Photo courtesy of U.S. Congress, Wikipedia On Friday, The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSC) declassified a committee memo with information on abuses of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It included bombshell information regarding collusion, corruption, bias and unethical practices the Carter Page Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) investigation. Chairman […]
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Staff Secretary Rob Porter should have resigned sooner
Photo courtesy of Matt Wade, Wikipedia White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter has resigned due to alleged domestic abuse claims by two of his ex-wives. It should have happened months ago. The allegations first emerged during interim security process interviews of Porter’s ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby. They disclosed […]
American teachers train to prepare for school shootings
Throughout the first month of 2018, there have been over 11 school shootings and related incidents that have been accounted for. These include accidental firing, self-inflicted injury and harmful intent. CNN reported that sixteen people were wounded, two of them fatally, after a shooter opened fire at a high school […]
Trump delivers State of the Union in hope of change
Photo courtesy of Shealah Craighead, Wikipedia With one hand open and the other clenched high in a fist, President Donald Trump delivered his first powerful and rousing State of the Union address on Jan. 30 to a joint session of Congress, distinguished guests and millions of American viewers watching from […]
Trump doesn’t consider Jerusalem citizens in decision
Photo courtesy of Kremlin.ru, Wikipedia Last Wednesday, President Trump recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and directed the State Department to begin the process of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Embassy and Recognition Act was passed in 1995, requiring the embassy be moved […]
Media should avoid disclosing ISIS involvement in solo attacks
Photo courtesy of Hudconja, Wikipedia There has been a devastating number of terrorist attacks in 2017, from the travesty of a suicide bombing at Ariana Grande’s Manchester concert to a man driving his truck into a crowd of pedestrians and cyclists near the World Trade Center. This past Monday morning, […]
Person of the Year should’ve went to DACA dreamers
Photo courtesy of Time, Twitter It's safe to say 2017 has been quite a year. Time magazine hit the nail right on its head when its editors named Donald Trump the 2016 Person of the Year. In this year alone, Trump has been part of almost every single news report […]
Trump shows true character by endorsing Roy Moore
Photo courtesy of Roy Moore, Twitter The company one keeps and the people someone endorses are things very important to the life of a politician. Most politicians recognize this and are somewhat willing to sacrifice whatever political agenda they are pursuing in the name of basic morality. However, President Donald […]
Journalist t-shirt is offensive and should not be sold
Photo courtesy of Mike Mozart, Flickr Since the election, the news media has been the target of fake news attacks through the current president’s tweets and through selling of explicit shirts. Recently, Walmart removed a T-shirt from third company website manufacturer, Teespring, that said, “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” […]
America shouldn’t worry about what Trump tweets
Photo courtesy of Shealah Craighead, Wikipedia Donald Trump is no stranger to tweeting some of the most nonsensical statements ever seen by human eyes. Even with the increased character count on Twitter, he still tweets sentences that are so poorly written, they sound like something a second grader wrote in […]