Thursday, December 8, 2016
Trump picked retired Gen. John Kelly for DHS
According to CNN, Donald Trump picked retired General John Kelly to be the head of the Department of Homeland Security. John Kelly was previously in charge of managing security threats. The threats were by criminal drug networks based in South and Central America. This issue Trump brought up during his campaign. The controversial Guantanamo Bay facility in Cuba, John Kelly oversaw the operations there. John Kelly has served in the Marine Corps for over 40 years as he move through the ranks.
Leonardo DiCaprio had a meeting with Trump
Leonardo DiCaprio had a meeting with Donald Trump Wednesday. Leonardo and the head of his foundation went and met with Trump discussing how on jobs centered around preserving the environment will actually beneficial to the economy. Terry Tamminen, the CEO of DiCaprio company, confirmed the meeting at Trump Tower. They gave a presentation to Trump, his daughter, and other members of Trump's team telling them that focusing on clean energy could create bunches of jobs. Leonardo is an advocate of fighting climate change and preserving wildlife.
Wednesday, December 7, 2016
Joe Biden has no intention of running for President in 2020
According to an article from CNN Politics, on Wednesday Joe Biden told reporters "I have no intention of running" for president in 2020. Also Biden also said "I'm a great respecter of fate. I don't plan on running again. But to say you know what's going to happen in four years, I just think is -- is not rational," What he is saying that he does not intend on running for president, but a lot can change in four years so nothing is set in stone.
Americans like more media
According to the Washington Times, a new poll shows that they like being informed with this new kind of media style, as in tweeting, facebooking, and other forms of social media. Many social critics once predicted that the mass media would disrupt the nation. From the poll they found out that 81% of Americans like "lots of information" and easy access to it. 80% of Americans say its easy to distinguish what news is "trustworthy". Another 79% of Americans like the ton of information and makes them feel like they have control of their own lives. Just by a couple of theses polling data shows, that Americans do like social media and different forms of media because it provides new ways to get access to the news and different stories.
Fun Points in the the Short Term Government Spending Bill
The House Republicans released a short term government spending bill it includes the same budget cap of 1.07 trillion dollars from fiscal 2016, that ended in September. It also gives 8 billion dollars to the Pentagon's overseas contingency fund. That fund is used to fight against ISIS. This bill also includes 170 million dollars that will be addressing drinking water safety in cities like Flint, Michigan. Also, provides 4.1 billion dollars for disaster relief. This money is going toward places like Louisiana in response to the flooding and the destruction from hurricane Matthew. Other provisions in the bill are that allows funds for NASA's Deep Space Exploration program, and ban preventing an increase in pay to lawmakers.
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Formal and Informal Powers of the Senate
Formal powers of the Senate are impeachment, the power to approve treaties, expulsion of a member, and Conduct investigations. The informal powers of the Senate are Filibusters and Cloture. We know which ones are formal because they are stated in the constitution. Informal powers are not mentioned in the constitution.
Senate Sessions Research
- Jeff Sessions was first elected to the senate in 1996. He was recently elected in 2014 so his term will be over and up for reelection in 2020.
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary is one of the committees Jeff is on. He is a senior member of this committee and he is the chairman of the subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest. Another subcommittee is on Oversight, Agency Action, Federal Rights, and Federal Courts. He is also apart the committee on Armed Service. Sessions is the chairman on the subcommittee on Strategic Forces. The other subcommittee is on Airland. Senator Sessions is also a ranking member of the committee on the Budget. He is also apart of the committee on Environment and Public Works, and he is a serves on the following subcommittee, which are, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife, and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety.
- Jeff Sessions ranks 18th in seniority in the Senate. He is also the 9th ranked Republican for seniority in the Senate.
- Jeff Sessions top 5 major contributors are McWane Inc, Northrop Grumman, Parker Towing, Drummond Co, and Bradley, Arant et al.
- If Jeff Sessions resigns, the governor of Alabama will appoint a replacement. Then the state legislator will have to schedule a special election.
- The potential replacements for Senator Sessions are Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, Martha Roby a congresswomen for the 2nd district of Alabama, Robert Aderholt a congressman a representative of the 4th district in Alabama, and Mo Brooks a congressman a representative of the 5th district of Alabama.
- Nominating Senator Sessions as the Attorney General. The responsibilities of the Attorney General are represent the United States in legal matters, gives legal advice to the president and the cabinet, represents the USA government in the Supreme Court of the United States, and supervises and direct administration and operation of the offices, boards, divisions, and bureaus that compromise the department.
- Jeff being nominated has had some controversy because he has had a history of being accused of racism.
- In order to become the Attorney General, its a two step process in the senate. The first step is the Judiciary department the the majority of the senate has to vote on the nominee.
- The Attorney General for President Obama was Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, and Mark Filip(acting). The Attorney General for President Bush was Michael Mukasey, Peter Keisler (acting), and Paul Clement(acting). The Attorney General for President Clinton was Janet Reno.
Monday, November 21, 2016
Two police officers were shot in separate attacks
According to Politico, two cops were shot in two separate accidents and the authorities are calling it "targeted." One of the police officers died and the other was shot in the face, but is aspected to survive. In San Antonio, the detective was writing a traffic ticket to a motorcyclist when he got shot in his cop car Sunday morning. There has been no arrest made and the police don't believe the suspect has any relation to the motorcyclist. In St. Louis, a police officer was shot in the face and is in critical condition in the hospital. He is expected to survive. The police officer was shot twice in the face Sunday night in an "ambush" (that is what the police are calling it). The suspect was later killed in a shoot out with police.
Federal Regulators Block new Mining Claims near Yellowstone
CBS News says, that the Obama administration, in its final days, plan to keep industry out of environmentally sensitive areas, such as people wanting to mine near Yellowstone. The mining claims to about 30,000 acres north of Yellowstone would be banned for two years until a long-term ban in considered. Last week, interior officials canceled oil drilling in the Arctic and cancelled at least 25 oil leased in Colorado and about 15 in northwestern Montana. All these new environmental conscience things are happening, because Trump has made it very clear he doesn't believe in climate change and wants to use more coal and have more off shore oil drilling.
Transgender Americans Nervous after the Election
According to CBS News, many transgender Americans are worried about their civil-rights protection. Since the GOP won, many transgender Americans are worried they are going to have much more resistance when coming to what bathroom to use, and the new bill just passed about being open about being transgender in the military. According to Chase Strangio, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, says that transgenders "are concerned for their safety" involving legal rights in previous passed bills and laws. Their concerns are that the Trump administration will abandon the efforts to let transgender people use the bathroom of their choice at public schools, and that GOP governed states will limit and restrict transgender rights.
Trump's Popularity has Risen since the Election
According to the Politco/Morning Consult Poll of registered voters Trump's popularity has increased after the election. About 46% of voters have a favorable view of Trump since he has gotten elected. About 34% have a very unfavorable opinion on him. While the other 12% have a somewhat unfavorable view of him. Usually after the election the victor's popularity goes up, the "honeymoon" phase. Since becoming President-elected his popularity has reach new highs. About 19% of the people polled, think that he is more organized in the transition period, and about 34% think it is about the same.
Obama and Putin meeting Face to Face, possibly the Last time
From CBS News, they say that President Obama and Russian President Putin were meeting while they were at the economic summit in Peru. Their conversation was not able to be heard by journalist there, but the white house claims is was mostly talking about Syria. A White House official said that Obama encouraged Putin to keep his end of the deal in order to try to end the Ukraine Conflict. Obama and Putin met earlier this fall at the G-20 China Summit and discussed trying to end cease fire in Syria because they could not reach an agreement. According to president Obama, they could not reach an agree because there are "gaps in trust".
Friday, November 11, 2016
Howard Dean Announces Run for Democratic Party
According to U.S. News, Howard Dean has announced his bid to head up the Democratic Party. He held this post during the Bush administration and wants to hold it against since of Donald Trumps presidential win. The party's liberals have been trying to find power since of Hialry's defeat. The party is blaming her lose on her reluctancy to fully focus on economic equality and tougher Wall Street regulations. Since the Interim Chairwoman Donna Brazile is ending early next year, and without a democratic president to a successor, the committee will hold elections for this post.
More People are Signing up for ObamaCare since Trump got elected
According to CBS News, over 100,000 people signed up for health care coverage on Wednesday, the day after election day. The Obama administration announced that this has been the highest number of people signing up since Open Enrollment began. Americans have till January 31, 2017 to enroll in or change their health care plan. Donald Trump says he is going to "immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare" once he gets into office. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that repealing ObamaCare is "pretty high on our agenda."
Climate Scientist worried about Trump's Presidency
According to an article from the Huffington Post, climate scientist are very worried how Trump's presidency will affect against climate change. Donald Trump does not believe in climate change, he believes it it a Chinese Hoax. Trump wants to end spending on climate change initiatives and wants to get the US out of the climate agreement made in Paris last year. Most of the climate scientist are very worried for the climate and "I fear this may be game over for the climate" said Dr. Michael E. Mann, a professor of atmospheric science at Pennsylvania State University. Sine Trumps victory many people are thinking that Asia and Europe will have be to be the leaders, without America, against climate change.
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
House race of Florida's 26th District
Carlos Curbelo, the republican incumbent, won re-election for the house seat of Florida's 26th district. He beat Joe Garcia (D) and Jose Peixoto (I). Curbelo won 52.9% of the votes for the general election, while Joe Garcia had 41.2% of the votes and Jose Peixtoto had 5.9% of the votes. Since, Carlos was the incumbent he had more contributions given to help his campaign. This is his second time holding the House office for the 26th district of Florida. His first time back in 2014 he won against the former incumbent Joe Garcia. This general election was a rematch for the two politicians. This election Curbelo won by a wider margin against his competitors. In 2014, Curbleo had 51.5% of votes, but this year he has 52.9% of the votes.
State Voting Results about Recreational Marijuana Legalization
Right now in America, medical marijuana is available in 25 states and the District of Columbia. By the end of Election day more states maybe legalized recreational marijuana. On the ballot of California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona, and Nevada is the legalization of recreational marijuana. In Florida, Arkansas, and North Dakota are deciding whether or not they should permit the use of medical use of marijuana.
Monday, November 7, 2016
The Top Five Election Ads of the 2016 Cycle
The first election ad is "Background Checks" for US Senator Jason Kander in Missouri. This ad provided a creative way for the topic of gun control. In the ad Jason Kander, a former Army intelligence officer in Afghanistan, assembles a military-grade rifle blindfolded. The second election ad is "Please re-elect Gerald" for Gerald Daughtery. This ad is having Gerald's wife, Charly Daughter, she is saying to his voters to please re-elected him because all he wants to do is help people. Also, she says "he doesn't have any hobbies." This campaign ad is playing for the people that are tired of the election ads. I think its really funny because he is bothering her with all the ways he wants to help his community. The third election ad is a heart wrenching video called "Captain Khan". It is for Hilary Clinton, but the Father of Captain Khan is talking about his son, who is a muslim, and his heroic action and the one question that Khizr Khan, the father of Captain Khan, has for Donald Trump. "I want to ask Mr. Trump, would my son have a place in your America?" The fourth top election video is Carly Fiorina's "Faces". This campaign ad was about all the women faces that make up America and women can be business leaders just as well as men. The fifth campaign ad is "Kristi's Story". This campaign ad is for Donald Trump against gun control. Kristi's story is her about being attacked but luckily she had her pistol on her to help defended herself. According to the ad since Hilary Clinton is for gun control she would have not able to have that gun on her to protect herself.
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Overseas Votes Raise the Risk for Hacked Election
Many voters overseas including military and overseas americans, are risked for their ballots being hacked. If their votes get hacked with a virus it could effect state and local election offices. More than 30 states allow different types of online voting. State officials keep saying that they will count the ballots with out any serious problems. There is still a threat because no online votes can be completely safe because "today's everything-is-hackable environment." Many states want their troops, stationed overseas, to vote. A statement from Arizona Secretary of State Michele Reagan said in an interview "We'll take military votes however they are able to get them to us." This statement shows that the people want the Americans overseas to vote it just a scary time since anything now is hackable.
Paul Ryan is Going to Vote for Trump
According to an article from Politico, Paul Ryan is going to vote for Trump. He told Fox News that he voted for him in the early voting. Ryan and Trump have had their difference but Ryan still has to publicly said he voted for Trump. Ryan keeps reiterating "I am supporting our entire Republican ticket. I have been all along." According to the article, Paul can has many moderate Republicans that can't support Trump or they will lose their seats so Paul can't endorse Trump or it will put their political positions in jeopardy.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Zika Funds are going Nowhere
According to an article from NBC News, hundreds of millions of dollars approved by congress to help fight against the Zika virus. The money won't be going anywhere till next year. That is almost a full year since help against the virus had been requested. It is going to take this long because cities have to bid on the money and the federal agencies then have to decide who they will be giving the money to. While this is happening, Florida has report three new home grown cases of the Zika virus because of this Florida has been demanding quicker help from the government. They need the governments help for controlling the mosquitos and getting people tested for the virus.
Obamacare Premiums are Going Up
According from an article from NBC News, Obamacare premiums are going up by more than 20 percent on average next year. Tuesday night the Health and Human Services Department admitted to the premiums going up. This made Republicans happy, but this is bad news for President Barack Obama. The rise in the cost of Obamacare does not mean its going to go away. The rise in Obamacare may effect over 60 percent of Americans since more than 60 percent get their health insurance through their employer. In response to this announcement, Donald trump tweeted "Obamacare is a disaster! Time to repeal & replace!" Trump's companies does provide their employees with health insurance but not Obamacare.
The Gap between Clinton and Trump is Closing
According to recent polling, the state polling showed that the gap between Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump is closing. Previously, Clinton led 45 percent to 33 percent. The recent polling shows her leading only 46 percent while Trump has 45 percent. The recent polling has shown that Clinton has expanded her lead in North Carolina, but her and Trump are still in a tight race for Florida. All these polls were taken before the news of the reopening of the FBI investigation going into Hilary Clintons's emails.
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Missouri's State Senate Race
In the Missouri's State Senate Race the Republican nominee is Roy Blunt and the Democrat nominee is Jason Kander. Roy Blunt is the incumbent of this senate race. Roy graduated from Southwest Baptist University. He has had multiple jobs in politics such as house majority whip from 2003- 2007, house majority leader sep. 2005- feb. 2006, house minority whip 2007- 2008, and elected vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. Roy says he will support the republican nominee so therefore he is standing by Donald Trump. In Roy Blunt's Campaign, he has so far raised $14,352,574, spent $10,436,064, and cash still in hand $4,089,549. His top contributors are Crawford Group, Goldman Sachs, Montesano Co, Capital One Financial, and the Blackstone Group. Jason Kander went to American University and Georgetown University. His previous jobs are a captain in the Army Nation Guard, lawyer, and the Secretary of State of Missouri. He supports Hillary Clinton, the democratic nominee. Clinton's Campaign funded Kander's campaign over 500,000 dollars. He does have some different view points on different subjects such as gun control and Obamacare. He has gotten wide media cover from his campaign video of him assembling a gun against gun control. In Jason Kander's campaign, he has raised $9,516,888, spent $6,019,823, and cash still in hand $3,497,062. Kander's top contributors are Simmons Hanly Conroy, University of Missouri, Sosland Publishing,Thornton Law Firm, Korein Tillery Llc, Bryan Cave LLP, Akin, Gump et al, Lieff, Cabraser et al, Dollar, Burns & Becker, and St Louis Missouri. According to the polls, this is a very tight race. The polls show that Blunt has the lead by one, 45, and Kander has 44.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
U.S. Warns North Korea about the use of Nuclear Weapons
Defense Secretary Ash Carter warned Wednesday that any attack on U.S. allies or the use of nuclear weapons from North Korea the response from the United States will be "overwhelming." Carter was speaking at the beginning of talks between top people from U.S. and South Korea diplomats and defense officials. These talks were in the response of the growing threat of North Korea's nuclear missile program. The meeting they had was held weeks after the North Koreans had their most powerful nuclear test explosion and after its failed test launch of a ballistic missile.
Ken Bone will be Covering the Debate
An article from USA Today says, that Ken Bone will be covering for Jimmy Kimmel in the last Presidential debate tonight. Ken Bone says he is sure that there will be so what of a comedic element to the debate tonight. He told USA today that he has brought two red sweater for the debate tonight. So far, Ken does not know he is going to vote for. He is hoping that the debate tonight the candidates will talk about their policies than just attack each other.
Marco Rubio being Silent on Wikileaks hacks
According to Politico, Marco Rubio is urging Republicans to keep quite about the hack of Wikileaks on Hilary Clintons campaign chairman. He says since Democrats are being hacked now, Republicans can be hacked later. Rubio's view point on the hacks is the opposite of Donald Trumps, the Republican nominee. Donald Trump has been exposing the hacks, on Facebook and Twitter. Rubio urges the rest of the Republicans not to talk about it because the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee have all been hacked and the GOP can be next.
Nationwide Highschool Graduates has Gone Up
According from the article from CBS News, Obama says the nation wide high school graduation rate for 2014-2015, academic year, is now 83.2 percent. The graduation rate rates with every racial and ethnic group has risen as well. Mr. Obama also noted that two thirds of job openings require a post-high school education. “You’re competing with somebody on the other side of the world in China or in India, because jobs can go wherever they want because of the internet, because of technology. And the best jobs are going to go to the people that are the best educated whether in India or China or anywhere in the world.” said President Obama. This quote from President Obama shows highschoolers looking for a job that it is actually more beneficial to them to continue their education in order to find a job later in life.
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
2016 Electoral Map is favoring Hillary Clinton
According from an article from the Washington Post, a Fix's electoral vote tracker that combines Real Clear Politics polling average in swing states and puts them on electoral map. According to the electoral map shown if the election was today Hilary Clinton would be most likely to win with 341 electoral votes and Donald Trump would have 197 electoral votes. From the bad reviews Donald Trump is getting his poll numbers both swing states and nationally are declining.
Monday, September 26, 2016
California police are required to lock their guns in their car
According to the article from the Washington Times, Governor Jerry Brown of California signed a bill saying that gun owners and policemen have to lock up their guns in their car if they leave the vehicle unattended. Starting on January 1st that police and gun owners lock their gun in the trunk or in a container out of plan sight. If they fail to do this they will be fined $1,000.00. This bill is in place because a gun stolen from a police officer was used in the San Francisco killing of 32-year- old Kate Steinle and 27-year- old Antonio Ramos.
Republicans are Gaining in Registered voters
According to an article from the New York Times, Republicans are gaining in the polls in several swing states. There are still more registered democrat voters, but the margin between republican and democrat registered voters are less than it was in 2012. According to this article the Clinton campaign is very invested in florida, by spending tons of money in television ads, more than Trump is. The amount of registered voters may not even matter, this election cycle, because in North Carolina there is about the same number of registered voters with no party affiliation as a many registered Republican voters. This same type of situation is also happening in other states as well.
Cruz Endorsed Trump
The article from CNN Politics says, Ted Cruz endorsed Trump Friday afternoon. It was actually very surprising since there had been a lot of personal attacks at the Republican National Convention. Trump's vice president nominee, Mike Pence, had been talking to Cruz by messages and over the phone. Mike Pence played a very important role in Cruz's decision to vote for Donald Trump. By Ted Cruz endorsing Trump will help Trump get more of the conservative party to vote for him on election day.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
CBSN and Instagram Partnering
CBSN and Instagram are now partnering for the presidential debates. CBS News is going to be streaming 24/7 stories about the presidential debates to Instagram's new stories. CBSN is the first network to have live coverage on Instagram stories. The network will be offering full coverage of the debate before and after the debate starts. The Instagram stories will be created by CBS anchors and CBS news correspondents and contributors. The streaming service has set the two week viewership for its coverage of the Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
President Obama vetoes a bill regarding 9/11 Families to sue Saudi Arabia
According to the article from CBS News, Obama vetoes a bill about allowing 9/11 families to be able to sue Saudi Arabia's government. President Obama returned the bill to Congress with a letter saying that it might expose America to more law suits from individuals in different countries. Also, the bill, would not protect the U.S. from other attacks. The article states that this is Obama's 12th veto and the Congress has been unsuccessful in override five of them. President Obama and former President George W. Bush are tied with the fewest votes since Warren Harding who had six votes during his short presidency.
Wednesday, September 14, 2016
Climate Change puts U.S. at Risk
An article from the Huffington Post says, that effects of climate change increases the danger of international conflict and endangers the U.S. military operations. Military officials are not taking the climate change seriously. Climate change and not taking care of the environment will effect the human race. This is a big question for the next president and what they will do about. Hilary Clinton states that she wants to shift the country to 50 percent clean energy by 2030 and put regulation on fracking. While, Donald Trump global warming is more of a concept than and actual threat, so the Chinese can try to hurt U.S. business.
State Democrats being Hacked
According from a article from Politico, State Democrats are getting hacked. The hackers are targeting Democratic officials and some have been impersonating them. Association of State Democratic Chairs sent an email message saying that a number of members of the democratic party have been hacked and impersonated and to try to avoid Wikileaks, this anti-secrecy site. Apparently had posted leaked material from the Democratic National Committee.
Colin Kaepernick and His Political Opinions and Statements
According to the Washington Post article, Colin Kaepernick remained seated during the national anthem at the 49ers football game. He is known for being less media seeking player. He remained seated during the national anthem in a form of protest against police misconduct and for the black lives matter protest. "I'll continue to stand with the people who are being oppressed. To me, this is something that has to change, and when there's significant change- and I feel like that flag represents what it's suppose to represent, and this country is representing people the way it's supposed to- I'll stand." This quote is from Colin Kaepernick saying to a report. It shows he just want to see change happen within America and he is participating in politics and good a calm orderly way he is bring attention to his issue and is stirring up talk and change.
Monday, September 12, 2016
15th Anniversary of 9/11
Yesterday, families, friends, and others went to lower Manhattan to read the names of the victims of 9/11. Both Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton attend the ceremony. Both candidates decided not to campaign while there. Hilary Clinton left early because she got overheated. By her not feeling well has started an uproar by people wondering about her health. President Obama said a few remarks at the Pentagon for the people that lost their lives and their families. President Obama wants America to know that its important to defend our territory but also America's ideals.
The Zika Virus fails to get Funding
According to the NBC News article, Congress has still has not gotten anything accomplished, regarding the bill that would pay for a federal Zika response. Back in February, President Obama requested 1.9 billion dollars in emergency funding to help fight the virus, but, according to NBC, Republican Dominated Congress stalled. More cases of the Zika virus is appearing in Florida. Health officials are telling people to empty out their water after they are done because misquotes can bred in just a few drops of water.
Thursday, September 1, 2016
The Supreme Court will not Change the Strict North Carolina Voting Law
The past Wednesday, the Supreme Court decline to reinstate North Carolina voting retractions for the upcoming November Election, according to the article from NBC News. Many democrats and voting rights activist are putting pressure on the state GOP , about this issue. The state are holding county election boards to try to offer as little of early voting hours as possible and so Sunday voting is not offered. The Republicans, in North Carolina, are still trying to find ways to restrict voting.
Registered Republican are gaining in Swing States
According to the article in the New York Times, In many of the swing states there has been an increase of more republican voters than from the data in 2012. Registered democrats still have a lead on registered republicans, but the total number of registered republicans, in swing states, are growing. In Florida some of the democrats are switching their registration to republican now according to Karen Giorno, Donald Trumps campaign manger for Florida.
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Obama Extends Bombing Misson in Libya
According to the article from Fox News, Obama is extending the bombing mission in Libya for another month. This decision keeps U.S. War ships of the coast of Libya to strike ISIS and to help Libya's ground forces fight ISIS in the city of Sirte. Fox News says they are not sure how many ISIS members are in Libya at this time. The CIA director, John Brennan, says there 5,000-8,000 members, while military officials are saying hundreds. Right now the Pentagon nor the White House has not official placed the extension on the two U.S war ships and the airstrike.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Texas has a New Law, Allowing Guns on Campus
According to CNN Politics, Texas has passed a law allowing people over 21, with a gun permit, to take their gun onto campus and in the buildings and classrooms. Some people like this law because it makes them feel more safe. If a hostile person wanted to hurt a school, there would be people with guns to protect themselves and other people. The other side to this controversies, people feel unsafe by this law because if someone wants to bring a gun to school they can. For this law, its helping all Texans, and students use their Second Amendment right.
Arizona's and Illinois Election Database was Hacked
According to CBS News, FBI has been searching for the hackers that hacked into Arizona's and Illinois election databases. The hack was first reported by Yahoo News on Monday after it received a copy alert. FBI's Cyber division has issued an alert that warns "Targeting Activity Against State Board of Election Systems." The FBI seems to believe that the hack was preformed by foreign hackers, but they have not release a name of a county.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Bill Clinton Tells about the Next steps for the Clinton Foundation
In the article in USA Today, it presented a piece of what will be the changes to the Clinton Foundations if Hilary is elected President. The changes are as follows: the foundation will only accept contributions only from American citizens/ permit residents and the name will change from Bill, Hilary, and Chelsea Foundation to the Clinton Foundation. Also if Hilary is elected he says he will give NGO's and other transactions to different groups.
Donald Trump denies flip flopping on immigration
According to the article on USA News, Trump denies he is flip flopping on his immigration laws/stand point. He said he is going to stick with deporting 11 million illegal immigrants, while his campaign manger is saying "to be determined." He tells people on Fox and Friends he wants to have "a really fair, but firm" solution to the illegal immigrants that are coming into America. Republican officials are no saying Trump has finally gotten is stride and will be soon catching up to Hilary.
Only 9% of American chose Trump and Clinton
From the New York Times article, both Clinton and Trump only got nine percent of the entire nation voted for them in the primaries. The rest of either the Republican and Democratic parties voted for another candidate. Trump and Clinton right now are going to try to get the votes from the rest of the American people which include people that did not vote in the primaries and people that do not vote. They are going to try to appeal these people and to America's population as a whole to get votes.
Judge blocking Obama's School Transgender bathroom policy
The article from CNN, Judge Reed O'Connor of Texas, granted preliminary junction wanted by Texas and other states about challenging Title IX. He wants the students to still have protection of their rights and privacy by using a public bathroom. Schools that are getting federal money can not discriminate when it comes to bathrooms, based on their sex. The schools that are not accepting transgender student and not comfortable with them using which ever bathroom they choose, the government is threatening to take their funding away.
Hilary, according to polls, is leading in Ohio
In the polls is Ohio, according to Monmouth University, it seems that Hilary Clinton as a 43 percent lead to 39 percent lead over Donald Trump. 88 percent of Democrats say they will be voting for Hilary and 83 percent of Republicans will be voting for Trump. For the independents it will be split for who they vote for. Even though Hilary has a slight lead over Trump, according to Washington Post ,she is not doing as well as President Obama did among the black, asian, and hispanic voters.
Monday, August 15, 2016
Most to Least Religious States
In the article of Most to Least Religious States, they measured on how a religious states is by how much they attend church, pray, and how much God is important in their lives. Someone can also be "highly religious" in their terms if the people report high religious behaviors acts. Political scientist might be interested in how religious a state is because it may influence peoples opinions on a certain laws or problem going on in the United States. While other less religious people may respond differently to a law or policy trying to be put in place.
First AP Gov. Post
So far in this class, I have taken a political typology quiz and have taken a news quiz off the Pews Research Center website. On the third day of class, my class was separated into two groups and given random pictures. The objective is to see what cards can be interrupted as political problems and/or news. The conclusion my class came to was that most things in life can become political problems if people want them to be.
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