As the momentum grows for a third-party and a political system overhaul, Americans are increasingly frustrated, disenfranchised, and fed-up with "politics as usual."

Time and again we have seen our elected officials kick the can down the road to the next generation in favor of doing "just enough" to keep their jobs while doing far too little to make our communities stronger. The truth is, independents hold the power; we just need to use it.

The line is a very strange thing, and you're probably familiar with it even if you don't really care for political discussions.

It goes from left to right, and the further to the left you are the more "leftist" you are, and the further to the right you are the more "right-wing" you are, and if you're in the center, then you're somewhere between these two poles.

But what do they really represent?

City of San Diego officials are working to give our homeless population a hand up. Paying them to pick up trash as part of a new program.

"Wheels for Change," appears to be patterned after the successful program in Albuquerque, New Mexico. IVN San Diego wrote about that program August of last year.

In that city, Mayor Richard Berry pioneered the program that has resulted in the following:

On February 27, the South Dakota Senate unanimously passed HB 1012. The bill is now on its way to the governor. No legislator in either house voted against this bill. It says that a party must meet the vote test every four years. Current law says it must pass the vote test every two years. The bill has an urgency clause so assuming it is signed by the governor, it will go into effect immediately.

It’s budget neutral if you can believe it! And it's got the stamp of approval from Ivanka Trump and Senator Mark Rubio (R) and other major players on Capitol Hill.

Hadley Heath Manning, Policy Director for The Independent Women’s Forum pitches her organization’s new idea for helping families adjust to thier new addition.

Why should taxpayers be footing the bill to the tune of $445 million in recent years, for a liberal media voice?

It's an argument that's been made in conservative and some independent circles for years.

Now, in an effort to perhaps curry favor with the White House and give its audience a little more balanced coverage, PBS says they are launching a "conservative" program April 13th.

Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes will co-anchor the program called "In Principle." PBS will decide after an eight-week run whether to continue.

Our politicians seem to hide their personal lives from us so well that we truly don’t know who they are. Only after a major scandal or legal action do we get to fling open their closet doors and see the many skeletons piled inside.

Fortunately, Arizona has a man running for governor who decided to open his closet for public viewing, and the media took notice.

Here’s something that should chill you to your bones: the state of human rights, including journalistic freedom, is in noticeable decline all across the world.

I watched as the microphone I had clipped to my interviewee's coat was suddenly yanked off, and she was silenced by a well-dressed woman with the teacher's union who had approached us. We were standing in front of the Supreme Court having a conversation about free speech and unions.

My interviewee was also a teacher's union supporter - but she wasn't supposed to talk. She was bewildered and so was I.

Let that sink in.

THE CONFRONTATION

Oral arguments kicked off in Janus v. AFSCME on Monday with groups supporting both sides.

The State of California sued the Trump administration in 2017 to block the construction of a wall along the southern border. That suit fell apart Tuesday at the hands of Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the same judge who was ridiculed by the president during the 2016 campaign:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKwps5fjjCY