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President Trump goes on “racist” rant directed at Somali people

18Dec

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Opinion, Politics

President Trump goes on “racist” rant directed at Somali people

By Joseph Cunningham Photo: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP / Getty Images Last week on Dec. 2 during a cabinet briefing, President Donald Trump went on a rather racially charged rant, directed at the people of Somalia while discussing alleged fraud in social service systems. Calling them “garbage,” Trump expressed his desire to get Somalis out, whether they were legally here or not. Making comments that Somalia is “considered by many to be the worst country on earth,” he also claimed that Minneapolis shouldn’t be proud to have the largest Somali population, and that the Somalian population has destroyed Minnesota. “I wouldn’t be proud to have the largest Somalian [population]. Look at their nation, look how bad their nation is, it's not even a nation, just people wal...

Help Wanted: A Look Into the Nursing Shortage

16Dec

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Health, Politics

Help Wanted: A Look Into the Nursing Shortage

By Jackson Melin Screenshot taken from AMN Healthcare's website, on article "How to choose a stethoscope: A nurse's guide," August 22, 2019. The nationwide nursing shortage has been an ongoing issue since the COVID-19 pandemic. However, The Department of Education has reclassified nursing as not being a “professional degree,” a decision that some believe could affect how much money students can borrow, loan limits and degree eligibility. I spoke with nurses and nursing students about how the shortage has affected them and their views on the profession’s future. Jackson Melin: How has the nursing shortage affected you personally? Aracely Aguirre, CNA, RN student at AZ College of Nursing: The shortage hasn’t negatively impacted me too much. I work my same nights, and alth...

Netflix and Warner Bros. merge deal set at $82 billion

16Dec

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Arts & Entertainment, Politics

Netflix and Warner Bros. merge deal set at $82 billion

By Joseph Cunningham The Netflix and HBO Max logos, 2025. Last week Netflix announced that it and Warner Bros. Discovery had reached a merger agreement for $27.75 a share, or $72 billion total, in addition to taking on $10 billion in debt. The deal does not include cable networks owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, such as TNT or CNN. These will be sold and auctioned separately. The merger would allow Netflix access to hundreds of different IPs, ranging from Harry Potter, Looney Tunes, Game of Thrones, and even the vast characters and stories of the DC universe. Netflix is capable of using these IPs in many different ways. HBO Max, owned by Warner Bros. Discovery, would also therefore be acquired by Netflix. This means that the entire HBO library could be put on Netflix. Ne...

Opinion: Trump did everything wrong during the shutdown — but so did Democrats

12Dec

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Opinion, Politics

Opinion: Trump did everything wrong during the shutdown — but so did Democrats

By Joseph Cunningham The latest government shutdown was officially the longest government shutdown ever, since President Trump's first term. The government during this time was not paying most federal workers. Not including, of course, ICE agents, who were still on payroll. The government officially reopened as seven Senate Democrats and one Independent switched sides and voted to open the government. No negotiations were had; Democrats caved to ACA cuts. These tax credits help 17 million Americans pay for their healthcare. Many rely on the cuts to keep healthcare entirely, and others will have premiums tripled. So what did the Democrats get out of this? A promise. That is all. A promise that the GOP will come back to the table to negotiate the ACA cuts. Like ...

9Dec

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Politics

MTG M.I.A? Trump Loses a Loyal Supporter

By Jackson Melin Photo by Annabelle Gordon for Reuters. One of President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters has been Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene. Since 2019, Greene has vocalized support for the MAGA movement and gained Trump’s endorsement. However, the president has been in office for just a year, and one of the biggest scandals has been the Jeffrey Epstein files. Multiple photos, videos and emails of the convicted sex offender have been linked to Trump, and that might have been the final straw for her. This is not the first issue Greene has pushed back against. Throughout his second term, she’s challenged Trump on his handling of the cost of premiums and rising grocery prices. Trump has since called Greene a slew of names, including “...

5Nov

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Politics

Tucson shows up for national “No Kings” protests

By Caroline Hansen

31Oct

By Emma PetersonNo Comments

Politics

Lamplighters of Tucson

By Caroline Hansen Protestors Michele Anderson and Molly McKasson alongside fellow Lamplighters. Photo by Caroline Hansen. On Saturday, Oct. 4, a group of about 60 people took positions at the corners of the busy Tucson intersection at Alvernon Road and Broadway Boulevard. They held up signs and waved at passing cars. Most of the people in cars waved back and honked in support. Every other Saturday, usually beginning at 8:30 a.m., the Lamplighters and others occupy this intersection for a couple of hours. One of the protesters last Saturday was local journalist, politician and activist Molly McKasson. She held a sign that read, “Release All the Epstein Files,” and said she was demonstrating because it seemed to her that not enough people were concerned about the issue. Jef...

13May

By Ambur WilkersonNo Comments

Politics

Just An Ordinary Joe: Episode 2

Check out the second episode of "Just An Ordinary Joe", a show that fuses reporting and commentary, hosted by Joe Cunningham. In this episode, Joe goes over an interview President Trump gave on his first 100 days back in office. Interview footage from NBC. https://youtu.be/rVLbEDqWk0Q

13May

By Ambur WilkersonNo Comments

Politics

A Look at Prop 414

By Joseph Cunnnigham Photo from The City of Tucson The city of Tucson asked voters to consider a half-cent sales tax increase for the next 10 years to fund a “safer and more vibrant tucson.” But what exactly does that mean? Where is this money going? The city divided it up into 5 different categories: affordable housing and shelter, neighborhood and community resilience, enhancing emergency response, technology investments and capital investments for first responders. The first category centers things such as down-payment assistance for first time buyers, and also low barrier shelter development at around 950,000 per year. As well as community safety staffing. The next section focuses on community resilience, such as adding the community service officers ...

Op-Ed: Learning From the Democrats’ Defeat in 2024

5May

By Pima Post Editorial TeamNo Comments

Politics

Op-Ed: Learning From the Democrats’ Defeat in 2024

By Joseph Cunningham The White House. Photo by Danny Thomas, EyeEm, Getty Images We are now three months into Donald Trump's election, and every day feels like a reality TV show. Things moved so quickly that people didn’t even have time to process how we got here. Apart from Trump using independent media, he successfully captured a younger voter base and maintained his original one. What else lead to this crushing defeat that we need to learn from? The Democratic campaign was a tragedy from almost start to finish. Even with a universally poor opponent like Trump, Biden's approval ratings only fell below 45% from 2022 until he left office in 2025, having a low of 36 just before his drop out of the race. From the start it felt as if the Democrats had no motion and no drive, rel...