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The Democrats’ Problems For 2018
The 2018 Midterms present the best opportunity for the Democratic Party to take back the House since they lost it in 2010. Trump is a historically unpopular President, history is on the Democrats’ side as the opposing party in a midterm election, and Democratic grassroots activism has skyrocketed. In theory, taking the 24 seats they…
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Gorsuch’s Nomination Faces Retaliation from the Democrats
This Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer announced that he planned filibuster the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. Said Senator Schumer, “After careful deliberation I have concluded that I cannot support Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court.” After careful deliberation indeed. It is hard to imagine a scenario in…
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Engagement’s Hard. We Still Need It.
“True diversity is diversity of thought, not diversity of color. I don’t see color,” conservative political commentator Tomi Lahren argued during an interview with Trevor Noah in December 2016. Noah, the liberal host of The Daily Show, replied that “there is nothing wrong with seeing color; it’s how you treat color that’s more important.” This…