Share: Every April, tens of thousands of festival-goers travel to California’s Coachella Valley to enjoy a weekend of camping, music, and celebration at the iconic Coachella festival. Spanning two weekends, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival features hundreds of performances across several stages. This year’s lineup is set to make a comeback after the disappointing 2024 attendees. Coachella has undeniably shifted from its roots as a music festival that celebrated art and culture to an event that has faced criticism for becoming more about …
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 …
OpenAI offers photorealistic images without a soul
Share: On Mar. 25, OpenAI unveiled its new update, GPT-4o, offering “useful and valuable image generation with photorealistic outputs.” Since then, the internet has been flooded with renderings of viral memes, iconic events, and even personal photographs, in the style of Japanese animation, Studio Ghibli. But are these immaculate images still considered digital art? “I strongly feel that this is an insult to life itself,” said Hayao Miyazaki in an interview recorded in 2016. It’s easy to understand the artists’ frustration and disgust with the …
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 …
Does the Chappell hate hold water, or is it a red whine supernova?
Share: Oh God, what has she done? Chappell Roan is the centerpiece of controversy again. Guest starring on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast on March 26th, Roan recently shared her opinion on relationships, fame, and sexuality. It’s her comments on parenthood that has caused a scene this time, bringing out a kaleidoscope of takes from fans and critics alike. People raised their pitchforks, claiming her words to be an attack on mothers. A dishonest and condescending insult on parents, one that deemed them all miserable …
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’’ …
Playboi Carti’s new album is anything but ‘Music’
Share: After Playboi Carti’s long-awaited and highly anticipated album finally dropped on March 14, many fans are expressing incredibly mixed reactions, with some critical individuals claiming that the 5 years of waiting wasn’t worth the disappointment of the finished album. On the other hand, others are defending Carti, saying negative fans shouldn’t expect a perfect album and the new music just needs some getting used to. Playboi Carti’s previous album, “Whole Lotta Red”, which came out in 2020, had very similar fan reactions to “Music”. …
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 …