Elect a Clown, Expect the Circus

Gulfcoastguy

She wants to keep her current number of ear piercings.

Legume

lousubcap

And we're off-

President Trump issued a flurry of executive orders yesterday, reversing many of former President Biden’s policies on immigration, the environment, and diversity. For a full list, see the Washington Post. The orders issued by Trump include:

• Withdrawing the United States from the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization (Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports for the New York Times);
• Suspending all U.S. foreign aid assistance for 90 days, pending review of whether the programs align with Trump’s foreign policy goals (Matthew Lee reports for AP News);
• Declaring a “national emergency” on the U.S.-Mexico border, ordering a suspension of refugee admissions, and directing the U.S. military to “seal the borders” (Zolan Kanno-Youngs reports for the New York Times);
• Moving to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to parents who are not lawfully present or are in the country on a temporary visa. The American Civil Liberties Union immediately brought a lawsuit challenging the order as unconstitutional (Rebecca Beitsch reports for the Hill);
• Rescinding Biden’s executive order sanctioning Israeli settlers and entities accused of violence in the occupied West Bank (Kelly Kasulis Cho reports for the Washington Post);
• Rescinding a Biden-era census order affirming the practice of including residents Truwith no legal migration status in state census counts (Hansi Lo Wang reports for NPR);
• Creating a category of federal workers known as “Schedule F,” which would lack the job protections enjoyed by career civil servants. The order is subject to a legal challenge brought by the National Treasury Employees Union (Courtney Rozen reports for Bloomberg Law);
• Instructing the Attorney General to “review the activities of all departments and agencies exercising civil or criminal enforcement authority” as well as intelligence agencies for indications of political bias in work conducted under the Biden administration (Devlin Barrett reports for the New York Times);
• Revoking the security clearance of 51 former intelligence officials who signed a 2020 letter calling the Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation, as well as granting security clearances to certain personnel outside the usual process (Katie Bo Lillis reports for CNN).

Trump yesterday issued a full pardon to the nearly 1,600 people charged in relation to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and only commutations of sentences for a small group. Enrique Tarrio, the former Proud Boys leader convicted of seditious conspiracy, received a full pardon, while Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers’ founder, received a commutation of his sentence. Alan Feuer reports for the New York Times.

StillH2OEgger

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Gulfcoastguy

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

JohnInCarolina

Gulfcoastguy said:

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

You have an example in mind?

Canugghead

Gulfcoastguy said:

StillH2OEgger said:

It's really just a matter of time before we start seeing political rivals poisoned or falling out of fifth-story windows.

Are you sure that hasn’t already happened?

I may be way out in left field or 51st ST, taking a wild guess here, you meant the two assassination attempts? Hope I'm wrong.

WildmanWilson

Legume

Compared to January 6, 2021? Try again.