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The Blind Leading the Blind: The Recklessness of the GOP Presidential Candidates 

Elizabeth Hyman  Opinion Writer There’s no nice way to say it. Our generation has never seen a group so reckless as the current, incredibly distasteful Republican Party. I would blast them for their decision-making, but they have yet to make an actual decision. They have only spun chaos, and in that chaos, they have produced many presidential candidates who have made a mockery of the … Continue reading The Blind Leading the Blind: The Recklessness of the GOP Presidential Candidates 

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New Republican Candidate for Presidential Election Announced

Myra BariStaff Writer As the upcoming presidential election looms closer and closer, more candidates have emerged from the woodwork, primarily Democrats competing for the nomination for the Democrat ticket. Now, a well-known conservative, GOP member and former Illinois representative, Joe Walsh, has announced he will be running for president against President Donald Trump in the next 2020 election. The announcement was made on ABC’s “This … Continue reading New Republican Candidate for Presidential Election Announced

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Trump Provides Grant to Catholic Family Planning Organization

Tyra HilliardStaff Writer As a way to further its agenda to restrict access to abortion and contraception, the Trump administration announced that it will grant up to $5.1 million in funds geared towards family planning to a nonprofit organization tied to the Catholic Church called the Obria Group. The grant, which will dish out $1.7 million in its first year followed by separate distributions of … Continue reading Trump Provides Grant to Catholic Family Planning Organization

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2018 Republican Candidates Struggling to Find Midterm Support

Peyton Upchurch Staff Writer As Nov. 6 approaches, Republican office holders and G.O.P. leaders are beginning to get nervous in regards to the future of their political control. Conservative candidates for governor and the Senate in Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and other “prized” G.O.P. states are noticeably in trouble. They are not polling as highly as party leaders have hoped, and there is concern that these … Continue reading 2018 Republican Candidates Struggling to Find Midterm Support

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Identity Politics: The Utility and Extremity

Morgan Stauffer Staff Writer In late 2017, Jonathan Haidt gave a lecture at the Manhattan Institute in which he discussed identity politics. He loosely defined the phenomenon as the political mobilization around group characteristics, and continues by describing how identity politics are not specifically the issue. Instead, it is the in-group versus out-group thinking that occurs as a result. Politics on the left and right … Continue reading Identity Politics: The Utility and Extremity

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