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Author: Reece Ellis

Reece Ellis is a Political Science major at Truman State University. He has worked for Democratic candidates in Missouri since 2016.
mcCain

John McCain, please spare us

July 26, 2017 Reece Ellis ACA/Obamacare, Republicans Leave a comment

Recently, Senator John McCain of Arizona was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of brain cancer. John McCain served his country first as a

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Democratic Candidates

It’s Never Too Early! Narrowing the 2020 Field

July 20, 2017 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Voting/Elections 4 comments

(Methodology) Pundits and politicos have been curating lists of potential contenders for the 2020 Democratic, including on this site, but how do we sort

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Trump-2020

12 Possible Endings for Trump’s 1st Term

July 9, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Democrats, Government, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

This list isn’t organized in any particular way, but rather it’s just a selection of possible places we might find ourselves in 4 years.

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“Ferguson: Nixon Fails while Business Thrives”

June 11, 2017 Reece Ellis Uncategorized Leave a comment

Today, it looks like any other Midwestern town. There are fast food restaurants, auto shops, drug stores, a laundromat, and rows of cookie-cutter houses.

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Comey Testimony

5 Major Takeaways from Comey’s Testimony on Capitol Hill

June 8, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Campaigns, Justice, Politics, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

The Republican Party is now Trump’s Party – When given the opportunity to question fired FBI Director James Comey, Republicans finally had the chance

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Rural America

It Wasn’t Just Russia: Democrats Have Larger Problems

June 6, 2017 Reece Ellis 2018 Election, Campaigns, Democrats, Demographics/Polls, Hillary Clinton, Missouri region, Politics, Republican Brain, Republicans, Voting/Elections 2 comments

There are several theories that attempt to explain why Hillary Clinton was defeated in November, and most of them are at least somewhat credible.

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Trump Foreign Policy

Bombing His Way to Re-Election: The Trump Doctrine

April 25, 2017 Reece Ellis Foreign Policy, International, Military, Trump Leave a comment

“We are going to stop the policy of regime change overseas” “[Hillary Clinton] wants to start a shooting war in Syria in conflict with

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Comey

Theory: Comey’s Pre-Election Letter Was Well Intentioned

March 25, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Corruption, Democracy, FBI/NSA/CIA, Hillary Clinton, Justice, Legal issues/Law, Politics, Trump, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

Rep. Chris Stewart, a Republican from Utah made this statement on Monday at the House Intelligence Committee, “Every media organization, every political organization, every

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pence

Trading Trump for Pence: A Raw Deal

February 21, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Politics, Trump One comment

President Donald Trump must go, that much is clear. But if and when he does go, would we be jumping from the frying pan

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black

How black people and Trump align: You’re not going to like this

January 16, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, Trump 3 comments

No black person who is opposed to Trump’s presidency wants to hear this (internally, I’ve struggled with this thought), but in many ways we

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