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Trump get big plans for house, but Syria don dey show why him no fit escape di world’s problems

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Trump get big plans for house, but Syria show why e no fit escape di world’s problems

Even di normally brash Donald Trump seem disconcerted by di volatile international situation wey e go inherit as di new president next month and to which e dey certain to inject new unpredictability.

“Certainly e dey like di world don dey go a little crazy right now,” di president-elect talk Saturday wene meet French President Emmanuel Macron for Paris as e climb back onto di global stage for him second go-around.

Di stunning fall of di al-Assad dynasty for Syria on Sunday create new and treacherous circumstances wey go demand Trump’s attention despite him wish to disengage di US from dangerous Middle Eastern war zones and go likely provide an immediate test of him foreign policy goals and acumen for January.

“Dis no be our fight. Make e play out. No get involved,” Trump write Saturday on Truth Social, in block capital letters, as rebels race toward di Syrian capital of Damascus.

Him comment dey characteristic of a foreign policy backlash against nearly two decades of US wars for di Middle East and South Asia.

But as a global power, for an integrated world economy, and with US enemies seeking to dilute American influence, there fit also come a time wen American interests mean Trump no get choice but to get involved, diplomatically if no be militarily.

“Wen e become a national security interest and a threat to di United States, then we go get involved,” Republican Sen.

Markwayne Mullin, a key Trump ally, talk on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

And di sudden reordering of Middle East geopolitics fit offer openings for Trump’s other international goals, including him renewal of him confrontation with Iran.

For him weekend social media posts, di president-elect also highlight how di toppling of President Bashar al-Assad be a defeat for Russia and push President Vladimir Putin to cut him losses by ending di war for Ukraine.

But Trump’s first-term policies and him plans for him second term including those wey e lay out for him first major TV interview since di election, wey dem tape on Friday, before Assad’s ouster show say e dey see di world and its crises through a win-loss prism for di United States.

For di wide-ranging interview with NBC’s Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” wey air Sunday, e, for example, talk say Ukraine suppose “probably” prepare for less aid with am for power and go commit to stay for NATO only if other members pay dia bills and “treat us fairly.”

And e underscores him “America First” outlook by previewing him plans to prioritize di mass deportation of migrants with criminal records and to end birthright citizenship.

Trump dey face tightening web of US adversaries

But Trump get stiff challenges for Syria and beyond.

Di takeover, led by a rebel group wey Washington regard as a terrorist organization once affiliated with al Qaeda, raise uncertainty over whether di fractured nation fit again become a terror haven threatening US security.

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Trump fit quickly decide whether to maintain a deployment of hundreds of US troops for Syria to fight any resurgence of ISIS.

President Joe Biden order a volley of US strikes against ISIS targets for di country on Sunday.

And Assad’s fall from power dey intricately linked to other US foreign policy priorities including, as Trump note, Russia, wey prop up di Syrian president’s rule to save its own footprint for di Middle East.

Assad’s fall na another serious blow to Iran, afta Israel’s wars for Lebanon against Hezbollah and for Gaza against Hamas devastate di Islamic Republic’s proxies and leave di leadership.

For Tehran looking more vulnerable than e don look for years as e brace for a looming succession drama given di advanced age of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Perceptions say Iran dey weakened fit prompt an even tougher line than dey already expected from di Trump administration as di regime increase its stockpile of near-weapons grade uranium.

Related foreign policy challenges for di new president stretch in a vast arc from Syria, Lebanon, Israel and Yemen for di Middle East, through Eurasia, rooted in di war for Ukraine and its tributary crises.

Di conflict don go global with North Korean ground troops’ stunning entry into a European land war.

If Russia, as some experts suspect, dey supply Pyongyang with ballistic missile expertise or technology in return, di US standoff with di isolated state fit become even more dangerous.

Iran don also supply Russia with drones and missiles, according to US officials.

And America’s problems with Russia, North Korea and Iran dey compounded by di loose but expanding strategic synergy between di trio and China.

Many of di incoming Trump administration’s top officials and supporters don previously argue say di US need to dis engage from places like di Middle East and Europe to direct military and financial resources to wetin dem see as an existential face-off with Asia’s superpower.

But quickly changing geopolitical realities mean say America’s adversaries probably no go give di president-elect di option.

Dis na far more complex and potentially dangerous world than di one wey Trump dey familiar with during him first term.

Di globe often reel from him unpredictable pronouncements and rebukes to US allies like those for Europe and Asia, many of which dey now weakened by dia own domestic turmoil.

Those allies dey also brace for him demands for increased defense spending, which many fit struggle to satisfy given dia diminished economic situations.

Biden dey lead US response, but di world dey look to Trump

Until January 20, Russia no officially Trump’s problem even if him aggressive foreign policy statements, tariff threats and trip to Paris for di reopening of di Notre Dame Cathedral dis weekend make am look like e dey already run di show.

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Biden react to Assad’s fall by proclaiming justice for di Syrian pipoand vowing to prevent any instability for di country from barreling across di region.

E pledge to work with di United Nations to transition to an independent and sovereign Syria with a new constitution and a new government.

And e announce di airstrikes by B-52 bombers, F-15 fighter jets and A-10 aircraft against ISIS targets for central Syria.

But e go soon hand over to Trump, wey deep suspicion of Middle East ventures dey fueled by years of bloody foreign wars.

History also suggest say most hopeful moments for one tortured region na merely false dawns.

“I think say di US dey conflicted. On one hand, dem dey basically boast in di fact say basically dis na major setback for Russia and Iran,” Fawaz Gerges, one international relations professor for di London School of Economics, tell CNN’s Becky Anderson.

“On di other hand, di Americans sabi very well say Syria fit really go di wrong way.”

“And Syria wey Islamist Salafi movement dey rule no really be di American preference for Syria.”

One week ago, nobody go predict di end of Syria’s murderous half-century rule by Assad and him papa, di late President Hafez al-Assad.

Di speed at which di regime fall mean say e dey impossible to predict di situation wey Trump go inherit next month.

Di danger be say one nation wey dey deeply split ethnically and religiously go further splinter, say one murderous civil war go again break out and say refugees go flood neighboring states and cause one humanitarian crisis.

Even if di dominant group for di rebel coalition, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), assert control and bring peace, di economy dey in shambles, cities and public services dey ruined, and di return of refugees wey run in recent years fit breed huge instability.

So, as Trump dey consider di current US deployment for Syria, e must also decide how deeply e go engage in di country’s future and if e no do am, whether e dey content to let US adversaries fill di vacuum and build dia own power.

No obvious monetary gain dey for di US for Syria and di traditional view of most presidents say di US suppose promote stability dey clash with Trump’s character and “America First” worldview.

Still, di fall of Assad fit help enhance Israel’s security, wey dey important to Trump.

One unified, stable country fit block off Tehran’s land shipments of weapons to rebuild Hezbollah for Lebanon.

Trump dey use Assad’s fall to pressure Putin on Ukraine

Di president-elect show say e appreciate di wider implications of Assad’s fall on Sunday, placing immediate pressure on Putin to negotiate an end to di war for Ukraine, even if him post on Truth Social underplay how hard dis fit be.

“Russia and Iran dey in one weakened state right now, one bicos of Ukraine and one bad economy, di other bicos of Israel and its fighting success.”

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“Likewise, (Volodymyr) Zelensky and Ukraine go like make one deal and stop di madness,” Trump write, one day afta e meet with di Ukrainian president for Paris.

“Too many lives dey so needlessly wasted, too many families destroyed, and if e keep going, e fit turn into something much bigger, and far worse. I sabi Vladimir well.

Dis na him time to act. China fit help. Di World dey wait!”

Trump vow to end di Ukraine war within 24 hours if dem elect am president, but e no clear if Putin dey ready to talk peace afta recent battlefield advances.

At di very least, e go drive one hard bargain, leading to fears say Trump go force Ukraine to accept one deal wey hand Russia territory wey dem seize in its brutal and illegal invasion.

Dat go reward Putin’s aggression. Di president-elect’s critics dey worry say e go also oppose any security guarantees for Ukraine and thwart its hopes of one path to NATO and EU membership to appease Putin.

Such one deal fit stop di killing in di short term. But Putin’s history suggest say e go probably use such one settlement to rearm and regroup for one new onslaught wey aim to wipe Ukraine off di map.

One of Trump’s former national security advisers, H.R. McMaster, urge him old boss on Sunday to treat Iran, Russia, China and North Korea as different threads of di same challenge.

“Some pipo think say you suppose try to separate dem. I think say we suppose glue dem togeda bicos wen ever we act like say dem dey separate, dem go cover for each other and act like dem no dey operate togeda,” McMaster talk on “Fox News Sunday.”

Dis, however, go fly in di face of Trump’s desire to broker individual deals with foreign dictators and to play adversaries against one anoda.

Still, di weekend’s events for Syria dey remind us of di speed of global political change at one time of shifting alliances, growing great power challenges to di United States, and di way wey even Trump’s red lines on di use of US power abroad go dey challenged by events.

“I think say di president-elect dey right to talk say di United States for di moment suppose sit back and see how dis go play out,” Uriel Epshtein, CEO of di Renew Democracy Initiative, talk on CNN International.

“I go also note say dis na actually one important moment wey we fit see how you no fit look at conflicts individually, how you suppose look at di world globally, bicos Assad’s fall for Damascus dey run through Jerusalem and Kyiv.”

 

 

 

 

 

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I’m happy to see opposition parties in disarray — Tinubu

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President Bola Tinubu has dismissed concerns that Nigeria is nosediving towards a one-party state under the All Progressives Congress (APC), calling such fears “unfounded” and “driven by panic”.

Speaking during a joint sitting of the National Assembly to mark June 12 Democracy Day, Tinubu reiterated his commitment to democratic values and political pluralism.

Tinubu stated that he would never advocate for a one-party state, having fought against it in the past as a democrat.

In a clear dig at the opposition, Tinubu mocked the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), stating, “It is my pleasure to witness the PDP in disarray.”

Also, Tinubu praised the resilience of democratic institutions in Nigeria since the return to civilian rule in 1999, noting that “every time we argue instead of fight, we promote democracy”.

He paid tribute to Chief MKO Abiola, the acclaimed winner of the annulled 1993 election, and recognized the contributions of other pro-democracy figures.

He emphasised the importance of honouring all who played roles in Nigeria’s democratic journey.

Tinubu cited the National Assembly’s 2010 invocation of the Doctrine of Necessity—through which President Goodluck Jonathan was empowered to lead the nation—as a landmark moment that demonstrated legislative maturity and national interest.

“Though I must not always agree with the National Assembly, we must forge a common front,” he said, underscoring the importance of collaboration between the executive and legislative arms.

He urged the APC to remain open to new members and not become complacent, highlighting the party’s growth and welcoming defectors from other parties.

 

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20 years afta di Indian Ocean tsunami, boy wey dem find for potopoto don accept say him na ‘Baby 81’

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20 years afta di Indian Ocean tsunami, boy wey dem find for mud don accept say him na 'Baby 81'

Dem pull am comot from di potopoto as small baby afta di serious and heartbreaking Indian Ocean tsunami for 2004 wey spoil plenty things, and dem re-unite am wit him parents afta emotional court battle.

Di boy wey dem once sabi as “Baby 81” don turn 20-year-old wey dey dream of higher education.

Jayarasa Abilash tori dey symbolize dat of di families wey di worst natural calamities for modern history tear apart, but him also dey offer hope to di pipo as more than 35,000 pipo for Sri Lanka die, wit odas missing.

Di tsunami bin dey carry di 2-month-old baby away for eastern Sri Lanka and dem find am some distance from home by di rescuers mission.

For di hospital, him be No. baby 81 for di admissions registry.

Him papa, Murugupillai Jayarasa, spend three days dey find him missing and scattered family, wit di small strength wey remain for him body for dose early hours but him no see dem.

First him find him mama, then him wife. But dia small baby bin don lost.

Nurse don carry di baby from di hospital, but return am afta she hear say him family dey alive.

Di ordeal, however, dey far from ova. Nine oda families don submit dia names to di hospital, wia dem bin dey claim say “Baby 81” na dia own, so di hospital administration refuse to hand ova di pikin to Jayarasa and him wife without proof.

Di family go to di police. Di mata go to court. Di judge order DNA test, process wey still dey early stages for Sri Lanka.

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But none of di nine oda families claim di baby legally, and no DNA testing wey dem do for dem, Jayarasa talk.

“Di hospital name di pikin‘Baby 81’ and list di names of nine pipo wey dey claim di pikin,” him talk.

“Dem be public call dose pipo wey talk say di pikin na dia own to com show demselves for DNA testing, but none of dem com forward,” him recall.

Jayarasa talk say him family give DNA samples and e prove say di pikin na dia own.

Soon, di family dey re-united. Dia tori dey draw international media attention and dem even visit di United States for interview.

Today, Abilash dey sit for him final high school exam.

Solid and good-natured, him dey hope to attend university to go study information technology.

Him talk say him grow up dey hear about him tori from him parents, while classmates dey tease am as dem dey call am “Baby 81″ or “tsunami baby.”

Him dey embarrassed, and e dey worse every time di anniversary of di tsunami dey reach.

“I dey think ‘here dem don com’ and run inside and hide myself,” him talk as journalists return to hear him tori again.

Him papa talk say di boy dey so upset him no go chop for some times.

“I console am say, my son, you dey unique bicos say na only you one com dey alive for dat kind palava wey bin happen for dis kontri,” him talk.

Later, as teenager, Abilash read more about di events wey tear am from him family and bring am back, and him lose him fear.

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Him know say di nickname go follow am for life. But dat all right.

“Now I only take am as my code word,” him talk, dey even joke ontop.

“If you wan find me out, access dat code word.”

Him continue to search online to read about himself.

Him papa talk say memories of dose frantic, searching days 20 years ago remain fresh, even as odas fade.

Ova di years, di extensive publicity him family receive don also affect dem negatively, Jayarasa talk.

Him family dey excluded from many of di tsunami relief and reconstruction programs bicos government officials assume say dem don receive money during dia visit to di U.S.

Di experience also lead to jealousy, gossiping and ostracizing of di family for dia neighborhood com, force dem to relocate.

Di papa want him son and oda family members to remain grateful for dia survival, and him want Abilash to becom someone wey fit help odas wey dey inneed.

From time wey di boy be toddler, him papa dey collect small amounts of money from him work for hairdressing shop.

Wen Abilash turn 12, di family erect small memorial to victims of di tsunami for dia front yard. E show four cupped hands.

Di papa explain: “I com dey think about something for my mind say since all dose wey don die don go, leave Abilash behind for us, make we create memory site of our own to remember dem every day.”

 

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Santa Cruz wharf section collapse, send 3 into sea as high surf slam California coast

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Santa Cruz wharf section collapse, send 3 into sea as high surf slam California coast

One section of di municipal wharf for Santa Cruz collapse and fall for inside di ocean around midday on Monday, require water rescues by emergency responders, according to di Santa Cruz Fire Department.

Di wharf, wey dey plenty restaurants home and near di Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, dey evacuated and closed to all except emergency responders.

“Santa Cruz Fire and Santa Cruz Police dey for di arena for di Santa Cruz Wharf,” di fire department post for dia Instagram account just afta1 PM.

“Two victims don dey rescued by our lifeguards and one victim self rescue”

“Dem don close di wharf till further notice.”

Eyewitnesses tell di local TV news outlet say di work crews dey demolish di former Dolphin Restaurant for di wharf, wey don damage during storm surge for December 2023, wen di collapse occur.

At least two workers dey seen standing on di wreckage wey dey float on di sea.

Di collapsed section, wey dey located for di end of di wharf, don already dey closed off to di public due to di prior storm damage.

Photos of wood debris and wharf bathroom facility wey dey float for di ocean dey captured by eyewitnesses and dem upload am for Facebook.

Earlier for di day, di National Weather Service don issue High Surf Warning for di region, wit “dangerously large breaking waves of 30 to 40 feet, wit di largest wave sets up to 60 feet at favored spots.”

Di warning, wey extend to 6 PM, on Tuesday, get “potential life-threatening swimming and surfing conditions and significant shoreline erosion impacts.”

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Di city of Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Department don warn pipo for dia social media pages say make dem dey stay far away from di wharf as all traffic dey blocked for emergency personnel due to di partial collapse.

Di agency also don ask di public to stay far away due “to di high surf advisory to avoid low lying areas, especially di beaches for Santa Cruz, due to debris.”

Di Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk including di Casino Arcade and Neptune’s Kingdom go close for di reminder of di day due to di large waves and high tide, di amusement park announce.

According to di governor’s office, Gov. Gavin Newsom don dey briefed on di situation and di California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services dey coordinate wit local officials and dey ready to provide support.

 

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Na Panama pipo dem get Canal -Panama President don fire back give Trump

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Na Panama pipo dem get Canal -Panama President don fire back give Trump

Di Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino don com fire back on Sunday afta President-elect Trump talk say make dem return Panama Canal to U.S. control.

“As president, I wan make am dey clear to pipo say every square meter of di Panama Canal and di area wey dey around am na Panama get am.”

“And e go still dey remain like dat,” Mulino talk for video statement, according to English translation.”

“Di sovereignty and independence of our kontri no be something we fit dey negotiate.”

“Di canal no dey under direct or indirect control, neither by China, nor by di European community, nor by di United States, nor by any oda power,” Mulino talk.

“As a Panamanian, I go strongly reject any talk wey go dey twist dis very reality.”

“Panama respect oda nations and follow dey demand respect from dem too,” him add.

Trump on Sunday com suggest for conference of him supporters say make dem return di Panama Canal give U.S. control, as him dey swear say him go take quick action afta him take office for less than one month.

“Dem don give am to Panama and di pipo of Panama but we get provisions.”

You gatz treat us fairly and dem no treat us fairly,” Trump talk for Turning Point’s “American Fest.”

“If di principles, both moral and legal, of dis generous gesture of giving no dey follow , then we go demand say make dem return di Panama Canal give am back to United States of America fully, quickly and without question,” Trump add.

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Wen one pesin for di audience com dey shout say “take am back,” Trump com dey reply reply say “dat na good idea.”

Trump com follow dey accuse di Central American kontri dem say dem dey charge too much monie for ships wey use di canal cross between Pacific and Atlantic oceans.

Panama dey charge tariffs for boats and ships wen dem wan use dia canal.

Di fees fit change based on di size and purpose of di vessels, from $0.50 to $300, 000.

Di U.S. bin give Panama control ova dia canal for 1999.

“Abi anybody eva hear about di Panama Canal?” Trump tell di crowd for “America Fest.”

“Bicos we dey suffer loss for di hands of di Panama Canal like wetin dey happen anywhere else.”

“Di fees wey Panamá dey charge na ridiculous one, and e dey very unfair,” Trump talk.

For him video statement, Mulino com dey push back against Trump’s attack on fees, noting say since Panamá don manage dia canal, e don grow well-well and dat rates dey fair. “Rates no be just play,” Mulino talk.

“Dem set publically and for di open hearing based on market conditions, international competitions operating costs and di maintenance needs for interoceanic route.”

“Na dis way we take achieve Expansion of di Canal for 2016 wey dis day dey represent di greater economic and commercial growth wey dey generate more wealth and opportunities throughout di world and dia trade,” him Add.

Mulino talk say him hope to take keep strong relationship with di incoming trump administration and note several issues wey him go dey collaborate on.

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“With di new U.S government i hope say we go fit preserve and maintain good and respectful relationship?”

“Security issues like Illegal migration, drug trafficking and organized crime go be di must priority for our bilateral agenda as dem be di real threat wey suppose concern us well-well,” him talk.

Him com still talk say di interest of him own kontri go always come first.

“We di Panamanians fit dey think differently for many issues wey dey bother us but wen e come to our canal and sovereignty, all of us dey dey unite under one flag and dat na di flag of Panamá” him talk.

“We be di kind kontri wey dey open to dialogue today and always for investments and good relations but wit clear motto wey talk say Di Kontri Come First.”

“Dat one no dey negotiable for dis Panamanian President.”

Panama

Panama dey for Central America, e get bordered by di west wit Costa Rica, by di southeast wit Colombia, by di north wit Caribbean Sea, and by di south wit Pacific Ocean.

Di capital city na Panama City, wey dey sabi for dia modern skyline, vibrant culture, and di famous Panama Canal.

Di canal dey very crucial for di international maritime trade as e dey connect di Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

Panama get him rich history, diverse culture, and plenty natural beauty, including rainforests, beaches, and mountains.

Di kontri dey also well know for dia bio-diversity and indigenous communities.

If you get any specific questions about Panama or you wan know more about any particular aspect, feel free to ask!

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Trump fit don affect white house decision to clear federal death row

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Trump fit don affect white house decision to clear federal death row

E be like say Trump self fit don play role for di decision wey White House make to clear out most of federal death row.

For di wahala wey happen during di 2020 election and wetin follow am, pipo no really notice say him administration dey go on execution spree for di last six months of him term,

kill 13 condemned men afta dem no execute anybody for near 20 years.

Na typical Trump mata, timing fit no just be coincidence.

E fit dey likely say him dey look for some “law and order” publicity to take impress voters wey dey waver as campaign dey reach final stretch, so him decide say killing plenty death-row inmates go help am get am.

Dis fit be di strongest reason why Biden act today make sense.

If you dey worry say Trump go com back as president and start to execute some convicts just to show Americans say“di sheriff” don return or anything like dat, you fit understand why Biden and im liberal handlers go feel moved to stop dat attempt.

Dem death sentences suppose turn political one way or anoda either by Trump pushing dem forward just to show how tough e be or by Biden commuting dem as sign say im no gree wit di most of di capital punishment.

Biden choose to take advantage of di chance, but dis move fit backfire long-term.

Now we don see Democratic president wey leave office remove plenty inmates from death row; if Trump com back, executing condemned prisoners fast-fast fit bicom priority for am.

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Him Republican successors and Republican governors too for state level, If capital punishment politics be say wen GOP dey in charge den dem go carry out executed sentences or else nothing at all, den GOP go run things based on dat.

And American voters fit see dis as part of wetin make sense wen dem elect Republicans, not something bad especially as pipo dey fear about public disorder rising up.

:If liberals no wan enforce borders, fascists go do am.”

“If liberals no wan give needle to monsters like Jorge Avila-Torrez well you sabi wetin I mean wey I dislike pass about Biden’s clemency act today na say e get authoritarian nature.”

“E get funny kind authoritarianism bicos e mean say di president dey act less ruthlessly than oda branches of government but e still dey authoritarian regardless.

By overturning almost of all federal death sentences, di president don take power from Congress and judiciary away.

Di pipo’s representatives don decide say certain crimes suppose carry death punishment.

Jurors for many cases decide say defendants guilty of dose crimes and deserve statutory punishment; now Joe Biden don com talk say “No way.”

Na normal thing for pardon power make president use him own judgment instead of somebody else’s judgment but usually dis power na di used for individual cases only.

Wen one whole class of sentences change bicos dem claim say him unjust, na one man don undo law as a whole now o!

If chief executive refuse outright to execute particular law den dat law practically no exist again; presidential fiat done nullified am!

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Na so Constitution suppose work! And dis kind precedent nor suppose dey set by Joe Biden while Donald J. Trump dey watch from sidelines taking notes.

End am or fix am. “If dem no sow serious effort afta Biden finish office try amend presidential pardoning power then e nor go happen,” law professor Keith Whittington talk afta news break about di reprieves dis morning.

Dat na di best spin pesin fit put on for wetin happen today I think so!

Post liberal Republican voters nor ready mobilize anytime soon behind constitutional amendment wey go snatch pardon power from Trump’s hand especially afta di Supreme Court give Trump him own “get out jail free” card wen him use am before!

But wit all dis clemency mata wey Biden give out dis month plus di one wey Trump go start drop next month maybe small bipartisan momentum fit start around 2029 wey go remove pardon power or limit am somehow.

If Congress need ratify President’s pardons dat one na sure way to check him authority too!

Wetin I nor go give just to see Senate Democrats forced vote for Jorge Avila-Torrez commutation.

Or maybe if dem abolish pardons during presidential lame-duck period dat one self fit serve as restraint.

But here again na anoda Catch-22: A kontri wen nor care enough limit presidential power afta failed coup attempt few years ago definitely nor dey feel shake up bicos few noisy pardons here and dire now o!

One convicted felon just win popular vote; if anything Democrats dey look last month election result wonder whether dem need more demagogic tactics without scruples plus ruthless ways show “strength” reach voters!

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Most Americans happy wit kontri wia serial killers plus seditionists na top candidates for clemency Love it or leave it!

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