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Libertarian Party Fights Back Against Duopoly Nationwide
The Libertarian Party continues to bask in a historic election year, gaining party status and ballot access in more states in 2016. The general platform of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism/to ...
28 Feb, 2017
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Darrell Issa Has Called for a Special Prosecutor for Trump and Hillary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzVZE-Mk0UU.S. Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican representing the 49th district in California, said he was not going to let the Trump-Russia accusations slide ...
27 Feb, 2017
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Meet the Press: Energy in Both Parties Not with Washington Elite
During Sunday morning's episode of Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd and his panel of political commentators discussed the current state of the Republican and Democratic Parties. The conclusion? Grassro ...
27 Feb, 2017
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First Amendment Under Fire: The Real Threat to the Republic
"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will." -- Thomas JeffersonThe White House Friday excluded reporters from The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, ...
27 Feb, 2017
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The "States' Rights Party" Has a Serious States' Rights Problem
The issue of civil liberties versus states' rights has entered the forefront of the national political discussion as the White House made two announcements this week: (1) It's a states' rights issue t ...
24 Feb, 2017
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History Indicates a Rocky Road Ahead for Term Limits
True to their promise to impose term limits, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL) kicked-off 2017 by introducing a constitutional amendment which proposes limiting ...
23 Feb, 2017
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My Encounter with Ayn Rand at Fourteen
I was 14 when I saw "The Fountainhead" with Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal. I saw the film on a Saturday afternoon at the North Park Theater in the San Diego community by that name (a 10 cents trolley ...
23 Feb, 2017
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Media, White House Fight over Control of "Exactly What People Think"
On Wednesday's episode of MSNBC's Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski made a comment that is currently making its rounds on conservative-leaning news outlets and news aggregation sites like Drudge Report:Brz ...
22 Feb, 2017
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Testimony: Maine Voters Deserve Open Elections, More Choice
I'm Joe Pickering Jr, representing Mainers for Open Elections, a new corporation. We support LD 78. Maine Voters should vote in any election without the label "unaffiliated voter." We t ...
21 Feb, 2017
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Tulsi Gabbard: A New Champion for Independent-Minded Voters?
Many independent-minded voters turned to U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders during the 2016 presidential election for his populist, anti-establishment message. To them, he represented the kind of statesman ...
21 Feb, 2017
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