In September, in what seems to be just the latest in a string of financial issues for the VA, the Inspector General of the VA released a memo detailing $90 million in overpayments to the middlemen who process payments to civilian providers contracted to provided care to America’s veterans under the VA Choice program.

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

Independent US Senator Angus King was brought on MSNBC's Morning Joe Friday to talk about the GOP tax reform bill scheduled to be voted on. King says the process for moving the bill forward has been the "worst ever."

For the past few days, the liberal media has been going haywire over a New York Times profile of a white nationalist. The Times was forced to issue multiple responses to accusations that they were normalizing white supremacy, and even retroactively altered the title of the article in response to public pressure.

Reformers earned a big win Wednesday.

The ruling by Santa Fe District Court Judge David Thompson that Santa Fe must implement ranked choice voting (RCV) is the result of a lot of hard work and community activism by local supporters.

FairVote’s Maria Perez, a Santa Fe resident who started on the campaign last March, was tireless and determined to see her local government finally comply with the will of its voters, who overwhelmingly approved of RCV almost 10 years ago.

Racism is a term used more and more frequently in recent American public discourse. After a rise of concern following the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s, usage and understanding of the term has never fully gone away.

With large-scale street protests provoked by the Black Lives Matter movement, the term has captured more of the public discourse than ever before.

San Diego State University officials unveiled new plans to build a sports stadium at the site of the former home of the San Diego Chargers.

Athletic Director John Wicker, SDSU President Sally Roush and SDSU Football head coach Rocky Long spoke at the event that included new details regarding a campus expansion that is estimated to cost $3 billion.

The stadium portion is expected to cost close to $250 million.

At a time when so many Americans are so deeply divided on a bevy of issues, it can be difficult to come to a consensus on anything. However, I do believe that one area where we may all find consensus is that we are in the midst of major inflection point for the future of our country.

This is not new, as every country much take inventory as time goes on.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu_m6jZZf1M

John McCain released a statement Thursday announcing that he would support the GOP tax reform bill in the Senate, shrinking the already small number of Republicans who were on the fence or opposed.

https://twitter.com/SenJohnMcCain/status/936263685290516480

It's no secret that the Millennial generation is the most politically independent generation in the US. Pew Research found in March 2014 that half of Millennials consider themselves independent of the Republican and Democratic Parties, and the number hasn't gone down since.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DHeX_2yEcw

US Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) took part in another CNN debate on tax reform Tuesday.

This time, they were joined by Sens. Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and Maria Cantwell (D- Washington). The debate was hosted by CNN personalities Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.