The Libertarian Party has officially reached the big leagues of presidential politics. The Hill has reported that next Wednesday at 9 p.m. eastern, CNN’s Chris Cuomo will moderate a town hall with Libertarian nominees Gary Johnson and Bill Weld. CNN has done similar events before with the Republicans and Democrats during the primaries, but this…
By Phillip Stucky Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s unfavorable ratings increased among women and white male voters to 71 percent in a new poll published Tuesday. In an ABC/Washington Post poll, Trump’s overall unfavorability rating rose 10 points. Trump’s favorability ratings decreased to 29 percent from 37 percent in a poll published in May. Among registered…
By Richard Pollock and Ethan Barton Clinton Foundation officials used an obscure New York state charity board filing amendment to disclose that the non-profit received $17.7 million in donations from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The specific foreign governments involved and the particular amounts…
Donald Trump has flipped on gun control and is now parroting a liberal policy point that jeopardizes all of our rights. Trump has indicated that he will meet with the NRA about supporting restrictions that would ban anyone on a terrorism watch list from buying firearms. Here’s the problem — people on watch lists haven’t been…
Ted Goodman The Democratic National Committee sent out a fundraising email to supporters Monday night calling for donations to take “action” in the wake of the Orlando shooting. In it, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, DNC Chairwoman, and the Democratic Party asks for donations after noting the list of recent high-profile mass shootings, including Arizona congresswoman Gabby Giffords…
As the Libertarian Party nominee for president, Governor Gary Johnson is now tasked with peeling off voters from two historically unpopular candidates in the major parties. The question is, however, how quickly he can consolidate his own base. Perhaps due to the possibility of having a substantial impact on the electoral outcome, the nominating process…
Life is valuable and liberty immeasurable. Yet our liberties are being weighed and measured, and often sacrificed for collective ends. James Madison was correct when he said, “I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden…
Donald Trump claims that free trade and immigration have lead to widespread job losses and economic turmoil for Americans. These are the signature policies of his campaign, but the evidence just doesn’t support this view. Americans rely on the benefits of trade everyday of their lives. The importation of low cost goods drastically increases…
By Ted Goodman Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in front of roughly 2,500 campaign supporters outside RFK stadium in Washington, D.C. Thursday night. Sanders held the campaign event in a last-ditch effort to amass the needed delegates to secure the nomination. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already reached the delegate threshold, but Sanders supporters gathered in…
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday night, Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said that he will not rule out voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in 2016. An outspoken Never Trumper, Romney has insisted that he will not be voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in November. With the…