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During a "press conference" Monday morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said it was clear that the ODNI report on the hacking of the DNC and former Hillary Clinton presidential campaign chief John Podesta was clearly politicized. He added that the report was "quite embarrassing to the reputations of the US intelligence services." ALSO READ: Assange: Russians Didn’t Give Us DNC, Podesta Emails Assange discussed the ODNI report and the tens of thousands of emails taken from DNC officials an

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, just under two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. Level the Playing Field's legal team, including lead attorney Alexandra Shapiro (far left), LPF Executive Director Cara McCormick (middle), LPF CEO Peter Ackerman (middle), and attorney Chetan Patil (far right). L

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 celebrations have been no exception.  The greatest and most memorable inaugural speeches focus on the present issues, the greatness of America, and the peaceful transition of power. The worst often speak for themselves. James Buchanan (1857): No one likes a 'sore winner.' History has been unkind to Bu

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 are willing to work with him to forward their policy goals. One week after election day, Ryan told reporters, "Welcome to the dawn of a new unified Republican government. This will be a government focused on turning President-elect Trump's victory into real progress for the American people." While the O

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 - found using Facebook engagement and article pageviews. Check out the headlines and highlights of each article. DNC Chair: Superdelegates Exist to Protect Party Leaders from Grassroots Competition Published February 12th by Truth in Media Democratic National Committee chair and Florida Congresswoman Debb

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 polls to boost his party in future presidential elections, he did help his party extend its ballot access to 39 states for the 2018 elections. READ MORE: The 2016 Election’s Biggest Winner: Gary Johnson and The Libertarian Party? For a third party, that is a big deal. It means they do not have to spe

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. It is the fourth estate guaranteed by the First Amendment. For democracy, this is the fire alarm. But now the fourth estate is in crisis. The news media has been reshaped, redefined, and side tracked by commercial interests, biased ownership, the phenomenon of social media, the Internet, and a fail

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 not to vote for the nominee who won a plurality of votes in their state. These included four Democratic electors in Washington state, two Republican electors in Texas, and one Democratic elector in Hawaii. There were also three "would-be" faithless electors whose dissenting votes were not counted.

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 elections. As TIME pointed out last week, this is a fear that goes back to the time of America's Founding Fathers, with Alexander Hamilton, for instance, concerned about, "the desire in foreign powers to gain an improper ascendant in our councils." Yet, as Glenn Greenwald has pointed out throughout the

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 nominees from participating in the three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate in September and October before the election. An important lawsuit, Level the Playing Field, et al. v. Federal Election Commission, goes before a federal judge on Jan. 5. That suit seeks to accomplish what the C