Author: Stacey Selleck

by Stacey Selleck A couple years ago, a video documentary called “The Swamp” aired on Facebook. It provides an uncensored, behind-the-scenes view of how the corrupt political machine of Washington operates. Featuring term limits pledge signers Representatives Thomas Massie (KY), Ken Buck (CO), and Rod Blum (IA), among others, these political outsiders came to D.C.

by Stacey Selleck Aside from $174,000 starting salary for a job with up to 230 days off, current and alumni members of Congress get several additional elite perquisites. While many of the following services are free, some require nominal fees (which are much lower than the cost “average” Americans would pay) because the perqs to

He’s the Avis Rent A Car of authoritarianism. Russian President Vladimir V. Putin is not the most evil tyrant on the planet. That title clearly belongs to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Instead, Putin is No. 2. So, of course, he tries harder. Two years ago, Xi Jinping got the Chinese Communist Party to jettison his term limits without breaking a sweat. Not the

by Stacey Selleck Yesterday, Councilmember Ella Jones was sworn in as Mayor of Ferguson, Missouri. Mayors get sworn in all the time so why is this one of particular significance? Jones is the first black and first woman mayor ever elected to lead the city that reached the national spotlight for racial unrest back in

By Nick Tomboulides If you pay attention, you’ll see career politicians subtly reveal that – despite their words — they don’t REALLY believe that “elections are term limits.” Take fundraising for example. If incumbents really believed that elections were a fair process to decide who holds power, they would refuse to accept any special interest and