Walz Claimed Musk Gave a Nazi Salute
Tim Walz declared Elon Musk a Nazi sympathizer based on a gesture at a rally. No evidence. No qualifier. Just moral certainty and a demand that everyone accept it. Now he's…
Tag: Democratic Party
Trump’s proposed budget is unserious. You should still take it seriously.
The president's fiscal 2027 budget is out, and I have two reactions. The first will sound familiar: Like so many budgets before it, this is not a serious effort to put America's government on a sustainable path. The…
Obamacare subsidies can’t fix a broken system. Rand Paul’s bill could.
Last week, the U.S. Senate rejected two health care bills intended to resolve the impasse over COVID-19–era Affordable Care Act (ACA), a.k.a. Obamacare, subsidies and, to one extent or another, concerns over the cost of…
The bipartisan war on prices is coming for your credit card
In a scene that perfectly captures the strangeness of American politics today, President Donald Trump, a billionaire and self-styled champion of American business (at least the ones he likes) was all smiles during an Oval…
Mamdani understands something about Trump that European leaders don’t
The spectacle of last week was the meeting between President Donald Trump and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two politicians been going after each other for months. Trump, who had called Mamdani a "communist…
Most Americans Think Free Speech Is on the Decline, Survey Finds
Cancellations, sometimes violent protests, behind-the-scenes censorship, and overt government threats to muzzle the media. Free speech is doing better in the U.S. than elsewhere in the world, but that doesn't mean…
Good industrial policy doesn’t exist. But Republicans and Democrats keep trying.
American industry has been getting a lot of hands-on direction from Democrats and Republicans for quite some time now. Every few years, someone looks at the underwhelming results of this economic maneuvering and insists that…
Did Democrats blow it on the government shutdown?
This week, Reason editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch are joined by the editor in chief of The Argument, Jerusalem Demsas, to discuss the end of the government shutdown and what Democrats actually…
Will a Mamdani victory push the Democrats further left?
This week, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Matt Welch discuss the upcoming New York City mayoral election and what a Zohran Mamdani victory could mean for both the city and national politics.…
Jeff Merkley rings alarm on Trump, but executive power abuse runs deeper
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D–Ore.) took to the Senate floor on Tuesday around 6:30 p.m. to "ring the alarm" on what he described as President Donald Trump's "tightening authoritarian grip on the country."…
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