Voters along Brooklyn’s Church Avenue during the 2008 presidential election. Photo by April Sikorski via Wikipedia A Controversial guest essay was published in the NY Times with the headline “There Is No Good Reason” a person should be required to become an American Citizen in order to vote in the US elections. The journalist in question Atossa Araxia Abrahamian (a Swiss immigrant) argued that because non-citizens live legally in the US and “contribute as much” to American life as natural-born Americans, they should also have a say in “matters of…
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Will the Russian Hackers Ever Stop?
It’s been about 5 months since Biden met with Putin and discussed everything from country relations to prospective plans for future cooperation between both countries. One of the main issues being the severe ransomware attacks against the US by Russian housed groups has not shown any signs of improvement. Lawmakers are growing anxious over what seems like no results from that conversation, and are worried about Biden’s abilities to properly confront Russian. After the Geneva meeting in July, the White House issued a statement saying that Biden “spoke with President…
Read MoreEnergy Prices are Going Up. What Can Biden Do?
Gas price in Davis, California / Photo By: Bev Sykes / Flickr / CC BY 2.0 Biden’s bipartisan bill is a train wreck! Now we have inflation affecting the country at a rate we haven’t seen since 1990. Energy costs are the most affected in the economy… and Biden is at fault for letting it happen. He announced that the Department of Energy would release 50 million barrels of reserve oil, in an effort to control the surging gas prices across the country. China, India, Japan, Korea, and the UK…
Read MoreChaining Dogs Outside Will Finally be Illegal in Texas
A few months ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott rejected 20 bills… The proposed Senate Bill 474 was one of them. This bill would have made it illegal to chain up dogs… and leave them without drinkable water, adequate shade, or shelter. The bill also called for the ban of “tethering dogs with heavy chains.” In a statement, Abbott claimed that the bill “micro-managed and over-penalized pet owners.” Upon rejecting the bill, Abbott received a lot of backlash from the public. The hashtag #AbbottHatesDogs trended on Twitter soon after he dismissed…
Read MoreDems Seek to Abolish President Trump’s Space Force
Almost two years ago, President Trump signed a defense spending bill authorizing the creation of a “Space Force” as the sixth branch of the United States armed force. This would mark the first time a new armed service branch has been added since 1947… when the Air Force split from the Army. The move required congressional authorization and funding. The new branch is expected to develop teams to defend satellites from attacks… along with other space-related missions. It will operate within the US Air Force, similar to how the Marine…
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