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The Battle Hymn of the Republic

For the record:

aka "Glory Hallelujah" the song links the Union with God's vengeance at the Day of Judgment (through allusions to biblical passages such as Isaiah 63:1–6, Revelation 19 and Revelation 14:14–19). [via wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_H]

en.wikipedia.orgBattle Hymn of the Republic - Wikipedia

This is disgraceful. An inauguration speech attacking the outgoing president & administration. It’s really hard to watch.

repeated his claim, made countless times during the 2024 campaign, “many from prisons & mental institutions” had illegally entered the country through the southern border. He has offered no evidence for this.

(I still think he doesn’t understand the meaning of “asylum seekers” he thinks they are people from insane asylums)

With his opening lines that “we will not allow ourselves to be taken advantage of any longer,” plunges into a list of , describing America as a nation willing to spend “in the defense of foreign borders” — read: — “but refuses to defend American borders.”

This is a redux of his 2017 “American Carnage” address: He describes America as a catastrophic mess of crime & chaos.

He speaks of “annihilation” & disparages the current government — w/ sitting nearby.

calls his election a mandate to end “a horrible betrayal” & declares that “America’s decline is over.”

has a slight smile on his face as Trump talks about betrayal. He was no doubt ready for a speech that would denounce his admin.

Biden & Harris are watching as Trump promises to declare an emergency at the border & gets a standing ovation from many in the Rotunda. Biden is watching w/his hand over his mouth. Needless to say, neither is applauding.

rests he chin on his left hand, one finger over his lips, as he hears his successor describe an America in decline & invoking the “Alien & Enemies Act of 1798” to justify his coming crackdowns.

As disparages immigrants as criminals & outlines his plans — there are not “millions & millions of criminal aliens” as he claims — a largely white crowd is applauding in the Rotunda.

uses his speech to declare that there “are only two genders: male and female,” according to government policy. That has to be a first for an inaugural speech.

Trump declares that he will stop efforts to “socially engineer & into every aspect of public & private life” & will instead “forge a society that is colorblind & merit-based.” (Yeah, right)

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Nonilex

Unreal, , after saying he wants to be a “peacemaker,” said he plans to rename the the “Gulf of America.”

Hillary Clinton burst out laughing when Trump said he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

also hails President McKinley, who got the going & fought the Spanish-American war. Trump is making it clear that he wants control of the canal back, & falsely claims that “ is operating the Panama Canal.” He ends by saying “we’re taking it back.”

- operates the Panama Canal, though the ownership of ports at either side of the canal by a Hong Kong-based company has raised some security concerns.

is signing documents before the formal lunch at the Capitol, including one that said US flags should be flown at full staff on his & future inauguration days even if it otherwise interrupts a mourning period where the flag would be half staff; the flags were all at half staff mourning the passing of President . The prospect that flags would be at half staff as a sign of respect for the former President Carter pissed Trump off.

’s President José Raúl Mulino said the “is & will continue” to belong to Panama.

His remarks respond to what said about the canal during his speech.

The Panama Canal “has foolishly been given to the country of Panama after the United States — the United States, I mean, think of this, spent more money than ever spent on a project before & lost 38,000 lives in the building of the Panama Canal,” Trump said. “We gave it to Panama, & we’re taking it back.”

President Mulino responded in a Spanish-language statement saying, “I must reject in its entirety the words expressed by President Donald regarding & its Canal.”

“The Canal is & will continue to be Panama’s & its administration will continue to be under Panamanian control with respect to its permanent neutrality,” the statement reads.

In his speech, also suggested that “ is operating the .”

Mulino rejected that, saying, “There is no presence of any nation in the world that interferes with our administration.”

Mulino also responded to ’s assertion that the canal was given to .

“The Canal was not a concession from anyone. It was the result of generational struggles that culminated in 1999, as a result of the Torrijos-Carter treaty &, since then until now, for 25 years, without interruption, we have managed & expanded it responsibly to serve the world & its commerce, including the United States,” Mulino said in his statement.

The new White House on Monday said that President Trump would withdraw the from the , the pact among almost all nations to fight .

By withdrawing, the US would join , & as the only 4 countries not party to the agreement, under which nations work together to keep below levels that could lead to to catastrophe.

The move, one of several -related announcements in the hours immediately following his inauguration, is yet another about-face in participation in global negotiations. During his first term withdrew from the , but then President quickly rejoined in 2020 after winning the White House.

Scientists, activists & Democratic ofcls assailed the move as one that would deepen the & backfire on American .

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Coupled with ’s other measures on Monday, withdrawal from the signals his administration’s determination to double down on extraction & production, & to move away from technologies like & power-generating turbines.

“If they want to be tough on , don’t punish US & hard-working Americans by handing our clean-car keys to the Chinese,” said Gina McCarthy, former White House adviser & former head of the . “The must continue to show leadership on the international stage if we want to have any say in how trillions of dollars in financial investments, policies & decisions are made.”

“President is choosing to begin his term pandering to the industry & its allies,” the Union of Concerned said in a statement. “His disgraceful & destructive decision is an ominous harbinger of what people in the should expect from him & his anti-science cabinet.”

’s irresponsibility is no surprise,” said Christiana Figueres, a Costa Rican diplomat and an architect of the in 2015. “In time, Trump will not be around but history will point to him and his friends with no pardon.”

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The unveiled a portrait of ret. Gen. , former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, earlier this month.

But now that is president, & hours after Milley received a pre-emptive pardon from on his way out the door, Milley's portrait appears to have been taken down.

Milley served in his Joint Chiefs role under both Trump & Biden, & according to a book by journalist Bob Woodward, Milley called Trump “a to the core.”

now has a badge to enter the complex & the NYT reports he is likely to get a West Wing office. Previously, he had been expected to be in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The acting head of the court system, along with 3 other key leaders of the court system, were fired soon after the administration took office on Monday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

’s are so far entirely BS. Almost every single one will have no effect. They are either “messaging” like withdrawal from the (technically Trump needs to submit a letter to the UN & then that doesn’t go into effect for a full year) or will 100% be legally challenged.

Among the executive actions rescinded by include an order that directed the federal government to prioritize racial in its policy making.

The Trump admin revoked a Biden executive order that created a task force to reunify families separated at the southern . In the time the task force was in place, it reunified nearly 800 children with their parents, according to a report it released last year.

rescinded a that directed the federal govt to rebuild the US program. Refugee admissions will be suspended for at least 4 months.
2 of the 78 rescissions Trump announced restore orders that Biden revoked through EO 4yrs ago. One addresses civil immigration enforcement. In 2017,Trump issued an order to strengthen immigration enforcement inside the country & to withhold funds from local agencies that refuse to cooperate w/immigration enforcement.

Another is related to the government’s programs. 4 yrs ago, revoked one of ’s 2017 orders to greatly increase the security vetting of refugees applying to resettle in the US.

Trump signs an executive order designating cartel organizations as “foreign terrorist organizations.” Trump says Mexico will probably not be happy with the order.

, from the Oval Office, has signed what he described as “full pardons” for about 1,500 defendants. He said he also signed commutations of sentences for 6 defendants but did not say who they were.


nytimes.com/2025/01/20/us/poli

Supporters of President Trump climbing the walls of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
The New York Times · Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 RiotersBy Alan Feuer

Someone asked for a picture, here’s a video. laughed at 's speech when he said he was going to rename the to the "Gulf of America" which I’m pretty sure he can’t do.

I also love Doug Emhoff’s face.

@Nonilex
Didn't mention the wall? Mexico paying? Greenland?

@Scotter @Nonilex Mexico will pay for Greenland. Or something...

@Nonilex

It does not matter, every day he will have new lies to spread. Only in that he is consistent.

@Nonilex Just like Putin and Ukraine, claiming invasion was necessary because Ukraine was a Nazi influence.

@Nonilex
If Mexico’s new canal succeeds maybe presenting the orange one with old one as a gift would be fun.

@Nonilex Jimmy timed it just right. Fantastic exit, stage left.

@darren so glad he’s spared having to witness another Trump shit show

@Nonilex Don't forget that the US kinda "induced" the nation of Columbia to "relinquish" the Panama region and let it be its own country.

Sort of how we kinda "induced" Sadam to leave office in Iraq.

The US has a long history of using "filibusters" and actual military forces to push other nations to act in our interest. Just ask Cuba about the Bay of Pigs or Iran about the overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh.

@Nonilex I guess it's Bannon who is out, not Musk. That could get ugly.

@Nonilex

He released Enrique #Tarrio. That's big in a really bad way. This enables a private thug army - brownshirts.

"#Trump’s #ExecutiveOrders are so far entirely BS. Almost every single one will have no effect."

@Nonilex It's not about words written on pieces of paper anymore, sadly. It's about whether the Republican party will allow laws to be broken. We're about to find out the how far over the line they will allow #trump to go.

@Nonilex Where is the executive order regarding the price of eggs.

@Nonilex but this kind of politics is all about performance and what people choose to follow, it's not as if the "law" will jump out of a book and strangle wrongdoers, people have to decide whether the rules make sense for them to follow and enforce. If he says jump, and people jump, than the law is "jump", regardless of what the book says, conversely, if he says jump, and people say "fuck you" then he loses face, at least if the people saying "no" are people he respects or fears...

I think of lot of people envision the law as this solid thing, because it is like that for most people, and are severely unnerved at how flexible and malleable it is to peoples feelings and whims.

@Nonilex We're going to see a lot of pettiness.

@Nonilex Wouldn't be surprised to find out the portrait was not only removed but destroyed! tRump and his minions are small petty vindictive creatures.

@Nonilex Assuming there are historians to look back and make any judgment.

@Nonilex He withdrew us once and Biden put us back in and when he leaves office the next president will hopefully be smart enough to join it again.

@Nonilex Do you have a link to this document?

@vees it’s from President Mulino’s birdsite page. I try not to link to that hotbed of hate & disinformation. But I’m sure you can google it.

@Nonilex Thanks, I'll try to find it somewhere else based on the screen shot

@vees

It’s on the President of Panama’s official government website:

presidencia.gob.pa/publicacion

@Nonilex This means no one is allowed to lower the flag if his death happens to be on or near an Inauguration Day in the future.🤷🏻‍♀️

@Nonilex no statement on making French fries into America fries?

@ottaross @Nonilex or rename all cities spanish names to their English equivalent.-except for those he names after friends, family or sponsors

@Nonilex Glad you’re watching, so I don’t have to. Thanks for your reporting. Did Hillary really do that? (Sounds like something I’d read in The Onion.)

@Nonilex I get it, but I gotta think we need to be at a place where laughing at this shit is not the reaction

@Nonilex
Donnie looks deranged.
He has that demented look on his face.