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CBS Poll: 72% of Independents Who Tuned In Approved of Trump's First SOTU
President Donald Trump gave his first State of the Union address Tuesday night where he touched on several topics in the roughly 90-minute speech, including a surging economy, infrastructure needs, im...
Here's How to Solve Campaign Finance, Term Limits, and Help The Debt All At Once
When Pat Tiberi finally got around to resigning after 17 years in office representing our district, he had more than six million dollars in his campaign account. Had he chosen to ride things out indef...
3 Topics That Will Make or Break Trump's First State of the Union
The theme will be “building a safe, strong and proud America" when President Donald Trump takes the stage to deliver the State of the Union Address Tuesday.The word “building” in the literal sense is ...
IVN Readers React: Congress Is a Dysfunctional Dumpster Fire
Will the government shut down again in 2018? IVN readers took our Facebook poll on this exact question and most said yes, they believe it will.Congress allowed the government to shutdown for a couple ...
The One Bill In Congress That Could End Gerrymandering for Good
The Gerrymandering Project at 538 has begun an interesting conversation by producing eight sets of national congressional maps, each with a distinct goal.They demonstrate what maps would lo...
3 News Stories With More Impact Than Texts Between Lovers
Read about what really matters from the news last week. We provide you the least-biased news about current events so you can go about your day informed, not brainwashed.What to avoid: The texts were ...
New VA Bill Would Give Voters a Truly Open Primary
Virginia Independent Voters Association Director Steve Richardson wrote an op-ed in The Virginian-Pilot Thursday in support of a new bill that would reform state primaries to a nonpartisan, top-two op...
What Hat Should I Wear: The Complicated Journey Of Today’s Voter
Note: The author of this article is Emily Matthews. Emily has worked in a vast array of jobs in the political arena and strives to find common ground across party lines. As the one year anni...
New Energy Fuels Explosive Momentum to Elect Independents in 2018
We are seeing new energy in our campaign to elect independent candidates nationwide.The Associated Press on Thursday featured the Centrist Project's efforts to recruit and support independent candidat...
Is Another State About to Abolish the Death Penalty?
Do you think the government should have a hand in dictating morality by applying the punishment of death to someone who commits a crime? If your answer is no, you might like what is happening in Washi...