- Is the Kilmar Abrego Garcia deportation a matter of foreign policy or the U.S. court system?
- Will President Trump win his battle with Harvard?
- Is Meta a social media monopoly?
- What does the Shapiro attack say about the state of politics in America?
- Will Trump’s next Fed chair further roil financial markets?
- Should Kamala Harris run for the California governorship?
- Is coordinated Republican opposition to the Trump presidency possible?
- Does the U.S. still need the TSA?
- Is foreign disinvestment becoming a big risk for the U.S. economy?
- Are California’s environmental laws too strict?
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- How would the decimation of public employees unions impact the American labor movement?
- Did the U.S. Supreme Court interpret the Alien Enemies Act correctly?
- Will rising home insurance rates trigger a U.S. housing crisis?
- Should U.S. courts view human embryos as people or property?
- How would a military conflict with Iran affect American society?
- Are moderate politicians becoming an endangered species?
- How can Congress wrest more power back from the executive branch?
- Do Democrats need their own Joe Rogan?
- Is President Trump’s DEI in education executive order constitutional?
- Will the rise of AI weaken the American environmental movement?
- Will President Trump’s tariff policy accomplish its objectives?
- How big of a victory was the Wisconsin Supreme Court election for Democrats?
- Should AOC consider a presidential or Senate run or neither in 2028?
- Is there any way for President Trump to run for a third term without amending the constitution?
- Should there be a ban on congressional stock trading?
- Will the U.S. tech industry be the biggest loser of Trump’s tariff policy?
- Did Senator Booker’s speech elevate his presidential prospects?
- Should public schools reject President Trump’s DEI order?
- Has the Trump administration’s Ukraine strategy collapsed?
- Should public protesters have the right to be masked?
- How can public schools regain the confidence of parents and community leaders?
- Should the Houthi military plan leak be the end of Pete Hegseth’s tenure at the Department of Defense?
- If Chuck Schumer is not meant to lead Senate Democrats, then who should?
- Did Columbia make a mistake in caving to President Trump’s demands?
- Are Senate retirements making it impossible for Democrats to regain control of the chamber in 2026?
- Is the Trump administration trying to engineer a U.S. recession?
- Can Mike Duggan win Michigan’s governorship as an independent candidate?
- Should American liberals embrace abundance politics?
- Does Illinois have a bad business climate?
- Is President Trump’s executive order on American elections constitutional?
- Should legal challenges to a president’s executive orders go immediately to the U.S. Supreme Court?
- Is AOC the next Obama?
- Should Social Security be privatized?
- Will the U.S. unemployment rate get worse before the end of 2025?
- Should the Tesla attacks be treated as acts of domestic terrorism?
- What is the best way for Democrats to “resist” the Trump administration?
- Is the U.S. on the road to a constitutional crisis?
- Are releases of Epstein and Kennedy files exposing conspiracy theories as being full of hot air?
- Should the U.S. provide military assistance to the Democratic Republic of the Congo against M23 rebels?
- Is the possible deportation of American criminals to El Salvador a violation of the Eighth Amendment?
A good number of our questions this week come from my old coach, Steve Meadows of the Kentucky High School Speech League (KHSSL), and were used at the KHSSL State Championship on March 7-8.
- Will Greenland be the next Hawaii, annexed by the U.S.?
- How is DOGE affecting the Social Security administration?
- Is it time to dump the penny? What’s your two cents?
- Daylight Savings Time: Keep or kill?
- Why are fewer students attending American colleges?
- Do Senate Democrats need a more combative leader?
- Are U.S. strikes against Yemen’s Houthis laying the groundwork for an attack on Iran?
- Is President Trump losing his tariff war against Canada?
- Should Democrats have pushed for a government shutdown?
- Is it fair to call the Trump administration’s push for a Ukrainian solution “peace at any price”?
- How is President Trump’s one-term status affecting his decision making?
- Are protests at GOP town halls a canary in the coal mine for 2026?
- What tools can sanctuary cities use to defend their status from the U.S. federal government?
- Will BlackRock’s deal with CK Hutchinson Holding end President Trump’s bluster about the Panama Canal?
- When there is the next Supreme Court vacancy, should someone without a legal background be appointed?
- Will the Trump administration be bad for global non-proliferation efforts?
- Is the U.S. currently experiencing a white collar recession?
- Will Tesla’s losses cause Elon Musk to reduce his level of political engagement?
- Should SNAP ban the purchase of sugar and sweetened beverages?
- Will an “economic blackout” cause Amazon to reverse its DEI stance?
- Would a DOGE stimulus check make U.S. inflation worse?
- What grade does President Trump deserve for his first month in office?
- Who would win a Florida gubernatorial primary between Casey DeSantis and Byron Daniels?
- What can mainstream news outlets do to regain the trust of the American people?
- Is there a method to President Trump’s madness?
- What is the appropriate role for DEI in U.S. education?
- As the U.S. pushes nuclear energy, what should be done with the waste?
- Why did Skype lose to other video calling services?
- How can Democrats win back the working class?
- Has the resistance to Donald Trump collapsed?
- How would the removal of Eric Adams as New York City mayor impact the next mayoral election?
- Is income inequality beginning to weigh on the health of the U.S. economy?
- Should the Trump administration be paying more attention to inflation?
- Why have Americans tired of supporting Ukraine?
- Will Trump’s Pentagon purge imperil U.S. national security?
- If federal research funding is cut, will this erode America’s standing as a global technology leader?
- Could mass federal layoffs turn Virginia solid red again?
- Should U.S. schools move away from 1:1 technology?
- Would a U.S. invasion of Mexico to attack drug cartels become Iraq 2.0?
- Should Illinois allow its southeast counties to join Indiana?
- Should Pete Buttigieg run for Michigan’s Senate seat in 2026?
- Would cuts to the FDIC’s staff threaten the safety of the U.S. banking system?
- Is the Trump administration prepared to respond to a bird flu pandemic?
- Will Musk’s group win its hostile bid for OpenAI?
- Why has the Democratic Party failed to counter Trump’s opening moves?
- If President Trump gets a Supreme Court appointment, who might he pick?
- Is the U.S. becoming another Hungary?
- Does the Democratic Party need to take significant steps to win back male voters?
- Has U.S. deindustrialization created a national security problem?
- Does U.S. higher education need a shakeup?
- Would it be a mistake for the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip?
- Should Casey DeSantis run for the Florida governorship?
- To what extent is President Trump living up to his campaign pledges so far?
- How would the abolishment of the Department of Education affect special education students?
- Are the foundations of the U.S. economy weakening?
- Would another strike strengthen or weaken the Chicago Teachers Union?
- What should the Supreme Court’s liberal wing do in this era of high court conservative dominance?
- Will the move to dismantle USAID significantly damage U.S. foreign policy goals?
- Should the day after the Super Bowl be a national holiday?
- Will Republicans seek to do entitlement reform during the Trump presidency?
- Does the Democratic Party need a rebrand?
- Are Trump’s chaotic flurry of executive orders the new normal?
- Will egg prices get even higher in 2025?
- Did U.S. markets overreact to DeepSeek?
- What impact will Trump’s tariff wars have on U.S. foreign policy?
- How safe is American aviation?
- What should be Ken Martin’s next steps as DNC chair?
- Are U.S. fears of Chinese influence in Panama overstated?
- Does the U.S. need a missile defense system?
- How would massive federal layoffs affect the private sector workforce?
- What will be the domestic implications of the U.S. withdrawing from the World Health Organization (WHO)?
- Were Biden’s pre-emptive pardons necessary?
- Is the American dream dying?
- How will forced departures at the State Department impact U.S. foreign policy?
- Does DOGE violate federal transparency laws?
- Will Musk and Trump eventually have a falling out?
- Which of Trump’s cabinet members will last the shortest amount of time in his administration?
- Will California’s secessionist movement go anywhere?
- Would it be wise for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to embrace MAGA?
- Should the U.S. be more stingy with foreign aid?
- Was 2024 a bad year for progressive policy goals?
- Is Andrew Cuomo positioning himself for a run for New York City mayor?
- Can the U.S. budget deficit be solved only through cuts to the federal government’s workforce?
- Has the U.S. federal government been too involved or not enough in boosting the EV market?
- Are Donald Trump’s statements about expanding American territory a way to distract voters from domestic problems?
- What is a problem that the U.S. federal government must solve in 2025?
- Will Democrats regain the Virginia governorship this fall?
- Has Israel’s war in Gaza strengthened or weakened U.S. national security?
- How far with Trump’s deportation scheme go?
- Has the ERA become the 28th Amendment?
- Are right-wing forces winning the American culture war?
- Is the U.S. reward for the arrest or conviction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro counterproductive?
- Has Senator John Fetterman become another Krysten Sinema?
- Will the Supreme Court rule against Tik Tok?
- What will be President Biden’s legacy?
- How will the Los Angeles fires affect national home insurance rates?
- What is the future of the First Amendment in an age of disinformation?
- Should Democrats make Governor Gavin Newsom the voice of “resistance” to a new Trump administration?
- Will more U.S. cities copy New York City’s congestion pricing model?
- What would be the implications of the U.S. retaking the Panama Canal with military force?