President Donald Trump
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A return to bipartisanship is a big ask
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As I write, I am caught in a limbo between two realities. The US presidential election has still not been called. From my current perspective, it seems likely that former Vice President Joe Biden will emerge victoriously, but I suspect that the legal challenges and allegations of election interference will rage on for many months.…
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The idiocy of 2020’s first presidential debate
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The first presidential debate was more disappointing than ordering Subway only to discover your entire sandwich is soaking wet. “How did this happen?” you wonder, “Why even bother in the first place?” At best, the debate was a display of male ignorance, phallic compensation and utter idiocy. As a conscious advocate for political justice, I…
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A vacant seat should not be a battleground
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Until the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18th, American political junkies had little to quarrel about: responses to the global pandemic, criminal justice reform, rioting, climate change. How could one survive on this insufficient diet of political fodder? Now a new political debate rages about who will replace Justice…
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Paying attention to an activist behind bars
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One day after U.S. President Donald Trump called for his release, The Venezuelan Supreme Court decided to uphold Leopoldo Lopez’s fourteen-year prison sentence. For those of you who have never heard of him, Leopoldo Lopez is currently being held in a Caracas jail for crimes that he didn’t commit. As a founding member of Venezuela’s…
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New project to light up Waterloo Park
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Plans to light up Waterloo Park are underway, lining up Waterloo to be the first of it’s kind in North America to have an illuminated trail. Waterloo Park has a promenade, which is the main trail between Seagram Drive and uptown Waterloo. The City of Waterloo has also looked into properly completing another part of…
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