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The back and forth between President Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s former campaign manager John Podesta continues. The battle rages over the hacked DNC server, and questions as to why it still hasn’t been turned over to the DHS and FBI for review, if in fact a crime was committed as Podesta and the intelligence community maintains. The private company CrowdStrike, hired by the Democratic Party, remains the only group to have had access to the server. President Trump is in Hamburg, German

Like a lot of Missouri voters, I’m beyond angry at our recent divisive presidential election and scandal-plagued state legislature. It’s time to vent that anger at the real culprit: an election system rigged against the voters. If you’re like me, you have deeply held political principles, but right now you’d prefer if news about politics just went away. For the media and political parties, politics is just about putting people in boxes and keeping them there. As an African-American woman who

The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal voter data if it is publicly available per state law. Source: NBCNews.com Source: Forbes Source: Vox From the headlines alone, this seems like a major, bipartisan rejection of the commission's request for personal voter data. Except, the headlines are a bit misleading. Here is what you need to

In a paper published by The Economic Journal last month, a study by the Norwegian School of Economics in partnership with the Pennsylvania State University Department of Sociology and Criminology, found that marijuana legalization has led to a decrease in violent crime in U.S. states that border Mexico. Over the past several years, sweeping reforms to marijuana policies have reached a tipping point with legal medical marijuana now in more states (currently 29) than those that continue to prohib

Getting elected as a third-party candidate is no easy feat in the United States. In fact, the deck is so stacked against alternative candidates — courtesy of gerrymandered voting districts that favor one of the major parties, ballot access laws that make it impossible for third parties to gain momentum with each passing election cycle, or public debates that only invite Democrats and Republicans to participate — that it is practically impossible. But the Libertarian Party has created a model t

The Fourth of July is here and Americans across the country will celebrate the nation's birthday with fireworks, picnics, trips out of town or to the beach, barbecue, concerts and countless other ways. So, to celebrate our nation’s birthday, we wanted to give you four facts on the Fourth that you might not have known. The Fourth of July commemorates the adoption and print recognition of the Declaration of Independence. But the resolution for independence was actually approved by the Second Con

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Cn1zB7610 Nevada became the fifth state in the nation -- joining Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington -- to legalize the use and sale of recreational marijuana Saturday. Marijuana advocates and consumers celebrated with fireworks and other festivities -- fitting for the July 4 weekend. It is important to clarify that eight states plus the District of Columbia now have laws on the books that legalize the recreational use of marijuana. However, due to bureau

https://twitter.com/acbowen/status/880575437432160257 San Diego, CALIF. - The eighth largest city in America is no stranger to political scandals. From Enron by the Sea, to the sudden resignations of Mayors Dick Murphy and Bob Filner, the City of San Diego has not been deprived of shortcomings. And now, the place affectionately called America's Finest City, has a new scandal brewing. Not to be outdone by the constant flow of leaks in Washington, D.C., the city attorney of San Diego, Mara Elli

A bill re-introduced in the US House wants to open the electoral process for non-presidential federal elections, give voters more opportunities to vote, and reform the way electoral districts are redrawn. The bill is called the Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 (HR2981). It was introduced by US Rep John Delaney (D-Md.), and is co-sponsored by US Reps. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.), Scott Peters (D-Calif.), Jared Polis (D-Colo.), and John Yarmuth (D-Ky.). The bill would do 3 main things: 1. It requires

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange outlined a list of six reasons "Why the Democratic Party is doomed" earlier this week, and in the process, spelled doom for all political partisanship. Some of the reasons he listed were particular to the United States' oldest political party's recent electoral failures and short-sighted strategy of pushing the narrative that President Trump's team colluded with Russia to steal the election. In the course of his analysis, however, Assange inadvertently makes a