal to give away more freebies and keep taxes high.
More than 100 Republicans voted against the GOP's "compromise" bill.