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Federal Judge Doesn't Let Debate Commission Off Easy
The U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. heard oral arguments today in the lawsuit filed by Level the Playing Field (LPF) challenging the nonprofit status of the Commission on Presidential Debates, ...
05 Jan, 2017
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3 Historical Mistakes Trump Will Need To Avoid During Inauguration
History always serves us a cautionary tale -- avoiding the mistakes of the past is the surest way to avoid immense criticism, even if all we do is create new mistakes in the process.Inaugural celebrat ...
03 Jan, 2017
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The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
Despite the GOP's initial distaste towards now President Elect Trump (see: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney), party members seem to have come around to the idea of a Trump presidency and a ...
31 Dec, 2016
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Top IVN Articles of 2016
It’s been said before, what a year! We’ve followed the presidential election, electoral reform, and everything in between.Below, we've compiled the top articles on IVN from this past year - ...
27 Dec, 2016
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Libertarian Party Robbed of Party Status
Out of all the winners of the 2016 elections, the biggest might have been the Libertarian Party (LP). While Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson did not reach the coveted 5% in national pol ...
27 Dec, 2016
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Uninformed or Misinformed: The Modern Media Dilemma
A free press is the watchdog of the people. The media holds the sacred responsibility of alerting the citizenry of actions by governments, elected politicians, corporations and even private citizens. ...
23 Dec, 2016
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6 min read
Faithless Electors Test Power of Parties
On Monday, December 19, electors from across the country gathered to cast the official votes for president. Of the 538 votes that were tallied, seven came from faithless electors – electors who chose ...
23 Dec, 2016
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10 Times The U.S. "Hacked" Foreign Elections and Democracies
Over a month after the conclusion of the 2016 presidential election, politicians, and unnamed sources quoted in various media outlets continue to raise the spectre of Russian interference in the elect ...
22 Dec, 2016
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Faced With a Lawsuit, Debate Commission Loses One-Third of Its Board Members
The Commission on Presidential Debates, or CPD, has been under fire for its policies for several years now. For the past 24 years, the CPD has excluded anyone but the Republican and Democratic nominee ...
21 Dec, 2016
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IVN Podcast: Trump Tweets and Calexit
This week on IVN's podcast we discuss how the president-elects use of twitter and how it could impact businesses with Dr. Wendy Patrick. We also chat with Katy Grimes, journalist with FlashReport.org ...
20 Dec, 2016
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