Opinion - Independent Voter News (Page 4)

Hate Gerrymandering? Let’s Start Voting in Primaries

Responding to pressure from President Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott and the Republican-controlled legislature are moving forward with a plan to redraw their district lines in advance of the 2026 midterms. Democrats are contemplating how to fight back and blunt any gains the GOP makes in Texas by

By John Opdycke

August 7, 2025

Hate Gerrymandering? Let’s Start Voting in Primaries

'We Don’t Have a King': Hollywood Fires Back at Trump Over Attacks on Free Press

In a sharply worded letter released this week, more than 2,300 members of the Writers Guild of America accused President Donald Trump and his allies of launching an organized campaign to suppress independent media. The letter, which was signed by a wide range of television and film writers, from hig

By Cara Brown McCormick

August 7, 2025

'We Don’t Have a King': Hollywood Fires Back at Trump Over Attacks on Free Press

From Relief to Rage: $100M FireAid Concert Engulfed in Political Scandal

It seems we can’t even have a $100 million benefit concert without inviting partisan bickering. What began as an urgent and well-intentioned philanthropic effort to help victims of two catastrophic fires has turned into another political fight between the two major political parties.

By Cara Brown McCormick

August 5, 2025

From Relief to Rage: $100M FireAid Concert Engulfed in Political Scandal

DC Dems to Independent Voters: You Don’t Matter

The DC City Council had one final opportunity to fund a provision approved by 73% of city voters in November that would open primary elections to 83,000+ independent voters – and the Democratic-controlled body elected instead not to honor the will of voters.

By Shawn Griffiths

July 29, 2025

DC Dems to Independent Voters: You Don’t Matter

Michael Smerconish Leads Lawsuit Against Both Political Parties

CNN host Michael Smerconish is a Pennsylvania voter who is denied access to taxpayer-funded primaries because he is a registered non-party affiliate (independent). He is also one of the plaintiffs in a new lawsuit challenging his state’s use of closed primaries.

By Shawn Griffiths

July 22, 2025

Michael Smerconish Leads Lawsuit Against Both Political Parties

Will Politics Kill Late Night TV?

Stephen Colbert’s Late Show is ending after nearly a decade at the top of the ratings. CBS insists this is a financial decision. Of course, everyone else is wondering if something more political may be at play. And the President of the United States is celebrating the news. Donald Trump took to Trut

By Cara Brown McCormick

July 18, 2025

Mamdani, Lander, and Other Partisan Extremists Just Took a Bite Out of NYC’s Democracy

The partisans, unions, and party bosses have won again. Independents, veterans, working people, young people and democracy have lost again.

By Paul Rieckhoff

July 18, 2025

Mamdani, Lander, and Other Partisan Extremists Just Took a Bite Out of NYC’s Democracy

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom are escalating a partisan tug-of-war match — each threatening to manipulate electoral maps for short-term advantage. However, their proposals are receiving significant pushback from voters, election reform advocates, even members of their o

By Shawn Griffiths

July 17, 2025

Trump and Newsom Engage in War to See Who Can Offend Voters the Most

Unlikely Bedfellows: The Strange Alliance to Expose Epstein Files

President Donald Trump is working hard to put a lid on the Jeffrey Epstein controversy roiling his party. So far, it isn’t working. One procedural tool in Congress, a little-used but powerful discharge petition, could push the issue out of Trump’s control.

By Cara Brown McCormick

July 17, 2025

Unlikely Bedfellows: The Strange Alliance to Expose Epstein Files

Texas, Football, Bobcats, Pac-12, and a Corrections Officer Who Performed a Miracle

Houston Chronicle and Hearst Newspapers Spotlight Kelly Damphousse, a Former Correctional Officer Who Transformed a University.

By Cara Brown McCormick

July 10, 2025

Texas, Football, Bobcats, Pac-12, and a Corrections Officer Who Performed a Miracle

'Why Am I Doing This?': Don Bacon’s Retirement Reflects a Congress Driving Out Problem Solvers

U.S. Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) recently announced his retirement from Congress, but the reasons he cites for his departure underscore a growing problem in Washington -- specifically, a rejection of problem solving in favor of division, partisan gamesmanship, and provocation.

By Shawn Griffiths

July 9, 2025

'Why Am I Doing This?': Don Bacon’s Retirement Reflects a Congress Driving Out Problem Solvers

Has Trump Made His Case for the Nobel Peace Prize?

A news item in recent days that was overshadowed in the media by SCOTUS and the One Big Beautiful Budget Bill was a US-brokered peace agreement that was signed between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – which if it holds will end a conflict between the two countries that has killed

By Shawn Griffiths

June 30, 2025

Has Trump Made His Case for the Nobel Peace Prize?