By Phillip Stucky Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters from California thinks that Democrats are just too nice to Republican lawmakers, according to a Monday report from Rawstory. Waters vowed to fight President-elect Donald Trump every step of the way in her capacity as ranking member of the Senate Committee on Financial Services, a move that goes against Sen….
Marijuana Home Delivery Is Coming To Portland By Steve Birr Marijuana could soon be ordered to your door like delivery food in Portland, Ore. after lawmakers eased regulations prohibiting businesses from conducting the practice. Portland city commissioners relaxed the rules governing how marijuana dispensaries can distribute their products. It opens the door legally for marijuana…
By Andrew Follett Scientists plan to send signals to distant planets that may be inhabited by aliens by late 2018, rather than waiting for them to contact Earth. Dubbed Messaging Extra Terrestrial Intelligence (METI), the project aims to send conversation-starters via radio or laser signals to a rocky planet dubbed the “Second Earth,” which is circling Proxima…
By Andrew Follett The NASA-launched Mars rover found evidence the Red Planet may once have been suitable for alien life. NASA scientists say the rover “hit a jackpot” of exposed mineral layers that reveal environmental conditions were nearly habitable for millions of years. “We see all of the properties in place that we really like…
Are you ready to expand your civic activity beyond Facebook memes and snappy tweets? Consider becoming part of the political process. If you have the interest, you can find many opportunities to become engaged beyond voting. Start Local Democracy doesn’t just happen in Washington, D.C. Leaders in your local community make policies that impact your…
By Jordan LaPorta Nothing is more frustrating than re-fighting a battle you have already won. With trade, libertarians will spend the next four years trying to reassert a fact that has been long settled: free trade is a net positive. A Trump Administration raises many concerns for limited-government conservatives and libertarians. Unlike past Republican presidents,…
By Blake Neff A Drexel University professor who called for “white genocide” on Christmas Eve isn’t apologizing, and instead says critics of his “satirical” remarks are “violent racists” who are apt to commit genocide themselves. Drexel, meanwhile, is promising an investigation. George Ciccariello-Maher got more than he bargained for with a tweet on Christmas Eve…
By Michael Bastasch President Obama thinks the media is to blame, at least in part, for rural Americans not voting Democrat this election despite his administration pumping billions of dollars into rural economies. “Tom — Tom Vilsack, my agriculture secretary from Iowa. We — we devoted more attention, more focus, put more resources into rural…
By Robert Donachie Snapchat, a California-based messaging app platform, is set to buy Israeli augmented reality start-up Cimagine Media. Cimagine created a technology — True Markerless Augmented Reality — that allows users to preview furniture and appliances they wish to purchase by virtually placing the objects in their homes via a mobile app. Essentially, users…
By Phillip Stucky President Barack Obama believes he would win re-election if he were able to run for a third term, according to a CNN interview published Monday. Obama told CNN he would win because he achieved the “change” he ran on in 2008, asserting he successfully shifted America’s culture. “In the wake of the election…