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Last week, President Trump granted full pardons for Army First Lt. Clint Lorance and Army Maj. Mathew Golsteyn, whod been accused of war crimes. Lorance had served six years of a 19-year sentence, and Golsteyn was facing trial for killing an alleged Taliban bombmaker. Navy SEAL Edward R. Gallagher, who was found not guilty of war crimes, but still had his rank reduced, was granted clemency and restoration of rank.

Lawmakers had been pushing for pardons for Lorance and Golsteyn because theyd taken actions to defend themselves on the battlefield and were charged with war crimes for it. Yet, when President Trump pardoned them, it immediately sparked controversy and outrage. Pete Buttigieg joined in the outrage chorus, claiming Trump dishonored our armed services.

American soldiers join the military knowing they can be sent away from their families for long periods of time into unsafe conditions with the possibility they might never come backor come back severely injured. For Trump to give various members of our military a second chance is infinitely less outrageous than acts of clemency made by his predecessor.

Barack Obama commuted the sentence of Bradley Manning (you may also know him as Chelsea), who leaked hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks. A traitor in every sense, in 2013 Manning was convicted and sentenced to 35 years in prison. But, Bradley Manning became a hero of the political left for declaring himself to be transgender, and Obama made his controversial commutation days before leaving office.

Obama also commuted the sentence of convicted terrorist Oscar Lopez Rivera. Lopez Rivera was a leader of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberacin Nacional Puertorriquea (FALN), a Puerto Rican terrorist group responsible for 130 attacks in the United States, and at least six deaths. An unrepentant Lopez-Rivera was serving a 70-year sentence when Obama set him free.

Obama also granted clemency to hundreds of drug offenders he claimed were non-violent offenders who deserved a second chance, because of racism or something. It later came out that many of the people he released were actually violent offenders guilty of gun crimes. Obama granted more acts of clemency than any president since Truman, though he saved much of that executive use of power for the latter months and days of his presidency.

While Obama may have granted clemency to plenty who deserved it, granting clemency to an unrepentant terrorist was nonsensical. Doing the same for a traitor responsible for the biggest national security breach in history sends the worst possible message. I think its clear that Trump has shown far better judgment so far than his predecessor.

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Matt Margolis is the author of Trumping Obama: How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama's Legacy and the bestselling book The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattMargolis

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Oh, the liberal media stepped on a rake today, but the Trump-Ukraine impeachment fiasco that has engulfed the Hill should mask the extent of the falloutthough they deserve a to be dragged through the streets for this blunder. So, it was blasted out all over. The U.S. has the has worlds highest rate of children in detention. This was based on a United Nations survey. Cue President Trump-bashing. Cue the hysteria. Except that this was from a 2015 study, which means that Obama was the one that put those kids in cages, which is something that we on the right have been saying for months. Some of the Trump immigration agenda is a continuation of Obama-era policies. Talk about getting owned, liberal America. As The Daily Callers Amber Athey noted, this is what happens when the media ignores bad stories that could damage Democratic administrations. As The Daily Callers Amber Athey noted, this is what happens when the media ignores bad stories that could damage Democratic administrations.

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Former president Barack Obama told the "politically woke" not to be so judgmental at the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. USA TODAY

Former President Barack Obama has a message forthe "politically woke"crowd that has become prolific on social media in recent years:Get over it.

Obama called out young progressives for being too ideologically rigid and judgmentalduring an interview Tuesday moderated by "Grown-ish" star Yara Shahidiat the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago.

"This idea of purity and you're never compromised and you're always politically woke and all that stuff, you should get over that quickly," the two-term Democrat said. "The world is messy. There are ambiguities. People who do really good stuff have flaws. People who you are fighting may love their kids and share certain things with you."

Obama said he has particularly noticed the trend on college campuses he has visited with his daughter Malia. He described it as a "danger" that is "accelerated by social media."

He said some young people appear to think that the way to bring about change"is to be as judgmental as possible about other people,and that's enough."

Criticizingpeople on Twitter for doing something wrong or for a poor choice of words gives those criticsa sense of self-satisfaction, he said.

"Then I can sit and feel pretty good about myself because, man, you see how woke I was, I called you out," Obama said."That's not activism. That's not bringing about change. If all you're doing is casting stones, you're probably not going to get that far. That's easy to do."

The comments were widely applauded on social media in a rare moment of bipartisan agreement.

Conservative Fox News host Tomi Lahren said it was good to hear Obama "standing up for our rights and our values of the First Amendment."

Lahren said Obama's comments made some people "remember that we used to think Barack Obama was bad," but in contrast to today's Democratic leaders, "Obama is looking like the voice of reason."

"That's when you know the Democratic Party has gotten this bad,"she said.

"Dear 2020 Dems: Listen to Obama. It's important," tweeted John Schindler, a national security columnist for the New York Observer.

University of New Mexico psychology professor Geoffrey Miller tweeted that Obama went after "the cheap-talk virtue-signaling at the heart of woke online cancel culture." Miller was censured by UNM in 2013 for a tweet that was deemed insensitive to overweight people.

"Monty Python" actor John Cleese said, "I very much like what Obama says about 'woke.'"

"Truer words have never been spoken," said drag queenMont X Change, a former contestant on "RuPaul's Drag Race."

"Obama is right, but he's not criticizing "cancel culture" alone (whatever you think that is)," tweeted Tablet magazine writer Yair Rosenberg. "He's criticizing attempts to force normal people into black-and-white good/evil boxes, because most humans are more complicated than that and shouldn't be reduced to their worst tweet."

Although most responded positively to Obama's remarks on Twitter, Mother Jones' Ben Dreyfuss said the 44th president "must be getting 'ok boomer'd' hard on ticktock."

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Former President Obama praised the late Rep. Elijah CummingsElijah Eugene CummingsSchiff says committees are making 'rapid progress' in impeachment probe Trump lashes out at Pelosi, slams San Francisco district as 'very bad and dangerous' Chairman Cummings' 'phenomenal' team MORE (D-Md.) as a "kind" and "honorable" man who treated others well despite his position of power culminating as chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee.

Obama was among several top Democrats to eulogize Cummings, who died Oct. 17 at the age of 68, at a funeral service in Baltimore.

"He was never complacent, for he knew that without clarity of purpose and a steadfast faith and a dogged determination demanded by our liberty, the promise of this nation could wither. Complacency, he knew, was not only corrosive for our collective lives, but for our individual lives," Obama said to applause."There's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others. There's nothing weak about being honorable. You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect," Obama said. Some observerssaw Obama's comments as an implicit criticism of President TrumpDonald John Trump Comey: Mueller 'didn't succeed in his mission because there was inadequate transparency' During deposition, official says he made several efforts to advocate for Marie Yovanovitch Bolton looms large as impeachment inquiry accelerates MORE.

Former Pres. Barack ObamaBarack Hussein ObamaCummings' staff honor him in op-ed: He brought 'moral clarity' Obama: 'You're not a sucker to have integrity and to treat others with respect' Attacks on Baltimore 'hurt' Cummings, wife says MORE at Elijah Cummings' funeral: "I tell my daughters...being a strong man includes being kind. That there's nothing weak about kindness and compassion. There's nothing weak about looking out for others." https://t.co/TlLvHGKV3j pic.twitter.com/ipGF2xH6Jh

Obama, standing in front of enlarged pictures of the late lawmaker, noted that Cummings was listed as "the honorable Elijah E. Cummings."

"You know, this is a title that we confer on all kinds of people who get elected to public office. We're supposed to introduce them as 'honorable.' But Elijah Cummings was honorable before he was elected to office," Obama said.

Before Obama spoke, other Democrats including Speaker Nancy PelosiNancy PelosiWSJ: Sondland told the House that Trump's Ukraine pressure was a quid pro quo Schiff says committees are making 'rapid progress' in impeachment probe McConnell blasts impeachment inquiry as 'kangaroo court' in fundraising pitch MORE (D-Calif.), former Secretary of State Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonMaher: The Clintons need to 'go away' for 2020 election Mark Zuckerberg deserves praise for his noble stand on free speech Elijah Cummings, native son of Baltimore, gets emotional send-off from Democratic luminaries MORE and former President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonFeud by Alabama Democrats threatens Doug Jones's reelection Maher: The Clintons need to 'go away' for 2020 election Cummings' staff honor him in op-ed: He brought 'moral clarity' MORE also offered eulogies.

Cummings's wife, Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, at one point directed her remarks to Obama, telling him that her husband was "so proud."

"To stand with you and for you early, to be your co-chair here in the state of Maryland, to serve as your chief defense attorney on the House Oversight Committee, and to make sure you and your administration were all right," Rockeymoore Cummings said as Obama smiled.

"But you didn't have any challenges like we got going on now," Rockeymoore Cummings added.

The funeral service comes after Cummings laid in state at the Capitol on Thursday. He is the first African American lawmaker to receive the rare honor.

"It is no coincidence, is it, that Elijah Cummings shared a name with an Old Testament prophet, whose name meant in Hebrew 'the Lord is my God.' And who used the power and the wisdom that God gave him to uphold the moral law that all people are subject to," Clinton said."Like that Old Testament prophet, he stood against corrupt leadership of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel," Clinton said, drawing applause and laughter from the largely left-leaning crowd.

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