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Continue reading →: Carney’s Comeback: The Historic 2025 Canadian PM ElectionIn January of this year, the Conservative Party in Canada headed by Pierre Poilievre was crushing the Liberal Party headed by Justin Trudeau in the polls. Trudeau had run the country for the past 9 years, and his father, Pierre Trudeau, had served two terms in the role of prime…
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Continue reading →: The Inefficacy of Tariffs ExplainedDonald Trump’s Tariffs. There’s no doubt we’re living through a time that will be etched into the history books and taught in APUSH in a few decades. But unfortunately, we can’t think about this era in retrospect yet because we are in the thick of it. Let me be honest…
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Continue reading →: Wisconsin Says NO to Elon MuskThe Wisconsin Supreme Court election is now over, and Susan Crawford has won! Okay, so this is actually pretty awesome news. Firstly, it can be seen as a significant “no thanks” to Elon Musk throwing million-dollar checks at politics. Additionally, Susan Crawford got some of the highest individual donations ever…
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Continue reading →: The World’s Tallest Jail in ChinatownEfforts to replace Riker’s Island have resulted in a possible establishment of a 350 foot Jailscaper in the heart of Chinatown. Demolitions for this controversial facility have created lots of commotion among the City’s inhabitants and community leaders. Being one of the poorest neighbhorhoods in New York City, Chinatown has…
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Continue reading →: The Dangerous Prevalence of Sports GamblingIn 2024, there is no longer any barrier of entry to get into gambling. FanDuel, DraftKings, BetMGM, PrizePicks, Caesars, Underdog, Hard Rock Bet, Bally Bet, PointsBet, ESPN Bet, Bet365. If you watch football–even sports in general, you’ll know they’re plastered everywhere on the broadcast. They’ve made it so watching sports…
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Continue reading →: The Inability of Felons to VoteMaking felons ineligible to vote, which is often, still exists in the United States.Although this is a state-by-state policy decision, there has been a general tendencyover the past few decades toward eventually restoring the ability to vote. Currently, there are many different state policies regarding felonydisenfranchisement. In all circumstances, “automatic…
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Continue reading →: Javier Milei Just Ran a Crypto Scam, The World is CookedLet’s talk about Javier Milei—the chainsaw-wielding man leader of Argentina that just rug-pulled his own constituents in yet another installment of: “The presidential crypto scam!”. Seriously, how is this even real? On February 14th, 2025, he promoted the Libra token on Twitter. The story, according to him, goes like this:…
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Continue reading →: Schedule F: Dangerous to our DemocracyThe reinstatement of Schedule F, as called for under Donald Trump’s “Agenda 47” and encouraged by the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, has sparked reasonable concerns for American democracy. Under Schedule F, up to 50,000 current career civil servants would be replaced with purely political appointees loyal to the president; this is the actual politicization of the federal workforce that engenders distrust, inefficiency, and partiality. The civil service, established by the 1883 Pendleton Act, ensures government positions are filled based on merit and nonpartisan…
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Continue reading →: Violence in PrisonsPrisons can be violent places. In fact, they are some of the most violent places. According to the European WHO, as reported by Jens Modvig, “violence in prisons is often clandestine because of the fear of reprisal when it is reported.” Therefore, violence in prisons is oftentimes unreported because prisoners…
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Continue reading →: The Surprising Liberalism of Rudy Giuliani & The turnaround of NYCWe know, or in my case have heard, about the state of NYC in the 80s and 90s. Crime was rampant, the streets were dirty, and the destination was far from the sparkling metropolis it is now. Now, this was for a myriad of reasons. Some neighborhoods like parts of…
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