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In Maine: Partisan Hypocrisy Protects Minority Rule in Governor's Race
In Maine: Partisan Hypocrisy Protects Minority Rule in Governor's Race
In November, Mainers will vote for governor. Recent poll results show four candidates splitting the vote. Talk of “spoilers” is rearing its ugly head, again.
6 Overlooked Efforts to Work Across the Aisle in Congress
6 Overlooked Efforts to Work Across the Aisle in Congress
Shouting “news” anchors. A barrage of insults. Media headlines plastered with scandals and investigations. We must be watching politics in modern day America. A 2017 study by the Pew Research Center s...
Trump-Paul Alliance Strengthens
Trump-Paul Alliance Strengthens
President Donald Trump and Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) played another round of golf this Sunday in New Jersey before Paul was seen boarding Air Force One with the president for a flight back to Washingt...
250+ Independent Leaders Unite During Historic Fight Against Two-Party Control
250+ Independent Leaders Unite During Historic Fight Against Two-Party Control
DENVER, COLO. - Unite America, a national organization providing support for independent candidates running for elected office in various states, hosted the first-ever Unite Summit in Denver, Colorado...
A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Voice of a People, The Soul of a Movement
A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Voice of a People, The Soul of a Movement
Updated on Thursday, August 23, 2018 Aretha Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1942, two years later her family moved to Buffalo, New York and from there to Detroit, Michigan wh...
Connecticut Gov. Primary: Major Party Candidate Advances with 2% Voter Support
Connecticut Gov. Primary: Major Party Candidate Advances with 2% Voter Support
Connecticut was one of four states that had its 2018 primary elections Tuesday. Republicans and Democrats went to the polls to decide their party's respective nominees -- though not in high numbers.Ac...
The Summer of Our Discontent
The Summer of Our Discontent
Lately, I’ve been glued to my laptop watching CNN news clips from 1999, when Donald Trump was weighing a possible presidential run in the Reform Party. “Everybody wants me to run for President …” he t...
5 Things Congress Must Do Differently to Save Our Family Farms
5 Things Congress Must Do Differently to Save Our Family Farms
The 2018 Farm Bill is a weapon aimed at family-owned dairy farms. For decades, especially since 2000, the federal government has set the price of milk BELOW the cost of production, guaranteeing farm d...
Kobach's Kansas Conflict: Why Elections Officials Should Be Nonpartisan
Kobach's Kansas Conflict: Why Elections Officials Should Be Nonpartisan
Update: After voting discrepancies were discovered, Kris Kobach announced that he will recuse himself from the recount of the GOP gubernatorial primary election. Additionally, sitting Gov. Jeff Colyer...
OPINION: US Health Care System Leaves Senior Citizens Suffering
OPINION: US Health Care System Leaves Senior Citizens Suffering
Seniors in America have it tough. Instead of granting COLA (cost of living adjustments), the Republican-controlled Congress has been hard at work finding ways to slash Social Security and Medicare, th...