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Assignment #2

This is an article from Fox News by Peter Doocy posted on September 22:  http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/09/22/alabama-senate-race-palin-and-gorka-rip-trump-backed-establishment-pick-rally-for-roy-moore.html The piece is about the Senate race in Alabama, where the current Attorney General Jeff Sessions left his seat vacant to serve under Trump's presidency. President Trump has endorsed Luther Strange, while other Republican's like ex vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka have endorsed Judge Roy Moore. Palin and Gorka have attacked Strange saying he his an establishment pick through and through and is in Mitch McConnell's back pocket. I think this is an interesting read because Trump promised to "drain the swamp" yet he is backing candidates that people from his own party see as "creature(s) of the establishment". It make you wonder if Trump really did mean that he was going to clean up Washington or if he
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Stage #3: Gerrymandering and Computers

This is an opinion piece, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/06/opinion/sunday/computers-gerrymandering-wisconsin.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&action=click&contentCollection=opinion&region=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=7&pgtype=sectionfront , from the New York Times written by Jordan Ellenberg on October 6, 2017 about gerrymandering and how computers have affected the practice. Gerrymandering, while being a ridiculous name, is a serious issue. It is the process in which governmental officials redraw district's boundaries to favor their own party and and Ellenberg explains in this article why this has become such a big issue in the 21st century. The author's probable intended audience would be all U.S. voters regardless of party but it could be seen as more geared towards Democratic voters because the evidence used is only about republican's gerrymandering, specifically in Wisconsin. Ellenberg is seen
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Comment on a Classmate's Post

My comment on Dalvimir's post,  https://dalvygovblog2017.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-argument-over-net-neutrality.html " I  completely agree that giving companies the right to speed up or slow down certain sites is further stratifying the internet based on class, when the internet is already a technological advancement that is imperative to the future and has been denied to already to those who can't afford its access. Strides to get the rest of the world online have been made by companies as large as Facebook, and by not protecting net neutrality, we are only pushing ourselves further from getting the world online and continues to broaden the power these upper division companies have over society. I would not go so far as to lump in net neutrality in with the Bill of Rights, however, I will say that the internet is a crucial if not imperative aspect of day to day life in modern society and should not be controlled, inhibited or denied so long as the content is within our leg
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