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The Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex: Where do Drug Sale Profits Really Go?
Most of America hates Big Pharma. You can quantify it. But many of the sins committed by the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex fall outside the reach of brand name pharmaceutical companies that tend t...
The Myths, The Facts, The Future: Everything You Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting
Partisan gerrymandering. Money in politics. The Electoral College. Undue restrictions on who votes and how we vote. Every contentious election issue discussed today was either inherited from 18th-cent...
Iowa Primary Update: Healthcare And A Remarkable Young Woman
Iowa went Trump in 2016, which saw the Democrats blown out of the water that year. Iowa Democrats are seeking to un-fracture their party which saw supporters defect from establishment candidate Hillar...
Politics for the People Book Club: Independents Are Indeed Rising
This month, I invited Frank Fear to review the book, Independents Rising: Outside Movements, Third Parties, and the Struggle for a Post-Partisan America. Jacqueline Salit, the president of Indepe...
New Mexico: Where Voter Choice Goes to Die?
The headline may sound sensational, but trust me: there is a lot of truth to it.New Mexico held its primary elections on Tuesday, June 5. It is a closed primary state, which means only registered Repu...
Iowa Primary: 'Battle Ground Primary' Features Healthcare
Health care is running front and center in the three Iowa races.Iowa went Trump in 2016, which saw the Democrats blown out of the water that year. Iowa Democrats are seeking to un-fracture their party...
Independent Muscle: The Three June 5th Election Predictions You Won't Believe
There is a significant amount of worry in left-leaning circles around the California nonpartisan primary on June 5.In moving the state of California to an even deeper shade of blue, the Sanctuary Stat...
Opinion: CA Hasty Rooftop Solar Decree Could Backfire
The California Energy Commission, more or less on the fly, has decreed that beginning in 2020 all new single-family homes and low-rise multi-family residential projects must be built with rooftop...
Trump Shifts from Unpredictable to Smart with VA Pick
Last week, President Trump shocked some by taking the safe road and nominating the acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to fill the role permanently.The president is not known for taking safe or predicta...
911 Dispatch Part of New Complaint Against City of San Diego
The State of California's Public Employment Relations Board (PERB), has filed a complaint on behalf of the California Teamsters Local 911 who represents the San Diego Lifeguard Union.The union claims ...