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    Will American president Donald Trump be the saviour of our environment? Or will be be known as the destroyer of progress? Our newly elected president means new changes to be made to current policies and a halt on policies that are in the making. The EPA is one of a very federal organizations that lead American policy. This branch is in charge of Environmental issues that we Americans face today. When a new president is elected, many controversial policies such as Climate Change policies are removed

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    Roosevelt and onward have helped define the requirements of leadership. Ideally, a president should be required to have leadership skills and possess strengths and positive qualities in order to have a successful term. Some believe, the president elect Donald Trump lacks these

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    The toxins are stored in Maryland at Fort Detrick. The witnesses are CIA Director William Colby, Former CIA Director Richard Helms, Defense Department employees, and the former Chief of the CIAs Technical Service Division. In June of 1970, President Nixon approved a set of recommendations known as the Huston Plan. He did this during the wave of domestic protest that was centered around the Vietnam War. It called for various government agencies to conduct wide ranging intelligence-gathering activities

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    In the past few months that Donald Trump has been the President of the United States, there’s no denying that there have been questionable actions he has produced. The first things to catch the eye was the firings of his administration of Sally Yates and now James Comey, solely on the purpose that those two did not do something that he agreed with or expose him. Trump has not been a man of his own words exactly. He will say one thing, and the next day he has no recollection of stating it. In the

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    Presidential elections in modern America are incredibly complex and multi-faceted, and have only grown more intricate as time progresses. First, a candidate must win the nomination of his or her party through a series of state primaries or caucuses. To do this, the candidate must appeal specifically to his or her party demographic, and is more concerned with the inter-party competition than the competition from the other party. Once the nomination is formally awarded to a candidate at the respective

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    “The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses” (Malcolm X). In 1797, there was no cameras, television, radio, telephones, or social media. There was not any entertainment value on campaigns the media could potentially exploit, but how could the American citizens formulate opinions on presidential candidates? How did they come to understand about their policies

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    political scandal in United States history. Various illegal activities were conducted including burglary, wire tapping, violations of campaign financing laws, sabotage, and attempted use of government agencies to harm political opponents to help Richard Nixon win reelection in the 1972 presidential elections. There were about 40 people charged with crimes related to the scandal. Most of them were convicted by juries or pleaded guilty. Watergate involved more high-level government officials than any previous

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    remarkably when it comes to being skeptical of everything. Today’s media is being politically fueled, provoking biased news coverage, especially now that the United States is about to have its Presidential elections in November. One specific candidate, Donald J. Trump (GOP), has been targeted by the media by being called slurs. As a result, I realized exactly how biased the media is. As for me, I had already been fed up with the media that it came to the point that I wouldn’t even watch the news, but

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    The 1960 election was a close race between both candidates Republican Richard Nixon and Democrat John F. Kennedy. Nixon and Kennedy were polar- opposites when it came to politics and even their personalities were distinct. John F. Kennedy was young and charismatic whereas Nixon was more traditional with his ways of running his campaign. John F. Kennedy prevailed with his ability to manipulate the press and use his money in ways other candidates have never been able to do before. Born to Joe and

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    The History and Effect of Media on Presidential Debates Throughout American history, it is clear to point out the United States have elected presidents to stand as the countries’ leader since the birth of the young nation. In most cases, the election is seen as a race between two parties even though there are others on the ballot. The vast majority usually did not know much about the other candidates until the turn of the century. Then, when media and information became easier to access it turned

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