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…
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A Year after Parkland
A year ago this month, the Parkland shooting took place, killing 17 students and teachers at a high school in Florida. The event triggered the National Student Walkout and the March for Our Lives, where young people and their supporters protested for gun reform. The movement has since died down, and some of the Parkland…
Make America Caffeinated Again?
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has been mulling an independent bid for President of the United States. He is proposing a moderate agenda based upon his criticism for the border wall and a Medicare for all plan. Democratic candidates are concerned about his potential candidacy, as Schultz would take votes from anti-Trump moderates and conservatives….
Hot Take: Who will be the next Chief of Staff?
On Saturday, President Trump announced that his Chief of Staff, John Kelly, would be out of his position at the end of the year. This comes after months of speculation that he would be resigning, despite making a deal to stay with the White House through 2020. However, reports that he had not spoken with…
The Border Crisis Nobody Asked For
The crisis at the border that everyone from the media to the President himself is talking about, was 100% preventable. It was a fire created by the Trump administration and extinguished by them later on. This fire that I am referring to is the separation that took place between children and migrant families at the…
White House to Big Brother House: Omarosa and the Reality TV Presidency
A month ago the top story was that Omarosa Newman, a friend of Donald Trump and contestant on The Apprentice, was fired from the White House. Then she appears on Celebrity Big Brother this month, and if you research the process it takes to get on the show, the timing seems about right for her…