A BAD DEAL AND THERE WILL BE BLOOD, BUT FOR NOW: AM ISRAEL CHAI! After 471 horrific days in captivity, Emily, Doron and Romi are finally reunited with their families.
January 21, 2025
January 20, 2025
TRUMP EO EASES FIRING FED MANAGERS: They called it Schedule F the first time around, but President Donald Trump has a tougher version of an Executive Order that makes it considerably simpler and quicker to fire incompetent senior managers in the federal workforce.
CHANGE:
A conservative activist who has been on the board of a group supporting Jan. 6 defendants has been named interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., the position that has overseen the hundreds of cases brought in the Capitol siege investigation. https://t.co/2aKBFDlrsd
— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 21, 2025
HARSH, BUT FAIR:
You’re a pardoned war criminal. No one cares what you think about anything. You should be preparing for your deposition and testimony since you’re now banned from pleading the Fifth. https://t.co/bJm9qcIDzh
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 20, 2025
OPEN THREAD: Happy DJT Day.
MY LATEST SUBSTACK ESSAY: Trump 47: A Civilizational Fork in the Road. Let’s be sure to take it: Some action items to get started.
AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD:
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Space Force’s secretive X-37B space plane soars past 1 year in orbit.
BIDEN’S FINAL ACT AS PRESIDENT WAS A MASSIVE COVER-UP FOR THE BIDEN CRIME FAMILY:
On his final day in office, Joe Biden issued controversial preemptive pardons for several high-profile figures, raising questions about the integrity of the pardon process. Among those pardoned were retired Gen. Mark Milley, accused of treason for actions during Trump’s final months, and Dr. Tony Fauci, who faced perjury allegations. Biden also pardoned several members of the January 6 Committee, which tampered with evidence and witnesses and committed obstruction of justice.
But if you thought that was the final disgrace of President Joe Biden, you were wrong. Literally, moments before he officially lost the powers of the presidency, the Biden administration revealed that Joe Biden had issued a preemptive pardon for his own family members. A “full and unconditional pardon” was given to his brother James B. Biden, his sister-in-law Sara Jones Biden, his sister Valerie Biden Owens, and her husband John T. Owens “for any nonviolent offenses against the United States which they may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through the date of this pardon.”
And: Biden’s FBI director expressed ‘vehement’ opposition to Leonard Peltier commutation.
Before former President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier on Monday, he received a warning from outgoing FBI Director Christopher Wray.
Peltier was convicted of killing two FBI agents in the 1970s.
Among other things, Wray told the White House that commuting Peltier’s sentence “would be shattering to the victims’ loved ones and undermine the principles of justice and accountability that our government should represent.”
In a statement, Biden said he was commuting Peltier’s sentence “so that he serves the remainder of his sentence in home confinement.” Peltier is now in his 80s.
TWO CNNs IN ONE!
Shot: Jake Tapper Worries About Disinformation In Future Elections. CNN Just Lost A $5M Defamation Case.
Chaser: We Did NAZI That Coming: CNN Beclowns Itself Over Elon Musk’s Gesture From the Heart.
Network that just lost a $5M+ defamation lawsuit appears to have learned exactly nothing from the experience. https://t.co/opkXOcZk6Q
— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) January 20, 2025
Related:
Where's the media outrage???? pic.twitter.com/gwgvCS3ob0
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 20, 2025
BREAKING: Trump Signs Clemency Action for 1500+ J6 ‘Hostages.’
Another promise kept.
Donald Trump started his executive-order “shock and awe” at the Capital One Arena this evening, signing nine EOs with administration-wide impacts,. The first EO signed by Trump reversed 78 EOs and other directives by Joe Biden. He then left the indoor parade and rally to return to the Oval Office, where Trump issued a pardon for nearly all of the 1500+ January 6 defendants. Six received commutations instead of pardons:
BREAKING
President Trump has granted full pardons to over 1,500 January 6th participants.
He has also granted six commutations to individuals whose cases, he says, require more research. He stated that upon further review, he may grant them full pardons.
His order directs the…
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 21, 2025
And: Trump Kicks Off Executive Order Blitz, Rescinds Biden Actions in Front of Fired-Up Arena Crowd.
President Trump signed a suite of executive orders before a cheering crowd of tens of thousands of supporters at the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., Monday evening, rolling back nearly 80 Biden-era orders with a stroke of his pen just hours after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States.
The public signing ceremony kicks off a flurry of day-one executive action that’s expected to include 200 executive orders that will fulfill Trump’s campaign promises on immigration, climate policy, and the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
In addition to rolling back 78 executive orders issued by President Biden, Trump also withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreements, froze federal hiring and the drafting of new regulations, and mandated that all federal workers return to the office full time. He also signed orders barring the “government censorship of free speech” and the “weaponization of government” against “political adversaries of the previous administration.”
The man will have some serious writer’s cramp by the end of the day. In the meantime, though:
And if other journalists are not making this same observation then you know they were in on the cover-up of Biden's decline. https://t.co/qxw1Mf9woP
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) January 21, 2025
MICROBIOME NEWS: Scientists May Have Discovered a Natural Alternative to Ozempic.
PRETTY MUCH:
If you weren’t sure who the Deep State were, they all got pardoned today.
— Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath) January 20, 2025
AND THE CELEBRATION CONTINUES: LIVE: Inauguration of Donald J. Trump, 47th President of the United States.
YEP:
So they’re wearing the pink pussy hats again.
They didn’t wear them to protect women in sports.
They didn’t wear them to send back illegals who s*xually assaulted women.
They didn’t wear them in support of Laken Reilly and the other girls who were m*rdered by illegals.
They… https://t.co/5gO6scBBJ3
— Zeek Arkham 🇺🇸 (@ZeekArkham) January 18, 2025
THIS IS (STILL) CNN:
Very bold of CNN to insinuate the richest man in the world did a Nazi salute just three days after the network lost a bombshell defamation suit. https://t.co/TygcjLOORL
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) January 20, 2025
I guess the jury should have added another zero or two or three to the damages awarded in the previous defamation lawsuit.
UPDATE (FROM GLENN):
I shouldn’t cuss, but fuck you, we’re not doing this anymore. https://t.co/ZcRg1IKckS
— Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) January 20, 2025
I mean, even the NeverTrumpers aren’t buying it.
The thing at the 55 second mark, where he grabs his chest and says "my heart goes out to you" is supposed to be a deliberate Nazi salute? Sorry, not buying it. https://t.co/AMV138Oq02
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) January 20, 2025
Thought: This was bait so Elon can sue a lot of people for libel and bankrupt them. But hey, you’d have to be super rich and super smart to set a trap like that. . .
MORE:
The media: We don’t know why we aren’t trusted anymore
Also the media: Come spend the next 27 days with us pretending Elon did a Nazi salute
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) January 20, 2025
READER FAVORITE: COSORI Rice Cooker 10 Cup, 24h Keep Warm. #CommissionEarned
VIETNAM DOESN’T NEED CLIMATE ACTIVISTS, THEY ALREADY HAVE A COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT: Climate Defenders Silenced in Vietnam.
THE NEEDS OF THE PARTY ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, COMRADE:
Two weeks ago, Joe Biden awarded Liz Cheney with the Presidential Citizens Medal.
Today, Joe Biden preemptively pardoned Liz Cheney.
How does one receive the nation's second highest civilian honor AND a pardon?
— Lance Gooden (@Lancegooden) January 20, 2025
And with that, I get to retire that headline for at least the next four years — at least when it comes to the White House.
THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN:
JUST ANNOUNCED THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS DROPPING MY JANUARY 6 CASE!!!!!!
4 YEAR AND 4 DAYS IN THE GULAG WITHOUT A TRIAL
IM FINALLY COMING HOME!!!! GOD BE MAGNIFIED!!!
MOUNTAINS DO REALLY MOVE IN JESUS NAME!!!
— Jake Lang – January 6 Political Prisoner 🇺🇸 (@JakeLangJ6) January 20, 2025
Much more like this, please. And how about an investigation into those who denied Jake’s — and many others’ — right to a speedy trial?
BILL WHITTLE’S HOT MIC: “In a crisp, pointed, accusatory, ambitious, bold, stirring, decisive and occasionally even poetic speech, Donald J Trump, 47th President of the United States of America, delivers his remarkable Second Inaugural, and Hot Mic host Bill Whittle is there for the play-by-play.”
Good stuff as usual from Bill.
METAPHOR ALERT:
*Music not playing*@carrieunderwood: “I can just sing it” pic.twitter.com/C8bu4laFNt
— Kit Maher (@KitMaherCNN) January 20, 2025