Betting markets show U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the frontrunner to snag the 2028 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. But AOC refuses to pay back her student loans, despite earning $173,000 a year as a member of Congress. That's a red flag that she's fiscally ...
To the Journal editor: The Democratic Party accommodates a few politicians with socialist views. Likewise, the Republican Party welcomes a few politicians who embrace fascist views. However, progressive views do not produce a communist, nor do conservative views equate to being a fascist. As we near the mid-term elections, the wails and cries of “Communists!” and “Socialists” have become mundanely repetitive and just another sign of a hollow Republican platform. They present nothing concrete or factual, projecting only fear and emotion. It’s the same with immigration and ...
We are pleased that the Michigan Board of Canvassers has seen fit to approve the petitions submitted by Sara Cambensy to appear on the November ballot as an independent candidate for the state senate. The decision Monday reflected a staff recommendation from the previous week. The state board, in effect, sent Cambensy’s candidacy for the 38th state senatorial district to the voters to decide. In our opinion, that’s exactly who should decide. All of this can trace its roots — publicly, at least — to local resident Linda Donckers, who had submitted a challenge to Cambensy's ...
I opened my copy of The Mining Journal for Tuesday, Aug. 11 and found not one, but two full length opinion columns and an editorial cartoon on top of them, condemning aspects of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party. I am not a Democrat, much less aligned with the DSA, but I do feel very strongly that major newspaper op-eds have a responsibility to present truthful and factual information. Neither of these op-eds meets that criteria. All of the posturing seems to rely on first isolating the word "socialist" and then providing a definition for that term which has no relationship ...
PARIS — NATO or Cosa Nostra? The U.S., under President Donald Trump, has just asked its transatlantic defense allies to swear allegiance to the U.S. Or, more specifically, to the way that Trump is running the U.S. So Team Trump sent out a questionnaire to its Western defense allies, ...
The greater Marquette area is on the cusp of undergoing an annual conversion when Northern Michigan University students return in numbers for the fall semester. Although a reduced number of NMU students have been present throughout the summer, the real change will take place in the next several days as thousands of young people, often ferried by worried parents and/or guardians, find homes in the university’s dormitories or off campus. And it’s a change that a great many permanent area residents, including us at The Mining Journal, have learned to anticipate and appreciate over the ...
