lily politics

   Last week I witnessed an attack on democracy. On January 6th, 2021, the devoted supporters of Trump had the brilliant idea of storming the capitol. January 6th: Inside the capitol, the senators were validating the electoral college votes. Earlier in the day Trump announced that the election was stolen from him and he encouraged his supporters to "be strong" and march to the capitol to protest. His pawns dressed in a multitude of red and camo attire, surrounded the capitol waving American flags. The "patriotism" was visible for miles. But the protest turned violent as the mob entered the building. Windows were broken, police were assaulted, democracy was put on hold, and our capitol was defaced.  Many people were at the capitol that day, getting their hands dirty and committing crimes. But only one person is to blame. Our very own President. Trump is the one who incited the crimes and violence on January 6th.  January 6th: Before the protest, Trump addressed his ...

Last year due to the contagious virus Covid-19; everything was different. Specifically voting throughout the country. In 2020 a presidential election took place. Because of the pandemic, more voters used mail in ballots increasing the amount of votes as a whole. The amount of absentee ballots summited in the 2020 election, almost doubles the amount summited in the 2016 and 2018 general elections (Drew). States across the U.S. made absentee ballots more available because of the challenges the virus created. More people had access to voting and no longer had to worry about traveling miles to a polling place. Concluding more votes as a total.   In my town Hopkinton, voting was also different. There was no longer any in-person voting. Before Covid, folks would cast their ballots in the school gym. However, because of the pandemic, that was no longer an option due to safety protocols. Last year during the pandemic, residents would fill their ballots out in the safety of theirs home...

This week I watched "How our friendship survives our opposing politics", which is a Ted Talk discussing how two women were able to maintain a friendship despite their opposing political views. The main idea is that these women were able to find the middle ground and communicate with reason and not emotion. I thought it was interesting that these women could still be so close even though they share different political ideologies. That ultimately made me wonder if they were  still  such great friends even after Trump took off his ugly shoe and stomped all over this country. I looked them up on Facebook in hopes that they blocked each other because of the tension and hatred the latest election created. I thought for sure they couldn't still be friends. Unfortunately I couldn't manage to find them on any social media platform, therefore leaving the end of this story; an open book. 

       This week I read the article Restoring voting rights to ex-felons by Myrna Perez . Putting two and two together I'm sure you could guess what the article was about. The main idea is ex-felons should be able to vote. One idea I found interesting was that 65% of Floridians voted to restore voting rights. This is interesting because Florida is a primarily conservative state. Not to stereotype, but conservatives aren't usually nonchalant when it comes to rehabilitating and allowing different groups with troubled back rounds to vote. Learning more about this topic made me wonder if ex cons could vote in New Hampshire. According to the article I googled, Convicted Felons can vote in NH. However, felons can't vote during their actual incarceration... obviously.  Thanks for tuning in to learn about my perspectives! www.manchesterink.com/NH Primary Stories: Convicted Felon Surprised to Find that He can Vote in NH Election/2/9/2020.