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Tag: politics

Opinion: Election Day of the Imperial Core

13 November 2020
Kenton Fox
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(The following was written on Nov. 3, 2020, in the evening.) There is an energy about – at least here in Liberty, Missouri – perhaps too…

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Quiz: What holiday are you?

6 November 2020
Michaela Esau
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Opinion: Gay rights should not be a political issue

9 October 2020
Jenna Hultgren
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Well, that didn’t take long. The United States has suffered greatly since the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was one of…

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Opinion: Now is not the time for Amy Coney Barrett to join the Supreme Court

9 October 2020
Zachary Dube
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“Today, it is my honor to nominate one of our nation’s most brilliant and gifted legal minds to the Supreme Court. She is a woman…

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Opinion: Should celebrities share their political opinions?

2 October 2020
Kenton Fox
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Kanye dons a MAGA hat, Lebron draws on Malcolm X in an interview – what commonality holds in the conjunction of these two events? As…

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What happened at the Iowa Caucus

21 February 2020
Hannah Tietz
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As the presidential primary nears, so does the Iowa caucus. Let’s first start with what the Iowa caucus actually is. CNN explains that if an…

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The United States presence in the Middle East indicative of executive overreach

7 February 2020
Kyler Schardein
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On Jan. 3, on the orders of the President of the United States, a drone strike assassinated Iranian General Quasem Soleimani and nine others at…

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Off-year elections deliver big wins for Democrats

22 November 2019
Kyler Schardein
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November 2019 saw a number of states hold elections for local government. While Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi and New Jersey all held elections for state…

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SNL’s place in politics and public opinion

22 November 2019
Michaela Esau
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When I think of former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, I do not think of specific policies he supported or news articles about him. The only…

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