Jamal Khashoggi's fate casts a harsh light on Trump's friendship with Saudi Arabia

    The article on The Washington Post gives a discussion of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi that has become an international crisis. Written by Brian Klaas, who is an American political scientists and columnist at the Washington Post, the article shows Klaas’s concerns and everyone else’s about the reality of Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump, and whether Saudi Arabia is responsible for the murder/disappearance of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

     Jamal Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian Journalist with an American residency and a critic of the Saudi Arabia’s government. Opinions appear to be turning against Saudi Arabia as the Turkish government has audio recordings showing that Khashoggi was killed and tortured by 15 Saudi men. In the article, Klaas sends a message regarding Donald Trump and his actions to the incident.

    The article discusses the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Donald Trump. With Trump’s business interests, it may be impossible for him to cogitate the right punishment if Saudi Arabia is guilty. Klaas does a good job supporting that statement as he mentions the benefits Saudi Arabia has provided to Trump; companies, hotels, and bailing Trump out when he was $900 million in debt. It was also Trump’s first foreign trip, as mentioned in the article. Klaas highlights the partnership as a possibility that Saudi Arabia will get away with murder because Trump is beholden to Saudi money. Klaas uses words such as “disturbing,” “endangering,” “barbarism,” “despotic,” and "pitiless" to represent or give an idea of the Saudi Arabia leadership and their brutal actions toward their citizens and critics.

    Overall, I find the article very interesting as Klaas gives a substantial amount of information. It really shows that Klaas is concerned about the incident and wants justice for Jamal Khashoggi as there has to be consequences for crimes that are committed.

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Is An American Hero

    “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. In the article “Dr. Christine Blasey Ford Is An American Hero”, which is written in the Huffington Post, Jessica Luther, a freelance journalist, an author and a co-host of the feminist sports podcast “Burn It All Down,” addresses Dr. Christine Blasey Ford as an “American hero” as Blasey refuses to stay quiet and talks about her experience with sexual harassment from Brett Kavanaugh, infront of all the Republicans and Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee. In this article, Luther mentions women’s power and their courage to face the world and speak about their stories about abuse and violence. The article is organized as Luther begins with talking about how Blasey and her husband were pushed to go into therapy by her desire to have two front doors in their home because of what has been haunting her for more than thirty years, Kavanaugh’s sexual assault. Then, she talks about all the other courageous women such as Ida B. Wells, Fannie Lou Hamer, Ann Richards, Shirley Chisholm, Carmita Wood and Maya Angelou, and their similar experiences and impact on people The article is very effective as Luther makes sure to show how Dr. Christine Blasey Ford was persistent to let her credibility be strong and earned. The overall value of the passage is to show how women are heroes and they'll never stop growing.