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Authored by Richard Benedetto, a retired USA Today White House correspondent and columnist, who teaches politics and journalism at American University and in the Fund for American Studies program at George Mason University. Originally posted in the WSJ.

How Obama Gets Away With It

At a time when large numbers of Americans say they are fed up with politics and politicians, why is it that the nation’s chief politician, President Obama, seems to skate above it unscathed?

Authored by Claire Bernish, Op-Ed via TheAntiMedia.org,

Trump will be the next president of the United States.

Now, before you take up arms over that statement, take a minute to carefully peruse the evidence pointing to precisely such an outcome. Because - no matter your opinions concerning the maladroit, cocksure demagogue with a fondness for describing himself in the third person - it’s almost inevitable you’ll soon be calling him President Trump.

A fitting ending to a hectic week:

• U.S. PARK POLICE CONFIRM SHOOTING ON WEST EXECUTIVE DRIVE
• ONE PERSON WITH CRITICAL INJURIES TRANSPORTED TO HOSPITAL IN DC
• PRESIDENT OBAMA NOT AT WHITE HOUSE
• D.C. FIRE DEPARTMENT DISCLOSES PERSON INJURED IN SHOOTING
• CNN REPORTS PERSON FIRED AT WHITE HOUSE, IS IN CUSTODY

More details from CNN:

After a month-long scare campaign waged by Saudi Arabia, and in no small part the Obama administration, which went so far as to threaten it would dump its US Treasurys (which the NYT previously had quantified as $750 billion however which the Treasury just yesterday disclosed for the first time in 41 years as only $117 billion suggesting the Saudis would likely also have to sell US stocks and any other US-denominated assets), if the US were to pass a bill that would hold it legally liable for the Sept 11 attacks, it will be up to Obama to veto the bill because moments ago the Senate unanimo

One week after Donald Trump made the surprising announcement that he hired former Goldman Sachs partner and Soros employee, Steve Mnuchin as his national finance chairman as he begins to roll out his presidential fundraising operation (Mnuchin has said he hopes to raise as much as $1 billion), Trump announced moments ago that he has picked Chris Christie to lead his transition team, which would prepare the political neophyte turned presumptive GOP nominee for the White House if he wins in the general election.