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IS THIS GUY SEROUS OR IS IT TODAY’S JOKE?

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice, Friday, Aug. 11, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

SELMA, Ala. (TND) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland 
blasted legislation requiring voters to have a valid form of 
identification as
“discriminatory, burdensome and
unnecessary" Sunday.

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GOING TO PLAY, YOU NEED YOUR MARBLES

Biden speaks at White House


A mental evaluation, a screening for depression or
psychiatric illness, mental illness and anxiety is
missing from his latest medical exam.
        

        

         
       


President Joe Biden meets Italian Prime Minister Giorgia
Meloni in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday.

President Biden appeared to mix up Ukraine and Gaza while talking about the war-torn regions in a bilateral Oval Office meeting with Italy’s prime minister Friday.

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REPORT RELEASED ON THIS DAY IN 1968

50 years after landmark report on riots, Kerner Commission’s last survivor still worries about ...

The President’s National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders—known as the Kerner Commission—released
its report
, condemning racism as the primary cause of
the recent surge of riots. Headed by Governor Otto
Kerner of
Illinois, the 11-member commission was
appointed by
President Lyndon B. Johnson in July
1967 to uncover
the causes of urban riots and
recommend solutions.

Bill Moyers Journal . The Kerner Commission — 40 Years Later | PBS


History of resignations and corruption by Illinois governors | Belleville News-Democrat
Otto Kerner Jr. (August 15, 1908 – May 9, 1976)



The Kerner Commission (1968) - NJFAC
The Kerner Commission with President Lyndon B. Johnson
seated center.


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FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE IMPEACHED IN 1868

Thaddeus Stevens: The Evolution of the Egalitarian
Thaddeus Stevens delivers the last speech to Congress
about the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 11 articles of
impeachment against President Andrew Johnson, nine
of which cite Johnson’s removal of Secretary of War
Edwin M. Stanton, a violation of the Tenure of Office
Act
. The House vote made President Johnson the first
president to be impeached in U.S. history.

Andrew Johnson, the first American president to be impeached. Photo ...
Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875)

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Edwin McMasters Stanton
(December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869)

Johnson Impeachment 1868 Npresident Andrew Johnson Accepting The ...
Pictured is an illustration of Johnson being served
impeachment summons in the White House.

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“THINGS MIGHT BE BETTER WHEN I WAKE UP”

Vice President Biden appears to doze during speech - The Washington Post

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