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QUINNIPIAC’S INSIGHTS ON NFL KNEELING

By Dorah Labatte


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The Quinnipiac Polling Institute released results on Americans’ approval/disapproval rates on NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. Some 43 to 52 percent of American voters surveyed say that they disapprove of NFL players taking a knee during the national anthem. Although most voters surveyed said that they disapproved of the kneeling, 34 to 58 percent of voters say that Trump’s comments on NFL protests were inappropriate. More details on the results can be found on the polling institute’s website.


Photo Courtesy of Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

Photo Courtesy of Quinnipiac University Polling Institute

CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES (AS OF OCT. 16, 11:42 EST)

By Camila Costa

In case you missed it, California continues to suffer from wildfires. Fire fighters are battling against 17 fires in the state, with a total death of 40 people. Three of those fires have been added to the list of the top 20 largest California wildfires.

Tubbs Fire

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  • Date: Oct. 2017
  • Counties: Napa & Sonoma
  • Acres: 35,270
  • Deaths: 18

Atlas Fire

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  • Date: Oct. 2017
  • Counties: Napa & Solano
  • Acres: 50,383
  • Deaths: 6

Cascade Fire

  • Date: Oct. 2017
  • Counties: Yuba
  • Acres: 10,171
  • Deaths: 4

Source: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE)

President Trump visits the United Nations

By Owen Kingsley

President Donald Trump made his first appearance at the UN in the morning on Sept. 19 when he gave a speech at the General Assembly. Trump laid out his global agenda and commented on many of the major topics he was predicted to.

Highlighted by his comments on North Korea and Kim Jong Un, Trump once again referred to the North Korean Leader as “Rocket man.” A reference to his development of nuclear warheads. Trump continued saying that he would “totally destroy” North Korea if he had to.

The President also gave his opinion on the current state of Iran.

“The Iranian government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy, he said. “It has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos.”

Iran’s foreign minister Javad Zarif took to Twitter in response. “Trump’s ignorant hate speech belongs in medieval times-not the 21st Century UN -unworthy of a reply,” he tweeted. “Fake empathy for Iranians fools no one.”

The President also referred to the Iran nuclear deal that began during the Obama administration as an “embarrassment.”

Trump throughout his speech also made it clear he has an America first attitude. He has the interests and concerns for the U.S. before those of the United Nations or the rest of the world.

Fellow politicians took to Twitter afterward and commented on his speech, California Senator Dianne Feinstein.

“The UN is a venue to promote peace,” he tweeted. “Today, the president used it as a stage to threaten war.”

Louisiana Representative Jeff Fortenberry, however, tweeted, “President Trump’s speech to the UN: clear, strong, principled.”