Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post At about 1 PM Eastern Time — or 10 AM Pacific Time — on Jan. 6, hundreds of President Trump supporters broke through the security surrounding the U.S. Capitol Building and laid siege to the building’s inner chambers in addition to the offices of several congress members. The supporters had previously gathered there for a…
Jordan Somers | The Seattle Collegian In the midst of the hateful rhetoric coming from both sides of the political aisle, I want to take a moment to pause and reflect on the deep seated issues running rampant through our country, the election process, and the entire globe that have made themselves more plain over the past few years than I…
Harlow Poffenberger As the polls drew to a close in the Fall of 2016, I found myself floating on a cloud of disbelief. It wasn’t that I felt certain Hillary Clinton, your run-of-the-mill bargain bin corrupt politician, would win. Rather, I just couldn’t imagine a world where Donald Trump could win. Trump with his four bankruptcies and…
Emilio Chavez | The Seattle Collegian On Monday, October 1, President Trump issued orders to the FBI, calling for an official investigation into the accusations of sexual assault against Brett Kavanaugh, the administration’s nomination to the Supreme Court to fill the seat left by Justice Kennedy when he abruptly retired in June of this year. While limiting the duration to one week, the president put no direct restraint as to who the Bureau could question.