Election Integrity: Is Representative Democracy A Foolish Fantasy?

Melania Trump's Team Finally Breaks Silence On Natalie Harp Frenzy A key advisor to First Lady Melania Trump has broken his silence against the nonstop media frenzy surrounding President Donald Trump and loyal White House aide Natalie Harp. Evan Vucci/Reuters/Aaron Schwarz/Getty Images The speculation, circulating for weeks across mainstream and tabloid outlets, concerns whether Trump's working relationship with the 35-year-old aide exceeds professional norms - fueled by Harp's near-constant presence at his side in the Oval Office, at public events and on weekend golf outings, and by the first lady's own...

Tesla Patents "Electric Fan Car" Weeks Before Roadster Reveal The United States Patent and Trademark Office awarded Tesla an "Electric Fan Car" patent less than three weeks before the Tesla Roadster 2.0 reveal. The USPTO filing illustrates four electric ducted fans positioned side by side in the rear diffuser and states that the system is designed to "increase downforce and reduce drag." "The achievable speed around corners, and stability during braking, of a road vehicle can often be limited by a measure of downforce, or vertical downward force, available on the...

Nine members of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) were killed by what were likely US airstrikes in Iraq on Thursday, as Iraq has become a major battlefield in the US-Israeli war against Iran. Unnamed Iraqi security officials told AFP that the strikes targeted a PMF base near the Iraq-Syria border housing Harakat Ansar Allah […]