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After an uncertain few months of deliberation and planning within the Republican Party, party officials began the highly-anticipated Republican National Convention, just a week after the Democratic Party held theirs in Wisconsin, where they formally nominating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the Democratic Ticket. Republicans began their formal week of nomination spread out across the country, delivering remarks...
Dates: Aug 17, 2020 – Aug 20, 2020 Location: Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI This article’s purpose is to inform and report; written on an unbiased basis, providing information from the DNC. Let us start off with a brief introduction: The DNC's primary goal is to officially nominate a candidate for president and vice president, adopt a uniform party platform and unite...
In Trump's last couple briefings, he has emphasized how people need to return back to work to improve the economy and get people earning money. While that statement has had mixed reactions from politicians all across the US, his message seemed to resonate to Governor Greg Abbott, who is changing his approach on the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday, Texas governor...
Every generation of people in America has faced an event that dramatically changed their world. Baby Boomers faced the Civil Rights movement, the JFK assassination, and the Cold War. Generation X faced Watergate, the Vietnam War, and a continuing struggle for Civil Rights. Millennials faced the Great Recession and 9/11. So far, Generation Z (Zoomers) has not had an...
Yes, we are in a PANDEMIC. My previous article on the coronavirus was inaccurate, as I did not predict the immense effects of the virus. In the US alone, there are over 35,000 cases and possibly more due to a lack of testing. The world is in disarray. Hospitals need supplies to operate and keep the disease from spreading....
Although known to most individuals at this point, COVID-19 has reached over 162 countries. Specifically in the United States, all fifty states have cases of COVID-19, and the numbers don't seem to be on the decline anytime soon. President Trump recently announced today that groups of 10+ should not gather and estimates that control of the virus will occur...
Borders represent several things to us. A border defines a nation’s geographic territory and sovereignty. It can create a sense of safety, security and belonging to a nation and its citizens. As citizens of the U.S., we all descended from immigrants at some point during our family history. But who lives in, and enjoys our nation, is the subject...
"Anybody who comes to speak to you and you disagree with, you should have an argument with them, but you shouldn’t silence them by saying you can’t come because I’m too sensitive to hear what you have to say.” - (President Barack Obama, September 2015) American students today face a lamentable reality, the reality that the first amendment right to free...

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