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How Long Will Our Freedoms Last
Today, President Barack Obama, has declared has declared that he will not be leaving his office to Donald Trump. He has decided that there will be no more elections to determine who is president. He, the current president, will remain in office until he dies. Obama claims that we the people will not lose our rights to vote, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press. Yet, I wonder, how long will our freedoms last. For the first time in the history of the United States of America, we have a leader who has elected themselves to run our government permanently. The scenario above is extremely possible, especially if Trump is chosen to be our next president by the American people. The republic that we know as the United States of America,
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