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As with a lot of this administration’s arson of the functions of the federal government, this is not something that can simply be undone at the stroke of a pen if Trump changes his mind or another president reverses course.
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
All told, that’s roughly 1,500 insurrectionists whose convictions were wiped out at the stroke of a pen.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
According to the amendment, which is available to read in full on the National Archives website, the president-elect officially becomes the sitting president at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Right at the stroke of midnight Wednesday he was born at AdventHealth Waterman hospital in Tavares — becoming one of the first Central Florida babies of 2025.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
All told, that’s roughly 1,500 insurrectionists whose convictions were wiped out at the stroke of a pen.
—Zack Beauchamp, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
According to the amendment, which is available to read in full on the National Archives website, the president-elect officially becomes the sitting president at the stroke of noon on Jan. 20.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025
Right at the stroke of midnight Wednesday he was born at AdventHealth Waterman hospital in Tavares — becoming one of the first Central Florida babies of 2025.
—Martin E. Comas, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2025
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“At the stroke of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20stroke%20of. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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