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Where Do Veterans Turn When They Have Nowhere to Go?
As we wrap up Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and as the VA health care problems linger on, it has become tragically apparent that more and more veterans are feeling like they have nowhere to ...
03 Oct, 2014
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3 Washington Outsiders Seek Massachusetts' 6th Congressional Seat
The race for the congressional seat in Massachusetts' 6th District on the north shore of Boston is hot enough to boil over. Since Seth Moulton’s upset win in the Democratic Primary over 9-term incumbe ...
02 Oct, 2014
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To Fix The Economy, We Need to Treat the Disease -- Not The Symptoms
If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of currency, first by inflation , then by deflation , the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the peo ...
19 Sep, 2014
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Seth Moulton Upsets Democratic Rep. John Tierney in Mass. Primary
Seth Moulton, in a surprising upset, defeated 9-term incumbent John Tierney in the Democratic primary for the U.S. House seat in Massachusetts Congressional District 6. The primary campaign inclu ...
11 Sep, 2014
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The Challenge Victoria Jackson and Scott Lively Pose to the Independent Movement
In the 2014 election cycle, Victoria Jackson and Scott Lively launched campaigns for public office in their respective states, Tennessee and Massachusetts, as independent candidates. Jackson ran for a ...
29 Aug, 2014
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IVN Daily Digest -- August 21, 2014
1. Independent candidate Jeffrey McCormick will join Evan Falchuk on the 2014 Massachusetts gubernatorial ballot."McCormick submitted nearly 12,300 signatures to qualify for the Nov. 4 gubernatorial b ...
21 Aug, 2014
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Why Independent Candidates Are Not 'Spoilers'
Is a vote for an independent or third-party candidate a wasted vote? Is it fair to accuse a candidate not running with major party backing of being a “spoiler”? Is the potential for vote-splitting a c ...
19 Aug, 2014
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Evidence Suggest No Correlation between Business Experience and Good Governing
How many times have we heard variations of the following soundbites from enterprising political candidates: “My business experience has prepared me to be an effective leader.” “Because of my business ...
05 Aug, 2014
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Independent Chris Stockwell Submits Signatures to Qualify for Ballot in Mass.
Getting on the ballot is a key milestone for any candidate, especially for a congressional seat in a hotly contested race. Chris Stockwell, the independent candidate in Massachusetts' 6th Congressiona ...
05 Aug, 2014
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2 min read
A Brief Overview of the American Voting System
...measures are too often decided, not according to the rules of justice and the rights of the minor party, but by the superior force of an interested and overbearing majority. --James Madison, ...
30 Jul, 2014
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6 min read