Share: ICE is now detaining and deporting foreign students and children despite them being legally permitted to live in the U.S. These unlawful deportations are evidence that the U.S. federal government is growing increasingly similar to an authoritarian regime that disregards rule by law. Growing similarities between the two organizations have caused sources to compare ICE to the Gestapo, the most well-known example of a secret police. Just like what Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is doing now, the Gestapo initially started arresting people without …
Fear mongering misinformation only deepens political divide
Share: The spread of misinformation regarding Trump’s rumored declaration of Martial Law on April 20 has caused unnecessary terror among Americans and could drive people away from educating themselves, further expanding the division between the right and the left. Throughout the month of April, various social media users on platforms such as TikTok posted videos saying President Donald Trump would be declaring Martial Law on April 20. Even though it’s irresponsible to spread misinformation online about what is happening with our already questionable and unhinged …
RFK Jr.’s remarks on autism are insulting and outdated
Share: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a statement implying that autistic people cannot lead normal lives at a press conference on April 16. Kennedy stated that autistic children “are kids who will never pay taxes, they’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date. Many of them will never use a toilet unassisted.” Kennedy’s assumption of autistic people couldn’t be more insulting to the autistic community. By assuming autistic people can’t lead normal …
Shocker: Pete Hegseth confirms how incompetent he actually is
Share: Foolish. That’s the only word in mind when thinking or reading about Pete Hegseth, the United States Defense Secretary. In a department where strategy and development are favored, complete chaos has broken out due to his stupidity. Hegseth is foolish and has now officially demonstrated his lack of qualifications for the position. Recently, Hegseth has committed outrageous and dangerous actions, such as sharing classified information about Yemen airstrikes in not one, but two unsecured Signal chats that included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey …
Political Dissident: What do you call a democracy that ignores its own laws?
Share: It’s a strange time to be writing a political opinion column—even for a community college newspaper. This week alone, hundreds of international students have had their visas revoked. Activists are being detained by agents in unmarked vans. A man was deported and imprisoned in a foreign country because of an “administrative error.” And the President of the United States was caught on a hot mic saying, “the homegrowns are next.” As a writer, I’ve never been so hyper-aware of what I put out into …
Dodgers turned their backs on Los Angeles with White House visit
Share: The Dodgers recently visited the White House to be honored for their 2024 World Series championship, and it feels like a slap in the face to their fans. Los Angeles locals take a great amount of pride in the success of the Dodgers. For many people who grew up here, such as myself, sitting in the stands at a Dodger game with friends and family while your dad wolfs down a Dodger Dog is an integral childhood memory. I was born and raised in …
Abrego Garcia’s life is on the line while Trump and Bukele double down on mistakes
Share: The Trump administration’s racial targeting has now taken a turn to outright carelessness with the negligent deportation of a Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia. In March, the Trump administration “mistakenly” deported Abrego Garcia, a man with a protected legal status here in the U.S., to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador called the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT. After receiving backlash, the administration admitted to this deportation being an “administrative error,” but has so far not shown any concern or plan on …
Trump doesn’t care about the Constitution
Share: Donald Trump has officially pushed the constitutional limit with his newest endeavor: aiming for a third term. Trump, stating how serious he is about a third presidential term, is willing to jump through all kinds of hoops to avoid the elephant in the room, the Constitution. At the end of March, Trump made the jarring statement to NBC that he was “not joking” about attempting to bypass the Constitution to secure the presidency in 2028. This isn’t the first time the words ‘‘third term’’ …
Everyone needs to bully Elon Musk so he can continue to make the GOP look bad
Share: There has never been a more pathetic manlet in history than Elon Reeve Musk, and everyone should be happy to see him fail. It is mind-blowing that, at some point less than a decade ago, this neanderthal was decently respected to some extent by a sizable majority of the general public. By the grace of God and the voters of America’s dairyland, the man has suffered an embarrassing week after pouring millions of dollars into Brad Schimel’s race for a seat in Wisconsin’s Supreme …
Donald Trump v. The Federal Courts of The United States
Share: It has been 79 days and counting since Donald Trump was inaugurated for his second term as president. He has pushed the legal and moral boundaries of the law with many of his actions, which has caused significant pushback from the courts and judges of the United States. This struggle between the Trump administration and the courts has pointed to an inevitable disconnect in the separation of powers on which the U.S. government was founded. Beginning on day one, Trump signed nearly 50 executive …