Guest Commentary: Not An Easy Way Out: Democrats Share the Blame
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Many years ago, Sen. Eugene McCarthy said there is nothing more dangerous in politics than a politician without further ambition. And perhaps one thing Joe Biden and Donald Trump would agree on is that Pat Toomey, the junior senator from Pennsylvania, is a dangerous man. Mr. Toomey said that Mr. Trump should resign days before his term was up to spare the country his
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U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer made history yesterday, when he became the first Senate majority leader from the state of New York as well as the first Jewish person to hold the position.
Unfortunately for Schumer, the same day it was announced he would become majority leader, a mob of Trump supporters decided to rush the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to prevent President Joe Biden’s election results from being certified.
While his big moment may have been rudely interrupted by insurrectionists hoping to dismantle the U.S. government, Schumer now holds one of the most important and powerful roles in the Senate. As majority leader, Schumer will have the power to speak on behalf of Senate Democrats as well as schedule debate on legislation.
Never mind Lil Wayne – meet the disgraced folk star pardoned by Jimmy Carter
A gun-crazy rapper is one thing. But in 1981, the outgoing president issued a pardon to an arguably less deserving celebrity
Peter Yarrow, Mary Travers and Paul Stookey - aka Peter, Mary and Paul - in 1965
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Donald Trump has departed the White House with a final flurry of controversy, this time surrounding his dubious list of presidential pardons. More than 140 people have received a pardon or commutation, including his former advisor Steve Bannon, and rappers Lil Wayne and Kodak Black, though Tiger King’s Joe Exotic, heavily rumoured to be in the running, has missed out. The President has already pardoned other questionable figures, including former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio, as well as allies Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, Paul Manaford and Charles Kushner.
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