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Hot Take (Video): Lower the Voting Age?
Last week, Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley made a push to lower the national voting age to 16. This was part of the Democrats larger push to enable more groups to vote that normally would not be allowed to, as a way to get more votes for their party. Luckily, the bill failed in the House…
Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Latest Proposal Could Negatively Impact Low-Income Students
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio has been known for pushing ridiculous policies like the Soda Ban, but his most recent proposal has people scoffing. This week he announced that all New York City schools will enforce ‘Meatless Mondays’ next year. His reason is that it will make a strong environmental impact, and encourage students…
Hot Take (Video): Stop Running, Democrats
It is estimated that there is going to be upwards of 20 Democratic presidential primary candidates in the 2020 election. On the Republican end, the only challenger to President Donald Trump is former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. The Democrats are already setting themselves up for failure. Because of their complacency due to Donald Trump’s ridiculous…
Green New Deal: Socialist Dream, American Nightmare
If I am being completely honest, it is rare that I read full pieces of legislation before I form an opinion. But I made a special exception for House Resolution 109, the Green New Deal, which is currently the hot topic on both sides of the aisle. It was proposed by New York Congresswoman Alexandria…
Podcast: Conservative Punched at UC Berkeley
Listen here! Can’t Listen? Here is a transcript: Welcome to the Young Not Stupid Podcast. I am Cameron Arcand and today we are going to be discussing the assault on a conservative Berkeley visitor late last week. The alleged victim, who does not attend the University, was working a recruitment table for Turning Point USA,…
New California Republican Party Chair Elected
Saturday morning, the California Republican Party elected a new chair, Jessica Patterson, at their planning convention in Sacramento. Patterson is the first woman and Latina to lead the party in California. After announcing her run for chair, politicians from the state like former candidate for Governor John Cox and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy began…
Hot Take: Should Eminent Domain be used to build the border wall?
With a vote on whether or not to terminate the President’s national emergency to build the border wall looms in Washington, the question of whether or not eminent domain should be used to obtain the land for the wall is finally asking for an answer. Eminent domain is the concept that the government will seize…
Exclusive Interview with Orange County Supervisor Candidate and Anaheim Mayor Pro Tem Kris Murray
For additional info about Murray’s campaign, click here. The special election is March 12th! Read our endorsement. Can’t Listen? Here is the first few minutes on rough, unfiltered, transcript (although some responses in the transcript have been edited to remain concise): Cameron: Welcome to the Young Not Stupid podcast. I’m Cameron Arcand here with candidate…
Hot Take: Trump Declares Border Crisis a National Emergency
This Thursday evening, President Donald Trump is expected to declare a National Emergency for border wall funding, after reluctantly signing a budget deal this week to fund the government. This agreement on Capitol Hill made federal workers breathe a sigh of a relief, especially following the longest government shutdown in history this January. During this…