They are as follows:
- 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.
- Restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship
- Ending the weaponization of the federal government against political opposition
- Compelling all federal employees to show up at work physically
- Freezing all new federal regulations, pending review
- Freezing the hiring of new federal employees
- Relieving inflation by directing federal agencies to find ways to lower prices
- Withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accords
- Pardoning (roughly 1500) and commuting the sentences (14) of January 6 defendants
- Suspending the ban on TikTok, pending further review
- Withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO)
- Countering the “Deep State” by extending presidential control over federal policy officials
- Revoking the security clearances of the 51 officials who signed the Hunter Biden “Russian disinformation” letter
- Declaring a national emergency on the southern border
- Clearing the backlog of security clearances for the incoming administration
- Establishing an “America First” trade policy, including a review of trade with China, and enabling tariffs
- Assigning the U.S. military to help protect the border
- Unleashing U.S. fossil fuel exploration and development, and ending the electric vehicle (EV) mandate
- Suspending refugee admission programs, with exceptions
- Ending birthright citizenship
- Building the wall and securing the border
- Allocating more water to California farmers and communities, rather than to the delta smelt fish
- Restoring the death penalty on the federal level and encouraging its use on the state level for capital crimes
- Promoting “beautiful” federal architecture in civic buildings
- Making it easier for the president to fire senior executives in the “Deep State”
- Declaring a national energy emergency
- Withdrawing offshore wind leases, temporarily
- Pausing and reevaluating U.S. foreign aid programs
- Reorganizing the National Security Council (NSC)
- Rescinding the U.S. agreement to the OECD “global tax”
- Enforcing existing immigration law to the fullest and repealing every directive otherwise
- Reopening Alaskan energy resources, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
- Barring terrorist supporters (like pro-Hamas activists) from the U.S.
- Placing “America First” as the core of U.S. foreign policy
- Establishing the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)
- Recognizing two genders, male and female
- Ending government DEI programs
- Prioritizing skill, not DEI, in federal hiring
- Designating Mexican cartels as foreign terror organizations
- Restoring traditional place names, such as Mt. McKinley
- Allowing states to help guard the U.S. border against invasion
Boy oh boy. Somebody has been busy since November 5th. He hit the ground running.
This is what Biden’s handlers did four years ago, Fred, except Trump took it to another level.
Their is a surprise in #80..Ending the weaponization of the federal government against political opposition. Looks like he has taken off the gloves !
It directs the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to investigate wrongdoing during the past four years:
Section 1. Purpose. The American people have witnessed the previous administration engage in a systematic campaign against its perceived political opponents, weaponizing the legal force of numerous Federal law enforcement agencies and the Intelligence Community against those perceived political opponents in the form of investigations, prosecutions, civil enforcement actions, and other related actions. These actions appear oriented more toward inflicting political pain than toward pursuing actual justice or legitimate governmental objectives. Many of these activities appear to be inconsistent with the Constitution and/or the laws of the United States, including those activities directed at parents protesting at school board meetings, Americans who spoke out against the previous administration’s actions, and other Americans who were simply exercising constitutionally protected rights.
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Therefore, this order sets forth a process to ensure accountability for the previous administration’s weaponization of the Federal Government against the American people.
Sec. 2. Policy. It is the policy of the United States to identify and take appropriate action to correct past misconduct by the Federal Government related to the weaponization of law enforcement and the weaponization of the Intelligence Community.
( This policy is carried out by directing the Attorney General and the DNI to investigate the actions of various agencies over the last four years, including the Department of Justice, the SEC, the FTC and the Intelligence Community, and to report to the President “with recommendations for appropriate remedial actions to be taken to fulfill the purposes and policies of this order.” )
Wonderful! Thanks, Fred, for teasing that out for us.
With DEI gone it’s time to abolish government non-meritorious certifications such as “Minority and Women Business Enterprise” (MWBE) which unfairly discriminate based on race and sex, instead of treating all people with equal dignity and respect.
That gives me an idea, JayCee. Perhaps a number of local folks, at the appropriate time, ought to submit complaints to the Trump Justice Department regarding MWBE in the city of Greensboro and Guilford County. These programs are now illegal. It is merely a matter of getting a governing authority to take care of it.
And if there are any other similar programs– for instance in hiring– those ought to be the object of complaints before the Justice Department also. We just need to wait until Trump gets his people in place.
TC, this order appears to prohibit Fed gov’t agencies from doing business with MWBE and other DEI programs, and Sec 4(b) requires the Feds to encourage the private sector to do likewise:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/ending-illegal-discrimination-and-restoring-merit-based-opportunity/
Sec 4(b): “…the Attorney General, within 120 days of this order…shall submit a report … containing recommendations for enforcing Federal civil-rights laws and taking other appropriate measures to encourage the private sector to end illegal discrimination and preferences, including DEI.”
Perhaps our local gov’t will take pre-emptive action before they wind up in court.
While the order does not specifically go after units of local government, Jaycee, it is pretty clear that the Constitution, federal law and the Supreme Court itself have all spoken against racial preferences. As I noted previously, this matter ought to be ripe for complaints before the Justice Department once Trump gets his people confirmed.