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To say that the upcoming 2022 midterm elections are historic is quite an understatement. With the rapid transformation of American politics such as increased political polarization, normalization of political violence, and culture wars, the past few years have seen ever-increasing tension over key issues like the teetering economy, border crisis, foreign policy, and handling of COVID-19. Since his presidential victory...
Hell has happily tortured damned souls for the last several thousand years below the Earth's surface. But Director of Operations, Satan, has found a new campus that increases misery in ways the demons had never dreamed of.  "As excited as I am to move to California, I have mixed emotions," Satan said in a recent interview, "I'm afraid because Gavin...
For the past 4 years, we have seen an explosion of political violence across the United States. Violent attacks against our public institutions, government officials, or opposing members of society have degraded stability in our nation. The insurrection of January 6th, attacks on publicly elected officials, and cancel culture have in my opinion proved poisonous to the United States....
After Speaker Pelosi's Taipei visit, the CSIS commenced a series of war games to simulate a potential war between the US and China over Taiwan. The US emerged victorious in defending Taiwan, but suffered the losses of 900+ US Navy and Air Force fighters and 2 multi-billion dollar aircraft carriers. How did this happen?!? Let's find out. MODERATORS  Various think tank...
On August 16, 2022, Liz Cheney, the sole House Representative of Wyoming, delivered a speech to supporters. In this speech, Cheney conceded her primary GOP House race to pro-Trump rival Harriet Hageman. This surrender signals the eighth House Republican who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump in 2021 to be out of Congress by January 2023. 2nd Impeachment of...
In the past few weeks, China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), vitriolically announced that it would “not sit by idly” and promised to fire upon escorting US fighters if necessary. Upon House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taipei visit, dozens of Chinese fighter jets swiftly intruded Taiwan’s air defense zone. However, this military deployment was not the first to have...
In the primary elections, a number of candidates did not gain 50% of the vote. As a result, runoff elections were held on May 24, 2022 for the first and second place candidates to compete. The winner of each runoff race will face the other major party’s nominee, as well as possible Libertarian and Green contestants.  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR In the primaries,...
Soon after Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February 24th of this year, the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol has been surrounded and besieged by Russian forces for nearly 70 days. The city, once home to nearly 400,000 people, has been virtually destroyed in months of heavy street combat, as Russian and Ukrainian troops desperately fought, block by block, for...

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