On November 3, Seattle voters passed initiative I-122. See this story. The initiative provides that for city elections, all registered voters will receive four vouchers, each worth $25. The voter is free to give his or her vouchers to any candidate or ballot measure running in a Seattle city election. …read more
Kshama Sawant, the Seattle city councilmember who was elected four years ago, appears to have been re-elected. See this story. The race is non-partisan, but she is a member of Socialist Alternative. …read more
Have the American people defeated the REAL ID Act?
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Tonight, Downsize DC President, Jim Babka, will appear in Orlando, Florida. Tomorrow, he moves to Fort Myers, and Thursday he’ll be in Tampa. His talk is titled, “How one voluntaryist can turn Florida into a libertarian place.” Specific times and places can be found on the Zero Aggression blog.
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Downsize DC has been fighting the REAL ID Act since Congress passed it in 2005. REAL ID established standards for ID cards that all states were supposed to follow. Ten years later not a single state has fully complied with REAL ID.
That’s because the …read more
Flint, MI – An angry mother recently posted cellphone video of her 7-year-old son in handcuffs at his elementary school. The officer who detained him was unable to release him because he lost his set of keys to the handcuffs.
Cameron McCadden, who is 7-years-old, told his mother that he was handcuffed by police because he kicked a cart and refused to sit down when the officer asked him to, and the school has remained silent about the details of the incident.
In a statement, the Flint Police Department said that the student “appeared intent on injuring himself” and that “The officer …read more
We’re excited to announce that USAA has launched a pilot that allows a limited group of USAA members to view their bitcoin balance on USAA.com and the USAA Mobile App. This pilot was rolled out to USAA employees in September and is now being extended to a select group of USAA members.
USAA was founded in 1922 by a group of U.S. Army officers that were unable to get auto-insurance because they were deemed to be high-risk by traditional financial service providers. Today, USAA provides insurance, banking, investments, retirement products, and advice to 11.2 million current and former members of the …read more
Washington D.C. (RT) — Fresh back from Kiev, Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley called Russia “aggressive” and “adversarial to the interests of the United States,” claiming that having nuclear weapons and the ability to use them makes Russia the foremost threat to the US.
Russia is the only country in the world with the nuclear capability to destroy the United States, which makes it an existential threat, Milley told the audience at the Defense One summit in Washington, DC on Monday. Moscow’s recent behavior suggested that Russia would be willing to use such weapons, the general added, saying that …read more
The U.S. District Court that is handling Libertarian Party of Illinois v Illinois State Board of Elections said on November 2 that the decision will be out shortly. The Court had previously said it would be out on October 8, then October 30, then November 2. …read more
On November 2, Larry Lessig announced that because the Democratic National Committee recently made a slight change to the rules on primary debates, he has no ability to qualify for the next Democratic debate, which is on November 14. See his statement here. He is withdrawing. The statement is four minutes long. …read more
I’m a bit of a fan of tablets. Android tablets, in particular, but I suppose iPads can be nice, too, if Apple is your thing. At the Dark Android Project, I usually recommend tablets for security issues with SIM cards–which most tablets don’t have (and if you can remove them from your smartphone, that’s just as good, too)–so I often get asked to give reviews on the latest tablets to come out, and how well they work towards making a “DAPS-ready” device…or a at least a device that can be used with privacy and security in mind.
Honestly, this doesn’t happen …read more
On October 26, Willis Carto, founder of the Populist Party, died in Virginia. He was 89. The Populist Party existed 1984-1994. It ran Bob Richards for President in 1984 (former Olympic champion); David Duke in 1988; and Bo Gritz in 1992. The New York Times has a lengthy obituary for him. Thanks to Jack Ross for the link. …read more
