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On January 16, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission filed this brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, in the case called Arizona State Legislature v Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, 13-1314. Under Arizona’s constitution, the Commission is responsible for drawing U.S. House and legislative district boundaries after each census. The legislature sued the commission, arguing that the(More)… …read more

West Virginia State Senator Charles Trump (R-Martinsburg) has introduced SB 249, to eliminate the straight-ticket device. The bill is co-sponsored by four other Republican Senators, Craig Blair, Ryan Ferns, Mike Hall, and Chris Walters. Republicans have a tiny majority in the State Senate and a large majority in the House. The Governor is a Democrat.(More)… …read more

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba – This week, as millions of Americans demand that Guantanamo Bay guards be prosecuted for war crimes, it seems that some of them may be getting jobs as cops instead.
It was recently reported that large numbers of military police officers who were formerly stationed at the infamous torture prisons, are now getting jobs as local cops, and could be coming to a town near you. The Worcester Police department in Massachusetts is testing a pilot program, in which former Guantanamo prison guards will be given jobs as police.
Although it is common practice for police departments to hire …read more

Los Angeles, CA– The Los Angeles Police Department is looking into possible charges over an embarrassing prank titled “Coke Prank on Cops” which was posted to YouTube on Monday and quickly went viral.

In the video, four young men are seen asking people if they want some coke at Venice Beach. They are sitting inside their SUV (which was fitted with cameras) when they were approached by two LAPD Pacific Division officers.
The YouTube sensations managed to keep up the act while being questioned, and even handcuffed after one of the men yelled out, “I can’t do this, I can’t do this, …read more

Great Britain will hold a House of Commons election in May 2015, and already the arguments over which parties should be included in BBC’s debates (for the potential prime minister candidates of each party) are raging. The BBC had already said four parties could participate: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat, and UKIP. The Green Party has(More)… …read more

On January 15, the California State Appeals Court based in San Francisco heard oral arguments in Rubin v Bowen, the case in which minor parties sued to overturn the top-two primary system on the grounds that the system disenfranchises voters in the general election who wish to vote for minor party candidates. The hearing began(More)… …read more

“It’s not often police speak out against one of their own, but we are all truly appalled.”

Baltimore, MD– All charges have been dropped against Officer Thomas Schmidt, a Baltimore police officer who had been charged with multiple counts of animal cruelty after allegedly holding down a small dog while Officer Jeffrey Bolger slit its throat.

Schmidt, a 24-year veteran of the department, retired in September and will not be returning to the force. The trial for Bolger is scheduled for August.
A medical examiner has been hired by the defense as an expert and is expected to testify that the …read more

Los Angeles, CA — The guys from Nelk Filmz decided that it would be funny to act like coke dealers at the beach. Only the coke they were selling was the same coke you could get out of a vending machine.
The idea was that if someone said “yes” to the question of, “Hey do you wanna buy some coke?” they would pull out one of the cans they had stashed in the back of their SUV.
Apparently this got the attention of the LAPD, who quickly showed up to investigate their suspicious activity……so the pranksters played along.
The two bicycle units that …read more

On the evening of January 14, the Republican National Committee confirmed that the party’s next national convention will be July 18-21, 2016, in Cleveland, Ohio. The Democratic Party still hasn’t chosen its dates, nor has it chosen the city. As far as is known, the only other party that has set a date and location(More)… …read more

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a Republican, wants the legislature to create a straight-ticket device for Kansas general election ballots. Kansas repealed the device in 1923. See this story. The story says that Wisconsin recently repealed the device, yet a voters’ referendum brought it back. The story is factually incorrect. It is Michigan where(More)… …read more