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Reuters yesterday issued survey findings that showed, for the first time in the Trump presidency, that voters would prefer to vote for a Republican for Congress in 2018. This, of course, runs counter to the media narrative. The question specifically asks “Thinking about the elections in 2018, if the election for U.S. Congress were held today, would you vote for the Democratic candidate or the Republican candidate in your district where you live?” Thirty-eight percent of poll respondents chose

… But I do know an animal when I see one. Yesterday, the White House put a fine point on President Trump’s description of MS-13 gang members as “animals.” In a 491 word posting on the White House website, White House staff used the word “animals” no fewer than 10 times in describing MS-13 atrocities. The knee jerk reaction since 2016 of the Resistance left and the Resistance media is that if Trump said it, they have to be against it. With his MS-13 comments, Trump has put his political oppone

Former Republican Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld has endorsed Libertarian Kevin McCormick for Governor of Arizona. The announcement comes as McCormick is on the campaign trail, driving home his message of fiscal responsibility, the need for better teacher pay, preservation of gun owner’s rights and the need to scrap cumbersome and expensive marijuana laws. According to Weld, the former 2016 Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate, McCormick’s efforts to work across the aisle make hi

Paul Kerr is one of four Democrats running to make it through the Top-Two Primary and compete in the November general election. One candidate will fill the void left by Republican Darrell Issa in the 49th Congressional District. Issa's surprise retirement has brought a flurry of activity and candidates for the district that covers the northern coastal areas of San Diego County as well as a small portion of southern Orange County, and the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. Kerr, a successful sma

A report released last month by the Pentagon found that reports of sexual harassment in the military increased from fiscal year 2016, but this is not necessarily a bad thing. The report also found that reports of retaliation against those making reports increased as well, proving that there is still much work to be done to combat the epidemic of sexual violence in the nation’s military. The report, compiled by a bi-annual survey, found that there was an approximate 10 percent increase in the n

On Tuesday, the Democratic and Republican Parties of Pennsylvania nominated candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, and the commonwealth's congressional delegation to Washington. Yet 1.1 million independent voters were disenfranchised by closed primaries, which are only open to partisan voters. Nearly half of U.S. states have an open primary in which any registered voter is allowed to participate, and several have closed primaries like Pennsylvania. A couple states like California have

A group of independent candidates are running to be the first unaffiliated lawmakers elected to the legislature in Colorado history. The slate of independents was brought together by Unite Colorado, which is trying to build the structural and financial support these candidates need to beat the two-party establishment. Among these candidates is Steve Peterson, who is running in the historically "deep red" State Senate District 30. Peterson is in a unique position because, if elected, he alone co

From December 2015 when I began as The Young Turks first-ever reporter in the field to two and a half years later, I was fortunate enough to grow an audience by showing the stories of the downtrodden: the struggling, the poor, the poisoned, and frankly, the screwed by an ever-expanding 'United Corporations of America.' In all of my travels across the country reporting for TYT— which included many trips to Flint, and Standing Rock, East Chicago, and beyond — the thought never crossed my mind to

As the Green Party candidate for Congress in upstate NY District 21, when I describe the threats of global warming and the urgent need for an electric grid and national economy based on clean, renewable energy, I always hear the same three challenges: * “Green energy is a pipedream that can’t power anything larger than a flashlight.” * “Solar electric power is subsidized by the government and could not survive in a free market.” * “I don’t believe in climate change, so what’s the big deal?”

It is no secret that Americans are dissatisfied with the work Congress is doing. A 15 percent congressional approval rating has become the norm in American politics. Most voters don't feel either party represents them on Capitol Hill, and people feel like neither chamber is able to get anything substantive done. But there are organizations out there that are leading the effort to change a political culture that has millions of Americans feeling left out in the cold. In the media, all people se