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An IVN article revealed the top five states with the highest number of registered independent voters. Surprisingly, a majority of these states still have primary elections that disenfranchise this growing segment of the population.

In the battle between online and traditional media, the Internet has repeatedly come out on top, with recent findings further indicating the erosion of Americans' confidence in traditional media.

Michele Bachmann is just one of many doing this, but here is what she said about NSA leaker Edward Snowden:

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors showed unanimous support today for Hazel's Law, authored by Juan Vargas, a bill that would impose strict liability on the age requirement for child sex trafficking.

From Representative Juan Vargas' press release:

Friday, June 14th 2013 was flag day, a day which tends to go uncelebrated, and about which most people know very little.

This post will be a brief detour from my continuing series on the different facets of the Kiera Wilmot Bottle Bomb story.

It looks long, and it is, but most of it is pictures.  As you look through the various images included here, I hope you will contrast the actual origins of the U.S. flag, as it was originally adopted by the Founding Fathers, and contrast that with the nice little folk story about Betsy Ross.

Ron Paul sent an urgent e-mail to his massive e-mail and fundraising base in opposition to a National ID Card vote on the current immigration reform bill.  Ron Paul calls the National ID card amendment a ploy by the "Gang of Eight," which includes Chuck Schumer, Lindsay Graham, and John McCain, to try and sneak a massive National ID card amendment that will allow the government to monitor everything that you do.

Regardless of one’s party affiliation or political views, it is obvious there is something seriously wrong with the way elections are conducted in the United States. They are expensive, exclusive, and regularly disenfranchise a tremendous portion of the electorate.

One-fifth of adults (20%) view both political parties unfavorably, with political party favorability down from the post-election hype of November 2012.