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Recess Appointments. Funny how the chest-beaters are condemning recess appointments, a practice which has been going on throughout our history for a wide variety of reasons, as something uniquely Trumpian and a grave threat to liberty and separation of powers, and that’s before Trump has even been sworn in. Its liberal use by Bush 43 and Clinton largely escaped their attention not to mention overly emotional outbursts. Of course, there’s another constitutional issue the chest-beaters utterly ignore: what if the Senate, say a combination of a majority of Democrats and a small faction of Never-Trump Republicans, slow-walk the president’s nominees,...

A frail-looking Bill Clinton called out “young Arab Americans” in a hoarse defense of Israel’s deadly war against Hamas in Gaza during a stump speech in Michigan — a swing state with a large Arab population, which has made Israel policy a major issue. “The hardest issue here in Michigan is the Middle East,” Clinton, 78, shakily told the crowd at a “Souls to the Polls” event in Muskegon Heights in western Michigan Wednesday morning, according to Michigan Live. “I understand why young Palestinians and Arab Americans here in Michigan think too many people have died. I get that,” he...

Former President Bill Clinton said the “economy was better” under former President Donald Trump during a rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Muskegon Heights, Michigan, adding that people should still vote for Harris. “I don’t think it’s right to say that people have to vote for Donald Trump because the economy was better then,” Clinton said in what rallygoers seemingly perceived as a pro-Trump slip, as the 42nd president’s remark elicited groans from the audience. But Clinton stressed that people should still vote for Harris, even though the economy was better under Trump. Clinton also said, “I think I’m...

The United States needs more migrants to replace the children that Americans are not producing, former President Bill Clinton said at a press event on Sunday. “America is not having enough babies to keep our populations up, so we need immigrants that have been vetted to do work,” Clinton said at a fish fry in Fort Valley, Georgia. He repeated the claim at another campaign stop on October 14, saying, “We got the lowest birth rate we’ve had in well over 100 years. We’re not at replacement level, which means we got to have somebody come here if we want...

Former President Bill Clinton defended President Joe Biden after his performance at the presidential debate on Thursday night against former President Donald Trump. In a post on X, Clinton highlighted how Biden had “given us 3 years of solid leadership,” and created a “record number of new jobs,” and was “making real progress solving the climate crisis,” among other things.

Barack Obama and Bill Clinton have posted that Biden should stay in the race. I agree with them. Joe, stay in the race!

US President Joe Biden was captured struggling to enter an SUV following a fundraiser on Tuesday night. Users on X roasted the oldest-ever sitting president as many mocked Biden for being unfit to be president. “Seriously folks it shouldn’t be this bad. Someone be kind and free him from duty,” wrote one user. The Tuesday evening fundraiser was held at the home of former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. The event, alongside President Biden, featured former US President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton and 450 guests. According to the Biden campaign, the fundraiser raised over $US8 million, adding to the $US40 million...

Trump 2024. pic.twitter.com/g2jIhPrOTP— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) March 29, 2024

In attempting to describe Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over the last four years, the press has reached for a whole host of inapt comparisons: He’s Donald Trump! He’s Scott Walker! He’s Satan! But none of these seem right. Instead — and hear me out! — he may well be Bill Clinton. No, not morally. Despite Donald Trump’s grotesque insinuation that there is something “unflattering” about DeSantis that only he knows about, there’s no indication that Florida’s governor is anything other than an upstanding husband and father.

Monica Lewinsky said on Thursday that she has had "issues" with "unavailable men" started in childhood. "Looks like i had issues w/ unavailable men from an early age," Lewinsky said in an Instagram post on Thursday alongside fictional characters Snoopy and Bert from Sesame Street. Lewinsky was involved in an affair with former President Bill Clinton beginning in 1995 when she was a White House intern. She was 22 when the affair began, and Clinton was 49.

"I do not believe that there was anything we could have done to prevent this," Clinton said during a talk at Brown University.

ormer Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush visited a Ukrainian Church in Chicago together on Friday in a show of solidarity for the country amid the Russian invasion. The ex-presidents each laid bouquets of sunflowers – Ukraine’s national flower – at Saints Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church, located in the middle of the Windy City’s vibrant Ukrainian Village neighborhood. “America stands united with the people of Ukraine in their fight for freedom and against oppression,” both Clinton and Bush posted on their respective social media accounts. The house of worship thanked the former presidents for the visit in...

Following in the footsteps of Democratic colleagues such as Barack Obama and Al Gore, former President Bill Clinton is ready to make his TV producer debut. This week, History Channel announced its partnership with Clinton, who will act as executive producer on a project examining the response of presidents during challenging times throughout U.S. history.

As President Donald J. Trump continues to insist that America's immigration laws must be enforced, Democratic officials keep responding that the president is racist for wanting to deport illegal aliens. News of imminent deportation raids targeting more than 2,000 individuals with final court removal orders led to upheaval over the weekend. Dozens protested. On Twitter, the far-left, and even supposedly moderate Democrats, gave out advice on how to avoid being deported. Many said there was nothing like this ever before in American history. Well, more than 20 years ago, President Bill Clinton had deportation raids of his own -- and...

Disgraced sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein is set to give up the names individuals who paid for underage sex in return for a maximum prison sentence that will not exceed 5 years. Epstein was arrested on Saturday night on charges of sex trafficking of minors. “Epstein’s lawyer has already made a proffer to SDNY. Epstein will agree to cooperate with the investigation, including giving up the names of individuals that paid for activities with underage girls in exchange for a maximum sentence not to exceed 5 years,” tweeted OANN’s Jack Posobiec.

Two gays married by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg – a prominent opera star and “his conductor husband” – have been arrested on rape accusations after a young musician claimed “he was left bleeding from the rectum after blacking out at an after-show party” with them.

<p>Here’s what’s up with the partial government shutdown on Day 21.</p> <p>The shutdown sets a new record, matching the longest stoppage yet: a 21-day closure that ended Jan. 6, 1996, during President Bill Clinton’s administration.</p> <p>Financial pain hits some 800,000 federal workers who will not receive paychecks they were due on Friday.</p>

Hillary Clinton doesn't believe former President Bill Clinton's 1990s extramarital affair with then-White House intern Monica Lewinsky constituted an abuse of power. "No. No," Hillary Clinton said during an interview with "CBS Sunday Morning" when asked directly whether her husband took advantage of his position in 1995 to instigate sexual relations with Lewinsky when she was 22 years old.

George W Bush and Bill Clinton both took apparent jabs at Donald Trump at a forum on Thursday night as they named the one characteristic a president needed above all others. The two former presidents were speaking at a graduation ceremony for the Presidential Leadership Scholars program at the George W Bush Presidential Center in Dallas. Bush replied ‘humility’ in answer to the question about presidential qualities, and added – ‘I think it's really important to know what you don't know and listen to people who do know what you don't know.’ Clinton said anyone holding the highest office in...

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