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Dear Trump
Looking back at the trump presidency, I realized that society makes mindsets. Certain things that we believe, and try to do has to come from what you convince yourself is true. I remeber something with Trump talking about how, he thinks America should be run like a business, and other information about businessmen not being treated fairly in America.
By Joseph Wilson5 years ago in The Swamp
The times have changed
Family is something that has been around since the dawn of man, and even before. We know that there are some animals that mate for life and raise families as well. It is as normal and common as the sun rising and setting every day. They come in all shapes, sizes, colors, and makeups. So why are we seeing a jump to redefine the family? What has changed to make a "normal family" so out of the ordinary now? Sure everyone deserves to be part of a family and even have or start their own families. However, there is now a push to make a standard family, mom, and dad plus the children, seem more like a freak show more than normal. Indeed normal has changed, and all things change as time progresses, but is this change good? What is it about the standard traditional family that is so inherently bad in 2020?
By Bradley Perry5 years ago in The Swamp
The Many Conflicting Feelings of Watching Today's Impeachment Trial
I'm an American millennial, raised on stories of people huddling around tv sets to watch the first space flights. All my life, I've been told by those people that we should be proud to be American, grateful to be born here.
By FrayingPages5 years ago in The Swamp
Dear Donald,
When you took office four years ago, I watched my students struggle as they listened to people chanting ‘build the wall’. The children I teach are primarily Hispanic/Latinx and they went from being worried about what kinds of anger had arisen during the campaign to watching people they didn’t know screaming invectives at them and degrading every part of who they are simply because they weren’t born in this country. I watched the shock, dismay, and actual fear that my 13-year-olds were feeling show on their faces.
By Jennifer Ryan5 years ago in The Swamp
Double Dose of Impeachment
This morning, 9am eastern time, the U.S. House of Representatives convened to begin a vote to impeach Donald J. Trump for inciting the violence that unfolded in front of the world last Wednesday. Those who support the president engaged in seditious activities as the mob of domestic terrorists stormed the Capitol and endangered the hundreds of lives in the building. Reports show that the mob had access to nearly every room in the Capitol after all members of Congress were evacuated to secure unmarked locations. Before the congress people were able to evacuate, the terrorists were already inside the building which resulted in the Secret Service barricading the doors to the chamber of the House with their guns drawn. The terrorists made it into both cambers of Congress to continue to damage and even broke into House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office to leave a threatening message. In addition to the terrorists, a pipe bomb was found inside the Capitol along with similar ones found at the RNC and DNC headquarters. A total of 61 arrests have been made with about half of those occurring on Capitol grounds last Wednesday, however most of the charges are not directly related to the attempted coup.
By Juliet Schive5 years ago in The Swamp
The Real America: A Black Perspective
By Bashir Muhammad Akinyele “And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat. Or a Republican. Nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America, not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.”
By Victor Trammell5 years ago in The Swamp
