Presidential Pardon Powers

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Perhaps the president’s pardon power may not be absolute after all? The power to pardon is one of the least limited powers granted to the President in the Constitution. The only limits mentioned in the Constitution are that pardons are limited to offenses against the United States and not civil or state cases and that they cannot affect an impeachment process.

Fired For Being The Best?

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He assured Americans he would hire only the best for his administration. That was also extremely misleading, to say the very least. Does anyone else agree that firing the best is just incredible?

Apparently, someone thinks this series of firings is really funny. Trump jokes 'who's next?' as tumult engulfs his White House https://www.apnews.com/75e58ce99a764121ba4198f835a77a58

Do you know what else is not funny? Has anyone noticed who does not Tweet or say much when US military members, who are in harm's way are killed, or about what Russia has been doing to the US?

What's Next?

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Following a day of US student protests, our nation's young people are now hot and emboldened. Why is Congress so weak and old. Time to vote them out?

Thousands of Ameican students walked out of schools nationwide carrying signs that read “Am I next?” So what is next? What's next for the movement against gun violence @CNN http://cnn.it/2Isncma

These students in communities across the country stood up from their desks Wednesday morning, walked out of their classrooms, and held 17 minutes of silence in honor of the victims of last month’s Parkland massacre.

DACA Lacks Facts

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Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is an administrative relief from deportation. The purpose is to protect eligible immigrant youth who came to the US when they were children from deportation. DACA gives young undocumented immigrants protection from deportation and a work permit. The program expires after two years, subject to renewal.

Trump Slump?

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These 50 stars on our flag represent all 50 United States of America, and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the UK and became the first states in the USA Nicknames for the flag include the Stars and Stripes. Where is the Glory?

RIP Stephen W Hawking

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The real stable genius has passed on as the intelligent people of the world mourn his death. Tributes are pouring in after world-renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at 76. His theories unlocked a universe of possibilities that we & the world are exploring.

His work made him a key voice in understanding the universe. He was born in Oxford, England, and graduated from Oxford University and later Cambridge University, eventually taking up the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics position there in 1979, a role once held by Isaac Newton.

US Classroom Walkout

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Today's school walkout is about telling lawmakers to do something because students will no longer stand in silence while people are gunned down in schools, churches, and on the street. Today, thousands will stand across this great nation and say enough, no more.

Last month a Trump supporter stormed into Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School with an AR-15-style rifle and killed 17 students and faculty members. Since then, Parkland, Florida, survivors and their allies have turned their grief into activism and advocacy. Part of the effort is this day's national school walkout.

Midnight Confession?

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Will he become the spy who comes in from the cold? Bundle up, its bound to freeze up before it thaws out.
Russia's Vladimir Putin is expected to win a fourth term in office on Sunday with 69% percent of the vote, according to the latest survey by a state-run pollster.

With his political mandate lasting until 2024 a more pressing deadline lies on the horizon. Putin has until midnight to explain to Britain how a nerve agent developed by the Soviet Union was used to strike down a former Russian double agent who passed secrets to British intelligence.

Another One Out

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As a dark cloud thickens over America's house, when will POTUS begin to tell it straight to the American people? Resigned, or fired. What is the real difference? Trump said he would only hire the best for the US.

There are too many reasons why there are so many exits in America's House that the front door of The White House may soon have to be replaced with a revolving door.

The People Vote

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American Voters in Pennsylvania and Tennessee not only determine the outcome of two special elections today but if Democrats are able to flip any of many disappointed Trump supporters, it may be an ominous sign for The GOP.