Photo courtesy of Arnaud Jaegers, Unsplash The Georgia State Legislature passed a bill that would mandate voter IDs and expand voter rights in the state. This somehow caused controversy that made major companies leave Georgia and take their business elsewhere. Major League Baseball (MLB), Coca-Cola and Delta threatened to stop […]
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Trump alludes to future re-election in CPAC speech
Photo courtesy of Michael Vadon, Flickr On Feb. 28, former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. Typically, the conference is held in National Harbor, Md., but Gov. Larry Hogan forbade the event from occurring in his state due to COVID-19 related concerns. […]
New Jersey waits for Murphy’s next move in handling COVID
Photo courtesy of Phil Murphy, Flickr Since the pandemic began, Governor Phil Murphy’s treatment of the virus has been less than satisfactory. Murphy has abused his powers during the pandemic by issuing more than 100 executive orders since the start of the pandemic, sending COVID positive patients to nursing homes […]
Biden faces criticism only a week after Inauguration Day
Photo courtesy of jlhervà, Flickr Joe Biden has been President for just under two weeks, and so far, his presidency has been nothing but a disaster. He has not lived up to most expectations; he has caused great division in the United States and has used the power of executive orders […]
Trump grants pardon to General Michael Flynn
Photo courtesy of Defense Intelligence Agency, Wikipedia President Donald Trump has granted a presidential pardon to his former National Security Advisor, General Michael Flynn, which he announced on Nov. 25. “It is my Great Honor to announce that General Michael T. Flynn has been granted a Full Pardon,” Trump wrote on […]
Strict voter identification requirements can mitigate fraud
Photo courtesy of EraserGirl, Wikipedia The 2020 presidential election has come to a close despite ballots still being counted and three states not being called. It has been an election unlike no other given the circumstances of COVID-19, which resorted in some states mostly running their elections by mail-in ballots. On […]
Trump administration finally assists California through wildfires
Photo courtesy of Michael Held, Unsplash The Trump administration abruptly grants California a Disaster Declaration for the raging wildfires on Oct. 16 after denying the initial request made by Governor Gavin Newsom. In a recent press release, Gov. Newsom stated that he is “grateful for his quick response.” The Federal […]
Trump asks us to not let COVID-19 dominate our lives
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr President Donald Trump has made it clear that Americans should not be afraid of contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19) despite him contracting the disease himself. So far, over 208,000 Americans have died of COVID-19. In the past few days, many top officials in the Trump […]