The President is the head of the United States Government's Executive Branch. The Executive powers are primarily defined in Article II of the Constitution and include the power to Pardon people convicted of federal offenses. Additional definitions of the Executive Branch exist in the Twelfth Amendment, the Twentieth Amendment, the Twenty-Second Amendment, and the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
Presidential succession is governed both by the Constitution and by federal law.
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You can hardly look at the news, Facebook, or the Book of Revelation without hearing how Donald Trump is the end of the world. He says he wants build a wall on the U.S. Mexico border, prevent Muslims from entering the U.S., and withdraw from NATO,...
by AndrewBryanSmith
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on Sat Sep 17, 2016 at 05:15 PM PDT
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occupydemocrats.com/…
Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump): Why isn’t President Obama working instead of campaigning for Hillary Clinton?
George Takei (@GeorgeTakei): As Commander-in-Chief, he is sworn to protect us from threats both foreign and...
by SphericalXS
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on Sat Sep 17, 2016 at 08:11 AM PDT
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Dear Mark Cuban,
I am writing here to you, knowing that you obviously read my posts, because I was greatly excited by the story that came out last night, on your challenge to Donald Trump .
by pierre9045
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on Sat Sep 17, 2016 at 05:01 AM PDT
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Help change the US Government for the better by signing this petition for Human Rights to be implemented into the US Goverment's ruling :D
Hi!
"Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behavior, and...
by Robin Hughes
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on Fri Sep 16, 2016 at 05:41 PM PDT
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This is a first pass, people, meaning it is very much a work in progress, and you’re gonna see some second guesses.
But here is my prediction of our next Executive Branch
Vice President — Vladimir Putin Chris Christie Mike Pence
Secretary...
by pierre9045
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on Fri Sep 16, 2016 at 06:35 PM PDT
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This is a Reposting of a diary I wrote back in June, which I am reposting now for obvious reasons. Namely, Trump thinks that simply stating “Obama was born in the United States” is enough to undo all the damage he has done with the Birther movement at...
by pierre9045
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on Fri Sep 16, 2016 at 12:43 PM PDT
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“Luck does not come around often. So when it does, be sure to take full advantage of it, even if it means working very hard. When luck is on your side it is not the time to be modest or timid. It is the time to go for the biggest success you can...
by franchise2m
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on Fri Sep 16, 2016 at 12:33 PM PDT
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So the great Donald Trump who says he will make America great again, held a press conference at his new luxury hotel in Washington, DC earlier today. The media billed this press conference as, Trump Set to Address "Birther" Issue.
The media...
by melshim
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on Fri Sep 16, 2016 at 10:38 AM PDT
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I say "technically" because in both 2008 and 2016, I felt that I was voting for her primary opponent, not against her. But I will cast my first vote for her this November, and I am more excited about it now than I ever thought I would be.
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by democrattotheend
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on Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 07:22 PM PDT
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NextGen Climate and Project New America have been checking in on the nation’s millennials (18-34 year olds) in 11 battleground states, and the news is encouraging (crosstabs here).
For context, in 2012, Barack Obama won the 18-29 vote 60-37,...
by kos
294 comments
on Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 11:45 AM PDT
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It was fun while it lasted, but not even Hillary Clinton could defy gravity. Still, with the race settling into a new pre-debates normal, there’s little to sweat at the presidential level. All data comes from HuffPo’s Pollster polling aggregator.
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by kos
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on Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 05:08 PM PDT
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Ruth Marcus made a contribution to the public debate about individual wealth and politics in a column published by the Washington Post on September 11, 2016. She generally discussed some methods that retired U.S. presidents have used to obtain a steady...
by silverhair
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on Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 09:56 AM PDT
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Conventional wisdom is that Wednesday was a bad day for Team Blue on the polling front; it started out with a surprising poll for Bloomberg (by Selzer, who are considered the “gold standard” in Iowa but are less proven elsewhere) showing Hillary...
by David Jarman
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on Thu Sep 15, 2016 at 05:31 AM PDT
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Turns out there is a major problem with the CNN Ohio poll released today that shows Trump up by 4. This article shows that the sample CNN used had only 18% of people under 50 years of age in the sample vs. turnout in this group in the upper-40% range...
by Beauregard
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on Wed Sep 14, 2016 at 08:56 PM PDT
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Cable News Anchor: Attention audience! We are breaking away from this story of yet another Trump Foundation scandal that we aren’t actually reporting, to bring you some late-breaking news.
Cable News Anchor: In what is being described by our...
by pierre9045
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on Tue Sep 13, 2016 at 06:48 PM PDT
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Interesting observation :
Trump would also provide six weeks of paid maternity leave (fathers apparently don’t need time with their kids) [...]
But it really does make sense.
by kos
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on Wed Sep 14, 2016 at 10:20 AM PDT
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It is abundantly clear by now that in the realm of presidential contests, we are in uncharted waters. Against a highly competent candidate with decades of political experience, a stint in the Senate, a stint in the key Cabinet post and another stint in...
by Dale
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on Tue Sep 13, 2016 at 08:58 AM PDT
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The History News Network has made insightful commentary on why Democrats could hold the office of President for several years to come. Of course, they cite plenty of more reasons than the fact that the current Republican candidate is few ants short of...
by Jessica ONeill
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on Tue Sep 13, 2016 at 04:36 AM PDT
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After contracting the incurable zombie virus over the weekend, Donald Trump held a press conference where he attacked Clinton mercilessly for being too unfit to hold the position of President, all the while clutching fresh brains.
“CROOKED HILLARY...
by pierre9045
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on Mon Sep 12, 2016 at 09:35 PM PDT
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Ending the tumultuous reign of Debbie Wasserman Schultz, longtime party stalwart Donna Brazile has taken the reigns of the Democratic National Committee at a particularly pivotal time for our nation. I got a chance to talk to Brazile about the...
by kos
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on Tue Sep 13, 2016 at 09:01 AM PDT
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