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Focusing on whether a football player takes a knee or the president chooses to tweet about it misses a point. Our country is absorbed in partisan controversy, and the media plays right along. Kneel to fight for social justice? That's freedom of speech. Stand to recognize the people who have given their lives to keep us safe? That's freedom of speech. But what about free speech during the most important political dialogue between candidates and the American people ... the presidential debates

Crazy times in America these days.  The wrathful hurricanes pounding the South and the East Coast and the wildfires devouring the Northwest echo our storm-tossed politics. Everything is turned upside down, everything is fevered, everything is being washed away. And yet (and this is the craziest thing of all) nothing seems to change. Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan once observed, you don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. True that. If you’re an independent, you can lick your fi

President Trump recently urged support for tax reform as a benefit to the middle class at the Andeaver oil refinery in Bismarck, ND. However, he didn't reveal specific details of the plan, instead, reiterating his prior ideas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxkdB80TivA President Trump has promised a tax plan that would provide relief to middle-class Americans so that they could achieve the American dream, let people keep more money in their pockets, and increase after-tax wages. Quotes from

In a wide ranging interview with IVC President Chad Peace and IVN editor Jeff Powers, US Representative Scott Peters (D-Calif.) spoke on a number of subjects as he ended his August recess. Below are the quotes from the congressman on selected topics impacting voters. Listen to the full podcast above. The White House's DACA Decision "I think it's really unfortunate. It's cruel, it's counterproductive economically, and sends the wrong message about who we are as a country." "I think you'll f

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z1EHBzKP44&t=1m42s A movement is growing to form a new political party -- one that would not compete with the Republican and Democratic Parties, but replace the Democratic Party altogether. Progressive organizations, leaders, and voters will gather in Washington DC from September 8-10 for the "The People's Convergence Conference" to discuss the future of the progressive movement and the viability of starting a new party with US Sen. Bernie Sanders at the helm.

HURRICANE HARVEY The pictures and stories disseminiating from Texas following Hurricane Harvey are both terrifying and remarkable. From families being separated from rising flood waters, to alligators showing up on the front doors of residences, to complete washouts of roads and communities, the devastation from Harvey has been called "catastrophic." At least 5 people have died in the storm, dozens of injuries have been reported and the search and rescue operations will likely continue early t

RANKED CHOICE VOTING GETS SHOT IN THE ARM In a story that was first published on FairVote's blog, Rob Richie looks at the latest Primaries and how to Uphold Majority Rule. Richie writes, "Next spring, states will start voting in primaries for the regularly scheduled congressional midterm elections in every state. On August 15, however, two states held primaries to fill vacancies -- for U.S. Senate in Alabama as the permanent replacement to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and for U.S House in Ut

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-XqrA82CrI NEW AFGHANISTAN PLAN "Micromanagement from Washington D.C. does not win battles." - President Donald Trump In laying out his new military strategy for Afghanistan, President Trump took a shot at his predecessor Barack Obama, who was known to be a war time micromanager. IVN.us recently wrote a story about the differences between the two presidential styles. Here are highlights from his speech at the Army's Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall, located nex

Despite President Trump's condemnation of the KKK and white supremacist groups, a group of protestors chanted “No Trump, no KKK, no fascist USA!” before pulling a statue to the ground. Some demonstrators then kicked or punched the fallen statue. The Confederate monument stood outside of a court house in Durham, North Carolina. According to a report in USA Today, there are more than 700 Confederate monuments installed in public areas across 31 states. They're in public parks, courthouses, and c

There was a virtual media blackout on a major scandal in Washington -- right up until the arrest of Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz's chief IT staffer, Imran Awan as he tried to flee the country late last month. Many mainstream political news publications had not even reported on the investigation one time since Buzzfeed News and Politico broke the story way back in February. The story, which more journalists should have alerted voters to, was that five House staffers -- all members of the same