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Should funding be cut for public broadcasting?

President Trump signed an executive order on May 1, 2025, entitled "Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Biased Media." The order directs the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to cease funding for NPR (National Public Radio) and PBS (Public Broadcasting Service). The CPB is charged with disbursing grants to public broadcasters in the U.S. Many ...
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Was it wrong to shut down Job Corps?

The Job Corps had been a long-standing institution for young adults aged 16-24 who faced early life challenges, offering a path to vocational training. Administered by the Department of Labor, the Job Corps was the nation's largest free, residential career training and education program for low-income young adults. Founded in 1964, it offered a cha...
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Should people in public office be regularly drug tested?

President Donald Trump called his former pal, Elon Musk, a "big-time drug addict." It's curious if this was known before he became a senior advisor of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency, a post that he has since abandoned. One can only hope that public officials are drug-free individuals, as they are charged with making decisions crucial...
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Are you for or against it?

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act aims to fulfill some of President Trump's campaign promises. According to a summary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it increases the statutory debt limit and may or may not increase the deficit. There shouldn't be a need to increase the debt ceiling if there are no plans to increase debt, but the language divulges ...
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Does an immigration crackdown warrant the suspension of habeas corpus?

Stephen Miller, the deputy chief of staff for policy and the 12th Homeland Security advisor, made the announcement that the White House is actively looking into suspending the writ of habeas corpus. For those that don't know, habeas corpus is a legal term and is used to challenge the justification of a person's detention or imprisonment. The Consti...
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Did Elon Musk do a good job with DOGE?

Elon Musk has abandoned his aspirations to save the government money as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Musk plans to step down because Tesla shares were getting hammered, and Musk found himself and his shareholders losing vast sums of money. Musk lost a reported 134 billion dollars of his net worth... Click Here.He has now ...
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Should Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth be fired?

Pete Hegseth is the Secretary of Defense, the person who oversees the Defense Department and acts as the principal defense policy maker and advisor. Hegseth is a combat veteran, and he's also a former host for Fox News. Apparently Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic's editor-in-chief, was added to a group chat by National Security Advisor Mike Waltz. In...
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Should members of Congress be able to trade stocks?

Some people have started the discussion of eliminating stock trading by members of Congress. Congress has an incredible advantage in the stock market. Most members of Congress have had campaigns funded by special-interest groups, and they can create bills that benefit their donors, thereby increasing the value of their stock. This creates an at...
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Do U.S. citizens really have the right to bear arms?

The Second Amendment of the Constitution says, "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." A militia is comprised of the civil population to supplement the army in the event of an emergency. Congress has the power to organize the militia to execu...
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Do you think the Electoral College should be replaced by the popular vote?

In the year 2000 as well as the year 2016, presidents were elected that did not win the popular vote: George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump, respectively. For some time, we've been told that every vote counts, but in those years, a person's individual vote didn’t count. There is now a push to do away with the Electoral College because of these discrep...
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Do you think it was fair for President Joe Biden to pardon his son?

On December 1, 2024, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, to spare him sentencing on crimes that he had been convicted of. Not only was Hunter Biden pardoned for his convictions, but he was also somewhat given blanket immunity for criminal activities that could have taken place over a span of 10 years, from January 1, 2014, to December 1, ...
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Should a convicted felon be able to run for president?

Under federal law and most state laws, a convicted felon cannot legally own a firearm. However, as many of you may know, Donald Trump is a convicted felon, and he ran for president and won. His win makes him the first convicted felon to become president of the United States. As President of the United States, a person is the Commander in Chief of t...
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Should the U.S. withdraw financial support for Israel during the Israel-Hamas war?

The war started because of an attack on October 7, 2023. Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel from Gaza, killing 1,200 people, who were mostly civilians, and taking around 250 men, women, and children hostage. Among those taken hostage were 8 people believed to have dual American-Israeli citizenship. In retaliation to these actions, Israel has h...
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There is an age minimum for U.S. presidents. Should there be an age limit?

President Joe Biden was the oldest person ever elected to office, inaugurated at the ripe old age of 78. That was until Donald Trump's victory, making him the oldest person ever to take office. The minimum age for the presidency is 35. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest to be elected at 42 years of age. When the Constitution of the United States ...
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Should lobbying be illegal?

Lobbying may be characterized as a form of petitioning the government, which is a right protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution. The confusion occurs depending on the approach that is taken to "influence" the government, especially when an elected official or potentially elected official is targeted. "Special interest groups" often ...
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Do you think it's time for the U.S. government to start paying off the national debt?

As of the day that this topic was posted, the national debt stood at an astronomical figure, nearing 36.5 trillion dollars. That's $36,500,000,000,000. This data is updated constantly at usdebtclock.org... Click Here. We thought it would be a good idea to include the date that this topic was posted (2/16/2025) because we are quite sure that the nu...
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Does the U.S. need to cut military spending?

America allocated 12.8% of the fiscal year 2023 U.S. federal budget to defense.... Click Here. The scope of U.S. defense spending is quite astounding, with the number earmarked for 2023 being 1.52 trillion dollars. Bear in mind, though, that the U.S. military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel,...
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Do you think the United States needs a new, more powerful nuclear bomb?

Back on October 27, 2023, the Department of Defense announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, designated the B61-13, pending Congressional authorization and appropriation. This bomb is supposed to be 24 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, which was equivalent to 15 kilot...
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Should gambling be legal in every state across the country?

"Gamble" is defined as playing games of chance for money. The American Gaming Association separates gambling into different categories: card rooms (both public and private), commercial casinos, charitable games and bingo, tribal casinos, legal bookmaking, lotteries, parimutuel wagering, and advance-deposit wagering. Under the guise of providing fun...
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Should the U.S. have free healthcare?

The United States was once touted as the richest nation on earth. However, the U.S. does not have free healthcare. Mexico has free healthcare, joining a long list of other countries to provide free healthcare to their citizens. Among the nations that have free healthcare that we could find by doing a simple search on Google, there were Albania, Alg...
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Should marijuana be legal at the federal level?

There is a 1,603-page document entitled RULES COMMITTEE PRINT 113-59, TEXT OF HOUSE AMENDMENT TO THE SENATE, AMENDMENT TO H.R. 83 drafted December 9, 2014, that prohibits raids by the DEA on dispensaries in states that have legalized marijuana for recreational use. Medical marijuana is already legal in a number of states, 32, which is a precursor t...

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