On Friday, WikiLeaks tweeted out a statement from Julian Assange criticizing companies that have not responded to an offer to help with vulnerabilities the CIA is potentially exploiting. While companies like Mozilla have responded, Assange says Google and others have not because of their dealings with the federal government.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/842929984054398980

It has now been over 400 days since the late Justice Antonin Scalia passed away and a potential replacement is finally getting a hearing before the Senate. On Monday, March 20, the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to begin confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch at 11 a.m. EDT.

Gorsuch testify Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Monday will consist of opening statements from committee members and Gorsuch, and outside witnesses are scheduled to testify before the committee on Thursday.

In round one yesterday of March Madness, the premier spectacle of American sports, 32 teams went to the free throw line 634 times and converted 438 of their charitable gifts (you are not reading this anywhere else).

Sixty-nine percent ain't that good; but it ain't the bad, either.

But you are reading this because winning teams from the free throw line outshot their opponents in 12 of yesterday's 16 games.

In several games the difference was critical to the game's denouement.

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper vetoed HB 100 Thursday, March 16, a bill that would make elections for superior and district court judges partisan. Cooper also says the bill makes it harder for independent judicial candidates to get on the ballot.

It has been a rough year so far for the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). The group, which organizes the fall presidential debates and determines who will appear on the debate stage, may finally be forced to change its ways.

Earlier today, California Assemblymember Todd Gloria announced a bill focused on reforming San Diego County’s elections.

It has long been a complaint of the American people that the Washington establishment, the political elite in our nation's capital, are out of touch with the American public. There are a couple of reasons why this is, but one of the biggest problems is hyper-partisanship blinds them to the plight of many of their constituents.

Despite strong showings in public opinion polls, Geert Wilders (who the press have nicknamed the "Dutch Trump") and his Freedom Party didn't have the election day they were hoping for Wednesday.

According to CBC News, after 95 percent of the vote was counted in the Netherlands, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's VVD Party (People's Party for Freedom and Democracy) won 33 of the 150 seats in parliament. That was enough for Rutte to secure a third term as prime minister.

It happened last month. I officially changed my voter registration from Democrat to Independent. When I was younger, I identified as a conservative Republican. Over the course of a few years, my views changed and I felt more inclined to the Democratic Party. Now, as I sit and watch the bitter anger sans solutions on the left, and gut wrenching gloating by those on the right, I can’t help but think, “What has happened to my country? Can we really call ourselves a democracy?”

Two law students from the University of Kentucky have embarked on a grassroots campaign to bring direct democracy to the bluegrass state. Vince Taormina and Ryan Mosley are the co-founders of the Kentucky People’s Alliance - a fledgeling effort to amend the state’s constitution to allow for voter-backed initiatives and referenda.