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Voters must focus on local and state politics

Gabby Sanchez November 22, 2016

In the wake of the election results, many politically active Austinites may feel a wall rising between them and progress. Democrats now wonder where their voice will be heard in a federal government with...

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Anti-Trump graffiti does nothing for movement

Olivia Griffin November 22, 2016

In the three-block radius around the main section of the Drag on Guadalupe St., there are exactly 15 instances of “Fuck Trump” graffiti.  One of the biggest complaints against the liberal,...

Trump’s first appointments foretell a bleak future

Sam Groves November 22, 2016

It was reported after last week’s meeting between President Obama and Donald Trump that the President-elect was “surprised by the scope of White House staffing duties.” Since then, Trump and his...

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Horns up, horns down: Nov. 21

The Daily Texan Editorial Board November 21, 2016

Horns up: The break is coming! Including Monday, we have eight days of class left. We’re undecided on whether we’d rather have one of the class days this Wednesday or on a Monday in a few...

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Proposed deportations would harm Texas families

Josephine MacLean November 21, 2016

We no longer want the tired and the poor. We no longer accept the huddled masses seeking salvation from circumstance. We have decided we are too tired and too poor and too restricted ourselves to give...

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White Lives Matter protest unites minorities

Khadija Saifullah November 21, 2016

During the unveiling ceremony for the new African American History Memorial at the Capitol, a neo-Nazi, white supremacist protest broke out, coincidentally scheduled to disrupt the ceremony. It was met...

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Trump’s worst proposals must be stopped

Noah M. Horwitz November 21, 2016

Given the extremity of the circumstances, I have been working of late to bifurcate my umbrage into two wholly separate categories. As the Republicans take over all the levers of the government for the...

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Fake news threatens online discourse

Cuillin Chastain-Howley November 21, 2016

It’s something that’s happened to all of us: You’ll be scrolling through Facebook and notice that a relative or old high school acquaintance has posted an article about a celebrity or...

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Trump marks first Super-President

Tom Palaima and Al Martinich November 18, 2016

The election of Donald Trump marks so significant a sea change in American political history that we, Professors Al Martinich (Philosophy) and Tom Palaima (Classics and Dylanology), have proposed a new...

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Forum: Electoral College

Jordan Shenhar November 18, 2016

In this space last week, we urged readers of all political persuasions to stay hopeful that President-elect Donald Trump might somehow channel his vitriolic campaign rhetoric into positive reforms to America’s...

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Small states unfairly benefit from use of Electoral College

Ethan Elkins November 18, 2016

Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States of America. With a projected 306 electoral votes outnumbering Hillary Clinton’s 232, he has a clear path to the White House. However,...

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Electoral College safeguards federalism in political process

Aaron Lassmann November 18, 2016

As the entire nation is aware, Donald J. Trump is the president-elect, set to become the 45th president of the United States, winning the electoral college with 306 votes to Clinton’s 232. Yet, Trump...

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