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Trump wants to reverse America’s decline. Good luck

Trump and his supporters would like to buck the tide of history, but they could end up pulled further into it, and have no way to stop it

The Guardian - US

Warning of ‘oligarchy,’ Biden channels Andrew Jackson

In some circumstances, a president’s official Farewell Address to the Nation may be an occasion for sunny reflection. President Joe Biden’s, delivered five days before he left office, began that way, with a celebration of America’s promise and of its progress under his tenure.

The Conversation

Andrew Jackson Portrait Returns To Oval Office

The Oval Office transitions from Biden to Trump, featuring Andrew Jackson's portrait and a Reagan-era rug.

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Biden's unprecedented farewell warning

Joe Biden breaks with tradition to offer a direct criticism of his successor

Salon

When presidents would send handwritten lists of their nominees to the Senate, things were a lot different

The new U.S. Senate is getting down to business, and one of its first tasks will be to consider Donald Trump’s nominations to federal office.

The Conversation

How to avoid getting trolled this time

Never Trump in 2025 requires a new set of rules for the resistance

Salon

Rights and Wrongs of Chief Justice Roberts' Year-End Report on the Judiciary

Roberts identifies genuine problems, but little in the way of good solutions. He also sometimes overlooks ways in which the Supreme Court is partly responsible for the challenges the judiciary faces.

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Has J.D. Vance "Raised the Specter of Open Disregard for Federal Court Rulings"?

What Vance actually said: "I think the thing that you can do in the Senate is push the legal boundaries, as far as the Supreme Court will let you take it."

Reason

Jurisprudence on the Adjournment Power, Old and New

Last month, Washington was in a tizzy about whether President Trump could use the adjournment power as a means to… The post Jurisprudence on the Adjournment Power, Old and New appeared first on Reason.com.

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Burials of 28 people Andrew Jackson enslaved found at his Hermitage plantation in Tennessee

Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, enslaved hundreds of people. Archaeologists have discovered where 28 of them were buried.

LiveScience

Slave Cemetery Discovered At Andrew Jackson's Tennessee Plantation

The Andrew Jackson Foundation discovered a slave cemetery at The Hermitage, highlighting the plantation's history and commitment to inclusivity.

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The burial site of slaves owned by a former US president has finally been found

The gravestones had sunk below the surface

The Independent UK

Northern Ireland's scenery is too awe-inspiring to be contained by any single myth or deity - there’s space and time for them all - especially when travelling by bike

Paying homage to a travel writing pioneer, David Bradford rides the coastline of Northern Ireland in the wheel tracks of ghosts, giants and shape-shifting gods

Cycling Weekly

Presidents often claim mandates − especially when they want to expand their power or are on the defensive

Shortly after the 2024 election was called in Donald Trump’s favor, he declared that voters had given him “an unprecedented and powerful mandate.”

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The press obeys him in advance

Donald Trump brings out the worst — and it’s going to get a lot worse

The Conversation

Why does the Senate confirm Trump’s picks for key posts — and how? A legal scholar explains the confirmation process and the ‘constitutional loophole’ of recess appointments

Since Election Day, President-elect Donald Trump has moved quickly to name his picks for key cabinet posts such as attorney general and the secretaries of defense, health and human services, and state.

The Conversation

Trump’s comeback victory, after reshaping his party and national politics, looks a lot like Andrew Jackson’s in 1828

As the nation prepares for a second Donald Trump presidency, some history-minded people may seek understanding in the idea that it wasn’t until Richard Nixon’s second presidential term that the serious consequences arrived.

Al Jazeera

Five closest US elections: When California, New York were swing states

This US election is too close to call, say experts, but it’s not the first time.

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A few Election Day thoughts from the last 200 years

Close, chaotic, and contested elections have long been a recurring part of American politics.

The Conversation

This course explores the history of contested presidential elections

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

The Conversation

Does Democratic VP candidate Walz swear too damn much?

During a campaign event with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in Michigan on Aug. 8, Harris’ running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, used the word “damn” four times during his brief remarks, including in two sentences in a row:

The Independent UK

The most affordable cities to live in (and why the West did the worst)

Green Bay, Wisconsin got the number one spot for most affordable city in the country, while two other midwestern cities rounded out the top three.

The Guardian - US

JD Vance once worried Trump was ‘America’s Hitler’. Now his own authoritarian leanings come into view

Vice-presidential pick has said he would have blocked certification of 2020 results in key states won by Biden

The Conversation

Donald Trump wants to reinstate a spoils system in federal government by hiring political loyalists regardless of competence

If elected to serve a second term, Donald Trump says he supports a plan that would give him the authority to fire as many as 50,000 civil servants and replace them with members of his political party loyal to him. Under this plan, if he eventually deemed those new employees…

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Americans break election ties in crazy ways − and jeopardize democracy in the process

Commentators and observers are concerned about the possibility of a tie in the November 2024 presidential election. One possibility is that both major-party candidates end up with 269 electoral votes – one short of the 270 required to claim victory. Another scenario is that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who appears…

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