I’ll be honest: I didn’t watch the State of the Union this year. I had a strong feeling it would be the "same old, same old," and after catching the highlights, I wasn't wrong. We saw the usual spiel, a president who seems to enjoy the sound of his own voice and a script we’ve heard a dozen times before. However, beneath the political posturing, there were a few moments that actually deserved the spotlight. Credit Where Credit is Due Even if you aren't a fan of the messenger,

A Podium Turned Fortress The White House briefing room was once—at least in theory—a theater of accountability, a place where the executive branch answered to the people through a proxy of professional skepticism. But under Taco Belle(Karoline Leavitt) as I will refer to her moving forward, the youngest Press Secretary in American history, the podium has been stripped of its democratic function and reforged into a high-definition weapon of partisan warfare. Taco Belle doesn't

We live in a world saturated with information. Between 24-hour news cycles, social media "breaking news" threads, and viral TikToks, it’s easy to think that anyone with a camera is a journalist. But while technology has democratized the tools  of the trade, the profession itself is defined by much more than just hitting "publish." We clearly state that we're opinion based bloggers, not journalists. What is Journalism? At its core, journalism is the gathering, assessing, cre