By Joe Klare Newly leaked emails from Wikileaks show that Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton gave a thumbs down to the idea of marijuana legalization in a paid speech in 2014. More specifically, Clinton’s comments came during an on-stage O & A with the Chairman and CEO of Xerox: URSULA BURNS: So long means thumbs…
by Brian Nichols Dear Langston Bowens, I recently had the pleasure of reading your opinion piece on Red Alert Politics, in which you detailed why you announced your resignation from your Co-Chair position at the New Mexico College Republicans after your branch decided not to support Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, but rather endorsed the…
by Josh Guckert In an interview with C-SPAN on Tuesday, Gary Johnson listed his top choices for Supreme Court Justices. They are Jonathan Turley, a professor at George Washington University Law School, and Tom Campbell, a professor at Dale E. Fowler School of Law. The former New Mexico governor stated that he preferred these men because…
by Publius By October, presidential candidates typically have locked up their base within their respective parties. This allows them to be focused on appealing to the electoral at large. In the case of Gov. Gary Johnson, it isn’t quite that simple. Despite locking up his party’s nomination in only two ballots, he has faced consistent opposition…
by Kitty Testa New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich appears to have been working for the Hillary Clinton campaign in the summer of 2015 when he wrote a story for NYT Magazine called Re-Re-Re-Reintroducing Hillary Clinton. After recording and transcribing the interview, Leibovich emailed the Clinton campaign’s Director of Communications, Jennifer Palmieri, to request portions…
by Kody Fairfield The highlight coming out of the second presidential debate did not happen to be any substantive policy, or shocking revelation from the candidates. No, it happened to be, Ken Bone, one of the many undecided voters who questioned Republican candidate Donald Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Bone, who was at the debate to help decide…
Leaked Emails: Hillary Campaign Admits Obama Economy Stinks By Dallas Brooks According to a recent treasure trove of Wikileaks emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, even those closest to her admit that Obama’s progressive tax and spend policies of the last 8 years have done little to stimulate the economy. This is in…
by: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson is at 18 percent in Alaska according to a new poll released by Alaska Dispatch News. Johnson is currently averaging 12.8 percent according to FiveThirtyEight. Donald Trump leads a hypothetical four way race with 36.1 percent, while Clinton followed at 30.6 percent. “Undecided” edges out Green Party…
By: Jenna Ranger With this election cycle being widely described as both the most important and most absurd of our generation, who to vote for is becoming increasingly more important in the minds of many young adults. This election has been filled with scandal after scandal, hack after hack, and leak after leak. It’s safe…
Gary Johnson Beats Donald Trump in a Head to Head Poll by Aya Katz If you believe the national polls that the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) is using, Gary Johnson does not even get to 15%. But it really depends on who is taking the poll and what questions are being asked. In a poll…