Author: Daniel Nunez
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State of the Race: DNC Edition
Seventy-one days until election day, we’re right off the presses of the DNC convention. The Democrats’ Convention was full of exuberance and a sense of hope that has entered them since the dramatic departure of President Biden. This Convention was full of star-studded speeches from heavy Democratic hitters like the…
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Why United? Part Two
In the last “Why United?” post we made, our team tried to capture the essence of what makes America great by referencing historical bravado. The greatness of Hubert Humphrey’s hand of conciliation, George Washington’s nobility, Henry Clay’s legislative chops, and Truman’s Marshall Plan: while we’re proud of what came out,…
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State of the Race: Harris Surges and Leads
Eighty-four days until election day and the momentum is clearly swinging in one way: and it’s certainly not Donald Trump’s. The enthusiasm for the Harris campaign is palpable as all the polls show a race swinging clearly in one direction. After the announcement of Governor Walz as her VP and…
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The Scandal That Destroyed a Presidency
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office. Richard Nixon Fifty years ago, President Richard Milhouse Nixon resigned amid a generationally defining scandal that would forever mar the history of the executive office. When faced with closing walls, the President…
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East and West Bridged: Prisoner Swap
President Joe Biden found himself alone, facing the throes of his political decline at home after a disastrous debate performance and an internal party rebellion. At home, the partisan warfare seemed destined to engulf Biden’s presidency and eventually would do so on July 21st. A mere hour before he decided…
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Tim Walz Selected as Vice Presidential Candidate!
The pick is Tim Walz! Kamala Harris’ search for her Vice President has ended today after a profess severely hampered by time as ballot deadlines quickly crept upon the Democrats. This process caps off some of the most shocking chain of events to ever rock American politics: the cascade, started…
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A New Race: State of the Race Edition
97 days away from election day, and to say that the State of the Race is different from our last update two weeks ago is an understatement. Everything since President Biden’s dramatic exit from the race has rendered every prediction and forecast moot, and the fundamental political gravity has shifted.…
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The Long and Winding Road : Joe Biden’s Career
On Wednesday at 8 pm, President Biden, after more than 50 years in public life, announced his rationale for his decision to drop out of the 2024 election and gave a speech akin to a farewell. In this highly publicized Oval Office speech, Biden acknowledged that this election was not…
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Harris’ Veepstakes
The Vice President of the United States now finds herself looking for her own Vice President to be the number two on the Democratic ticket. This high profile game of veepstakes may determine the course as to which the race shapes up in key battleground states, and the choices on…
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Biden Falls, Harris Rises: An In-Depth Report
The obvious question on everyone’s mind is clearly, “What the hell is going on?.” Over the last few weeks, political events have unfolded in a magnitude akin to a category five hurricane, and the course America will take has dramatically been affected. All the preconceived notions of political gravity have…