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Trump is meeting with ‘Northern Triangle’ countries to resolve migrant crisis. July 22nd was the due date to the allegedly ‘Refugee Agreement’ President Trump had set with Mexico, regarding migrants currently held in “Concentration Camps” by the border between both countries. A couple of weeks ago, Trump held a folded
Less than two years ago, Hurricane Maria and Hurricane Irma leveled the densely populated beautiful island of Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory and home to more than 3.7 million U.S. citizens. A reported 2,975 indirect and direct hurricane-related deaths had occurred deeming Hurricane Maria one
The most unpresidential thing a President of the United States can do, publicly go into a racist tirade. As of lately, Trump’s viral tweets angered hundreds of thousands of Americans and provoked our nation’s ‘progressive’ Democrat Congresswomen to respond in defense and call out the ‘white nationalist’ or
On Friday, July 12th — Trump (#45) and his administration confirmed that ICE raids will happen on Sunday July 14th, to detain (not arrest) as many as 2000 undocumented families including children with court-ordered removals or have missed court appearances. Many of these families are victims of family separation and
Earlier this year, Senate Republicans put forth the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act. As the bill undergoes review, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, one of few vocal Democrats, calls it to the public’s attention via a Tweet that birth control pills should be over-the-counter (OTC)
On Tuesday, June 4th, a landmark moment was made by the House of Representatives (under majority democratic vote 237-187). The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 or H.R.6 bill to protect more than 2.5 million immigrants, was passed – it is a path to a permanent
She’s got, class. Working class! Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) is as comfortable ‘knocking down the House’ as she is tending bar. Unashamed of her Boricua, working-class upbringing, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or AOC took shots at the ‘silver spoon classists’ and other critics who want the U.
Venezuela has long been in crisis since the era of Hugo Chavez. The crisis continued after the death of Chavez, when Nicolás Maduro became successor in 2013. Maduro further escalated Venezuela into becoming one of the world’s worst countries in crisis when poor living standards – hyperinflation, hunger from food
In the history of U.S. politics, there has never been a politician, lawmaker like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Latina from the Bronx, college graduate who boasts of her working class ‘bartender’ roots and of course, proud of her Latinidad. In fact, Rep. Ocasio-Cortez is among a legion
President Trump or #45 announced on Twitter, the unexpected resignation of Homeland Security Secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen. Through a resignation letter Nielsen was said to resign because of the possibility Trump wanted to go in a more ‘tougher’ direction. Trump had mentioned that Nielsen needed to be ‘tougher’ and had been
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