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Wisconsin’s Tale of Anti-Musk Triumph

By Gabriel Brogan Elon Musk has faced his first reckoning with the American people. On April 1st, the Wisconsin Supreme Court race went to liberal candidate Susan Crawford, despite Musk throwing over twenty million dollars behind conservative candidate Brad Schimel, according to BBC News.  It was the most expensive judicial race in history, with 100 million dollars being spent to support candidates in total, according … Continue reading Wisconsin’s Tale of Anti-Musk Triumph

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Which federal employees has DOGE fired under Trump’s “effeciency” efforts?

By Jociel Colon Donald Trump, the 45th and now the 47th President of the United States, has had quite the “welcome back” ceremony since being inaugurated in January, changing the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America, and announcing the abolishment of the Department of Education. Now, with him appointing Elon Musk as the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, it seems like … Continue reading Which federal employees has DOGE fired under Trump’s “effeciency” efforts?

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Campus Life, Opinion

How the Trump presidency is impacting McCaskey

By Gabriel Brogan It has been over a month since the beginning of Donald Trump’s second term in the Oval Office. For some of us, it has felt much, much longer. Since January 20th, Donald Trump has been sprinting to accomplish a cartoonishly evil agenda using executive orders and the help of his coked-up crypto bro, Elon Musk.  I won’t go into everything Trump has … Continue reading How the Trump presidency is impacting McCaskey

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News, Politics, Uncategorized

Trump’s federal funding freeze

By Gabriel Brogan On Tuesday, January 28th, newly-inaugurated President Trump signed an executive order suspending access to hundreds of billions of dollars of federal funding. The order, ostensibly to give the White House time to “Look at the scams, dishonesty, waste and abuse” Trump claimed were taking place under Biden, cut off vital funds for thousands of organization. Merely hours after the order was signed, … Continue reading Trump’s federal funding freeze

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What will happen if Trump eliminates the Department of Education?

By Elisabeth Palacios The U.S Department of Education has been a part of the federal government since 1980, serving about 50 million students in America. President Donald Trump plans to get rid of it, as many from the Republican Party have tried to in the past. The Department of Education (ED) is “the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers and coordinates … Continue reading What will happen if Trump eliminates the Department of Education?

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How do McCaskey students feel about Trump 2.0?

By Gabriel Brogan In the wee hours of November 6th, 2024, Donald Trump was elected president for the second time in 8 years. Trump, seen as a disrupter candidate with little chance back in 2016, won that race by an incredibly narrow margin- and lost the popular vote by a slim 2%. In 2020, the election was similarly close, with Biden taking the popular vote … Continue reading How do McCaskey students feel about Trump 2.0?

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Trump holds campaign event at Lancaster County Convention Center

By Elisabeth Palacios Sunday, October 20th, at 5 PM, presidential candidate Donald Trump had a rally right here in the heart of Lancaster.  The town hall was full of hundreds of supporters by the time the doors opened at 2:30, and the line of people that were waiting wrapped around a whole block.   Trump reiterated the main points of his campaign like in many of … Continue reading Trump holds campaign event at Lancaster County Convention Center

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Opinion

Why Did This Happen?: The Psychology of the Capitol Riot

On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, as Congress performed the perfunctory procedure of certifying the electoral college votes that would confirm Joseph Biden as President-elect, an armed mob of thousands of Trump supporters who believed the President’s false claims that he won an election he decisively lost invaded the Capitol building. They were state legislators, veterans, conspiracy theorists, and members of dangerous, far-right organizations such as … Continue reading Why Did This Happen?: The Psychology of the Capitol Riot

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Trump Freezes Funding to World Health Organization

by Landis F. May 1, 2020 The World Health Organization, or WHO, is a very important organization during this perplexing war with coronavirus. It provides healthcare to various countries around the world, helps to prevent communicable diseases such as Ebola and influenza, and researches different diseases by trying to find a cure and publishing data, reports, and fact sheets about new contagious viruses for an … Continue reading Trump Freezes Funding to World Health Organization

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