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Prospector Political Publish Week #12: Democratic primary approaching big events

Prospector Political Publish Week #12: Democratic primary approaching big events

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor January 31, 2020

Although it may seem as though the Democratic primary has been going on forever, the biggest moments of the entire race are among us as the Iowa caucus will occur on Feb. 3. Democrats that have been...

Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks with Mike Bloomberg, the founder and CEO of Bloomberg L.P., at the Bloomberg Television headquarters building in New York City Jan. 12, 2017. (DOD photo by U.S.  Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr)

Prospector Political Publish Week #11: Bloomberg's Unconventional Approach Yields Early Momentum Gains

Rick Lytle January 26, 2020

On Nov. 24, 2019, Former New York City Mayor and Businessman Michael Bloomberg officially started his 2020 campaign for President. Just two days later, this article from a Washington Post columnist...

Prospector Political Publish Week #10: An analysis of last Democratic debate before Iowa caucus

Prospector Political Publish Week #10: An analysis of last Democratic debate before Iowa caucus

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor January 19, 2020

This Tuesday, CNN and the Des Moines Register hosted the seventh Democratic debate before the Iowa caucus on Feb. 3. Not only was this the smallest debate stage with only six candidates taking the...

Prospector Political Publish Week #9: Soleimani death poses possibility of new war

Prospector Political Publish Week #9: Soleimani death poses possibility of new war

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor January 10, 2020

Any teenager that has gone onto Instagram or TikTok during the first week of this new decade is already well aware of a new viral meme: World War III. This trend started after the media was informed...

Prospector Political Publish Week #8: Impeachment dominates politics, requires finale

Prospector Political Publish Week #8: Impeachment dominates politics, requires finale

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor December 12, 2019

UPDATE: Both articles of impeachment were approved by the House. This does NOT mean that President Donald Trump has been impeached; it just means that the two articles will be moving to the House for...

Prospector Political Publish Week #7: Impeachment, dropped Harris bid lead to eventful political week

Prospector Political Publish Week #7: Impeachment, dropped Harris bid lead to eventful political week

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor December 6, 2019

Editors’ Note: This edition of Prospector Political Publish can be found in Issue #4 of The Prospector being released on Dec. 10. The print issue does not mention Billionaire Tom Steyer as one...

2020 presidential candidates Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, from left, Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat from Hawaii, Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Senator Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont, Senator Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California, Andrew Yang, founder of Venture for America and Tom Steyer, co-founder of NextGen Climate Action Committee, stand on stage for the Democratic presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2019. The Democratic presidential races new pecking order will be on full display Wednesday night, with Pete Buttigieg taking the debate stage as the emerging front-runner in Iowa and top 2020 rivals Joe Biden and Senator Elizabeth Warren trying to knock him off that perch. Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Prospector Political Publish Week #6: Takeaways after fifth Democratic debate

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor November 23, 2019

(photo courtesy of Elijah Nouvelage) As the Democratic field begins to slim in numbers of candidates at the debates, 10 nominees traveled to Atlanta last Wednesday to participate in the fifth Democratic...

Prospector Political Publish Week #5: Democratic field too large for its own good

Prospector Political Publish Week #5: Democratic field too large for its own good

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor November 15, 2019

The fifth Democratic debate will occur next Wednesday, Nov. 20 with 10 candidates taking the stage — compared to 12 candidates in October’s debate. Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke has since dropped...

Prospector Political Publish Week #4: Political affiliation deemed necessary in divided government climate

Prospector Political Publish Week #4: Political affiliation deemed necessary in divided government climate

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor November 7, 2019

As our country goes through an impeachment of the president, increased gun violence and an ongoing debate about how to combat climate change, we can clearly see a straight divide within our current...

Prospector Political Publish Week #3: A debate on the Trump impeachment

Prospector Political Publish Week #3: A debate on the Trump impeachment

October 31, 2019

By Brendan Burke, Copy Editor Editor’s Note: We are trying a new way to reach out to our readers this week by allowing them to participate in a civil debate concerning the topic of President Donald...

Prospector Political Publish Week #2: Political discourse loses civility

Prospector Political Publish Week #2: Political discourse loses civility

October 26, 2019

Brendan Burke, Copy Editor For week #2 of Prospector Political Publish, I will be discussing how the American government needs to end the uncivil political discourse within this country. Political discourse...

Prospector Political Publish Week #1: Takeaways after Democratic Debate

Prospector Political Publish Week #1: Takeaways after Democratic Debate

October 19, 2019

By Brendan Burke, Copy  Editor This week, the Prospector will be starting an all new recurring column titled “Prospector Political Publish.” This is going to be a column where one of our writers...

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