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Why Can't The Media See Independent Voters?
Nearing the two year mark since the shocking 2016 presidential election result devastated both the Democratic and Republican Party power structures, liberal mainstream media journalists are still stuc ...
16 Jul, 2018
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You Thought Superdelegates Were Bad? DNC Invents Even More Ways to Block Bernie 2020
Now the Democrats can end Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign before it even begins.In an unanimous vote on June 8, the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee gave the Democratic Party the power to block Se ...
21 Jun, 2018
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Maine Voters Lift Up Democracy; Democratic Party Pulls It Down
A wise man once said, “Those who make the rules, rule.” Today, we wonder whether the current rules of voting and governing can deliver any kind of progress.An important rules question was on the ballo ...
13 Jun, 2018
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May Was A Monumental Month for Independents
It’s been a while! However, no matter how little we’ve written about independent candidates and organizations over the past month, actions continue to be taken by those who look to change the two ...
29 May, 2018
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3 min read
GOP Rep. Roskam: Pharmacy Gag Order is "Indefensible"
Rep. Peter Roskam thinks corporate drug pricing practices are “outrageous,” “indefensible” and “won’t stand up to scrutiny” that his Congressional sub-committee may give them.Roskam, a Republican from ...
17 Apr, 2018
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The Harsh Reality: Americans Are Losing Hope
As an independent candidate for president in the 2016 election cycle, I travelled 20 months and over 70,000 miles around America. As a Green Party candidate for Congress in upstate New York, I now tra ...
12 Apr, 2018
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3 min read
Time To Eliminate YOUR Wall Street Tax?
As we get older, and hopefully wiser, we generally start to become more discerning on how we view the world and the problems we face. Many of us who seek to make the world a better place try to look a ...
05 Apr, 2018
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10 min read
Beyond Party Politics: 4 Common Sense Solutions to Smart Trade Policy
How could a handful of common-sense, independent Senators defuse the partisanship around trade? By changing the way we talk about the whole issue.Most American say they believe in markets. Why? Becaus ...
22 Mar, 2018
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Will a New Political Party Rise in 2018?
Independent candidates have not traditionally fared well in American politics. Ralph Nader and Ross Perot come to mind when we talk about those who managed to make a dent, and it’s stories like theirs ...
26 Feb, 2018
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Vermont Governor Signs Historic Marijuana Legalization Bill
Vermont is the first state to legalize adults’ possession and limited cultivation of marijuana legislativelyMarijuana will be legal in nine states and the nation’s capital when Vermont law takes effec ...
22 Jan, 2018
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