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Former Senator and Secretary of the Navy Jim Webb, who dropped out of the Democrat presidential primary race in October, is reportedly considering returning as an independent.

Veteran pollster Pat Caddell’s Armada group has spent the past several years charting the alienation of the American electorate, constructing a fascinating model of what most Americans desire in the ideal political candidate – the great statesman, or stateswoman, voters want for our time.

Every day in almost every way we are spun a new set of lies. This morning, a UK public body tried to convince me they didn’t take any money from the European Union. When I pointed out that they had

From an Independent article entitled: We thought Trump was the comic relief. Who’s laughing now? What is your capacity for the cold, hard truth? If you went to the doctor with a scary symptom, would you prefer to hear: a) “I’m not going to

All over Britain people have woken this morning to find themselves living in a magical winter wonderland. Just to be clear, however: all that white stuff you can see outside your window is not actually real. It does not exist

Zee News India reports: For the first time in history, women in Saudi Arabia on Saturday participated alongside men in the municipal election – a big step towards gender equality in a severely restricted Saudi society. Though a local level election, the polls are

A majority of the British public does NOT support the idea of a European Army, contrary to reporting of a YouGov poll by the pro-European Union (EU) Independent newspaper. The Indy has reported: “The British public support the creation of a

The Independent newspaper has published an article claiming that more Islam should be taught in schools because the Islamic prophet, Muhammed, had “British values”. The article is written by a PhD student who claims she has “a lot” of “respect”

The Independent newspaper – owned by Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev and edited by the former UK government employee Amol Rajan – has urged the pro European Union camp to smear Eurosceptics as “far right xenophobes” in a desperate bid to

Yesterday, as the mainstream media chose to focus the claim that “Islamophobic” attacks were up 70 per cent in London – whilst largely ignoring that anti-Semitic attacks had increased by more than 93 per cent. Both the Independent and Daily Mail chose to “demonstrate” the

There is a tendency in ‘new media’ circles to just pump out stories without thinking, accompanied by ‘clickbait’ headlines like: “OMG You Won’t Believe What Happened at the INSANE Notting Hill Carnival!” (you will) and: “This Man Took His Girlfriend to

An article published by the Independent newspaper seeking to defend Labour leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn contained an “embarrassing” and “mortifying blunder” according to the paper’s own “Readers’ Liaison Assistant”. Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, the racist author of the article which sought to

While the use of social media has been linked to depression, anxiety, narcissism, and a slew of other negative mental and emotional health problems, legendary actor Michael Douglas says it’s also hurting the careers of American actors, and it’s time they man up.

Persisting in a war with those who don’t pledge allegiance to the five-term U.S. Senator, John McCain and his loyalists are stomping on efforts to return the Arizona primary election to a pure party primary election.

Incensed that Republicans want to abolish Obamacare and that the “billionaire class wants more and more for themselves and less for working families,” socialist U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont barnstormed the Bay Area with a spate of speeches and interviews signaling a possible 2016 presidential run.

New footage of a gruesome public beheading in a town square of al-Shadadi, a northern Syrian town controlled by the Islamic State, has hit the Internet. A man, whose crime is unknown, is seen pleading for his life to a crowd of dozens of onlookers before an Islamic State executioner severs his head to shouts of “Allahu Akbar!”

Now that U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer has announced she will retire rather than run for reelection in 2016, and rumors of Republican and Democratic candidates for her seat abound, at least one California politico believes that an independent candidate might sneak through and win election, due to the top-two primary system in the state.

President Barack Obama revealed his favorite film of the year to People Magazine in an interview released on Wednesday.  Obama named Richard Linklater’s Boyhood his favorite movie of 2014.  “Boyhood was a great movie,” he told People Magazine. “That, I think,

Mixed-martial artists Cung Le, Nathan Quarry, and Jon Fitch filed a class-action lawsuit against the Ultimate Fighting Championship on Sherman Anti-Trust Act grounds on Tuesday. The anti-competitive practices the suit alleges include the purchasing and shuttering of competitors, such as

On Tuesday morning, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti met with members of the United States Olympic Committee in the San Francisco suburb of Redwood, California to convince them that L.A. is the best choice for the 2024 Olympics.  Other cities

AUSTIN, Texas — The decision by voters in the North Texas oil and gas city of Denton to pass an ordinance that would ban fracking could cost their city millions of dollars a year, with several lawsuits already filed and

Weeks of bullying a special needs 13 year-old girl at Jean McClung Middle School in the Fort Worth Independent School District (ISD) turned to violence, within days from when a special needs 15 year-old boy was physically abused by school

Monday, on NPR, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told host Steve Inskeep several times, as forcefully as possible, that she’s not running for president. Partial transcript as follows: INSKEEP: Senator Warren, as you must know that even as you were fighting

Common Core champion John King has resigned his post as the New York State education commissioner to take a job as senior adviser to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan. “John is an extraordinary leader who has dedicated his life to

Arguably Britain’s most electorally successful Prime Minister of the 20th Century, Margaret Thatcher was well loved by vast swathes of the British population. Tens of thousands flocked to line the route of her funeral procession less than two years ago.

Three months after the independence referendum, the majority of Scots now support an independent Scotland a YouGov poll has found. The survey says that 52 percent of Scots now want Scotland to break away from the UK, once undecided voters

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Three friends of an alleged victim of gang rape at a University of Virginia frat house say a magazine article wrongly portrayed them as uncaring students who were more concerned about their reputations than her well-being.

The government of Sierra Leone has canceled public Christmas and New Year celebrations due to the Ebola outbreak. The government stationed soldiers on streets to make sure people obey the ruling. “We should stop all traditional practices for now so

The British Foreign Office is paying for 46 North Korean ‘journalists’ to take part in a media skills course. The FO claims that the money is being put to good use by trying to engage with North Korea, but critics

Hundreds of new cases involving allegations of torture of Iraqi citizens, including men, women and children, by British soldiers are set to be brought before the International Criminal Courts in The Hague.  A new dossier, containing claims of torture and

A shock poll has placed Ukip to the left of the Conservative Party for the first time. The results will make unwelcome reading at Conservative Party HQ, as they are banking on capturing the centre ground as a means to

The Associated Press has followed up their report on a USAID social media project that attracted 40,000 Cuban users with a report on an even more ambitious human rights experiment: a plan by the agency to infiltrate and promote anti-communist

A new manual, allegedly published by the Islamic State’s official publishing house (the Al-Himma Library), provides graphic details on how to properly beat, rape, and fail to impregnate female slaves, offered in a question-and-answer format to curious jihadis. Translated by

Murderers were granted British passports by the Home Office because the they did not supply the paperwork proving their convictions, according to a new report. John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, found that failures to check

NEW YORK (AP) — “Birdman” squawked loudest in the Golden Globes nominations, flying away with a leading seven nods including best picture in the comedy or musical category. In nominations for the 72 annual Golden Globes announced Thursday morning by

America’s millionaires want either Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush to win the White House in 2016, perhaps because both potential candidates support comprehensive amnesty legislation.  CNBC recently polled “500 people with investable assets of $1 million or more, which represents the top