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July 08, 2024Why the Media Covered for Biden
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Peter Suderman, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Elizabeth Nolan Brown size up the fallout from the mainstream media's lag in coverage of Joe Biden's cognitive decline, despite evidence existing well before his seismic debate performance on June 27.
01:50—Media fallout after Biden's debate performance
28:13—The Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity.
37:06—Weekly Listener Question
42:46— The Supreme Court's ruling on social media moderation
50:39—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Ticket Change?" by Liz Wolfe
"Biden Insists Beyond All Reason That He's the Most Qualified Person To Be President," by C.J. Ciaramella
"Why Didn't the Media Notice Joe Biden's 'Jet Lag' Sooner?" by Robby Soave
"Kamala Harris Is a Cop Who Wants To Be President," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Kamala Harris Was the Real Winner of Last Night's Debate," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Biden's Litany of Excuses," by Liz Wolfe
"Presidential Debate Debacle Was a Great Argument for Smaller Government," by J.D. Tuccille
"Biden, Trump, and RFK Jr. Are All Anti-Freedom," by John Stossel
"Supreme Court's Presidential Immunity Ruling Could Shield Outrageous Abuses of Power," by Jacob Sullum
"Social Media Moderation Is Speech, Says Supreme Court," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Stop Using My Song: 35 Artists Who Fought Politicians Over Their Music," by Eveline Chao
"Boss Talk: Why celebrities should never shut up—but stop complaining," by Nick Gillespie
"Bye-Bye American Pie," Nick Gillespie
"Why Superman and Wyatt Earp Left Kansas but Still Loved the Place," by Nick Gillespie
"Stephen Colbert Finds the Focus on Biden's Age to Be Old News," by Trish Bendix
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Upcoming events:
Monday, July 15: Matt Ridley and Stephen Goldstein debate the lab leak theory at the Soho Forum in New York City. Use the discount code REASON for 25 percent off all tickets. Details here.
Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pros' Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
Video Editor: Ian Keyser
Producer: Hunt Beaty
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1 hr 5 min
July 01, 2024Biden, Cognitive Decline, and the End of American Empire
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman stare ever deeper into the abyss while recapping the hapless display at last week's first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
01:50—Reactions to the Biden vs. Trump debate
21:43—Were any concrete policies discussed during the debate?
33:46—Weekly Listener Question
41:02—Supreme Court rules on Chevron deference
48:39—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Sad Thoughts About American Politics," by Eugene Volokh
"Joe Biden, Hot Mess," by Liz Wolfe
"Joe Biden: The Latest Elderly Politician Who Refuses To Retire," by Joe Lancaster
"Kamala Harris Was the Real Winner of Last Night's Debate," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Why a Disastrous Biden-Trump Debate Could Be the Best Outcome for America," by Eric Boehm
"Joe Biden Should Drop Out," by Nate Silver
"The State of Our Biden Is Historically Frail," by Matt Welch
"Presidential Debate Debacle Was a Great Argument for Smaller Government," by J.D. Tuccille
"Liberals in Biden Panic Mode Should Learn To Love Limits on Executive Power," by Christian Britschgi
"Trump Is More Like Recent Presidents Than Anyone Wants To Admit," by Nick Gillespie
"Biden Fumbled the Ball on Abortion," by Emma Camp
"Why Can't Americans Have an Honest Foreign Policy Discussion?" by Matthew Petti
"Trump Blames Biden for Never Removing the Tariffs Trump Imposed," by Eric Boehm
"At the Presidential Debate, Biden Says He 'Beat Medicare,'" by Christian Britschgi
"No One Defended Immigration at the First Presidential Debate," by Fiona Harrigan
"If Trump Is Going To Start Deporting Immigrants Who Broke the Law, Will He Start with Melania?" by Nick Gillespie
"Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Is Anti-American," by Fiona Harrigan
"Julian Assange's Freedom Came at a Steep Price," by Zach Weissmueller
"Julian Assange and WikiLeaks Deserve Our Thanks for Making Governments More Transparent," by Nick Gillespie
"The Legacy of Assange's Prosecution," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Julian Assange, a Free Man," by Liz Wolfe
"Review: Documenting Julian Assange's Legal Battles," by Brian Doherty
"SCOTUS Repudiates Doctrine That Gave Agencies a License To Invent Their Own Authority," by Jacob Sullum
"Understanding Chevron's Death," by Will Baude
"'Administrative State Is THE Leading Threat to Civil Liberties of Our Era.'" by Nick Gillespie, Ian Keyser, and Todd Krainin
"The Stare Decisis Analyses in Dobbs and Loper Bright," by Josh Blackman
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Upcoming events:
Tuesday, July 23: New York City premiere of Reason's Backpage documentary and panel discussion. Was the federal prosecution of online classified ad site Backpage.com a win for opponents of sex trafficking or a loss for First Amendment rights? View a new documentary by Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Paul Detrick and participate in a panel with Brown and Old Pro's Kaytlin Bailey about the case moderated by Nick Gillespie. Tickets are $10 and include beer, wine, soft drinks, and a light buffet. Seats are limited. Details here.
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1 hr 6 min
June 24, 2024Eating Doritos While Drowning in Debt
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman lament the latest dire forecast from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) last week forecasting a $2 trillion budget deficit in 2024.
02:31—$2 trillion federal budget deficit
21:17— Joe Biden vs. Donald Trump on immigration
37:02—Weekly Listener Question
46:23—Revisiting Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 origins
55:18—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Federal Budget Deficit Forecast Jumps $400 Billion, Fueled by Student Debt Forgiveness," by Emma Camp
"The National Debt Is Now So High That Every American Essentially Owes $100,000," by John Stossel
"Why We Need To Shrink the National Debt, and Fast!" by Nick Gillespie and Mark McDaniel
"The Golden Age of Groupon Government," by Nick Gillespie
"Trump Suddenly Loves Immigration," by Liz Wolfe
"Protections for the Undocumented," by Liz Wolfe
"There Is No Party of Immigration in American Politics," by Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie
"Should the U.S. Shut Its Borders? A Free Press Debate," featuring Nick Gillespie
"The Five Best Arguments Against Immigration—and Why They're Wrong," by Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin
"The End of Obesity?" by Ronald Bailey
"Whole Foods' John Mackey: We Must Change How We Think About Capitalism," by Nick Gillespie
"Government Subsidies Keep Your Food Boring," by C. Jarrett Dieterle
"Mandatory GMO Disclosure Doesn't Sway Shopping Habits (But Will Drive Up Costs)," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"The War on Fat," by Jacob Sullum
"American Slender," by Nick Gillespie
"Maybe Brian Williams Just Needs to Write a Book Denouncing the Drug War?" by Matt Welch
"Anthony Fauci's Inner Circle Initially Thought COVID Came From a Lab," by Rand Paul
"In Congress, Debate Rages About How To Prevent the Next Lab Leak," by Christian Britschgi
"COVID-19 Misinformation: Brought to You by the U.S. Government," by Robby Soave
"'Vast Majority' of Pandemic Employee Retention Credit Claims Are Likely Scams, Says IRS," by J.D. Tuccille
"Make the CDC an Infectious Disease Epidemic Fighter Again," by Ronald Bailey
"Presidential Screen Test," by Nick Gillespie
"Based on a True Story: Bill Clinton and the New Court Culture," by Nick Gillespie
"Is Rob Lowe a Libertarian?: 'I want the government out of almost everything,'" by Nick Gillespie
Upcoming Events:
FreedomFest, July 10–13. Use REASON50 to get $50 off registration.
Open To Debate: Presidential Debate Watch Party, featuring Nick Gillespie.
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Today's sponsor:
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Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
Video Editor: Ian Keyser
Producer: Hunt Beaty
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1 hr 13 min
June 17, 2024Abortion, Guns, and Hunter Biden.
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman pore over recent Supreme Court decisions regarding the abortion pill mifepristone and the Trump administration's ban on gun bump stocks.
02:01—Supreme Court rulings on abortion pill and bump stocks
16:45—Secret recording of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
27:45—Weekly Listener Question
37:11—Hunter Biden's conviction
44:30—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Unanimous Supreme Court Rejects Abortion Pill Challenge," by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"The Ignored Aesthetic Standing Argument In FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman
"Justice Thomas Takes Aim at Associational Standing," by Jonathan H. Adler
"The Standing Analysis in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine," by Josh Blackman
"In Defense of Roe," by Nick Gillespie
"Trump's Abortion Dilemma," by Jacob Sullum
"Supreme Court Upholds the Rule of Law by Rejecting the Trump Administration's Bump Stock Ban," by Jacob Sullum
"Justice Thomas Reverses President Trump's Executive Overreach in Cargill v. Garland," by Josh Blackman
"Second Amendment Roundup: Bump Stocks are not Machineguns," by Stephen Halbrook
"Justice Kavanaugh Denies Standing For Docs Against Glocks," by Josh Blackman
"Supreme Court OT2023 at the Middle of June," by Jonathan H. Adler
"Republicans Upset by Trump's Conviction Should Embrace Criminal Justice Reform," by Steven Greenhut
"The 'Bombshell' Secret Alito Recording Was Not a Bombshell," by Billy Binion
"Federally Funded Dad Jokes," by Eric Boehm
"House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft," by C.J. Ciaramella
"Dizzy Gillespie (No Relation) on World War II Service," by Nick Gillespie
"Best of Both Worlds: An Interview with Milton Friedman," by Brian Doherty
"Mandatory National Military Service Is a Bad Idea," by Joe Lancaster
"Hunter Biden's Gun Conviction Does Not Resolve a Constitutional Dispute That Pits Him Against His Father," by Jacob Sullum
"The Mainstream Media Is Still in Denial About Hunter Biden's Laptop," by Robby Soave
"Netflix's Fake Assassin Movie, Hit Man, Is So Enjoyable It's Almost Criminal," by Peter Suderman
"It's (Almost) Always the Feds: How the FBI Fabricates Schemes To Entrap Would-Be Radicals," by C.J. Ciaramella
"WARNING: You Won't Like This New Label," by Liz Wolfe
"Where Culture Trumps Politics," by Nick Gillespie
"The Horrible Truth about Super-Science," by Dave Weigel
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe on Broken Record with Rick Rubin
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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1 hr 1 min
June 10, 2024Partisan Border Wars
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman scrutinize President Joe Biden's executive order updating asylum restrictions at the U.S.-Mexico border in response to illegal border crossings.
01:32—Biden's new asylum restrictions
21:38—The prosecution of political opponents: former President Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, and Steve Bannon
33:25—Weekly Listener Question
39:56—No one is reading The Washington Post
48:09—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Biden Announces Sweeping Asylum Restrictions at U.S.-Mexico Border" by Fiona Harrigan
"Biden's New Asylum Policy is Both Harmful and Illegal" by Ilya Somin
"Travel Ban, Redux" by Josh Blackman
"Immigration Fueled America's Stunning Cricket Upset Over Pakistan" by Eric Boehm
"Libertarian Candidate Chase Oliver Wants To Bring Back 'Ellis Island Style' Immigration Processing" by Fiona Harrigan
"Donald Trump and Hunter Biden Face the Illogical Consequences of an Arbitrary Gun Law" by Jacob Sullum
"Hunter Biden's Trial Highlights a Widely Flouted, Haphazardly Enforced, and Constitutionally Dubious Gun Law" by Jacob Sullum
"Hunter Biden's Multiplying Charges Exemplify a Profound Threat to Trial by Jury" by Jacob Sullum
"The Conviction Effect" by Liz Wolfe
"Laurence Tribe Bizarrely Claims Trump Won the 2016 Election by Falsifying Business Records in 2017" by Jacob Sullum
"A Jumble of Legal Theories Failed To Give Trump 'Fair Notice' of the New York Charges Against Him" by Jacob Sullum
"Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans?" by J.D. Tuccille
"The Myth of the Federal Private Nondelegation Doctrine, Part 1" by Sasha Volokh
"Federal Court Condemns Congress for Giving Unconstitutional Regulatory Powers to Amtrak" by Damon Root
"Make Amtrak Safer and Privatize It" by Ira Stoll
"Biden Threatens To Veto GOP Spending Bill That Would 'Cut' Amtrak Funding to Double Pre-Pandemic Levels" by Christian Britschgi
"This Company Is Running a High-Speed Train in Florida—Without Subsidies" by Natalie Dowzicky
"Do Not Under Any Circumstances Nationalize Greyhound" by Christian Britschgi
"With Ride or Die, the Bad Boys Movies Become Referendums on Masculinity" by Peter Suderman
"D.C. Water Spent Nearly $4,000 On Its Wendy the Water Drop Mascot" by Christian Britschgi
Upcoming Reason Events:
Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis on June 11 in New York City
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
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Assistant production by Luke Allen and Hunt Beaty
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1 hr 4 min
June 03, 2024Should Donald Trump Have Been Convicted?
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman debrief in the wake of former President Donald Trump's conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records last week in New York City.
00:33—Donald Trump's conviction
27:37—Weekly Listener Question
42:11—Recent undercovered stories
50:48—This week's cultural recommendations
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Does Donald Trump's Conviction in New York Make Us Banana Republicans?" by J.D. Tuccille
"Trump's Conviction Requires Him To Surrender His Guns. Civil Libertarians Should Be Troubled." by Jacob Sullum
"The Prosecution's Story About Trump Featured Several Logically Impossible Claims," by Jacob Sullum
"First Felon," by Liz Wolfe
"Trump's Conviction Suggests Jurors Bought the Prosecution's Dubious 'Election Fraud' Narrative," by Jacob Sullum
"Trump Jury Instructions Invite Conviction Based on a Hodgepodge of Dubious Theories," by Jacob Sullum
"Prosecutors Say Trump Tried To 'Hoodwink the American Voter,' Which Is Not a Crime," by Jacob Sullum
"The Felon," by Matt Labash
"Chase Oliver: What Does the Libertarian Presidential Candidate Really Believe?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
"Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick," by Eric Boehm
"$7.5 Billion in Government Cash Only Built 8 E.V. Chargers in 2.5 Years," by Joe Lancaster
"Biden's Tariffs Are a Bad Idea," by Eric Boehm
"Fauci to Congress: 6-Foot Social Distancing Guidance Likely Not Based on Data," by Christian Britschgi
"'15 Days To Slow the Spread': On the Fourth Anniversary, a Reminder to Never Give Politicians That Power Again," by John Stossel
"The CDC Made America's Pandemic Worse," by Peter Suderman
"The CDC's Guidance for Summer Camps Is Insane," by Robby Soave
"CDC's New 'Reopening' Guidance Will Keep Schools Closed in the Fall," by Matt Welch
"What Ken Burns' New Film Gets Right—and Wrong—About the Roosevelts," by Damon Root
Upcoming Reason Events:
The Reason Roundtable LIVE! on June 6 in Washington, D.C.
Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis on June 11 in New York City
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1 hr 7 min
May 28, 2024Libertarian National Convention: Are You Not Entertained?
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Zach Weissmueller rehash the events that took place this past weekend in Washington, D.C., during the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, where former President Donald Trump addressed the crowd ahead of the Libertarian presidential candidate selection process.
01:20—Libertarian Party convention recap
38:14—Weekly Listener Question
44:22—Some Memorial Day memorializing
58:40—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"WATCH: Libertarians React to Donald Trump's Speech at Their Convention," by Zach Weissmueller
"Chase Oliver Is the Libertarian Party's Presidential Pick," by Eric Boehm
"Trump, Who Wants To Execute Drug Dealers, Promises To Free Ross Ulbricht," by Billy Binion
"Libertarians Booed Donald Trump Because He Isn't Libertarian," by Robby Soave
"No, Vivek Ramaswamy, a Libertarian-Nationalist Alliance Doesn't Make Sense," by Eric Boehm
"Cato Institute President Peter Goettler on Why Trump is no Libertarian," by Ilya Somin
"Inside the Libertarian Party's Decision To Host a Trump Speech," by Brian Doherty
"Dave Smith: What Is a Libertarian?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
"Debate: It's Time for a National Divorce," by Angela McArdle and Zach Weissmueller
"What Does the Mises Caucus Really Want?" by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie
"What's Next for Chase Oliver, the Libertarian Who Forced a Runoff in the Georgia Senate Race?" by Eric Boehm
"How's the New Libertarian Party Doing? Live With Angela McArdle" by Nick Gillespie and Zach Weissmueller
"The Libertarian Party's Internal Strife Is as Old as the Party Itself," by Brian Doherty
"Zach Weissmueller: Will the Mises Caucus Save or Kill the Libertarian Party?" by Nick Gillespie
"Ron Paul Revolution 2.0: Angela McArdle's Plan for the Libertarian Party," by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie
"'By Our Fruits, You'll Know Us': The Mises Caucus Mastermind," by Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie
"Inside the Mises Caucus Takeover of the Libertarian Party," by Zach Weissmueller, Nick Gillespie, and Danielle Thompson
"Can a Post-'Takeover' Libertarian Party Improve on Its Historical Run of 2012–20?" by Matt Welch
"Super Size Me Was Not Groundbreaking Journalism," by Billy Binion
"South Park Libertarians," by Nick Gillespie and Jesse Walker
"It's Time for Over-the-Counter Ozempic," by Charles M. Silver, Jeffrey A. Singer, and Michael F. Cannon
Upcoming Reason Events:
The Reason Roundtable LIVE! on June 6 in Washington, D.C.
Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis on June 11 in New York City
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Today's sponsor:
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Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
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Video Editor: Ian Keyser
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1 hr 10 min
May 23, 2024 A Bonus Reason Roundtable. Live From Boston!
Last weekend, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman recorded an episode of The Reason Roundtable in front of a live audience at Reason Weekend in Boston, Massachusetts, with topics centered on both past and future U.S. vice presidents.
1:23—President Joe Biden proposes new tariffs on China
11:42—Potential Donald Trump V.P. picks
27:06—Kamala Harris
35:35—Favorite vice presidents of American history
42:49—This week's cultural recommendations
54:06—Audience Q&A
Upcoming Reason Events:
The Reason Roundtable LIVE!, June 6 in Washington, D.C.
Reason Speakeasy: Corey DeAngelis, June 11 in New York City
Send your questions to [email protected]. Be sure to include your social media handle and the correct pronunciation of your name.
Audio production by Ian Keyser; assistant production by Hunt Beaty.
Music: "Angeline," by The Brothers Steve
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1 hr 4 min
May 20, 2024Death of an Authoritarian
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman consider U.S. foreign policy toward Iran in the wake of a helicopter crash that left Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian dead.
00:51—Iranian president dies in helicopter crash
16:46—Drug Enforcement Administration's proposal to reschedule marijuana
34:59—Weekly Listener Question
45:54—Reason Weekend 2024
56:09—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"Iran's President Dies," by Liz Wolfe
"World War War III May Already Have Started—in the Shadows," by J.D. Tuccille
"Sanctions Are for Losers," by Steve H. Hanke
"The Iranian Coup that Led to 67 Years of Reckless Intervention," by Nick Gillespie
"Iran's Theocracy Will Collapse Because of People Like Kimia Alizadeh," by Nick Gillespie
"Elica Le Bon: Is War With Iran Coming?" by Zach Weissmueller and Liz Wolfe
"They Said They Didn't Want War With Iran. Now They're Cheering on War With Iran." by Matthew Petti
"What We Saw at the Rally Against the Iran Nuclear Deal," by Nick Gillespie
"DEA Moves To Reclassify Marijuana as a Schedule III Drug," by C.J. Ciaramella
"Kat Murti: How To End the Drug War for Good," by Nick Gillespie
"12 Senators Urge the DEA To Legalize Marijuana, Which Only Congress Can Do," by Jacob Sullum
"What Rescheduling Marijuana Would and Wouldn't Do," by Jacob Sullum
"Biden's Spin on Marijuana's Rescheduling Exaggerates Its Practical Impact," by Jacob Sullum
"Kamala Harris Implausibly Claims Biden's Marijuana Pardons Number in the 'Tens of Thousands,'" by Jacob Sullum
"Rescheduling Marijuana Does Not Address Today's Central Cannabis Issue," by Jacob Sullum
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May 13, 2024Campaigns Can't Get Worse, Can They?
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman conjure up a few changes they'd wish to see in the vain hope of improving U.S. presidential campaigns and consider the Biden administration's threat to cut off arms shipments to Israel.
00:35—Desirable presidential campaign reforms
23:00—Weekly listener question
33:20—FreedomWorks is disbanding
49:34—This week's cultural recommendations
Mentioned in this podcast:
"6 States" by Liz Wolfe
"Social Security and Medicare Are Going Insolvent. Neither Biden nor Trump Has a Plan for It." by Eric Boehm
"The New York Case Against Trump Relies on a 'Twisty' Legal Theory That Reeks of Desperation" by Jacob Sullum
"Biden-Backed DISCLOSE Act Would Dox Donors to Groups That Run Political Ads" by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
"Patrick Ruffini: Why Blacks and Hispanics Are Turning Toward Trump" by Nick Gillespie
"Last Night's Debate Was a Disaster. That's Exactly Why There Should Be More of Them." by Eric Boehm
"The AWOL Electorate" by Nick Gillespie
"Trump Leads in 5 Key States, as Young and Nonwhite Voters Express Discontent With Biden" by Nate Cohn
"Is America's Blank Check for Israel Ending?" by Matthew Petti
"Biden, the Arms Supplier" by Liz Wolfe
"Chaos in Rafah" by Liz Wolfe
"Tea Party Nihilism vs. Occupy Wall Street Participatory Democracy" by Nick Gillespie
"Tea Party Confidential: Live From the September 12 [2009] Taxpayer March on Washington" by Nick Gillespie, Matt Welch, Michael C. Moynihan, Dan Hayes, and Meredith Bragg
"Peter Schiff Speaks for the 1 Percent at Occupy Wall Street" by Anthony Fisher
"Marco Rubio Used To Know How Tariffs Work. What Happened?" by Eric Boehm
"How GOP Fiscal Sanity Died, in 7 Easy Steps" by Matt Welch
"Legendary Punk Producer Steve Albini Says the Internet Solved the Problem With Music" by Peter Suderman
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