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Trump Imposes Tough Sanctions on Worst Human Rights Abusers
The US Treasury released a press release Thursday announcing a new executive order signed by Donald Trump that imposes sanctions on new sanctions against human rights abusers around the world under th...
Mark Kersey Gets Candid on Short Term Rentals, Labor Unions and His Senate Bid
District 5 City Councilman Mark Kersey joined IVN San Diego for our latest podcast to discuss the recent changes made by Council President Myrtle Cole to city council committees, the very public failu...
If You Investigate Jill Stein for Russian Ties, You Might As Well Throw In Larry King Too
In 2012, I worked as communications director for the Free And Equal Elections Foundation (F&E). We produced a series of two presidential debates that year, both attended by Jill Stein. The CIA now...
Are Republicans Hurting the Elderly with New Tax Plan?
Donald Trump has accomplished “a number of fairly serious achievements,” in his first year as president — in the eyes of real-life super villain Vladimir Putin, at least. Unless you consider “most cab...
Meet The Candidate Giving Independents Hope in the Midwest
Unbeknownst to most, Nebraska records some of the coldest temperatures in the United States. The reason it beats out most northern states is because it’s so flat the cold winds blow uninterrupted.Bob ...
Political Purism Isn’t Principled In An Impure World
Margaret Thatcher once said that “politics at its purest is philosophy in action." As someone who gave her name to a political age that represented a very clear break from what came before and fundame...
Studies: Segregation by Political Opinion is Real
Moviegoers 50 years ago were captivated and challenged by a provocative, topical film: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? The storyline was tailor-made for the moment.Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn po...
Florida Voters Defy Two-Party Duopoly; Want Open Primaries for ALL Voters
If the recommendations of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Unity Reform Commission (URC) are eventually approved and enacted, will the Democratic Party be “united”? Although fissures always e...
Dying Parties, (Very) Bad Behavior, and It’s Still a Happy New Year
Some days I turn on the TV to catch a few segments of “Morning Joe,” the morning political talk show on MSNBC. I tuned in last week for a roundtable discussion of a new poll done by Harvard’s In...
Bill to Empower Military Voters Used to Hurt Third Parties in New York
The Federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Jeff Sessions is hampering the ability of minor parties to get t...