Senate The US Politics 2.0 Discussion Thread

Pasting from the White House website, in one single Trump Executive Order, the following Biden Executive Orders have been revoked:


Sec. 2. Revocation of Orders and Actions. The following executive actions are hereby revoked:

• Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government).
• Executive Order 13986 of January 20, 2021 (Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census).
• Executive Order 13987 of January 20, 2021 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security).
• Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021 (Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation).
• Executive Order 13989 of January 20, 2021 (Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel).
• Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis).
• Executive Order 13992 of January 20, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation).
• Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities).
• Executive Order 13995 of January 21, 2021 (Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery).
• Executive Order 13996 of January 21, 2021 (Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats).
• Executive Order 13997 of January 21, 2021 (Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19).
• Executive Order 13999 of January 21, 2021 (Protecting Worker Health and Safety).
• Executive Order 14000 of January 21, 2021 (Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers).
• Executive Order 14002 of January 22, 2021 (Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic).
• Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 (Protecting the Federal Workforce).
• Executive Order 14004 of January 25, 2021 (Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform).
• Executive Order 14006 of January 26, 2021 (Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities).
• Executive Order 14007 of January 27, 2021 (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology).
• Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad).
• Executive Order 14009 of January 28, 2021 (Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act).
• Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border).
• Executive Order 14011 of February 2, 2021 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families).
• Executive Order 14012 of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans).
• Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration).
• Executive Order 14015 of February 14, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships).
• Executive Order 14018 of February 24, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions).
• Executive Order 14019 of March 7, 2021 (Promoting Access to Voting).
• Executive Order 14020 of March 8, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council).
• Executive Order 14021 of March 8, 2021 (Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity).
• Executive Order 14022 of April 1, 2021 (Termination of Emergency With Respect to the International Criminal Court).
• Executive Order 14023 of April 9, 2021 (Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States).
• Executive Order 14027 of May 7, 2021 (Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office).
• Executive Order 14029 of May 14, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment).
• Executive Order 14030 of May 20, 2021 (Climate-Related Financial Risk).
• Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 (Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders).
• Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce).
• Executive Order 14037 of August 5, 2021 (Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks).
• Executive Order 14044 of September 13, 2021 (Amending Executive Order 14007).
• Executive Order 14045 of September 13, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics).
• Executive Order 14049 of October 11, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities).
• Executive Order 14050 of October 19, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans).
• Executive Order 14052 of November 15, 2021 (Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).
• Executive Order 14055 of November 18, 2021 (Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts).
• Executive Order 14057 of December 8, 2021 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability).
• Executive Order 14060 of December 15, 2021 (Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime).
• Executive Order 14069 of March 15, 2022 (Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency).
• Executive Order 14070 of April 5, 2022 (Continuing To Strengthen Americans’ Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage).
• Executive Order 14074 of May 25, 2022 (Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety).
• Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022 (Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals).
• Executive Order 14082 of September 12, 2022 (Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022).
• Executive Order 14084 of September 30, 2022 (Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services).
• Executive Order 14087 of October 14, 2022 (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans).
• Executive Order 14089 of December 13, 2022 (Establishing the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States).
• Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government).
• The Presidential Memorandum of March 13, 2023 (Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the United States Arctic Coast of the Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Gas Leasing).
• Executive Order 14094 of April 6, 2023 (Modernizing Regulatory Review).
• Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023 (Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All).
• Executive Order 14099 of May 9, 2023 (Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers).
• Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).
• Executive Order 14115 of February 1, 2024 (Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank).
• Executive Order 14124 of July 17, 2024 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Hispanic-Serving Institutions).
• Executive Order 14134 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture).
• Executive Order 14135 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Homeland Security).
• Executive Order 14136 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice).
• Executive Order 14137 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury).
• Executive Order 14138 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget).
• Executive Order 14139 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of the National Cyber Director).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Council on Environmental Quality to Act as Chairman).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as Director).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to Act as Director).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for Global Media to Act as Chief Executive Officer).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for International Development to Act as Administrator).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States International Development Finance Corporation to Act as Chief Executive Officer).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 6, 2025 (Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 6, 2025 (Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Certification of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism).
• The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Revocation of National Security Presidential Memorandum 5).
• Executive Order 14143 of January 16, 2025 (Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of AmeriCorps to the Competitive Service).

One executive order was a pause on the establishment of all new wind turbines off the coast:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presiden...g-and-permitting-practices-for-wind-projects/



Here's the official list of all Executive Orders today (5 pages so far):
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/

 

Yep. Which is why I will continue to hope and pray with every fiber of my being that he dies quickly. I truly believe JD Vance will stumble and the cult will turn on him if Trump dies soon. I really hope it's on the toilet from rage truthing so that is how he'll be remembered. That plus Vance would be enough to have eyes turned on him and the media might actually do its job for a bit instead of bending the knee to the felon.

 

I can whole-heartedly agree with you on this point entirely. It's a shame. And at 1 point, the Democrats had a 60-seat Senate majority, and everyone in the nation --who wasn't a rabid racist -- optimistic about the government going in a new direction. Such a wasted opportunity.

 

I don't really think it was a wasted opportunity. Obamacare was a huge achievement and a very worthy one for that time. The courts made it incredibly hard to prosecute Wall Street--even undoing some of the few convictions that were earned. There were lots of points with unforeseeable consequences, but the policy program you are implying was always an extremely steep uphill climb.

 

I don't blame Obama. I think he saw the realities of what the Democratic party was, and he pushed through what was possible. I blame the senate Democrats. So many of them were afraid of losing their seats if they pushed something too big, so they refused to take advantage of the opportunity, failing to recognize that were going to lose their seats anyway. So, why not transform the country and lose your seat rather than back half-measures and act overly cautious and then lose your seat?

I mean, what's the point of having a filibuster-proof majority if you're not going use it to pass a laundry list of legislation? If you're so afraid of losing it that you hamstring yourself from the get-go, then there's no reason to have it in the 1st place.

And now, in hindsight, it just looks even worse. When are the Democrats ever going to have a filibuster proof majority in the future? They'll be lucky to snag 50 seats in almost every election cycle into the foreseeable future.

 

I will say this about Nancy Pelosi: She knew healthcare was a risk and she did it anyway- and she didn't let any of her party back out. They all jumped together. The Senate on the other hand? Harry Reid was good but he could never wrangle them like she did with the House.

 

So anyone wanna wager on when we get our next economic recession? I’d wager before the midterm election

 

Does any of this even matter now? As of this day, the leaders of the Democratic Party are about as credible and relevant as Neville Chamberlain was on September 1, 1939. Sweep the whole lot of them into the dustbin of history.

If we are to emerge from this hell, it will be because our politics and passions took on a radically different form.

 

To underline the (what I think of) highlights of those Biden-era Executive Orders that Trump just repealed:
- AmeriCorps alumni no longer get competitive service for applying for federal jobs
- Cuba is now designated a state sponsor of terrorism, again
-the AI safety regulations
-Oil Drilling restrictions
-DEI initiatives
-Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
-implementation plan for the Energy/Infrastructure provisions of the IRA
-implementation plan for the Bipartisan Infrasture Act
-Criminal Justice refiorms
-LGBTQ reforms
-Federal Contractors Pay Equity/Transparency
-Immigration reforms
-elimination of the use of privately-operated prisons
-COVID response orders

 

Then we aren’t emerging. You either work within the democrat party or you don’t work in Washington at all. There’s a reason Bernie and King caucus with the democrats and don’t just go it alone. That’s not changing. And a third party isn’t breaking through as long as we have FPTP. Sorry just the reality.

 

I think some of this comes down to the dynamics of the two chambers and the powers allotted to individual members.

Dire statements are very easy just now, but likely not true. Democrats looked pretty soundly defeated after 9/11 but realistically did not make very drastic changes before sweeping back into power in 2008. George Bush ruined the US economy (indeed, almost the whole world) and destabilized the entire Middle East in a pointless war he couldn't even win. Republicans had no credibility by the end of his term and should not have recovered at any time in living memory. They engaged in almost no substantive self-critique and came back to power in 2016 regardless. Power is always more fleeting than it looks, and defeats are always less permanent, too.

 

The hard lesson isn’t some dramatic repudiation of the Democrats policy platform, it’s that Americans are easily swayed by a charismatic leader, even if they say the most unhinged and inconsistent things. Even if their actual lives don’t change, now that Trump is in power, they will feel and say that their lives are better, so I’m skeptical that it’s that Democrats actually ran things into a ditch, as much as it is that Trump has somehow convinced people that’s the case (and they had no leader to successfully push back against it). That’s a far more difficult nut to crack, and it means the Democrats need to find a charismatic leader on par with Obama again. Ideally they’d be able to wedded to more left policies to tackle more systemic issues, but the most important thing seems to be finding the right leader, not about radical policy changes.

 

There is not a political solution to the problems of the US.

 

So. Not that it will matter as he will just do them anyway and get away with it. But how man of these executive actions are full on illegal?

 

*Many of...

 

If the president does it, it's not illegal

 

The Supreme Court made it all legal. One more thing that actively undermines our national security is the withdrawal from the World Health Organization. Global public health and our national public health strategy has taken a clear and decisive step backwards. One of many on the way. We’ll be taking a brisk jog in the wrong direction for the next four years.

 

I thought it was a joke but I actually went there and its true:

Go to the White House official website, it begins with a video of Trump saluting helicopters flying, an eagle soaring, I mean Kim Jong Un would be proud of this.

Also, the Spanish version of the website has been taken down, and the button to take you back to the main page in English says "go home".

https://www.whitehouse.gov/es/

 

Can someone go back to 1955 and make sure Biff doesn't get handed the Sports Almanac from his older self? Because we sure seem to be living in that timeline now.

 

By 4pm yesterday my skin felt gross. This isn't a mental health thing, it's a healthy reaction. I think the fact that none of this is a shock. He told us exactly how evil he is. Is the only thing keeping me stable. That and I got kids I can't totally melt down in front of. Unfortunately going to work makes things feel normal. Until our first construction site gets raided. Because I work for a big General Contractor and it's bound to happen. That's when I suspect this gets really real for me. I'm also waiting to find out if the polar plunge to keep winter cold on February 8 will still be legal.

 

With these Executive Orders - don't they have to be voted on in the House/ Senate , whatever?

 

No, they are executive orders, meaning they are made by executive branch solely. Although they can be challenged (I believe) by the legislature or the judiciary (for example the one on birth right citizenship will likely be reviewed by the Supreme Court, as is probably the intention, to try and create new precedent).

 

The Supreme Court really has no choice but to overturn the Executive Order ending birthright citizenship, if the law has any meaning left in the United States.

Wait, did I really just say that?

America under Trump deserves to be a pariah state. Nothing will happen, but it should. Only way to really 'punish' the United States would be to drop the dollar as the primary reserve currency, but the billionaire class would never stand for that.

 

Yep, the Supreme Court you got won't do crap.