Voters Pick James Talarico To Mess with Texas—and the U.S. Senate The Lone Star State’s Senate delegation turns half blue. Reason · Nov 4
Trump Enters His George W. Bush Era as Democrats Sweep House and Senate It's 2006 all over again. The sooner the Republican Party jettisons an unpopular president and his failed policies, the sooner it will recover. Reason · Nov 4
New York Voters Say Yes to Mamdani Administration's 'COGE' Recommendations Voters gave the green light to Mamdani's proposed efficiency initiatives. Reason · Nov 4
Choosin' Texas I Can Tell A few moments ago, the networks called the Texas Senate and Governor races for the Democratic candidates. Those outcomes will… The post Choosin' Texas I Can Tell appeared first on Reason Magazine. Reason · Nov 4
Quacks Vote To Approve Duck Bills in D.C. and Denver Two measures passed banning the sale and production of foie gras. But the campaigns were based on shaky logic with a dash of class warfare. Reason · Nov 4
Indiana Republican Who Said Undocumented Immigrants Shouldn't Get Due Process Has Lost Reelection to Congress Good riddance to Rep. Victoria Spartz. Reason · Nov 4
Jon Ossoff, Once the Senate's Most Vulnerable Democrat, Won Reelection by Running Against Trump's Corruption Ossoff won handily and is now spoken of as a possible presidential candidate. Reason · Nov 4
Amy Acton Beats Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio Governor's Race A very normie Democrat beats an idiosyncratic MAGA candidate. Reason · Nov 4
Socialist Janeese Lewis George Easily Wins D.C.'s Mayoral Election The mayor-elect will have to reconcile her left-wing promises with the realities of persistent budget deficits and a hostile president. Reason · Nov 4
Why Is Donald Trump Suddenly Obsessed With Men's Bodies, Especially Their Butts? I talked with John Stagliano, the adult filmmaker known as Buttman, about the president's newest fixation. Reason · Nov 3
Trump's Dismissed Epstein Letter Lawsuit Is the Latest Example of His Failure To State Cognizable Claims The president's defamation case against The Wall Street Journal fits a pattern of frivolous litigation aimed at punishing speech that irks him. Reason · Nov 3
The Housing Ballot Initiatives To Watch Across the country, voters will decide whether to shrink minimum lot sizes, roll back environmental review laws, and cut property taxes. Reason · Nov 3
Court Orders Plaintiff to File Handwritten Opposition, after noting that many of plaintiff's filings contained seeming AI hallucinations, despite assertions in plaintiff's filings that all the citations were valid. Reason · Nov 3
The DSA's Coming-Out Party Today begins the era when out-and-proud socialists will have real pull in Washington, D.C. Reason · Nov 3
Reason · Nov 3 Will the Iran War Cost Republicans Control of the Senate? In several key Senate races, GOP candidates broke against Trump's wildly unpopular war. But only after previously supporting it.
Reason · Nov 3 Americans Would Rather Win the Midterms Than a Sports Title. Here's Why That Might Be. A government so large that it can threaten our lives and livelihoods can also threaten our favorite sports teams.
Reason · Nov 3 A Ken Paxton Moment As Texas AG, Paxton's done a lot of controversial and in-my-opinion unwise things, but this is the one that sticks in my craw
Reason · Nov 3 On Election Day, We All Get to Be Haley Stevens and Pick the (Hopefully) Less Lousy Candidates Once again, Americans will have to live with the consequences of their political choices.
Reason · Nov 3 California's Bond Issues Aren't 'Free' Money. Voters Should Tread Carefully. Borrowing money for infrastructure projects can be a good idea, but it can often become a sinkhole for taxpayers.
Reason · Nov 3 The Divided Government Moment Plus: Trump's Reflecting Pool speech, the MAGA–Darth Vader convergence, more strikes on Iran, and more...
Reason · Nov 3 Accusing University Lecturer Who Called Police of "Blatant Racial Profiling" Leads to $37,500 Defamation Verdict You can see the verdict form, from Thursday, here. The jury had asked whether they could suggest additional remedies besides… The post Accusing University Lecturer Who Called Police of "Blatant Racial Profiling" Leads to $37,500 Defamation Verdict appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 3 City's Using Meta Moderation Assist Feature for Facebook Comments Doesn't Violate First Amendment From Judge Ruth Bermudez Montenegro (S.D. Cal.) Oct. 22 in Jalisi v. City of Poway: The City of Poway …… The post City's Using Meta Moderation Assist Feature for Facebook Comments Doesn't Violate First Amendment appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 3 "Would 'Go Luigi'" Was a Threat, and Thus Subject to Harassment Prevention Order Statute From D.M. v. A.M., decided by Massachusetts Appellate Court Justices Ariane Vuono, William Meade & Zachary Hillman on Oct. 21:… The post "Would 'Go Luigi'" Was a Threat, and Thus Subject to Harassment Prevention Order Statute appeared first on Reason Magazine.
Reason · Nov 3 Brickbat: Exit Toll Italy's proposed 2027 budget includes a new 25 percent exit tax on wealthy residents who move their tax residence abroad with… The post Brickbat: Exit Toll appeared first on Reason Magazine.