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Civil Asset Forfeiture: A Clear Threat to Property Rights in America
Property rights are fundamental in America – or at least they are supposed to be.Yet each year, prosecutors and law enforcement agencies seize hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cars, homes, ca ...
21 Nov, 2017
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4 min read
Lawsuit Could Change Presidential Debates Forever Says Attorney for Independent Voter Project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaBKD8rRDXM&feature=youtu.beChad Peace, attorney for the Independent Voter Project, as well as 6 high-profile signatories, filed an amicus brief on September 22, 20 ...
16 Oct, 2017
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2 min read
The Neo-Independent: Making Sense of the Senseless
A woman I know sent me a note the other day. I was surprised, but happy to hear from her as we don’t know each other well.In the note, she explained that she had woken up last Monday morning to the ne ...
11 Oct, 2017
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5 min read
Amicus Brief to Judge: Open Debates Matter
The bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debate’s (CPD) 15 percent rule exacerbates the political divide in the US, leaves millions of voters unrepresented in presidential elections, and undermines f ...
22 Sep, 2017
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4 min read
Howard Dean: Both Parties Driving Younger Voters to Be Independents
Dr. Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, and a leading contender for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004, recently had some sobering words for the two major political parties in the ...
20 Sep, 2017
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3 min read
Our Republic Is Sick, And It Needs More Than a Red or Blue Pill to Save It
Political advisor and author Mark McKinnon says that “A messy participatory process is representative democracy at its best.” We understand what he’s getting at.The contest of ideas and the formation ...
31 Aug, 2017
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3 min read
Trump Tries To Combat The Deep State With Military Structure
It’s no secret that the White House has had their share of problems when it comes to intelligence leaks in the first 200 days of the Trump administration. While some say that the so-called “deep ...
17 Aug, 2017
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4 min read
Morning Report: August 11, 2017
Statistics are pointing to a another steep rise in opioid deaths within the next 10 years. To illustrate the point of just how critical the crisis has become, in the state of Massachusetts, 90% of all ...
10 Aug, 2017
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3 min read
David Walker: The Critical Cures for America’s Fiscal Crisis
IVN podcast host T.J. O’Hara is joined by David Walker. Walker served as the seventh U.S. Comptroller General for the Clinton and Bush administrations, as well as the head of the U.S. Govern ...
18 Jul, 2017
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White House, States Fight over Your Personal Voter Data
Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who serves as vice-chair of the Presidential Advisory Committee on Election Integrity, sent a letter to every secretary of state in the US this week asking them ...
30 Jun, 2017
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3 min read