Tag: Joe Biden

Will We Get Our First Female President? (Op-Ed)

Will We Get Our First Female President? (Op-Ed)

On July 21 2024, with President Biden dropping out of running in the reelection, we were almost instantly given Kamala Harris, the Vice President, as a replacement candidate. President Biden endorsed Harris instantly. In the almost 250 years as a country, there has never once been a woman as the President of the United States. […]

Biden Steps Down From Running for Reelection

Biden Steps Down From Running for Reelection

Over the past week there has been heavy speculation that President Biden would step down from running for reelection. Over the weekend, on July 21 2024, Biden put out a statement confirming that he is ending his run for reelection. President Biden entered the political world in 1970, joining the New Castle City Council. In […]

Clarifying Recent Miscommunications Between Biden and Trump

Clarifying Recent Miscommunications Between Biden and Trump

There has been an ongoing feud between Biden and Trump since the 2020 presidential race. The tensions have only heightened since Trump’s loss and Biden’s win that year. With 2024 being the new election year, and the same two runners as 2020, it was inevitable for miscommunications between the two to occur. These miscommunications turn […]

Biden’s expansion of 2 national monuments in California protects ecology, honors indigenous land. (Op-Ed)

Biden’s expansion of 2 national monuments in California protects ecology, honors indigenous land. (Op-Ed)

On Thursday, President Joe Biden will formally sign a proclamation expanding two national monuments in California and protecting nearly 120,000 acres of land, according to the White House. The proclamation will add 105,919 acres of land to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and 13,696 acres to the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. San Gabriel […]

Violence will never solve America’s political division. (Op-Ed)

Violence will never solve America’s political division. (Op-Ed)

According to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll, one in five adult Americans believe that violence is the key to solving America’s political division. This mindset puts the nation in “an incredibly dangerous place,” experts say. The 2024 presidential election is only months away, and it is concerning that some Americans are willing to resort to […]

Trump video featuring an image of a hog-tied Biden is a direct threat inciting violence. (Op-Ed)

Trump video featuring an image of a hog-tied Biden is a direct threat inciting violence. (Op-Ed)

Former President and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump posted a video to his social media platform Truth Social that depicts a hog-tied Joe Biden in the back of a pickup truck. Trump shared the video on Friday a day after he attended a wake for fallen NYPD officer Jonathan Diller on Long Island, New York. The video […]

Biden hosts record-breaking NYC fundraiser with Obama and Clinton

Biden hosts record-breaking NYC fundraiser with Obama and Clinton

President Joe Biden hosted a star-studded fundraiser in New York City alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton on Thursday evening. Biden’s team reports that they raised a record-breaking $26 million. Comedian Mindy Kaling hosted the event at Radio City Music Hall; Lizzo performed her hit song “About Damn Time,” and other performances by […]

Senator Katie Britt’s rebuttal to SOTU is as misleading as it is dystopian. (Op-Ed)

Senator Katie Britt’s rebuttal to SOTU is as misleading as it is dystopian. (Op-Ed)

The Republican response to the State of the Union Address took place in an eerily empty, dark kitchen, delivered by Alabama Senator Katie Britt. Britt wears a green dress reminiscent of the green gowns the wives wear in The Handmaid’s Tale and speaks with a terrifying intonation and zealous rigor. Unblinking, Britt’s entire argument is […]

Republican interruption during Biden’s State of the Union Address is despicable. (Op-Ed)

Republican interruption during Biden’s State of the Union Address is despicable. (Op-Ed)

Last night, President Joe Biden gave his State of the Union Address and Republicans felt it appropriate to disrupt his speech and heckle him. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) interrupted the president mid-sentence to remind him of the death of college student Laken Riley. Several other GOP lawmakers told Biden to “say her name” or […]

Biden enacts hundreds of new sanctions against Russia

Biden enacts hundreds of new sanctions against Russia

President Joe Biden announced more than 500 new sanctions that target Russia on Friday morning, a week after the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. These sanctions come just one day before the second anniversary of Putin’s siege on Ukraine. “These sanctions will target individuals connected to Navalny’s imprisonment as well as Russia’s financial […]

The aging presidential candidate pool is frustrating for young voters (Op-Ed)

The aging presidential candidate pool is frustrating for young voters (Op-Ed)

The 2024 presidential election is picking up speed, and with it, the classic debates that have settled around what is truly best for the U.S. for the next four years and beyond.  Scrutinizing candidates on virtually every level is to be expected, and, arguably, needed, but there’s been one particular age-old question surfacing during the […]

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