This is a short post because this is an extremely simply issue. We have finally received extremely rudimentary details on Trump’s taxes from a leak given to the New York Times. They have not released or leaked the full tax returns yet. The tax returns claim that Trump gave his daughter Ivanka over $700,000 in …
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May Justice Live Forever
The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday is an event which will significantly impact the future of American politics for the rest of our history. The Roberts Court has seen multiple 5-4 decisions which have been extremely decisive for the future of our country. The timing of this vacancy just before an election which will …
Democratic vs Republican Trifectas
Does your vote matter? Aren’t the parties the same? Does Democracy work? Let’s investigate this. I’m going to start the clock in 1933. There are a few reasons for this. The biggest reason is that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt pushed the Democratic Party towards its modern platform significantly. It would take another 62 years for …
Hope
Hope enriches my life by allowing me to see the way out of times of trouble. It allows me to make and keep strategies for my own success which over time will allow me to spread my success to others. I do this by finding job opportunities for friends of mine, working on building up …
Coronavirus Aid
It took me some time to unravel why we are losing Coronavirus aid today. This article from Marketwatch explained it very clearly in a single sentence: On Monday, Senate Republicans unveiled a new stimulus package, dubbed the Health, Economic Assistance, Liability Protection and Schools Act, or HEALS Act, that calls for implementing supplemental weekly unemployment …
What religious freedom means
The Supreme Court made a terrible decision yesterday, ruling that employers are allowed to deny access to birth control to their employees. This idea is that forcing an employer to pay for the birth control of their employee as part of their health insurance is forcing the business owner to violate their religious beliefs. The …
Analyzing America’s presidents
Grey means no election. Blue means the candidate won a majority of the popular vote twice Red means one of the President’s terms was shorter than 4 years. Green means the President either only served one term or did not win a majority of the popular vote in one of his elections. Purple is Franklin …
Obama almost became a SCOTUS justice
It is my belief that President Obama almost became a Supreme Court justice. This is because that if Hillary Clinton had become President 3 years ago, he would have been the most obvious pick to replace a resignation during Hillary Clinton’s term. It is likely RBG would have retired by now given that she is …
Conservative mindset
Might makes right. If someone isn’t doing well, then it is inherently their fault. Social redistribution is counter to both of these ideas. Military spending backs up the idea of might makes right. If my actions impact someone else, that means I was more mighty, hence in the right. Civil rights are contrary to the …
Absentee Voting and Voting Machines
Blue means everyone uses Absentee voting Green means everyone has the option to use absentee voting Yellow means you need an excuse to use absentee voting and there is a paper trail Red means you need an excuse to use absentee voting and there is no paper trail To put this in more perspective: 61.4% …