President Donald Trump is a Subtle Fascist.

       On Oct 30, 2018, The Washington Post published an article by John Wagner, titled; "Trump eyeing executive order to end birthright citizenship, a move most legal experts and top House Republican say runs afoul of the Constitution." During our last post, we discussed the coming campaign for re-election set by Trump and how he's pushing the immigration agenda dialogue again to have more leeway towards staying in office for a second term. In this article, Trump is "to sign an executive order that would seek to end the right to U.S. citizenship for children born in the United States to non-citizens." Although Trump does make a point that we are in fact "the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United States for 95 years with all of those benefits," I must disagree with him with the fact that putting this into place would violate the jurisdictions set by our constitution.

       The thing to put to notice that Trump said which would give a new definition to the concept of checks and balances is Trump realizing and saying, "I can do it just with an executive order.” Not only is this reform to the constitution crazy, but his assertion of power is beginning to reflect that of a dictatorship if he can do such a thing with just an executive order. I do think however this would be a valid cause for immediate impeachment if he attempts to overturn the pillars that our foundations have been set on. Although there are many things that do need reform in our constitution in order to advance with the times, I do believe it is a necessity to see these things out as a whole government with the input of the people rather than to attempt to reform it all because one person feels a certain way, possibly awakening another era of fascism. The analogy between Trump's actions and fascism may seem stretched out, but it's not, because as these actions begin to be accepted by the masses, the slowly allow themselves to be controlled by a dictator.

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Is Donald Trump going to build a wall or is it a campaign ruse?

     On Oct 19, 2018, The Washington Post published an article by David Nakamura, Josh Dawsey, and Nick Miroff, titled; “‘Close the whole thing!’: Border tensions boil over as Trump’s frustrations grow.” The Trump administration has really put the focus back into immigration policies as of late and seems to be targeting control of the conservative which won them the POTUS status as midterm elections near. A quote from the article states; “In the summer, the president was so upset by the border numbers that he proposed sealing the entire 1,954-mile U.S.-Mexico border, including shuttering legal ports of entry, blocking trade flows and halting tourism and travel, according to the senior administration officials” It’s quite interesting how there had been major hype towards building a wall and spending a substantial amount of money to segregate a people instead of attempting to fund for better education and prosperity in low-income areas. The rise of this ideology of segregation once again was a reminder of many Americans with moderate and left-wing ideologies what could become modern-day slave ideology once again, and it especially became pronounced when videos surfaced of homeland security using brute force to separate good people, also known as, “drug-dealers” and “rapists” by conservative America, being separated from their children and families in public places such as their homes or outside of churches.

     The article is left-leaning as it points out that Trump constantly blames Democrats for causing such problems for the Department of Homeland Security. There are also many arguments again in an attempt to portray the Democratic Party at fault for the ongoing problems occurring inside the white house with accusations towards the former President Barack Obama and his administration for characterizing “stopping illegal immigration as a willingness problem.” At the end of the day, this is more of a matter of what the people want to hear. Those that are in America and aren’t fleeing from their problem areas are not in favor for immigrants, let alone illegal immigrants bringing their problematic ideologies to America and tainting it, and at the end of the day selfish America has spoken its mind in the past and will continue to do so if the nation is more for spending notable assets on segregation of people instead of assimilation of diversity in a great nation.

Brett Kavanaugh Topics Will Always Lean Towards A Side

     On Oct 4, 2018, USA Today published an article by reporter, Caroline Simon, titled; 'I thought this was a country where women’s rights mattered': Protesters storm Washington again over Kavanaugh. Brett Kavanaugh, a Supreme Court nominee has been held a public job interview for the whole nation to see. In this job interview there have been numerous allegations against him involving sexual harassment suits, judgement on morality, and consistent questioning about his personal life. The whole article is pretty biased because of how many perspectives from feminist ideologies the author Caroline Simon uses. The sources are very negative as they are views from many pro-women's rights people as they always look for the bad and agree with the worst scenario possible. Majority modern day feminism does call out many problems and concerns with the existing patriarch, but at the same time there is the agenda that may cause innocent people at times to lose their livelihood for.

     The author is only an intern for USA Today, but based on her past stories on her feed her ideology is very one sided women's rights activism orientated. The whole argument towards women's rights is a valuable argument, but although I hold moderate standings towards situations like this, the overall standpoint is completely bias, so it is obviously going to be against Kavanaugh, and I would not see this as a reliable source, but I would read it just to see the other sides point of view. At the end of the day the ongoing articles are majority biased because you will always lean towards one side when speaking on such a controversial topic, and whether it is stated or not, sources that are used will always lean towards one topic.