“There is potential for new voters to step into the election and vote for Trump, and single issue-abortion voters are likely the biggest blocs of new Trump voters. That being said, this election appears to be the verdict in a trial against Trump, rather than an election between Trump and Biden.”
Read More“On Monday September 21, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) announced that President Trump would include North Carolina in a Presidential Memorandum banning offshore oil and gas drilling in the Atlantic Ocean for ten years. This action follows a letter sent to the President from NC Governor Roy Cooper urging for the state’s inclusion along with South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. In the letter, Cooper stated that offshore drilling could lead to the loss of coastal tourism and jobs. Fishing, tourism, and natural resources in North Carolina’s coastal communities generate $3 billion annually and support 30,000 jobs.”
Read More“The EU must seek to reconcile their ideological values of human rights and personal liberties with their conflicting economic interests and the benefits of a close trading relationship with China.”
Read More“His disrespect towards those who fight and die for our country may have been pushed out of the minds of voters due to his admiration of the niceties that come with the military and his love for the power he is granted as Commander In Chief. However, when it comes to respecting the sacrifices made by those who are actually in uniform, Trump has fallen short time and time again. This same pattern can be seen with other Republican voting groups, like white Evangelical Christains.”
Read More“Saab’s case is further weakened by the lack of identification found on Mr. Heath and the fact that the weapons found with Mr. Heath would not have been able to cause any significant damage to infrastructure. Instead of Heath being a CIA spy, it is much more likely that Maduro is attempting to draw the anger of his citizens away from internal problems such as Venezuela’s failing economy and towards the United States.”
Read More“As voters who are new to mail-in voting fill out their ballots believing their vote will be counted, legal battles have arisen asking the courts to soften restrictive regulations such as deadlines, witness requirements, and signature matching, that exacerbate the difficulty of mail-in voting. During a time when in-person voting is not a possibility for every citizen, North Carolina's mail-in ballot regulations pose unnecessary hurdles for all voters which may amount to de-facto disenfranchisement - Black voters in particular.”
Read More“The U.S. postal service has warned 46 states that it cannot guarantee all ballots sent by mail for the November election will arrive in time to be counted. This has the potential to disqualify tens of millions of votes. But if we let that get in the way of us actually casting our ballots then that means we have given up on our democracy.”
Read More“Republican Speaker of the House Tim Moore accused House Democrats of taking $100,000 from a group called Future Now in exchange for pledging to defund law enforcement across North Carolina. Representative Robert Reives called Moore’s accusations a blatant lie and an attempt to defeat Joe Biden in the presidential election by charging Democrats with radical policies.”
Read More“Instability in both Mali and the region has led ECOWAS to establish a deadline for the military junta to name an interim civilian leader by September 22nd, 2020. ECOWAS has also set an ultimatum for Mali’s military leaders to hold new elections within the year, as opposed to the junta’s original plan to remain in power for three more years. The leader of Mali’s transition will be a critical figure in the development of the country.”
Read More“Last week’s full allegation from Dawn Wooten accuses a facility contracted gynecologist of being a “uterus collector,” stating, “Everybody he sees has a hysterectomy—just about everybody.”
Read More“Misogyny is and has always been a factor in the presidential election. A Sage Journal study on the perception of male and female candidates shows that women having ambition is a turnoff for American voters. Despite the many similarities between Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden in terms of ideology and political history, he is polling significantly better than she was four years ago. One could easily argue that his surge in polls is a direct result of nearly four years of living in Trump’s America, but it is worth pondering if the results of the 2016 election would have been different if Clinton were a man.”
Read More“North Carolina’s Republican incumbent Senator Thom Tillis and Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham faced off last Monday in the first of three televised debates. The debate, which took place exactly 50 days before election day, gave voters the opportunity to closely examine the contrast between the two candidates and to hear their views on several contentious issues that have swept the nation in recent months.”
Read More“As November 3rd inches closer, President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden continue to battle it out for those coveted 270 electoral votes. Check out the five swing states that could make or break the election.”
Read More“A partisan divide in our political institutions is part of the American democratic process. However, when it comes to life or death situations, partisanship has no place. The last month at UNC is a perfect example of what happens when political identities supersede scientific reason and public interest.”
Read More“The death of Justice Ginsburg further shocked a nation already marred by polarization and a pandemic, and the tasteless jockeying for power that immediately ensued in her wake set the stage for a partisan showdown of epic proportions to determine the future of all three branches of government. When future generations look back on the political significance of 2020, all of the tumult and electoral uncertainty accounted for, they will doubtlessly read about her passing. It promises, in the short term and long, to have seismic consequences.”
Read More“With the average age of world leaders being at 65 years old, health problems at the executive level are bound to rise. Now, Japan suffers. On Friday, August 28th, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his resignation due to health concerns, with several scandals marking the end of Japan’s longest serving PM.”
Read More“This back and forth blame game between China and the United States over COVID-19 has made international cooperation to fight the virus between two of the world’s largest and most influential countries extremely difficult. Further, it remains difficult to understand fully who–if anyone–is at fault for the spread of the virus.”
Read More“Tension looms dangerously in the Eastern Mediterranean as many nations weigh in on a growing conflict between Greece and Turkey. The two nations are jockeying over energy resources in the Eastern Mediterranean, after Turkish ships entered gas-rich Cypriot waters surveying for drilling opportunities. At the request of the President of Cyprus, Russia has been asked to enter the debate and de-escalate. Most of the EU is split in their approach to the conflict, and the stalemate between Greece and Turkey worsens as strong-arm military standoffs continue in the Eastern Mediterranean.”
Read More“Joseph P. Kennedy III, the grandson of Former U.S. Senator and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, announced on September 21, 2019 that he would challenge incumbent Sen. Ed Markey in the Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary. Kennedy, once considered to be a rising star in the Democratic party, made headlines with the announcement as he would be the third member of the Kennedy family to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate if he won. However this continuation of the Kennedy political dynasty did not come to fruition, making Joe Kennedy the first in his family to lose an election in Massachusetts, leaving the legacy of his family’s Camelot in the past.”
Read More“Some owners are convinced the government has forgotten them due to the lack of information. In order to express their concerns, many have protested outside the Governor’s mansion proclaiming ‘save our bars.’”
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