Many years ago, when I was just getting started on Instagram, I saw a clip of The Daily Show’s Trevor Noah interviewing a woman wearing a hijab. The woman claimed that hijabs are actually empowering for women because it privatizes their sexuality. She continued that if women with private sexualities are powerless, it means that…
On Nov 15, former president Donald Trump officially announced that he will be running for president in the 2024 election. The news came as a shock to many who assumed that the rumors were just speculation, but Trump had been dropping hints up to the day of the announcement. Three weeks ago, during a rally…
During the midterm elections, things did not pan out the way that Republicans hoped. In the words of philosopher and historian Samuel O’Nella, the red wave “went from torrential downpour to incontinent poodle” over the course of the night. While a few races still have yet to be called, the Democrats seem to have only…
On Oct. 27, Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter was officially completed. He would now assume the role of owner and CEO for the social media company’s foreseeable future. He quickly got to work, changing a number of things about the platform itself, sparking and reigniting conversation about Twitter’s role in our political discourse. Billionaires controlling…
Last Tuesday, Oct. 25, Adidas officially cut ties with rapper Kanye West, ending their Yeezy shoe line indefinitely. This comes in the wake of many anti-Semitic comments made by West regarding alleged Jewish control of the media and banks, a common theory in conspiracy circles. This break seems to have hit West hard, both financially…
Last Wednesday, a Connecticut jury found InfoWars host Alex Jones liable for 965 million dollars in damages due to defamation. For years, Jones claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting, where 20 children and six adults were killed, was a false flag operation designed to enact sweeping gun control laws. The class-action lawsuit was filed…
Since 2000, almost 40 Category 4 or higher hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic Ocean. According to the National Hurricane Center, a government organization that tracks and attempts to manage hurricanes, Category 4 hurricanes are marked by “catastrophic damage.” The description of said hurricane reads as follows: “Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with…
On Sunday, Sept. 25, the Italian right-wing party “Brothers of Italy” won a clear majority in Parliament. This places party leader Giorgia Meloni as the next Prime Minister. She would become the first woman to win Prime Minister as well as the most right-wing Italian leader since Benito Mussolini in 1945. According to a speech…
On September 14th, approximately 50 migrants landed on the Massachusetts island Martha’s Vineyard. Two days later, nearly all of them left for a military base on the mainland. Most of the migrants were from Venezuela, although some were from other Latin American countries. Anyone wondering how they ended up so far north so quickly should…
In early August of this year, the FBI searched the Mar-a-Lago home of former president Donald Trump. After years of contact between Trump and the Federal Government, including formal requests and subpoenas, the FBI obtained a warrant to search the 126-room, 62,500 square foot mansion. They were looking for documents that Trump had allegedly after…