In a Post-ABC News poll, 61 percent of people were anxious about the idea of Donald Trump as president, while 56 percent were anxious about Hillary Clinton. If you’ve cast your vote, there’s nothing left to do but to distract yourself until
Press the chill button to soothe your
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You may be tired of seeing the candidates by now, but what about puppies dressed up as Bernie, Hillary
We have a whole playlist of election-free videos. No Trump, no Clinton. Just koalas, meerkats, fall foliage, waterfalls and sleeping puppies.
That same year, the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Theodore Roosevelt was president and the song “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson. (Library of Congress)
In 1806, a young Andrew Jackson dueled Charles Dickinson after a series of public insults between the two. After receiving a direct shot to the chest, Jackson fired back, killing Dickinson. He was never prosecuted for murder, and in 1829 he became our seventh president.
Take a deep breath. The president has a lot less power than people tend to think. Most statutes are passed with Congress’s spending clause, heavily limiting the
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Marco Rubio, Carly Fiorina and Ben Carson on how they would pardon a turkey. (IJ Review)
… the turkey pardon! Watch this ridiculous video of then-presidential-candidates unofficially
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What’s more joyful than Kid President? His political platform includes dancing and making the world
Instead of worrying about Clinton and Trump, learn about the character and legacy of a former president on the
President Lyndon B. Johnson in his Amphicar. (Yoichi Okamoto/President Lyndon B. Johnson Library)
LBJ enjoyed surprising guests by driving his amphibious car straight into the lake while pretending the brakes were faulty.
887 days… until the next presidential primary season. That’s a long time without
An orca swims in the Salish Sea near the San Juan Islands, Wash. (Elaine Thompson/
Presidents of both parties have used the Antiquities Act of 1906 to preserve and protect some of our country’s most iconic geological and historically
Don’t sweat it. The Internet will make memes of the president and they will
Former president George W. Bush and first lady Michelle Obama hug at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and
No matter what your politics, we can all agree this is adorable.
In July 2016, the House of Representative passed the Global Food Security Act with a vote of 369 to 53. The act gives the president power to implement strategies for global food security
Socks, Chelsea Clinton’s cat, in the White House briefing room in 1994. (Marcy Nighswander/
Cheer up! We get to fall in love with a new White
Source: Gallup Note: Includes responses of “a great deal” and “quite a lot.”
Americans may disagree on who should be commander in chief, but most people give our military a
We’re much more relaxed now.
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