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Jun 18 2020
News
Ted Cruz Calls out Google Action as "Orwellian"
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, says any move by Google to cut off ad revenue to The Federalist and Zero Hedge websites is “Orwellian.”
Cruz made his comments on Thursday’s “Fox & Friends.”
NBC News reported that Google has banned Zero Hedge, a libertarian website, over policy violations found in the comments section of stories about Black Lives Matter protests. The news network also
Newsmax (News)Feb 05 2015
News
For Rand Paul, a rude awakening to the rigors of a national campaign
Rand Paul’s plan to get himself elected president relies on two long-shot bets coming true.
So far, neither one seems to be going well.
Paul’s first wager is that his “libertarian-ish” ideas will manage to attract both Republicans mad about regulation and Democrats mad about government spying into an entirely new American voting bloc. “The leave-me-alone coalition,” Paul calls it
Washington PostAug 28 2016
News
Gary Johnson: No To Carbon Taxes and Mandatory Vaccines, Yes To Black Lives Matter and Transformative Politics
Earlier today, I talked with Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson for about half an hour. Here's an edited version of my conversation with the former two-term Republican governor of New Mexico. The topics we covered include whether he supports carbon taxes and mandatory vaccines (no to both), agrees with Hillary Clinton's characterization of Donald Trump as racist (yes), and
ReasonMay 29 2020
News
This GOP Congressman Officiated a Gay Wedding, and It Could Cost Him an Election
When Anthony “Rek” LeCounte and Alex Pisciarino tied the knot last summer, they didn’t expect their wedding to become a flash point in a congressional campaign.
Shortly after moving to Charlottesville for graduate school at the University of Virginia, the pair of gay Republican activists became volunteers for Denver Riggleman, a libertarian-leaning distillery owner and former Air Force
ViceFeb 24 2020
News
Appeals court upholds Trump ban on abortion referrals by family planning clinics
A federal appeals court ruled on Monday in favor of a polarizing Trump administration policy that bans federally funded family planning centers from referring women for abortions.
The 7-4 decision by the California-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit delighted social conservatives who are central to President Trump’s political base. It infuriated civil libertarians, Planned
Washington PostSep 25 2020
Opinion
Washington Monuments Falling Down, Falling Down ...
We are enjoying, or suffering, an epoch of the toppling of statues. Now consider the recent demand for the "contextualization" (meaning the embedding of critical plaques) on, among others, the Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial. What's really going on?
It will come as a surprise to some, especially anti-big-government libertarians and my fellow paleoconservatives, that
Ralph BenkoMar 30 2021
News
The left opposes the new law, arguing that it is unnecessary and aimed at reducing turnout among Democratic voters.
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer is maneuvering to pass a third bill this year using budget reconciliation, an obscure procedure that sidesteps the filibuster and lets Democrats ram through President Biden’s agenda without the support of a single Republican.
Mr. Schumer, New York Democrat, is proposing to expand the budget reconciliation process, which allows Congress to pass
Washington TimesThink Tank / Policy Group
Capital Research Center
Capital Research Center has a Lean Right bias. Capital Research Center states its bias openly on its website, indicating a Lean Right or libertarian/conservative bias: We do have a specific point of view. We believe in free markets, Constitutional government, and individual liberty. But facts are facts, and our journalists and researchers go where the facts lead them.
Jun 02 2021
News
Democrat Melanie Stansbury wins US House race in New Mexico
Democrat Melanie Stansbury won election to Congress for New Mexico on Tuesday with a campaign closely tied to initiatives of the Biden administration.
Stansbury prevailed in an open, four-way race to fill a vacant seat previously held by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland.
Stansbury closely tethered her bid for Congress to proposed and enacted Democratic legislation on pandemic
Fox News DigitalNov 19 2014
News
Meet Michael Cannon, the man who could bring down Obamacare
Michael Cannon is an ardent Obamacare opponent who runs the health policy program at the libertarian Cato Institute. The New Republic has described him as "Obamacare's most relentless antagonist." They're absolutely right; Cannon has spent the past three years testifying in countless statehouses, imploring legislators not to implement Obamacare. Now, he's gotten the Supreme Court listening.
Vox