Plus ~ "Brain Rot"  ✓ 2:00: Did Thoreau foreshadow doom-scrolling? 

✓ 6:00: ‘tis the season for presidential pardons.  

✓ 7:00: A PSA on these “historic” times.  

✓ 9:00: An underreported detail when it comes to Pres. Biden’s son Hunter legal troubles.  

✓ 12:00: The cases. And a couple caveats.  

✓ 15:00: Let’s dig into pardons.  

✓ 23:00: “A full and unconditional pardon” and why that language matters.  

✓ 29:00: Can a president pardon themselves? And what Jenna’s curious about.  

✓ 31:00: #ICYMI ... We shift gears to the cases against Pres. Elect Trump. 

✓ 35:00: Pres. Trump’s clemency record compared to other modern Presidents, including Pres. Biden.  

✓ 36:00: Jenna takes questions from the LIVE audience. 

✓ 41:00: Barbara asks about breaking news interruptions, and Jenna provides some professional insight based on her experience.  

✓ 48:00: What the networks might be thinking.  

✓ 52:00: Why does the president have the power to pardon? 

✓ 54:00: Jenna reflects on the Hunter Biden laptop story.  

✓ 58:00: We leave you with one pardon from 50 years ago that got a lot of news.  

 

SHOW NOTES 

“Statement from President Joe Biden” 

“President Biden Pardons Son Hunter” (SmartHER News) 

 

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