It’s already being called “Coingate,” after Nixon’s infamous re-election scandal. The results of the Iowa Caucus on Monday night were the closest in the state’s Democratic Caucus history, with Hillary Clinton beating Bernie Sanders by .3%. Reports flooded the Internet claiming that this “virtual tie” came down to seven separate coin flips, six of which were won by Clinton. This isn’t exactly a lie, but a twisted, oversimplified truth. Coins were flipped to settle ties in 7 of Iowa’s 11,065 voti...

On Tuesday, December 8, a widely reported misconception hit the internet. Headlines with variations of “Trump Disqualified for Presidential Run,” claimed that Trump’s recent proposal to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the country officially violated the Constitution and that he would therefore be unable to run for executive office. This is simply untrue, but the confusion is understandable. “The first thing a president does when he or she takes the oath of office is to swear an oath to pr...

Last week, the Senate passed the controversial cybersecurity bill known as CISA with a vote of 74-21, with the remaining 5 taking a neutral stance. The bill, if passed, will allow and encourage companies to share user and customer information with the government in an attempt to combat cybercrime. Opponents of the bill view it as an enormous loophole giving the government another opportunity to spy on the public while doing relatively little to thwart actual cybersecurity threats. Cybersecurit...