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Andrew Figueiredo

Andrew Figueiredo is a Third Year student Majoring in Honors International Development Studies with a Minor in History. Andrew is originally from Kansas and both lives and breathes politics. His specialties include American politics, Canadian politics, European elections, and populist movements. In his dwindling free time, Andrew is an avid reader.

Unintelligent Intelligence

Andrew Figueiredo
Recently, Congressman Devin Nunes of California, chair of the Intelligence Committee, revealed that Donald Trump’s team was caught up in incidental surveillance conducted during the election cycle. While this development was reported as a…
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G(ouging)O(ur)P(oor)

Andrew Figueiredo
The 1956 Republican Party platform calls for “reductions in taxes with particular consideration for low and middle income families,” brags about Eisenhower’s minimum wage increases, and calls for the strengthening of programs like social…
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Distract, Deceive, Repeat

Andrew Figueiredo
Last Saturday, President Donald Trump sent out perhaps one of the strangest tweets of his presidency thus far. He alleged (somehow misspelling “tap” in the process) that former President Obama had tapped the phones at Trump Tower to gain…
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After the Vote-A Unified DNC

Andrew Figueiredo
From Saturday’s Democratic National Committee leadership vote, my favourite chair candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, emerged not as a victor in his race, but as a rising Democratic star with higher stock. The main two candidates, Tom Perez…
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Mayor Pete for the DNC

Andrew Figueiredo
The much-heralded Democratic National Committee chairperson race comes to a close this weekend as national committee members vote for a new chair to replace Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who stepped down last year. A number of high-profile…
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The Blue Tea Party

Andrew Figueiredo
In 2009, Rick Santelli’s epic CNBC rant on the floor of the Chicago stock exchange lambasting President Obama’s mortgage relief contained the legendary line “We’re thinking of having a Chicago tea party in July.” This single sentence …
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How Not to Fight Trump

Andrew Figueiredo
A few days ago, I was scrolling through tweets and came across a number of references to this news story. Recently, a middle school student in St Louis was physically attacked on a bus by other students because he wore a Trump hat. What…
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Arise, Anti-Trump Christians

Andrew Figueiredo
In February, Donald Trump posted on his Facebook page “Let me be clear—I am pro-life”. This looked to many like an effort to reach out to Christian voters, especially after displaying his ignorance about faith issues (2 Corinthians,…
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Power to the Ignorant

Andrew Figueiredo
Demos kratos - Greek for democracy, or rule by the people. Res publica - Latin for public affair, referring to a state that represents the people. The classical civilizations seemed optimistic enough in their structural experiments that…
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Missing Joe Biden

Andrew Figueiredo
Outgoing (it pains me deeply to write that) Vice President Biden once stated, “Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable". If anybody lived out that mantra, it was our vice president, and for that, I…
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Baracking Down the Obama Legacy

Andrew Figueiredo
Unquestionably, the incoming Trump administration represents a shift away from President Obama’s administration. While I remain worried for the US under Trump, I recently decided that the last days of President Obama’s second term are a…
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