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Independent Insurgence? Centrist Project to Challenge Duopoly; Support Nonpartisan Candidates
Host T.J. O'Hara is joined by Nick Troiano, executive director of The Centrist Project.T.J and Troiano discuss the latest endeavors of The Centrist Project, including projects in support of indep ...
01 Aug, 2017
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Morning Report: July 26, 2017
Arrested Feeling The CountryImran Awan, a House staffer at the center of a criminal investigation potentially impacting dozens of Democratic lawmakers, has been arrested on bank fraud and is prevented ...
26 Jul, 2017
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League of Women Voters Keeps National Popular Vote Movement Alive in Colorado
After each presidential election in which the popular vote winner and the Electoral College winner differ, the country revisits the question, “Why do we still have the Electoral College?”Opponents of ...
17 Jul, 2017
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OPINION: It's Time to Step Out of Your Echo Chamber
The internet is often referred to as the “wild west” because everything can be found, everyone can be connected, and there are very few rules. We can open our minds up to anything we want, good, bad, ...
11 Jul, 2017
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Libertarian Party Scores Major Ballot Access Wins Ahead of 2018
There is big news for the Libertarian Party: It can add one more state where it has official party status and ballot access for the 2018 midterms.Ballot Access News reported Monday that the LP's ...
10 Jul, 2017
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Marijuana Legalization Is Decreasing Violent Crime in Border States
In a paper published by The Economic Journal last month, a study by the Norwegian School of Economics in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Sociology and Criminology, fou ...
06 Jul, 2017
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Declare Your Independence from the Two-Party System
The United States of America's Founding Fathers were spurred to declare independence by a long litany of abuses by the King's government in England.In many cases, if you read through the text of Jeffe ...
04 Jul, 2017
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4 Facts for Your Fourth: What You May Not Know About America's Birthday
The Fourth of July is here and Americans across the country will celebrate the nation's birthday with fireworks, picnics, trips out of town or to the beach, barbecue, concerts and countless other ways ...
04 Jul, 2017
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Fixing America's Broken Political System Begins with Opening the Primaries
DC politics has gone mad.Americans are now treated to a 24/7 freak show of government dysfunction, charges and countercharges, midnight tweets, and a myriad of other forms of dystopian political theat ...
28 Jun, 2017
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Efficiency Gap: The Greatest Weapon to Fight Partisan Gerrymandering
The fight against gerrymandering nationwide is taking a new turn. Courts are no longer just looking at discrimination based on race, sex, or class, but political discrimination and partisan motives to ...
26 Jun, 2017
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