humility, kindness, and truth.” The boy thought about it, and asked“ Grandfather, when wolf wins?” The old man quietly replied “ The one you feed.” People choose to be evil. In recent and past events like the Ku Klux Klan, Salem Witch Trials, and the Trump wall people chose evil. The first event in history the proves that mankind is evil is the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK were a resistance against the government who were trying to get blacks to be treated like equals. The first
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In All the Way the Presidency is portrayed as a powerless and manipulative position, contrasting to the media portrayal of current day presidents as all-powerful and ultra-refined. Lyndon B Johnson gives the audience a behind the scenes view of the everyday life a president, and it is not what would be expected. His daily tasks did not include barking orders and everyone graciously following his every command. President Johnson was constantly attempting to persuade members of congress, bartering
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Senator Hilary Clinton(D) and Donald Trump(R), when Donald Trump(R) won the 2016 Presidential Election by winning the Electoral College vote, even though he lost the popular vote. The purpose of this essay is to explain both voting systems and explain both in the best and most detail possible, as well as my personal opinion on the two, and if the current
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The Electoral College has been around for centuries and the longer it is around, the more corrupt it becomes. It originally started as a way for the president to be elected by a more knowledgeable party than the general public. This is because; in the 1800s people were not very educated when it came to politics. Since then the Electoral College has become essentially rigged and the only way to fix this issue is to eliminate it. People are controlling the way the Electoral College votes, whether it
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The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution or as most people call it the Second Amendment, has been a point of dispute throughout the American history. Despite all the controversy, the Second Amendment is still defended by a lot of American citizens and politicians. We, as European citizens, ask ourselves why. Therefore it’s time to really get to know the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. When the Constitution was signed on September 17, 1787, federalists claimed the
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dangerous lack of thought process involving the interpretation of counterpoint and filtering for credibility” (Mannes). Groupthink is leading to ridiculous circumstances in the almost daily protests following the 2016 presidential election of Donald J. Trump. Over a year of immersing America in the most toxic election resulted in a large swath of college-age Americans who actually believed, despite the most basic knowledge in government and law, that they could somehow reverse the results of a national
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Illegal immigration has turned into one of the most disputed topics in the United States. Over the years, there has been a marked increase in bias and hate crimes regionally and nationwide against illegal immigrants. Our country’s population is made up of approximately 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants. Over the past and current years, evidence has overwhelmingly shown that immigrants play a vital role in our country’s economic, social, and cultural prosperity. Therefore, responsible social, political
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Ignorance. For e.g.- Jan 25th, 2016 in Muscatine, Iowa, A Sikh man in a turban was thrown out of Donald Trump’s rally for carrying “Stop Hate” sign. It was a peaceful protest. Trump mistakenly thought he was a Muslim and he added saying “He wasn't wearing one of those hats, was he? Was he wearing one of those?" asked Trump at the rally, likely referring to his red "Make America Great Again" baseball caps. "And he never will. And he never will. And he never will” Without even giving a second thought
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News reporters should be focused on broadcasting Presidential Election current news to inform, not persuaded their viewers to support their biases political opinions and beliefs. Many of the news reporters have allowed biases thoughts overcome their task to bring the new reports to the general public; in many cases, opinionated ideology surpassed what their ultimate assignment is to accomplish. Even though there are still many voters undecided, it’s not the media outlet responsibility to help make
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After reading the article, "Hillary’s Popular Vote Holdouts on Collision Course with History," I now believe that the electoral college is a more fairer method to determine the outcome of who will be president, rather than based solely on popular votes (initially, I thought this was the better idea). The reason why I changed my perspective is because I believe that the author brings up a good point, in that both California and New York, both strongly democratic and strongly influential, would almost
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