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Parliamentary [UK] vs. Presidential [US] Explained. The Bicameral Congress: Crash Course Government and Politics #2. Introduction: Crash Course U.S. Government and Politics. Video: Everything you need to know about Inauguration Day in two minutes - Th... Tomorrow is Inauguration Day in the USA, when Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States.

Video: Everything you need to know about Inauguration Day in two minutes - Th...

This video from USA Today looks at the history and traditions behind Inauguration Day. See below for a LearnClick quiz. LESSON IDEAS1. You can use the transcript below to create other activities (gap-fill, comprehension questions, etc.)2. Compare the American way of saying dates with the British way (see here and here for more on this).3. AJ+ - Journal.

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Electing a US President in Plain English. U.S. Presidential Elections 1789-2012. Watch Stephen Colbert Hail Palin's Return to Campaign Trail. Stephen Colbert welcomed back "the original material girl," Sarah Palin, on The Late Show Wednesday, celebrating the wealth of comedy to be harvested from the former vice presidential candidate's endorsement of Donald Trump.

Watch Stephen Colbert Hail Palin's Return to Campaign Trail

While Colbert thanked Trump for keeping his joke coffers stuffed, he was so excited about Palin's return he started singing Kelly Clarkson's "Since You've Been Gone. " "God I have missed you," Colbert said. Tina Fey is back as Sarah Palin on SNL, and it's just awesome as you hoped. When Donald Trump said he was going to announce a "very special VIP endorsement" last week, we knew that could only mean one thing: Sarah Palin was about to re-enter our lives.

Tina Fey is back as Sarah Palin on SNL, and it's just awesome as you hoped

And lo, in a blaze of unintelligible glory, Mama Grizzly made her triumphant return to headlines everywhere. The former governor of Alaska and one time VP-nominee was brilliantly aped in the 2008 presidential election by Tina Fey. And thank the gods, Fey appeared in a cold open to this week's Saturday Night Live to endorse Darrell Hammond’s Donald/Trump Not only did Fey nail Palin's folksy-glam look from Wednesday's campaign event in Iowa, she also got Palin's garbled rootin-tootin' message that she's here for "teachers and teamsters" and "holy-roller pushing stroller pro bowlers with an abscess molar" - spot on. We’ve seen our own children targeted by the police for no reason other than they committed some crimes. How do they work?