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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