Elijah Lyons

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Harris and Pence deliver slick debate performances

Elijah Lyons

Despite riding the coattails of President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis and the coronavirus’ permeation of the West Wing, the 2020 Vice Presidential debate harbored tropes familiar to debates of years past:…

Can Jaime Harrison deliver an October surprise?

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In searing juxtaposition to the chaotic dumpster-fire that was the first presidential debate of 2020, Saturday’s debate between Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham and South Carolina’s former democratic chairman…

In record time: Republicans rush to replace RBG

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Just two hours after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Kentucky Senator and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell pledged a speedy confirmation of President Donald Trump’s eventual supreme court nominee. This promise came…

Inside the president’s rage-fueled phone calls: the Woodward revelations

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Bob Woodward, accomplished investigative reporter, White House journalist and author, has held 18 separate meetings and phone conversations with U.S. President Trump since February, the details of which are chronicled…

Wavering confidence in the United States Postal Service

Elijah Lyons

With less than 50 days until the upcoming election, drastic shifts in voting procedure due to the pandemic have finally begun to come into focus. Sometime during the weeks leading…