Despite its reputation as a blue state, California is of paramount importance to Republicans aiming to maintain control in the House of Representatives past this election cycle. As the slogan goes, "hold onto California, hold onto the House".

The House of Representatives will vote on Ron Paul's most persistant demand over the last several years, to audit the Federal Reserve.

As a constitutional republic, the US system of government is designed on the principles of federalism. In our federalist system the federal government is one of enumerated powers and those powers not explicitly granted to the federal government are reserved to the states. The framers of the Constitution established this system through the Tenth Amendment, which reads:

Lew Hill founded the Pacifica Radio network in 1949 in Berkeley. The five Pacifica stations were the first listener-sponsored radio stations in the country and were the model for NPR. Pacifica was left-wing and proud of it. For decades they show others what free speech is about. The archives of their radio shows belong in the Smithsonian. They are national treasures.

A little piece of Tupac merchandise, yet so perfect for the Independent Voter...

Do you have an original idea for independent voter swag? What would your political t-shirt say?

The 2012 Summer Olympics start on Friday, July 27th in London, England. Much has been made about the security plan to keep the Olympics safe.

The good folks at Google Ideas, Tribeca Enterprises and the Council on Foreign Relations met last week for the Info Summit 2012 to discuss the ever-interesting topic of "Illicit Networks".

From Info Summit: