Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Charm and grace in the White House

 


Melania Trump: Enigmatic and fiercely independent first lady is back   . . ."Prof Vigil says one of the biggest challenges that Mrs Trump faced in her first term was her political inexperience as well as a revolving door of staff, who were equally inexperienced and at times disloyal.
"But Mrs Trump kept quietly busy regardless, Prof Vigil adds, advocating for issues like children’s welfare through her Be Best campaign against online bullying.
" 'She was forced to defend that campaign given her own husband's aggressive use of social media, telling CBS in 2016 that how he conducted himself online got him in trouble - and boosted his followers.
"She also advocated for children affected by the opioid crisis, and has since started a foundation that raises education funds for children in foster care.

Melania Trump - White House Historical Association  "Melanija Knavs (Melania Knauss) was born on April 26, 1970, in Novo Mesto, Slovenia (the former Yugoslavia) to parents Viktor and Amalija Knavs.
"As a young woman, Melania studied design before pausing her studies to pursue a modeling career abroad. She became a successful fashion model, appearing in television advertisements, fashion magazines, and billboards. She came to the United States during the 1990s and continued her modeling career. On January 22, 2005, she married businessman and real estate mogul Donald J. Trump at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea in Palm Beach, Florida. The following year, the couple welcomed their son, Barron.
"When Donald J. Trump was elected president in 2016, Melania Trump became the second first lady born outside of the United States (the first being Louisa Catherine Adams) and the only first lady to become a naturalized U.S. citizen (2006)." . . .

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The Full List of President Donald Trump’s Executive Orders on Day One

Joel B. Pollak  "President Donald Trump signed 118 executive orders, actions, and memoranda on January 20, 2025, within hours of taking the Oath of Office." . . .

"More such executive orders are expected in the days to come, as Trump is expected to issue over 200 executive orders, actions, and memoranda — as suggested by The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days."

Broc Smith toon added

  1. Rescinding 78 executive orders by President Joe Biden. Revocations include:
  • Biden’s order to make “equity,” rather than “equality,” the focus of federal policy;
  • Biden’s order to include illegal aliens in the Census;
  • Biden’s order to impose coronavirus mandates and restrictions;
  • Biden’s order to allow transgender individuals to serve in the military;
  • Biden’s order to ban private prisons;
  • Biden’s order to prioritize climate change; to ease immigration enforcement;
  • Biden’s order to revoke sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC);
  • Biden’s order to establish a court-packing commission to make the Supreme Court permanently liberal;
  • Biden’s order to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in federal hiring;
  • Biden’s order to restrict offshore oil and gas development;
  • Biden’s order to impose sanctions on Israelis linked to the political right;
  • Biden’s order to rescind Cuba’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism; and
  • Biden’s order to revoke many of Trump’s executive orders from his first term.
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President Trump Will Pardon 1,500 Jan 6 Political Prisoners and Commute Sentences of 6 Tonight—Tells Reporter Who Questioned His Actions “Go stand over there with your friends”

 The Gateway Pundit

"January 6th political prisoners have been languishing in prisons across America for the past four years, many without a trial. Many of them never had a criminal record, many never committed a single act of violence, including on January 6, 2021, and most of them have had their lives destroyed by the Democrat Party machine’s punishing injustice system.

 

Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio RELEASED With Full Pardon From 22 Year Sentence! List of 14 Commutations Released by President Trump – All Other Related Convictions Granted “Full, Complete and Unconditional Pardons”




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There are Trump's pardons and then there are Biden's pardons

Schiff’s shocking words to Joy Reid haunt him after Biden ‘preemptive pardon’… "Joe Biden was handing out preemptive pardons to some of the Swamp’s creepiest and slimiest characters. From Fauci to Milley, Cheney to Kinzinger, and plenty of ghouls in between including the one we’re focusing on today: Adam Schiff.

"Schiff happily accepted the blanket pardon—but why? If he did nothing wrong, why would he need one?

"That’s the question that is coming back to haunt Schiff, even as we speak.

"After all, it was Schiff who showed up on Joy Reid’s low-rated show to discuss these preemptive pardons, and how innocent people don’t need them." . . .

"Schiff once claimed that these types of pardons were “presidential abuse” and needed to be stopped. But, of course, Schiff isn’t raising a fuss over Biden’s preemptive pardons. Because, as we all know, it’s always (D)ifferent for (D)ems." . . .


Office of the Pardon Attorney | Pardons Granted by President Joseph Biden (2021-Present)   Office of the Pardon Attorney    Here's a spread sheet for you.

Much more on the Trump-Schiff conflict during Trump's first term


Biden issues pre-emptive pardons for siblings, Fauci and 6 Jan riot committee   . . ."As he prepared to leave the White House, Biden also commuted the life sentence of indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was serving a life sentence for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents. Peltier will transition to house arrest, Biden said in a statement.

"On Monday morning, a Trump spokesperson called Biden's pre-emptive pardons "the greatest attack on America's justice system in history".

" 'With the stroke of a pen, he [Biden] unilaterally shielded a group of political cronies from the scales of justice," Taylor Budowich, Trump's incoming deputy chief of staff for communications and personnel said in a post on X.

Liz Cheney Slams Trump’s Inaugural Speech After Biden Hands Her Preemptive Pardon

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Root causes of the #WalkAway movement

The #WalkAway Campaign I Patriots Fighting for America I Home

"#WalkAway Mission: Encourage others to #WalkAway from the Democrat Party through the restoration of the people's voice, a return to our founding principles, and support of politicians who personify #WalkAway values. 

Long disappointed in the Democrat Party, the Biden Democrat Party was the final straw for so many including the founders of this movement, Brandon Straka and Cait Corrigan. TD



"Truth!
We tolerated President Obama for 8 years and kept quiet. Here is my issue with the whole, “let us all be a United States again” that we heard from President Biden. For the last 4+ years, the Democrats have gone and scorched earth. You have salted the fields and now you want to grow crops. The problem is 75+ million of us have memories longer than a hamster.
We remember the women’s march (vagina hats 😂 and all) the day after inauguration.
We remember the 4 years of attacks and impeachments.
We remember “not our president” and the “Resistance…”
We remember Maxine Walters telling followers to harass us in restaurants.
We remember the Presidents spokesperson being kicked out a restaurant.
We remember hundreds of Trump supporters physically attacked.
We remember Trump supporters getting Doxed, and fired from jobs.
We remember riots, and looting.
We remember “a comedian” holding up the President’s severed head.
We remember a play in Central park paid with public funding, showing the killing of President Trump.
We remember Robert de Niro yelling “F" Trump” at the Tony’s and getting a standing ovation.
We remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union Address.
We remember the total in the tank move on the mainstream media.
We remember the non-stop and live fact checking on our President and his supporters.
We remember non-stop in your face lies and open cover-ups from the media.
We remember the President and his staff being spied on.
We remember five Senators shot on a ballfield.
We remember every so-called comedy show turn into nothing but Trump hate fest.
We remember 95% negative coverage in the news.
We remember the state governors asking and getting everything they ask for and then blaming Trump for their problems.
We remember a Trump top aid verbally assaulted in two DC restaurants.
We remember people banging on the Supreme Court doors.
We remember that we were called every name in the book for supporting President Trump.
We remember that Hollywood said they would leave after Trump was elected but they stayed.
We remember being called Nazis
We remember being called Deplorables
We remember being called Fascists
We remember our sitting President calling us "garbage" and Kamala (and the media) trying to tell us to "get past it because Biden doesn't matter anymore"
This list is endless, but you get the idea. My friends will be my friends, but a party that has been on the attack for 4 long years does not get a free pass with me.
I will never give the Democrats a break for all the trouble they’ve caused. They’ve dug a very very deep hole and it’s going to take a very long time for them to crawl out of it." 

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‘Elon’s Nazi Salute’ Marks First Media Hoax of Trump’s Second Term

 John Nolte; Breitbart   

UPDATE, 1/21 70pm est;CNN's New Star Talks Trump's Inauguration Speech, Absolutely Skewers the Biden Administration  . . ."There's real work to be done in this country. This stupid game Murphy is attempting to play doesn't work anymore, and it's an insult to Americans who expect their politicians to work for them instead of virtue-signaling for the too-online far-left. Newsflash: The legacy media doesn't have a monopoly on information anymore, which is why the claims about Musk were debunked almost immediately. Murphy can continue to beclown himself if he'd like, but all he's doing is showing exactly why his party got its tail whipped in November.

Right; the leader who had the nerve to move the US embassy to Jerusalem; who has brought joy to the leaders of Israel for assuming America's Presidency is leader of a Nazi movement.

 They clipped the hand raise to isolate it from many gestures he made. Here it is in context.

"The regime media wasted no time launching its Hoax Machine. Within hours of Donald Trump being sworn in as our 47th president, these disgraced and increasingly irrelevant serial liars tried to fool America into believing Elon Musk threw out a couple of Nazi salutes.

"What Musk did was not at all confusing to decent people. Speaking to a crowd of Trump supporters Monday at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, he said, “I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you.”

"Then he touches his heart and makes a gesture throwing his heart out to the crowd. Then he literally says, “Thank you. My heart goes out to you. It is thanks to you that the future of civilization is assured, thanks to you.”

"CNN just lost a defamation suit and here are a couple of CNN’s basement-ratings harpies defaming Elon Musk by removing all of the context from the moment — and by “context,” I mean the audio where he says “My heart goes out to you.” Without the only context that matters, of course, it looks like a Nazi salute.

"CNN sucks.

                                       Choose one to fit your favorite news channel:


Prefer upper right? You must watch CNN and MSNBC

ADL defends Musk as CNN flogs big lie about ‘Nazi’ salute

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Biden ends his presidency with hypocritical and terribly dangerous pardons

Andrea Widburg 

 . . ."The last thing I would do is let congresspeople ask the questions because the politicians will just bloviate and bluster. Instead, Republicans need to find the sharpest, best prosecutors in America to make sure that Fauci, Cheney, Milley, et al. tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, with no hiding behind squirrely language or bad memories."


. . ."Naturally, Biden wrapped the pardons in language saying that the people pardoned would be unfairly persecuted:  

Our nation relies on dedicated, selfless public servants every day. They are the lifeblood of our democracy.

Yet alarmingly, public servants have been subjected to ongoing threats and intimidation for faithfully discharging their duties.

In certain cases, some have even been threatened with criminal prosecutions, including General Mark A. Milley, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, and the members and staff of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. These public servants have served our nation with honor and distinction and do not deserve to be the targets of unjustified and politically motivated prosecutions.

"This is rich coming from an administration that, working on its own and in conjunction with corrupt state prosecutors and even corrupt bar associations, did everything possible to destroy anyone who was or worked for Trump. It’s also the same administration that has conducted a Soviet-style purge against almost 2,000 Americans for daring to assemble at the Capitol and, when the Capitol police opened the Capitol’s sealed doors, walking reverently through the building.

"But aside from the disgusting hypocrisy and the problem of pardoning a military officer who could rightly be charged with treason for boasting that he would consult with the Chinese before following an order from his Commander-in-Chief, there’s a greater danger in what Biden did with his preemptive pardons.

"Our nation is founded on the Rule of Law. Our Constitution is the bulwark for a government that is constrained by a contract with the People and the legal principles that flow from that contract. However, Biden created a new precedent that undercuts the rule of law entirely and unleashes the executive branch in a way that threatens to undermine the Constitution." . . .

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Monday, January 20, 2025

The British Media Chimes In: Kamala's 'Devastating Humiliation'

RedState  

"While today is America's day, it's interesting to watch what the rest of the world's media thinks of our affairs. In some ways, the British and Australian media give us more detailed and accurate reporting on American political affairs than the American legacy media does — not that this is a difficult hurdle to surmount.

"The UK Daily Mail, on Monday, was focused not only on the incoming President Trump but on his former electoral opponent — and her "final humiliation."

Kamala Harris faced her final devastating humiliation on Monday as she was forced to watch Donald Trump being inaugurated as President of the United States.

Harris looked grim-faced and forlorn as she arrived at the ceremony on Capitol Hill, failing to raise a smile as she walked in with President Joe Biden.

She kept her thoughts to herself but to onlookers it appeared as though she was quietly fuming as her time as Vice President came to a brutal end.

"The schadenfreude, it is strong with this one. And the 45th and 47th President of the United States didn't let her off easily." . . .

Karma: Brett Kavanaugh Delivers Fitting Coup de Grace to Kamala Harris' Failed Presidential Candidacy  . . ."The second time around had to be the most painful (and humiliating) of all for her, however, considering she lost not just to the Democrats' arch nemesis but also because it was Justice Kavanaugh who swore in her replacement on Monday as she looked on:

  6 years ago, presidential hopeful Kamala Harris helped spread false accusations against Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process. Today, Justice Kavanaugh stands in front of Kamala Harris while swearing in Vice President JD Vance. 

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Trump announces executive actions on immigration, DEI, energy ahead of inauguration

 NPR


"Trump is expected to declare a national emergency at the U.S. southern border, designate criminal cartels as terror groups and end birthright citizenship for children born to immigrant parents without legal status, according to incoming White House officials who spoke to reporters on a call on condition of background.Trump will also reinstate the "Remain in Mexico" policy, which would require some asylum seekers at the southern border to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court, the officials said.

"The moves are some of 10 sweeping executive actions on border security that incoming officials say Trump plans to sign on Monday:

  1. Declare a national emergency at the border: The officials on the call said this action will allow U.S. armed forces to finish the border wall and allow the secretary of defense to deploy members of the armed forces and National Guard to the border.
  2. "Clarify" the military's role in border security: This action "directs the military to prioritize our borders" and protect territorial integrity "by repelling forms of invasion, including unlawful mass migration, narcotics trafficking, human smuggling and trafficking and other criminal activities," the officials said.
  3. End "catch and release," continue building the wall, and end "Remain in Mexico"
  4. Designate criminal cartels as terrorists: This will allow the U.S. to more easily remove members of groups like Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal organization from Venezuela, and MS-13.
  5. Suspend refugee resettlement: The official said the U.S. would suspend refugee resettlement for at least four months.
  6. End asylum and close the border to those without legal status via proclamation: Officials said they are planning to end asylum entirely and close the border to those without legal status via proclamation, "which creates an immediate removal process without possibility of asylum."
  7. End birthright citizenship: The officials said the White House plans to end birthright citizenship, which is enshrined in the 14th Amendment. They argued the amendment does not recognize automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents without legal status. This action is likely to see immediate legal challenges.
  8. Enhance vetting and screening: The officials said they are going to "enhance vetting and screening of illegal aliens."
  9. "Protect American citizens against invasion": Officials said this "equips agents and officers of ICE and CBP with the authorities" they need to deport people from the U.S.
  10. Restore the death penalty: "This action in particular, directs the Attorney General to seek capital punishment for the murder of law enforcement officers and capital crimes committed by illegal aliens. It encourages state agencies and district attorneys to bring capital state charges for these crimes," the officials said.

Defining 'sex' and ending DEI programs Trump will sign an executive action on Monday that says it's the policy of the United States to recognize two biologically distinct sexes — male and female — an incoming White House official speaking on background told reporters Monday.

National energy emergency and "electric vehicle mandate  . . ."The action will end what incoming Trump officials call the "electric vehicle mandate" and will end "efforts to curtail consumer choice on the things that consumers use every single day, whether it be showerheads, whether it be gas stoves, whether it be dishwashers and the like," the official said." . . .

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Iranian Mullahs About to Face a Trump Tornado

 Struan Stevenson; Townhall 

[former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo . . .painted a bleak picture for the mullahs, stating that the fall of Bashar al-Assad was a precursor for the fall of the theocratic Iranian regime: 



 "The Iranian regime is at its weakest point since Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini hijacked the 1979 revolution to seize power. Their Shi’ite axis of resistance in Syria, Gaza, and Lebanon has crumbled with the decapitation of Hamas and Hezbollah and the fall of the brutal Assad regime. Even Vladimir Putin was unable to save their mutual friend and ally – Bashar al-Assad - from overthrow. Now they face the daunting prospect of another four years with Donald Trump in charge in America. He will hold the mullahs to account. He has appointed General Keith Kellogg, former National Security Advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, as his envoy for Ukraine and Russia.

"Addressing a National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) conference in Paris on Saturday, 11 January, General Kellogg said: “For the United States, a policy of maximum pressure must be reinstated, and it must be reinstated with the help of the rest of the globe, and that includes standing with the Iranian people and their aspirations for democracy.”He said that for Iran’s 95 million population, “2025 is the year for Hope, Action, and Change”. As a member of President Trump’s incoming White House team, General Kellogg's remarks were an Important Indication of the new administration's policy on Iran.

"Several distinguished former prime ministers, ministers, diplomats, and generals had also gathered in Paris to speak in support of a robust policy on Iran, expressing support for the main democratic opposition to the mullahs’ theocratic regime and showing their support for the charismatic and courageous NCRI leadership of Mrs. Maryam Rajavi. The mullahs’ predictable reaction to the Paris conference was absolute hysteria. They even summoned the French ambassador to remonstrate with him for allowing the conference to take place. This is the best possible indication of the success of the conference and the disintegrating weakness of the theocratic regime."

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State Farm makes major policy U-turn following devastating LA fires

UK Daily Mail


"State Farm will offer renewals to policyholders affected by the devastating wildfires that it had previously planned to drop. In a major U-turn, the insurance company said it would renew policies in the badly-hit Pacific Palisades neighborhood , alongside thousands more in Los Angeles county, The LA Times reported. However, the offer does not apply to policies that had already lapsed when the deadly fires started on January 7."

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Barack Obama Move During Inauguration Weekend Fuels Relationship Rumors

 RTM   I have passed over a number of posts regarding this, but am beginning to believe there may be some credence to this. TD


"In a notable appearance during inauguration weekend, former President Barack Obama was seen dining solo at one of Washington D.C.’s newest upscale establishments, fueling conversation about his wife Michelle’s announced absence from the upcoming ceremonies and offering a glimpse into the capital’s evolving political social scene.

"The former president made an unexpected entrance at Osteria Mozza, Stephen Starr’s latest culinary venture in Georgetown, on Saturday night. 

"His arrival created an immediate stir among diners, who welcomed him with spontaneous applause before he proceeded to a private dining room upstairs. 

"Some have even speculated that this move points to broader signs of a possible divorce amongst the Obamas, Resist the Mainstream previously outlined." . . .

            "Some have even speculated that this move points to broader signs of a possible                                   divorce amongst the Obamas, Resist the Mainstream previously outlined."

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