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Donald Trump is an American businessman, media personality, and politician who served as the 45th President of the United States from 2017-2021. Known for his real estate empire, reality TV show 'The Apprentice', and controversial political career, Trump remains one of the most polarizing figures in American politics.
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When we talk about resentment and societal malaise, so often we conceive of it as a safe, containable force, perhaps the trolling of a few thousand, or a chronic depression, or a toxic online community. And yet, resentment in its purest form has the power to undermine everything you think…
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North Korea has been at the front of international headlines for months now. As the secretive state's relationships with the outside world continue to crumble, some of the world's biggest powerhouses have been under intense pressure to rein in the threat that Kim Jong Un is intent on posing to…
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Thirteen months ago, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick remained seated on the stadium benches while the national anthem played at the beginning of a preseason game. Not many people noticed at the time, but his silent protest was one of utmost importance. When challenged on his actions, Kaepernick explained that he could…
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Here's a contradiction I see at the core of modern feminism: is feminism designed to advocate for all women, or is it an ideological project that doesn't want to engage with what certain women believe? If most women, for example, opposed abortion, would feminism become more intellectually diverse, or would…
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We have all seen some good and some truly awful cameos over the years, whether it be in television or the movies. Stan Lee has practically made a new career out of it, after making nearly 30 cameo appearances in Marvel movies for the past 28 years. Of course, it…
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It's a debate all Democrats and left-leaners indulge in over the dinner table over and over again, and one that is unlikely to vanish for months to come. In a nutshell: would Vice President Mike Pence be a worse choice of president than former reality TV star Donald Trump? It's…
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The content of 4chan, like memes themselves, has grown and expanded from a small corner of the internet, like a darkened pustule of flesh, into a viral infection that has taken over society. Now, music and television shows live or die by the memes they inspire. Art, or memes, are…
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Well folks, supply and demand rules what you see. After a bajillion of you clicked on every little sentence of information pertaining to Kylie Jenner's pregnancy, every new media publication on the internet has saturated the bandwidth of online with thousands upon thousands of hours of content related to the…
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Multiple outlets are reporting that the Saudi government, in a royal decree, is permitting women to drive and will begin issuing driver's licenses to women. The longstanding ban prevented women from driving cars, and represented an institutionalized sexism in the Islamic monarchy. Of course, before you go thinking that Saudi…
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In the wake of players from virtually every NFL team choosing to take a knee during the national anthem, Bob Costas, a noteworthy sportscaster for over thirty years, has chimed in on the President, the game, and the protest. First, he takes issue with the selective use of the anthem…
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It's been more than a year since Colin Kaepernick knelt during the national anthem for the San Francisco 49ers ahead of the 2016 NFL season. Kaepernick was protesting the ill treatment of minorities in the United States, and his controversial actions were soon replicated all throughout American sport. Fast forward…
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Turbulence and tumult have become de rigour in politics once more under the irascible clasp of Donald Trump. It was seemingly without pausing for breath that the former businessman began disrupting the political norm upon his shock winning of last year's Presidential election, and the man with the permanent tan has…
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Since the election of President Donald Trump, the meaning and importance of free speech has been challenged on an almost daily basis. The prevalence of marches and rallies in the USA - some advocating for, and some uprising against the current government - seems more apparent than ever, and it's…
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There's no doubt that we are currently living in very difficult times. Nuclear war and climate change are now very real threats and it seems like with each day, there is a real danger of the world as we know it being destroyed. Whether it is the flexing of nuclear…
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Donald Trump's time in the White House has been anything but a smooth ride. Since becoming the 45th President of the United States, Trump has alienated large swathes of US and beyond with arbitrary policies - seemingly intent on dividing rather than uniting the American population. Certainly, within the last…
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What can we learn from Rob Kardashian and Black Chyna? I have to believe there's something to learn. There must be. After all, we have to continue covering these people, so it must be to some end. I will search as hard as I can for a lesson to take…
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J. K. Rowling gets all the shine on social media for her Twitter smacks against the President, but another fiction heavyweight has been tossing jabs for months on end. Trump has even blocked him on Twitter for what he's said. That man, of course, is Stephen King, the industrious mind…
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Just when you think things have gotten as dumb as they're going to get, they get much, much dumber. Perhaps this should be the new law of thermodynamics - that which is dumb stays dumb, and rolls further and further toward the precipice of a Hieryonmous Bosch painting's amber frame.…
