So it's World Cup finals time again, and I will be at a watch party with friends. As a non-sports fan, these events are always hard for me, mainly because I just don't know things. It was at a Super Bowl watch party a few years ago, for example, that I first learned that the Colts weren't in Baltimore anymore. I was shocked. Apparently, the Rams aren't in Los Angeles either. Who knew?

Here’s an interesting little fact: to the best of my ability to recall, I have never seen one of my conservative friends post anything on their Facebook feed by Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, or Pat Robertson.

But my liberal friends post something outrageous by one of these commentators every day. When Ann Coulter wrote a column denouncing soccer as a symbol of America’s moral decline, I probably saw a hundred links to it. I forwarded it on myself.

1. Letter to The Aspen Times says many Colorado voters are denied their constitutionally-protected rights of non-association and equal access to elections under the state's partisan primary system.

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Human rights groups across the United States have increased their criticisms of the U.S. prison system over the years. While the United States boasts just 5 percent of the world’s population, the country has a quarter of the world’s prison population.

When Emma Lazarus wrote The New Colossus in 1883, she had no idea that her work would become immortalized by being engraved at the base of the Statue of Liberty.

Her words captured the very essence of the American Dream, to come as the downtrodden to be lifted up by Liberty:

In 2011, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman lamented that the proliferation of half-true statements and fallacious accusations during the 2012 presidential campaign had inaugurated an era of "post-truth politics."

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Entrepreneur Greg Orman, an independent candidate running for U.S. Senate in Kansas, on Thursday launched a statewide broadcast, cable, and radio ad campaign in every media market in the state.

The Centrist Project Voice, a political action committee the Centrist Project says is the first to support candidates ready to set partisanship aside and "focus on the core issues of critical importance to all Americans," on Wednesday announced 5 U.S.

California's Democratic Party will pay close attention to this November's election in Ventura County for Assembly District 44. City Councilmember Jacqui Irwin (D) will face Pastor Rob McCoy (R) for control of the seat, a critical race in the Democratic Party’s strategy to regain a super-majority in the legislature.

1. The editorial board of Wyoming's Casper Star-Tribune supports a lawsuit challenging the state's heavy restrictions on third party fundraising.

"In Wyoming, the time period for fundraising is tied to the date of the party primary. Campaign contributions are not allowed before that time.