Washington DC's Favorite Olympic Sport...
Author: Wes Messamore
Published: 04 Aug, 2012
●
Updated: 21 Nov, 2022●
1 min read
Synchronized kicking...
There's a lot of talk about bipartisan solutions, but perhaps not enough about bipartisan problems. Republicans and Democrats together have brought us this fiscal crisis Washington is in. You will probably never hear a politician on the campaign trail say that they support trillion dollar budget deficits, runaway spending by Congress, or a super complicated tax code, yet we have all these things. Why?
Latest articles
NYC Exit Survey: 96% of Voters Understood Their Ranked Choice Ballots
An exit poll conducted by SurveyUSA on behalf of the nonprofit better elections group FairVote finds that ranked choice voting (RCV) continues to be supported by a vast majority of voters who find it simple, fair, and easy to use. The findings come in the wake of the city’s third use of RCV in its June 2025 primary elections....
01 Jul, 2025
-
6 min read
Oregon Activist Sues over Closed Primaries: 'I Shouldn't Have to Join a Party to Have a Voice'
A new lawsuit filed in Oregon challenges the constitutionality of the state’s closed primary system, which denies the state’s largest registered voting bloc – independent voters – access to taxpayer-funded primary elections. The suit alleges Oregon is denying the voters equal voting rights...
01 Jul, 2025
-
3 min read
Supreme Court Sides with Federal Corrections Officers in Lawsuit Over Prison Incident
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled June 30 that federal prison officers and officials cannot be sued by an inmate who accused them of excessive force during a 2021 incident, delivering a victory for federal corrections personnel concerned about rising legal exposure for doing their jobs....
01 Jul, 2025
-
3 min read