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A Pathway to Ending Hyper-Polarization: Structural Reforms Won’t do it Alone
We can all agree that Washington is broken. Gridlock ensues as the divide between the Republicans and Democrats reaches Grand Canyon size proportions. Watching the Republicans put party over country i...
The Independent State of the Union
Brace yourselves voters!Donald Trump's third State of the Union Address was-- exactly like every other SOTU address any of us has ever seen in our lifetimes.Okay, maybe not exactly like ever...
An Independent Voter Guide to The Impeachment Trial
The impeachment trial of President Donald J. Trump is underway!And it is... intensely predictable.This is why more and more voters are becoming independent.Democrats Want Trump Removed ...
Something Has to Give: The Case for Independents 1/3
The most basic right in a healthy democracy is the right to vote. Without this right, governments can turn into the worst of autocracies and dictatorships, ignoring the needs of citizens and abusing t...
The Brain of an Independent, from Ron Paul to Bernie Sanders
It was nearly four years ago that voters did the unthinkable.They rejected the party establishments’ favored candidates. And they did so to pick literally Donald Trump as America’s next president. Tha...
Does Anyone Else Remember When Politics Was About Policy?
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” -English Historian Henry Thomas BuckleIn the never ending swirl of fake news media controversy, is anyone else wo...
The Most Partisan Impeachment In History
The US House voted Wednesday to impeach President Donald J. Trump on charges of “Abuse of Power” and “Obstruction of Congress.” The vote was the most partisan result of any impeachment vote in the his...
Nonpartisan Primaries Have Enough Signatures to Appear on 2020 Florida Ballot
A Florida initiative to implement a nonpartisan, top-two open primary for governor, state cabinet, and legislative elections has cleared the 766,200 signature requirement to appear on the 2020 ballot,...
Money and Politics: Why Small Businesses Should Fight to Unrig the System
As we close out November each year, America celebrates Small Business Saturday — where we are encouraged to patronize small brick-and-mortar retail stores during the busiest shopping weekend of the ho...
OPINION: Bloomberg vs. Trump 2020 Is So Coke and Pepsi
Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s entry into the 2020 race for the Democratic presidential nomination could add a jolt to a field of candidates that has so far failed to inspire much enthusiasm.While Joe Bide...