Cop Who Crashed While High On Drug Cocktail, Alcohol And Bath Salts Was Under Investigation
Police Department was aware of their captain’s drug habit prior to his fatal crash. …read more
Residents Riot After Watching Salt Lake City Cops Shoot 16-year-old Holding Broomstick
Rioting followed the Salt Lake City Police shooting of a 16-year-old boy who was holding a broomstick. …read more
Delegates, superdelegates, and the illusion of choice
After the First in the Nation New Hampshire Primary in early February, many people learned the term superdelegates, even though it’s not a new term or idea. The Democratic Party’s …
Republican Registration Nationwide Rises Slightly, the First Increase Since 2004
Current registration data shows that 29.9% of voters in states that have partisan registration are Republicans. This is slightly higher than the October 2014 percentage, when Republicans had 29.8% This is the first time the Republican share nationwide has risen since 2004, when it was slightly better than it had been in 2002.
Democratic registration nationwide is at 40.6%, the lowest it has been in at least 35 years. The share of registered independents and minor parties is 29.5%, the highest it has ever been since I have been collecting data starting in 1980.
However, these figures are still …read more
BOMBSHELL: State Supreme Court Just Ruled Mandatory DUI Tests are Unconstitutional
DUI law “punishes people for exercising their constitutional right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.” …read more
65,000% Spike in Radiation Outside New York Nuclear Plant is Likely Worse than Fukushima
An uncontrollable radioactive flow from the Indian Point nuclear power plant continues leaking into groundwater 25 miles from NYC …read more
Court Directs Connecticut Voter who was Expelled from the Connecticut Republican Party to Negotiate a Settlement
As noted earlier, on February 3 a Connecticut voter who was expelled from the Republican Party then filed a federal lawsuit, demanding to be restored to the registration rolls as a Republican so that she can vote in the April Republican presidential primary. On February 26, the judge in her case set up a settlement conference, which will probably resolve the problem. The case is Miller v Dunkerton, 3:16cv-174.
The party expelled her because last year, without joining the Democratic Party, she accepted a Democratic nomination for a local special election. …read more
South Dakota Attorney General Says Parties Can Get on Ballot with No Petition, If They are Willing to Forego Nominating Anyone for Congress, Governor or Legislature
On February 26, the Attorney General of South Dakota wrote a letter to attorneys for the Libertarian and Constitution Parties. Those two parties are currently suing South Dakota over the March 29 deadline to submit a petition for party status. The letter says the parties, or any parties, don’t need a petition if they just want to be on the general election ballot for President and for statewide state executive positions other than Governor (i.e., Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Public Utilities Commissioner, etc.)
Until this letter arrived, virtually everyone had believed that a group could not …read more
Group of Republican Donors Hires Consulting Firm to Research How to Qualify an Independent Presidential Candidate
An anonymous group of Republican Party donors has asked a Republican political consulting firm to research how an independent presidential candidate can get on state ballots. See this document. Here is a Politico story about the report. The authors of the report seem to miss the fact that procedures for a new party in Delaware, Florida, New Mexico, and Texas, are far easier than the requirements to be an independent presidential candidate. The firm is Data Targeting. …read more
The Power of Truth — Famous D.A.R.E. Cop Now Lobbies to Legalize Pot — After it Saved His Life
After breaking free from his opioid suffering by using marijuana, this former drug prohibitionist has a completely different view. …read more