Politics
There’s no question that the average U.S. citizen may feel a bit weary and discouraged from this year’s presidential lineup: Former President Donald Trump vs. current sitting President Joe Biden- the sequel opposition from the 2020 election that shook the foundations of the nation to its core in more ways...
Providing humanitarian and military aid to allies is a common way that the United States shows its support and defense of democracy. However, many hidden little acts rest in the fine print of these bills. No one in their right mind would vote against providing aid to people who are...
In an era marked by the unprecedented disruption of lives and economies globally due to the COVID-19 pandemic, President Joe Biden’s administration has taken a significant stride towards fortifying global health security. The initiative aims to assist 50 nations, primarily in Africa and Asia, in identifying and responding to infectious...
While we are all focused on the presidential election, we turn a blind eye to our own elected local and state officials. You can debate the upcoming 2024 election until you’re blue in the face, but Congress controls the legislation being written. Senators and representatives, who are voted in by...
Twenty years have passed since the media first broke the news that the CIA was torturing prisoners in the Abu Ghraib prison and other prisons in Iraq. Not only did they torture the detainees, but they took dehumanizing photos of them; U.S. soldiers stood smiling and laughing in front of...
Although there are differing opinions on the degree of privacy government officials and public individuals should have, there is a general consensus and accepted idea that those making legislative decisions or contributing to public hearings with policy-altering outcomes should be open and transparent about their participation. This idea does not...
Trump has one of the most incredible advantages that no other criminal defendant can lay claim to: he personally appointed some of the key decision-makers in his criminal cases. Three of the nine Supreme Court justices are Trump appointees, and so is the judge presiding over the classified documents case,...
As Republicans threaten a vote to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson from his role, Johnson takes to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago to show close ties to the former President and make a comment on “election integrity.” Trump still has sway over the Republican party, and his views on certain issues, such as...
Republican leaders are urging their supporters to vote by mail while simultaneously pushing legislation that would make it more difficult for these votes to count. It seems counterintuitive, as the GOP urges people to vote early via mail with a campaign called “Bank Your Vote.” Yet, the Republican National Committee...
From flat-earthers, to lizard people, to 5G causing cancer and mind control, to Democrats sexually assaulting and cannibalizing children underneath pizza shops, conspiracy theories have dominated American politics. What was once a small group of private, odd beliefs has now become fairly mainstream. People genuinely believe that there are microchips...
Donald Trump has changed his stance on a nationwide abortion ban, but the damage is already done. In a video shared on Truth Social on April 8th, the former president said that he is “proudly the person responsible” for the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, because it gave individual states the...
Donald Trump’s wish that immigrants only came from rich white countries is cruel. (Op-Ed) Donald Trump complained about a lack of immigrants to the US from “nice” countries “like Denmark [or] Switzerland,” offering millionaire donors at a Florida fundraiser a reprise of his infamously racist statement about people coming to...
