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Capitol Conundrum

What Happened? As the events of January 6th, 2021 are coming to an end, we as Americans are shocked. On Wednesday the 6th the United States Capitol building was stormed by Trump supporters. While this was going on, inside the building members of Congress were working on trying to ratify the election. They all had to be evacuated as the mob made their way through the Capitol building. Once inside the supports broke into the Senator's offices, and caused some damage as well. By the time the day was over, according to the Washington Post Staff, four people were left dead. One was shot inside the building and three others died of medical emergencies. It was made clear what these supports wanted; to stop the ratification of the election. According to Sabrina Tavernise and Matthew Rosenberg of the New York Times a man inside the building said "Yeah, we stopped the vote!".                         ...
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Here and There

Here     Lots of things are different all around the world. Culture, religion, and politics. Today I will be discussing differences in politics here in America and there (if you will) in Canada. A basic recap of American politics sounds something like this.                               Rolin Branches Of Government We have three branches of government; the Legislative branch which encompasses Congress, the Executive branch which is the President, Vice President, and his Cabinet, and finally the Judicial branch, which is the Supreme Court.  Party System Here in America we also have a two-party system (Republicans and Democrats). We also have an Electoral College. The Electoral College is basically who decides who actually wins the presidency. They will always vote the way their state did in the election. This means that even if a candidate the popular vote, they need to win the electoral coll...
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Bipartisanship and Beyond

What is it?        In class, we watched three Ted Talks. All the videos were based on the idea of bipartisanship. This is when the two political parties can go across the aisle and work together on issues. I think that your political party shouldn’t get in the way of deciding on important issues for the country. We’re called the United States. Yet if in the House of Representatives and the Senate, we aren’t coming across the aisle to talk to each other, then we aren’t really “united” are we? We should all be trying to work together to do what's best for our county. Bridge the great divide, if you will. Yes, the two parties have different views, but we should be working together to incorporate a sort of compromise.                                                      ...
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Should 16 Year Olds be Allowed to Vote?

  Why the Voting Age Should be 16 The voting age is always something that has been a topic of debate. Around the time of the Vietnam War, the voting age was 21. During this time there was a massive uprising to change the voting age from 21 to 18. It was successfully changed and now in this country when you’re turned 18 you can vote on election day. Now in the 21st century, a new voting age has been proposed; 16. Maggie Astor, an author for The New York Times states that “Fifty years later, there is a nascent movement to change the voting age again - this time to 16”. While this idea isn’t completely new, it's still not in the spotlight quite yet. For this to change would be a huge leap in politics and voting rights.    Prexel Why Lower? I believe that the voting age should indeed be lowered to 16, for numerous reasons. When you’re 16, you start to inherit all these responsibilities. It's when you get a license, maybe your first job. All these things require you, to in a s...
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