Author: Daniel Nunez
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State of the Race
One hundred forty-one days until national election day in the United States and the races across the national level are sure to be close. In the House, Senate, and Presidency, polls show deadlocked contests that will influence policy domestically and internationally. Here’s what’s changed since last week’s ratings: State of…
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State of The Race
One hundred forty-six days until national election day in the United States, and developments have shaken the course of the race since the last ratings. The movement within the polls confirms that these national races are sure to be close. Here’s what’s changed since the last ratings: State of the…
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State of the Race
Two hundred eleven days until the presidential election, and the race is just beginning to heat up. The state of the race is volatile in the marquee elections across the country, and ratings have begun to shift. Here’s what’s changed from the last election ratings: State of the Race: Presidential…
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Baltimore Bridge Down
In the wee hours of Tuesday, March 26th, a 300-meter-long Singaporean-flagged ship (the Dali) en route to Sri Lanka lost power and crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The ship, traveling around nine miles per hour, hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge with an estimated force of upwards of…
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The Death of Navalny
The news cycle seems to circle at such a blindingly fast rate; every morning, a new headline, and by night, it’s old news; this constant replacement creates a certain disconnect where yesterday’s news feels like last week’s and last month’s, last year’s; but the death of political dissident Alexi Navalny…
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A Speakership Crisis on Repeat
A speakership crisis has erupted in the House of Representatives in another day of partisan warfare on Capital Hill. Speaker Mike Johnson, elected in a month-long brawl after the ouster of Kevin McCarthy, is now feeling pressure from circumstances very similar to those that removed McCarthy. The pressure comes from…
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The Embellisher’s Expulsion
“Vote your conscience” House GOP Leadership Today’s expulsion vote results are in, and the lier is out. The truth of George Santos’ flagrant lies masqueraded as embellishments was that they weren’t merely outlandish lies- but outlandish lies that hid multiple accused violations of federal law, including using campaign funds for…
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The House of Representatives Exodus
The House Exodus is in session as the House was out of session as three dozen members have announced their intention not to run for reelection; the unrestrained chaos of the last few months have, in the words of Democratic Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, “politics just no longer made…
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Turmoil in the Middle East
Consider the blameless, observe the upright; a future awaits those who seek peace. Psalms 37:37 Global stability has always been fragile, like fine china in the hands of men: there has never been an era when humanity has not entered into conflict with fellow humans and disrupted the balance of…
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Speaker Chaos
“Bring it on“ Kevin McCarthy. The beginning of every month is always a time of reflection: the environment around us is changing as fall begins to slip away into winter, the passage of time reminds us of our own mortality and lives, events around the world that demonstrate how fragile…