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As the internet shapes up to play a bigger role in 2012, Republican candidates Gov. Gary Johnson and Rep. Ron Paul are using the medium to challenge the mainstream media and their own GOP presidential colleagues. CNN recently decided to exclude Johnson from appearing in its upcoming Republican debate on June 13. With the net at his disposal, however, the former New Mexico governor took to his Youtube channel to directly communicate his thoughts on CNN's decision to determine the field of candid

In a challenge to Mitt Romney, the Republican Party's frontrunner for the presidential nomination, Texas Congressman Ron Paul raised another million dollars in just 24 hours Sunday, using the online fundraising technique pioneered by his grassroots supporters in 2007 known as the "money bomb." The Paul campaign urged his supporters in email updates leading up to the event to help the Texas congressman fight Mitt Romney's special interest donors from "Wall Street bankers" and the political establ

PG&E fought against it, but Marin Clean Energy prevailed and now residents there can choose renewable energy via Community Choice Aggregation. Under Community Choice Aggregation (CCA), communities can choose what type of power they want with distribution left to the big utilities.  It recently received a huge boost from the state legislature under a new law which allows CCAs to count customers as participating unless they specifically opt out. The Marin CCA now offers two types of renewable ene

With Congressional District 36 candidate Michael Chamness being denied an injunction to suspend electoral rules in the upcoming special election, he was dealt yet another blow when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied him a writ of mandamus in a case meant to challenge California's new top two open primary measure. At the same time, as the Manhattan Beach Patch reported, the Ninth Circuit Court did urge the lower court to rule quickly on the request from Chamness. This comes as the higher

Fueled by a growing demand for locally produced food year-round, the number of farmers' markets extending their operations into winter months is on the rise, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture data. Northern states are leading the charge by pioneering techniques to extend growing seasons with indoor gardening methods. Nationwide, at least 900 farmers' markets run between November and March, a 17 percent increase from 2008. Traditional, weekly farmers' markets typically begin in the spr

Two Harvard Law students are suing the TSA in federal court over its new, “enhanced pat downs” and naked body scans, claiming a Fourth Amendment protection against unlawful searches and seizures. Jeffrey Redfern and Anant Pradhan filed the lawsuit Monday in the District Court of Massachusetts following a TSA encounter in November. While flying out of Logan International, the pair opted out of a dose of ionizing radiation and agreed to be searched by hand. Pradhan said a TSA employee groped his

It  may seem like the current uproar and ongoing revolt against the Transportation  Security Administration’s newest security protocols came out of nowhere,  but opposition to full-body scanners has been building for some time.   The breadth of the opposition is perhaps most clearly apparent in the  unified position of third party and Independent activists from across  the political spectrum. Just  under a year ago, the advanced imaging technology could be found in use  at fewer than two doze

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum made waves this week when he told Politico that there are no real Tea Party candidates in the 2012 mix. "There isn't a single candidate running for president who can claim to be a tea party candidate. That's by definition. The people involved in the movement weren't involved in politics, and were only activated by what they saw in Washington." But Santorum made an exception for himself, saying "I qualify. I was out, content to be out, but now I feel co

Whatever the outcome of the November elections, 2010 is shaping up to be an historic year for the nation’s Independent and third party movements, as well as for voters who desire viable alternatives to the dysfunctional two-party government. Widespread dissatisfaction with both the Democratic and Republican parties has led not only to a deep anti-incumbent mood among the electorate, it has also inspired record numbers of third party and Independent hopefuls to throw their hats into the political

As we enter the final stretch of the 2010 mid-term election season, the American public’s dissatisfaction with the Democratic and Republican parties is driving record numbers of people to voice support for third party and Independent alternatives.  In recent months, a widespread majority of Americans have consistently stated that they think there should be a third major party competing with Democrats and Republicans at all levels of government. In a Fox News poll from July, a 57% majority agree