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“Time to Get Justified: My Views on Donald Trump”
What is it about Trump that his followers find so enthralling and captivating? Because I, and the rest of society who didn’t vote for him, would certainly love to know that answer from one of his supporters A.K.A. “sheep.”
By Justin Wagner8 years ago in The Swamp
Things You Can and Can't Do During a Government Shutdown
Recently, the United States had endured a several days-long government shutdown caused by a stalemate in Congress over DACA, CHIP, and other crucial aspects of legislation and budget creation. This has been a disaster for our already-strained budget since a government shutdown actually costs money.
By Iggy Paulsen8 years ago in The Swamp
How Likely Is War with North Korea?
As you've seen on the news, the North Korean administration is getting itself lots of attention in the Western world. Threat of war looms over us, and Trump acts as a catalyst, returning verbal fire and increasing UN sanctions on the country. But threats are one thing, total war is another. So how likely is that to happen?
By Patrick Wilson8 years ago in The Swamp
Doomsday Politics 2018
Doomsday Politics February 2018 We now have two doomsday arguments going on in the popular media. Climate change, with its deceitful presentations from just about everyone, from all sides of the debate has now been joined by lurid stories of a change in planet Earth's magnetic polarity.
By Peter Rose8 years ago in The Swamp
The End of the American Empire
For nearly 242 years, The United States of America has been regarded as the proud, independent rebel nation of the West. Millions journeyed from Europe and the Old World to lay eyes upon what would come to be known as the, "New Rome." But what made the young nation the place to be? It surely wasn't the brutal New England winters or the swamp land in the the South that made it worth crossing thousands of miles of water to reach America's golden shores. It was the proposition that, "All men are created equal" that made these United States worth dying for.
By Nigel Johnson8 years ago in The Swamp
Single Payer Health Care: How We Can Achieve It, a Call to Action
Republicans don’t want single-payer because they really would prefer we pay for everything, from healthcare, to education. Forget about conceding to party lines. Think about who needs health care and why they need it. The CDC figures that as of 2012, 117 million people have chronic illnesses. We Americans are not as healthy as we would like to imagine. Our entire system is in decay, with extreme bills making people unable to keep up their payments when treating a chronic health condition. This is frustrating to many of us average folk who see billionaires getting immense tax breaks. The money just piles on, since the majority of Americans are far from being the 1%.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in The Swamp
Media Theory Analysis
By way of examining the western society through the lens of media and the press, several perspectives persist in regard to the media and culture. Specifically, Libertarian, Social Responsibility, and Political Economic Theories are the main mass media perspectives that frame the modern press, which in turn dictated how the information was integrated by the press and whom it is reported by. Although the Social Responsibility Theory is an outgrowth of Libertarian Theory, there exist undeniable contrasts due to the press' change in restrictions on explicit material, in keeping with the Political Economic Theory, which is highly controlled by the government and thus different from the public speech (unlike the Lib and Social Theories).
By Mila Malik8 years ago in The Swamp
The Truth Behind Police Violence in America
I finally had the courage to tell my Great Aunt Genie what I want to be when I grow up. Under my breath I said timidly, “I’m going to be a police officer”. Like always, she comes back at me with her leftist response. “Oh, dear, police are nothing like they used to be. I remember when they would protect the people, not shoot them.” I don’t know if you have ever had an elephant’s foot pound on your chest, compressing all the air out of you, but I have. I felt chained down to my chair. Her words crushed me. Hearing false stereotypes about one of the positions you’ve been dreaming about filling one day isn’t the easiest conversation to hold over Thanksgiving dinner.
By Summer Schoening8 years ago in The Swamp
Why We All Step Back From Politics
“Politicians care only about progressing their own power not helping the people they jovially serve.” You’re walking into McDonald's, contemplating your order. You’re feeling for some beef right now. There are multiple tills open but you walk up to till 4.
By Sophie Young8 years ago in The Swamp
The Best Political Cartoons from the 1800s
Sometimes claiming to be messages to the president of their times, otherwise becoming satirical in nature of their very period, more often than not reshaping the very climate of policy and diplomacy in the range of world politics, caricatures, or cartoons, are the very promise of a smile in a time of fearful resentment. It is no different among the canals of misshapen abolitionist violence and civil unrest so associated with the 1800s, in which a time of peace soon became a time of war in many parts of the world, as with the American Civil War and the French inner-fighting between that of Bonaparte and Pitt. Though none will come as close as the satire on American politics made by the "Join or Die" cartoon drawn by none other than Benjamin Franklin, the following examples should give reference to the very quintessential of all cartoons that helped draw a line between the unfavorable and unlikable dimensions of government outreach.
By Donald Gray8 years ago in The Swamp
Most Ridiculous Things Ivanka Trump Has Said Ever
The most ridiculous things Ivanka Trump has said ever come from her own books as well as her social media accounts and interviews. These are things you just can't make up. Of all the quotes she has said that makes you stop and go... wait what? These are the top ten most ridiculous.
By Leanna Davis8 years ago in The Swamp
