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What the 2023 Elections say about 2024

Joe Biden is not popular. One year before the 2024 election, the 80-year-old commander in chief has a meager 39 percent approval rating, the worst since Jimmy Carter, who went on to lose reelection by a landslide. Adding to Biden’s apparent unpopularity, a recent NYT-Sienna poll shows Trump leading Biden in 5 swing states. However,

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How Congress Averted a Government Shutdown, and what’s next to come

This week, a lot has happened in Washington. New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been indicted on bribery charges, longtime California senator Dianne Fienstien died, and most importantly, Congress was able to avert a government shutdown. But how? Earlier this morning, a shutdown seemed all but certain. Let’s get into it. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

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Why Trump Has the Advantage in the Republican Primaries

The 2024 Republican Primary is not close. Polling shows that Trump has an almost 30 point lead over rival Ron DeSantis, which will most likely lead to Trump getting the Republican nomination for President in 2024. Mainstream Republicans like Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell don’t want this, as a Trump versus Biden matchup has already

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Why Movies are getting more expensive – and making less money.

In 2023, both Disney and Warner Brothers will celebrate their 100-year anniversaries. So far, none are going too well. Both movie studios are losing money big time, but why? In this article, I will break down the slow decline of the box office. Disney has always been an entertainment giant. For an entire century, Mickey

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The reasons to run for President (other than winning)

The 2024 GOP presidential nomination is effectively a race between 2 candidates: Donald Trump, the front-runner, and Ron DeSantis, the underdog, and barring any major updates, this will stay the same. In fact, there are so many candidates, that listing them out in bullets would be a better idea. These are the candidates for the

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