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Rand Paul N.H. Campaign Office Burglarized, Computers Stolen
Rand Paul N.H. Campaign Office Burglarized, Computers Stolen
Sen. Rand Paul’s presidential campaign office in New Hampshire was broken into sometime in the past 24 hours, robbed of computers with databases and campaign files, according to social media posts fro ...
27 Jan, 2016
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Power of the Vote: The Hopeless Vote
Power of the Vote: The Hopeless Vote
It's incredibly sad that in a country that is supposed to be the "city upon a hill" example to the world, we rank 120th out of 169 countries in voter participation.In 2012, just under 55 percent of th ...
27 Jan, 2016
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Waiting For The Next Car Crash, We Miss What's Really Going On In The Race
Waiting For The Next Car Crash, We Miss What's Really Going On In The Race
The hand wringing has already begun inside the beltway about when – and if – independent Michael Bloomberg enters the presidential race. The first question in the media revolves around who l ...
25 Jan, 2016
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4 min read
'Someone Skipped Econ 101': Everyone on the Internet is a Google-Certified Economist
'Someone Skipped Econ 101': Everyone on the Internet is a Google-Certified Economist
It's almost a daily occurrence to see the phrase 'someone skipped Economics 101' in the comment sections on the IVN site or Facebook page.It seems that everyone is a self-proclaimed expert in economic ...
25 Jan, 2016
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Bernie Sanders' Latest Ad Doesn't Focus on Politics or Agendas... It Focuses on People
Bernie Sanders' Latest Ad Doesn't Focus on Politics or Agendas... It Focuses on People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nwRiuh1CugBernie Sanders may have released his most effective campaign ad to date, certainly one that will have people talking going into the February 1 Iowa Caucuses. ...
21 Jan, 2016
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CBO Predicts Debt Will Rise to 155 Percent of GDP in Next 30 Years
CBO Predicts Debt Will Rise to 155 Percent of GDP in Next 30 Years
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released projections [Tuesday] that show the federal deficit rising this year for the first ti ...
20 Jan, 2016
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Prediction: Sanders, Trump Will Win Iowa - But Party Insiders Will Take the Delegates
Prediction: Sanders, Trump Will Win Iowa - But Party Insiders Will Take the Delegates
Looking ahead to the Iowa Caucuses on Monday, February 1, IVN predicts that Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders will win their respective cauc ...
20 Jan, 2016
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5 min read
Plutocrats United: The Impact of Citizens United Isn't Simply About Corruption... It's About Political Equality
Plutocrats United: The Impact of Citizens United Isn't Simply About Corruption... It's About Political Equality
In recent years, few Supreme Court decisions have been as controversial – or as consequential – as the ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission in 2010, in which the 5-4 ...
19 Jan, 2016
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From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr: Is The Dream Still Relevant?
From Abraham Lincoln to Martin Luther King Jr: Is The Dream Still Relevant?
On September 22, 1862, Abraham Lincoln announced his intention to order the emancipation of all slaves in the states that did not end their rebellion by January 1, 1863.So on January 1, 1863, Presiden ...
18 Jan, 2016
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Clinton Attacks Backfire; Lead to Huge Money Bomb for Sanders
Clinton Attacks Backfire; Lead to Huge Money Bomb for Sanders
It seems that supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders have given their response to Hillary Clinton's newest line of attack. The Sanders team reports that his campaign pulle ...
15 Jan, 2016
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