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On Tuesday, POLITICO reported that the authors of outgoing President Donald Trump's "1776 report" appear to have lifted passages verbatim from previous publications, including opinion pieces.
"An entire page of the report suggesting classroom discussion topics for teachers appears to be copied nearly verbatim from an opinion piece published in 2008 by one of the commission's members, Thomas Lindsay," reported Tina Nguyen. "Now a senior fellow at the conservative Texas Public Policy Foundation, Lindsay was one of 16 conservative academics tasked by the Trump administration to help craft the 1776 Commission report. And nearly the entirety of page 39 and page 40 of that report lifts from his 2008 article without attribution in an effort to offer prompts for teachers 'to encourage civics discussion among students.'"
<p>Among the lifted lines include, "What does human equality mean in the statement that 'all men are created equal'? Equal in what respects? What view of human nature does this presuppose? Does the Declaration intend to include African Americans, as Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Martin Luther King, Jr. all insisted?" Some eight paragraphs are copied in this manner.</p><p>The 1776 Report, first announced by outgoing Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and released on Martin Luther King Day, is a response to <em>The New York Times</em>' "1619 Project," which sought to highlight overlooked aspects of how slavery shaped America's law, culture, and history — something that has triggered widespread anger among right-wing commentators.</p><p>Trump's report, which has almost no formally trained historians among its authors, has already drawn <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2021/01/19/1776-report-historians-trump/" target="_blank">widespread criticism</a>, given its heavy right-wing slant and factual inaccuracies. For example, the report claims George Washington freed all of his slaves immediately after death, which <a href="https://www.history.com/news/did-george-washington-really-free-mount-vernons-slaves" target="_blank">is not true</a>.</p>
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Stretch limo awaits at Joe Exotic’s lawyer’s office -- as team waits on pardon call from Trump
January 19, 2021
A large stretch limousine was seen outside the office of the lawyer to Netflix star Joe Exotic, who thinks he's going to get a call from President Donald Trump announcing his pardon.
Joe Exotic, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison after a jury convicted him on two counts of murder-for-hire, eight counts of violating the Lacey Act for falsifying wildlife records, and nine counts of violating the Endangered Species Act, said the Western District Court of Oklahoma in 2020.
<p>The legal team told <a href="https://twitter.com/KOCOPerris/status/1351342863699890176" target="_blank">KOCO TV-5 on Monday</a> evening that they are "absolutely confident" that they will receive a pardon from Trump. </p><p>See the images below:</p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8bdc170d3133860bce37b6831638e719" id="cece7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351644443477237760"><div style="margin:1em 0">This is the stretch Limo standing by at #JoeExotic Fort Worth Lawyers office. I’m told they’re waiting on a call fr… https://t.co/Cv9iA3IHAU</div> — Ken Molestina (@Ken Molestina)<a href="https://twitter.com/cbs11ken/statuses/1351644443477237760">1611092122.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0bf7920a21d393dc6b18f951ecd958b0" id="48d82"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351347509797527554"><div style="margin:1em 0">I’m told this is the limousine that will be waiting to pick up Joe Exotic if he receives the pardon tomorrow.
The… https://t.co/CB32qliMf9</div> — Perris Jones (@Perris Jones)<a href="https://twitter.com/KOCOPerris/statuses/1351347509797527554">1611021327.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="1678232524052c2c84a0fe12d23945d8" id="41da4"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351621900640931841"><div style="margin:1em 0">No joke — the limo is waiting for Joe Exotic if he gets a pardon from Trump.
We’re a laughingstock the world over… https://t.co/VB4HeGWPYE</div> — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@Rex Chapman🏇🏼)<a href="https://twitter.com/RexChapman/statuses/1351621900640931841">1611086747.0</a></blockquote></div>
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Trump's final address ridiculed as only Newsmax airs it: 'Tomorrow can't come soon enough'
January 19, 2021
President Donald Trump made a final address from the White House Tuesday that sang his own praises and celebrated himself and the achievements he thinks he was able to conjure while in office. He wished the incoming administration well without saying the names of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Trump has refused to accept his loss, continuing to shout at aides over the weekend that he won. But as he stepped to the podium on Tuesday, the outgoing president said his final "bye."
<p>Unfortunately for Trump, his video was released at the same time that President-elect Joe Biden arrived in Washington. The only network that covered his speech was Newsmax. </p><p><br/></p>
<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="758f09ee1d4806c92bd3153584c7ded2" id="a1b4f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351640460301897728"><div style="margin:1em 0">Only Newsmax is airing Trump's farewell video https://t.co/AZQQco6jS7</div> — Jeremy Barr (@Jeremy Barr)<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremymbarr/statuses/1351640460301897728">1611091172.0</a></blockquote></div>
<p><br/></p><p>The slate of absurd claims of success and celebrations of himself drew fast criticism and condemnations from those online. See their comments below: </p><p><br/></p>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="7a261b27eb1f68a627ee5ddb482b1641" id="25b2f"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351644375646838786"><div style="margin:1em 0">Trump, who lied about the election results for two months and held just a handful of public events after losing, sa… https://t.co/RmYKYwv1as</div> — Kyle Griffin (@Kyle Griffin)<a href="https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/statuses/1351644375646838786">1611092106.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d595b2e1d1ab2cad929ca20329ba26a1" id="88208"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351641962776993797"><div style="margin:1em 0">It really should be noted more often that literally everyone around Donald Trump knows he’s committed crimes while… https://t.co/WGZBgjHw3g</div> — Jason Karsh (@Jason Karsh)<a href="https://twitter.com/jkarsh/statuses/1351641962776993797">1611091530.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="f110ca61a3d71b20a49393748309a461" id="6abbd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351643889229328394"><div style="margin:1em 0">Pres Trump in final address ignores the role he played in encouraging the mob to storm the Capitol. He does not apo… https://t.co/yW1PYVglXI</div> — Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche Alcindor)<a href="https://twitter.com/Yamiche/statuses/1351643889229328394">1611091990.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="73b1bb079dcd9cbfb65cfa3def5f62a7" id="26734"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351645254634631174"><div style="margin:1em 0">“We did what we came here to do and so much more,” President Trump says in his farewell address, where he thanked… https://t.co/cX00uIe75d</div> — David Begnaud (@David Begnaud)<a href="https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/statuses/1351645254634631174">1611092315.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="69a1fee07007a18830625626b314d1de" id="824f3"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351643680503980039"><div style="margin:1em 0">With his farewell speech, Trump has given the pundit class one more chance to declare that this is the day Trump became president.</div> — Sam Stein (@Sam Stein)<a href="https://twitter.com/samstein/statuses/1351643680503980039">1611091940.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="230fd03ea2b482098f55c4c0fc2c3b3e" id="54369"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351645317444341760"><div style="margin:1em 0">Ludicrous? Unreal? Help me find the right word. #Trump in farewell address says “above all we reasserted the sacred… https://t.co/TXcRoYhCLE</div> — John King (@John King)<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnKingCNN/statuses/1351645317444341760">1611092330.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b98df641e869ad654fa067d043c1cbd2" id="d7ea1"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351644509252288518"><div style="margin:1em 0">While there are several references to the new administration, Trump does not mention Biden by name in his farewell… https://t.co/7vmkd6DNl3</div> — Kaitlan Collins (@Kaitlan Collins)<a href="https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/statuses/1351644509252288518">1611092138.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="dfbc02bae59a29a4d4f0f89f6803559b" id="1dace"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351646879256231936"><div style="margin:1em 0">Nothing encapsulates the smallness and isolation of Trump's final days as President more succinctly than pre-taping… https://t.co/aM6CMwHhWA</div> — Tommy Vietor (@Tommy Vietor)<a href="https://twitter.com/TVietor08/statuses/1351646879256231936">1611092703.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="8cc77ac96130ab73e9dbc61b2b39a35a" id="9cd1e"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351640798480261127"><div style="margin:1em 0">This 20 minute farewell video from Trump is going right in my NO THANKS folder.</div> — Jeremy Newberger (@Jeremy Newberger)<a href="https://twitter.com/jeremynewberger/statuses/1351640798480261127">1611091253.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="e9b7e9909e5fe8230ae9ddc8512efdf0" id="22abd"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351641149832884227"><div style="margin:1em 0">I have a response to Trump's horrible, distasteful and pathetic farewell video that I didn't watch: https://t.co/ddQvK0tZtm</div> — Amee Vanderpool (@Amee Vanderpool)<a href="https://twitter.com/girlsreallyrule/statuses/1351641149832884227">1611091337.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="5ac81d8a30b17298fccbe3e0e2d8a7a8" id="bf7a7"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649935771385856"><div style="margin:1em 0">Wow, after bragging for years about how much of "the wall" had been built, Trump literally admitted in his farewell… https://t.co/eGQlCxm16F</div> — ᑕᖇYᑭTIᑕ (@ᑕᖇYᑭTIᑕ)<a href="https://twitter.com/illtakethecrypt/statuses/1351649935771385856">1611093431.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="ac4ffb99ab5d50f832683e5f1b66e104" id="37aa8"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649916519669763"><div style="margin:1em 0">*Trump giving his farewell address* ✌🏼 https://t.co/Sbdjxc5ZUz</div> — David 🐰 (@David 🐰)<a href="https://twitter.com/davidgarcia_/statuses/1351649916519669763">1611093427.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="0415f94e30e5fda09f6cfc297431e544" id="b4b21"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649881753051139"><div style="margin:1em 0">Watching that Trump farewell video. "I was the first ever outsider to win the presidency", he says, forgetting he t… https://t.co/kWXJlSisw7</div> — Paris Stilton (@Paris Stilton)<a href="https://twitter.com/montague90/statuses/1351649881753051139">1611093418.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="b2cb9b6fc73b3aee87e88128e6846a09" id="0f806"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649862350229506"><div style="margin:1em 0">In Trump’s farewell speech he claims that “...millions were lifted from poverty in just a few short years.” Anybody fact checked that yet?</div> — Jaelen Elizabeth (@Jaelen Elizabeth)<a href="https://twitter.com/jaelizabeth7/statuses/1351649862350229506">1611093414.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="d5bcc1d2debe0544362972ed5bc03459" id="601b5"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649879303610369"><div style="margin:1em 0">In his farewell address Trump celebrated the tariffs his Administration put into place. After all this time he stil… https://t.co/U7X3yWRXca</div> — John Mountjoy (@John Mountjoy)<a href="https://twitter.com/JohnJMountjoy/statuses/1351649879303610369">1611093418.0</a></blockquote></div>
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For its full of lies.</div> — Lloyd da Stable Genius (@Lloyd da Stable Genius)<a href="https://twitter.com/my_lmg/statuses/1351649764744589313">1611093391.0</a></blockquote></div>
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<div class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="cfb6e33b484cd760f365f7e8db6f18e6" id="f434c"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet twitter-custom-tweet" data-partner="rebelmouse" data-twitter-tweet-id="1351649744704196611"><div style="margin:1em 0">Just suffered through tRump’s farewell speech, 🤮. I actually have a headache from arguing with the tv. Tomorrow can… https://t.co/yyQPqJjkbE</div> — Barbara Gabbard (@Barbara Gabbard)<a href="https://twitter.com/bgabby63/statuses/1351649744704196611">1611093386.0</a></blockquote></div>
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