Joe Biden is out, but he decides to throw out one final f- you.
And Donald Trump issues about 200 executive orders yesterday. Let’s go over them.
Joe Biden’s Last F- You
According to Politico:
As one of his final acts in office, President Joe Biden pardoned several members of his family.
The White House announced the pardons in a last batch of clemency decisions just minutes before Donald Trump took the oath of office, saying they were intended to prevent “baseless and politically motivated investigations” against his family.
Biden had already issued a sweeping pardon in December for his son Hunter, who was facing sentencing in two criminal cases. The pardons for his other family members, signed Sunday, were similarly sweeping and covered all of their “nonviolent” actions dating back to 2014.
The pardon, which includes the president’s siblings James Biden, Francis Biden and Valerie Biden Owens, as well as brother-in-law John Owens and sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden, is one of the most extraordinary — and directly personal — clemency actions ever taken by an outgoing president. Biden attributed the decision to fear that his family would be targeted by the Trump administration and said their acceptance should not be “misconstrued as an admission of guilt for any offense.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/01/20/biden-pardons-family-members-00199331
Just Beautiful
https://twitter.com/i/status/1881398740441038997
Dumbass of the Day
https://twitter.com/i/status/1881585823239573565
https://twitter.com/i/status/1881547272556777647
The Executive Orders
Here is a list of Executive Orders by Trump yesterday. The list is from Libs of TikTok:
- Trump has signed an Executive Order to withdraw from the Paris Climate Treaty.
- Trump signed an Executive Order directing all federal employees to return to full time in person work.
- Trump signed an Executive Order to end the weaponization of government against political opponents.
- Trump signed an Executive Order to address the cost of living that skyrocketed under the Biden/Harris administration.
- Trump signed an Executive Order freezing federal hiring.
- Trump signed an Executive Order rescinding 78 Biden-era executive actions.
- Trump signed an Executive Order pardoning nearly 1,500 J6 defendants.
- Trump signed an Executive Order designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.
- Trump signed an Executive Order to secure the southern border.
- DESIGNATING CARTELS AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS AND SPECIALLY DESIGNATED GLOBAL TERRORISTS
- Trump signed an Executive Order restoring a merit-based hiring system.
- Trump signed an Executive Order granting TikTok an extension to sell to an American buyer.
- Trump signed an Executive Order ordering the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE.
- Trump signed an Executive Order declaring a national emergency for the border.
- Trump signed an Executive Order to hold former government officials accountable for unlawful disclosure of sensitive information.
- Trump signed Executive order to protect American women from the dangers of radical gender ideology.
- Trump signed Executive order issuing a withdrawal from the World Health Organization.
- Trump signed an Executive Order ending the catch-and-release policy. No more letting terrorists into our country.
- Trump signed an Executive Order restoring the remain-in-Mexico policy.
- Trump repeals rule allowing transgender troops to serve in military. Our tax dollars were also funding full gender transitions for servicemembers
- President Trump signed an executive order revoking the security clearance of the 51 former intelligence officials who lied about the Hunter Biden laptop.
- Trump signed an executive order calling for the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
- RESTORING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND ENDING FEDERAL CENSORSHIP
- RESTORING THE DEATH PENALTY AND PROTECTING PUBLIC SAFETY
- DECLARING A NATIONAL ENERGY EMERGENCY
- REEVALUATING AND REALIGNING UNITED STATES FOREIGN AID
- UNLEASHING ALASKA’S EXTRAORDINARY RESOURCE POTENTIAL
- ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS AND PREFERENCING
- RESTORING NAMES THAT HONOR AMERICAN GREATNESS
- PROTECTING THE MEANING AND VALUE OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP
I Don’t Know About This
According to the Daily Wire:
TikTok said on Sunday that it was restoring service after it briefly went offline on Saturday in response to a new U.S. law that forces its parent company, ByteDance, to be completely divested from TikTok or else be banned in the U.S.
“In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” TikTok said in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers that they will face no penalties providing TikTok to over 170 million Americans and allowing over 7 million small businesses to thrive.”
TikTok claimed that the issue was about “the First Amendment” and “arbitrary censorship” when, in reality, it’s about the company harvesting the data of Americans that can be used to weaponize algorithms to impact how Americans think and behave in line with interests of communist China.
The statement comes after Trump, who led the charge to ban TikTok during his first term in office, posted on social media that he was asking companies to let TikTok stay online.
Trump said that he wants the United States to own 50% of TikTok and said that allowing China to still own the other half would not be a problem.
I don’t know about this. It seems to me we are missing some information. Elon Musk also said he supports TikTok, which is concerning. Or something else is happening behind the scenes.
AOC is reading the tea leaves. She thinks because Elon Musk supports Donald Trump, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t using fact checkers and the legacy media is swirling down the toilet, it is those dastardly Republicans that are taking over social media and destroying everything.
She was in a foul mood (probably fueled by a few glasses of boxed Chablis) and decided to rant on Instagram:
https://twitter.com/i/status/1881078240045064542
That’s not what the message said, but, hey, why let facts get in the way.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/tiktok-restores-service-without-change-after-trump-statement-of-support
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tiktok-influencers-mourn-platform-break-down-tears-supreme-court-ruling