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Shirola: Border crisis, shutdown not solely Trump’s fault

January 10, 2019

On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump delivered an address to the nation from the Oval Office. He stated that there is a “growing humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border” where many...

Buchaniec: Holding the country hostage for a non-existent crisis

January 10, 2019

Earlier this week, President Donald Trump formally addressed the nation on prime-time national television. He described a situation that requires immediate action — a time of unparalleled drug smuggling...

U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky condemns Trump’s call for border wall

January 9, 2019

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) declared, “enough is enough,” in a news release Tuesday night in response to President Donald Trump’s televised speech for his border wall. In his address, Trump...

Here We Go Again: Quotes of the week

October 31, 2013

“When I first started on television, people, and even my own manager at the time, would tell me I had to make all of these changes. But you have to stand up and say, 'There's nothing wrong with me or...

Kovac: The costs of functioning government

October 13, 2013

It should go without saying that the government “shutdown” of the past two weeks is not a shutdown in any real sense. Aside from inconvenient furloughs at organizations like the CIA and Department...

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