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Police union that endorsed Trump blasts Jan. 6 pardons … - “Allowing those convicted of these crimes to be released early diminishes accountability and devalues the sacrifices made by courageous law enforcement officers and their families,” per the statement.
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“F—k it: Release 'em all”: Why Trump embraced broad Jan. 6 pardons … - Trump vacillated during an internal debate over targeted clemency vs. a blanket decision according to two insiders. — But as Trump's team wrestled with the issue, and planned a shock-and-awe batch of executive orders Day 1 …
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Trump May Come to Regret His Jan. 6 Pardons. Here's Why. — The potential for political backlash is real — now and in the future. — Even though President Donald Trump had vowed to deliver pardons to those who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the Capitol, his sweeping clemency for roughly 1,500 people was stunning.
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Convicted US Capitol rioter turns down Trump pardon — One of the people who served jail time for taking part in the US Capitol riot four years ago has refused a pardon from President Donald Trump, saying: “We were wrong that day.” — Pamela Hemphill, who pleaded guilty and was sentenced …


The January 6 Pardons — I didn't want to believe he'd actually do it. — On his first day in office, President Trump pardoned nearly 1300 defendants convicted of crimes related to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot. He granted a full, unconditional pardon to nearly all of them …
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Trump Pardons the Jan. 6 Cop Beaters — Law and order? Back the blue? What happened to that GOP? — Republicans are busy denouncing President Biden's pre-emptive pardons for his family and political allies, and deservedly so. But then it's a shame you don't hear many, if any …
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Raskin: Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters ‘a reserve army of political foot soldiers’
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Pro-Trump Police Union Says Jan. 6 Pardons Send ‘A Dangerous Message’
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Trump's blanket Jan. 6 pardons stun Republicans on Capitol Hill
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Trump's pardon of the J6 Terrorists is about encouraging future MAGA violence
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Trump gave pardons to hundreds of violent Jan. 6 rioters. Here's what they did
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‘A Betrayal, a Mockery’: Police Express Outrage Over Trump's Jan. 6 Pardons
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Donald Trump Demands Apology From Bishop Who Hurt His Feelings — Right Rev. Mariann Budde had appealed to Trump to have mercy and compassion during an interfaith service.
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Trump demands apology, criticizes bishop's prayer service remarks — President Trump early Wednesday morning slammed the reverend at a National Cathedral prayer service for the inauguration who called on him to have mercy on transgender children and immigrant families.


Trump launches savage attack on bishop who asked for ‘mercy’ for minorities — U.S. president calls the clergywoman a “Radical Left hard line Trump hater,” “ungracious,” “nasty” and “not compelling or smart.” — U.S. President Donald Trump hit out Wednesday at a bishop who directly called …
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Republican Senators Seem Willing to Endure the ‘Challenge’ of Trump's Proposed Tariffs — Trump suggested Monday he'd put 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico, two of the U.S's top trading partners. — Copy — President Donald Trump is getting closer to blowing up the trade agreement …
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Jamie Dimon says Trump's tariff policy is positive for national security so people should ‘get over it’
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Transcript: Trump Seethes as Bishop Calls Him Out in Heartfelt Plea
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1/22/25 ☀️ AM: — House Democrats privately squirm about their leadership and message
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Trump Expands Quick Deportations Across the U.S.
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GOP member wants bishop ‘added to deportation list’ after Trump prayer service
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Elon Musk's salute falls flat: Why far-right trolling isn't working this time around — As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said to defenders of Musk's provocation, “People can officially stop listening to you” — One thing that's easy enough to see about Elon Musk's infamous hand gesture …
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The missing context from the Elon Musk salute — We can't have a functioning democracy if we think our opponents are evil. — Having never met Elon Musk, I can't rule out the possibility that the man deliberately gave a Nazi salute at the presidential inauguration parade.
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‘The gesture speaks for itself’: Germans respond to Musk's apparent Nazi salute — Some say it was an unambiguous Nazi salute but others are unsure and say focus should be on Musk's stated support for far-right — There were angry reactions across Europe to Elon Musk's apparent use …
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Justice Department directs prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement — The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate any state or local officials who stand in the way of beefed-up enforcement of immigration laws under the Trump administration …
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Justice Department says it will prosecute local officials over immigration enforcement
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Trump officials pause health agencies' communications, citing review — The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers. — The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies …
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Trump administration directs all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on leave — President Donald Trump 's administration moved Tuesday to end affirmative action in federal contracting and directed that all federal diversity, equity and inclusion staff be put on paid leave and eventually be laid off.


Multiple lawsuits challenge Trump's order restricting birthright citizenship — Two groups of Democratic state attorneys general, representing 22 states, along with Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, filed lawsuits Tuesday challenging President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at restricting birthright citizenship.
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22 states sue to stop Trump's order blocking birthright citizenship
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Change to Birthright Citizenship Would Affect Visa Holders, Too
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Trump pardons dark web marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht — President Trump fulfilled a campaign promise to Libertarian supporters on his second day back in office by pardoning the former creator and owner of an underground e-commerce website known for drug trafficking.
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Trump Pardons Creator of Silk Road Drug Marketplace
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Thompson's Trump Talk — Ahead of Inauguration Day, CNN chief Mark Thompson convened his top journalists for a meeting in which he provided guidance about how he wanted the affair covered. … Staff meetings before major news events are typical for the network.
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KKK distributes flyers in Kentucky telling immigrants to ‘leave now’ — Documents, including phone number and invitation to ‘join us’, distributed same day Trump took office — Kentucky police are investigating after a series of racist Ku Klux Klan flyers telling immigrants to “leave now” …
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How TikTok is burnishing Trump's strongman image — If you kiss the ring hard enough, laws disappear. — You're forgiven for forgetting about TikTok for the last couple of days, what with the horrorshow avalanche of executive orders and gleeful deployment of Nazi salutes (plural!) from the world's richest man.
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