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What will it take for a former president to speak out against Trump?

The Observer 09 Mar 2025
The death of George HW Bush in 2018 left his son, George W Bush, as the only living Republican president apart from Trump himself, raising the question of when Bush could join Clinton, Obama and Biden in a powerfully symbolic show of bipartisanship.
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Iranian leader rejects Trump’s push for nuclear talks

The Hill 09 Mar 2025
In 2018, Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement that was brokered during former President Obama’s administration and also ordered the U.S.-led strike on Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani.
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'They have an obligation': Pressure builds for former presidents to condemn Trump

Alternet 08 Mar 2025
During President Donald Trump's second term, the United States has four living ex-presidents ... Bush and Democrats Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Bill Clinton ... But Biden, Obama, Clinton and Bush didn't respond.
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Obama strategist's blunt advice to Gavin Newsom over right-wing podcast backlash | Daily Mail Online

The Daily Mail 08 Mar 2025
Barack Obama's former political guru gave California Governor Gavin Newsom some blunt advice after he received backlash from an appearance on a conservative podcast ... Newsom is widely expected to run for president in 2028.
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The Democratic Fork in the Road and the Woke Repudiation Imperative

Hot Air 08 Mar 2025
        Obama's shocking upset over the madam-president-in-waiting was an inflection point for the institutional trajectory of the Democratic Party ... Obama trounced John McCain in the 2008 presidential general election.
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Netflix’s Latest American Manhunt Goes Inside the Top Secret Raid that Killed Osama bin Laden

Time Magazine 08 Mar 2025
Shortly after President Barack Obama was inaugurated for his first time in 2009, he ordered intelligence officials to double down on finding Osama bin Laden, making it priority number one for his new CIA director Panetta.
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Newsletter: 😱 First date’s ‘horrifying’ surprise

The Daily Dot 08 Mar 2025
No, DOGE didn’t unearth $40 million in secret payments to Obama. Conservatives across the internet are parroting the false claim that Elon Musk’s DOGE halted former president Barack Obama from pocketing “royalties” from Obamacare.
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Blocked, Unblocked, Reblocked: How to Understand the Dizzying DOGE Court Rulings

New York Magazine 08 Mar 2025
Two Obama-nominated D.C. federal judges — (not the wide receiver) and (the one and same who presided over the Trump January 6 prosecution, plainly no fan of the president) — rejected challenges to DOGE ...
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'Full-on assault': Former FBI official slams Trump’s push to fill DOJ with 'loyalists'

Alternet 08 Mar 2025
During a Saturday morning, March 8 appearance on MSNBC, former federal prosecutor Andrew Weissmann — who served as general counsel to the FBI under President Barack Obama — discussed Trump's efforts to give DOJ a total MAGA makeover.
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Kamala Harris sets deadline for decision on her political future: report

New York Post 08 Mar 2025
... comes just weeks after she inked a deal with Creative Artists Agency — the same Hollywood powerhouse that reps ex-President Joe Biden and Barack and Michelle Obama’s film and TV production company.
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'Unsettling': Reporter says Canadians fear Trump's trade war — for what he's really after

Raw Story 08 Mar 2025
... the trade war from President Donald Trump to be the end game ... Jason Furman, who served on the White House counsel of Economic advisers under President Barack Obama, characterized Trump's trade war as.
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What is President Donald Trump's current approval rating? See the most recent polls

Azcentral 08 Mar 2025
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to establish a "strategic Bitcoin reserve" and is hosting a "crypto summit" at the White House ... Joe Biden - 40%Donald Trump (first term) - 34%Barack Obama - 59%George W.
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Opinion: Congress, the courts must reclaim their authority

Chatanooga Times Free Press 08 Mar 2025
And within Washington, power has increasingly centralized in the president at the expense of Congress and the judiciary ... Before that, President Barack Obama infamously pledged to use his pen and phone when Congress threatened to block his policies.
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