Trump sets out to erase Biden's legacy with pardons and orders immediately after taking office excerpt: "A cadre of billionaires and tech titans — including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai — were given prominent positions in the Capitol Rotunda, mingling with Trump’s incoming team before the ceremony began. Also there was Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, who is expected to lead an effort to slash spending and federal employees."
Snoop Dogg, formerly a Trump nemesis, perfomed at Trump pre-inauguration rally Crypto Ball that introduced new crypto items of Trump called '$Trump'. Melania has introduced the Melania crypto coin. Snoop Dogg fans appalled by rapper’s performance at Trump inauguration party
Snoop Dogg fans appalled by rapper’s performance at Trump inauguration party excerpt: The rapper then specifically referred to the time Trump “pardoned Michael Harris”, the co-founder of Snoop’s first label, Death Row, who was in prison for drug offences. He added: “So I have nothing but love and respect for Donald Trump.”
Article from January 2024 about Snoop Dogg changing his mind about Trump. Snoop Dogg fans appalled by rapper’s performance at Trump inauguration party excerpt: Snoop Dogg has explained why he has “nothing but love and respect” for Donald Trump in a surprising U-turn. The rapper made the comments in a new interview, years after being embroiled in something of a feud with the the former president, who is running for office again in the 2024 US election. Seemingly putting his days of trolling Trump behind him, Snoop told The Times on Sunday (28 January): “Donald Trump? He ain’t done nothing wrong to me. He has done only great things for me.”
Florida sheriff encourages illegal aliens to self-deport ahead of Trump inauguration: 'Southbound and down' excerpt: "And I leave with this message: 'Southbound and down.' Do it yourself. You can self-deport and avoid a lot of prison sentence, but it's time. Southbound and down," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said during a press conference on Wednesday. Grady was joined by Gov. Ron DeSantis and several other local and state officials during the press conference held Winter Haven to discuss actions to combat illegal immigration.
Dave Chappelle issues plea to Donald Trump before inauguration on ‘SNL’: ‘Please, do better next time’ excerpt: “I mean it when I say this: Good luck. Please, do better next time. Please, all of us, do better next time,” he said. “Do not forget your humanity and please have empathy for displaced people, whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine,” he added, referencing the Los Angeles wildfires which have largely destroyed the Pacific Palisades neighborhood, among other areas.
TikTok was never forced to immediately go offline in the U.S. It went offline as a political stunt so that it could later go back online and credit Trump for returning online. Trump fires up supporters with one last pre-inauguration rally excerpt: "Welcome back!" the TikTok message read. "Thank you for your patience and support. As a result of President Trump's efforts, TikTok is back in the U.S.!"Earlier Sunday, Trump wrote on TRUTH Social that he is "asking companies not to let TikTok stay dark!"
https://www.npr.org/2025/01/19/g-s1-43062/trump-tariffs-revenue excerpt: "But even new, high tariffs wouldn't raise the kind of revenue Trump seems to want. Trump has often pointed to the 19th century, a time before the federal income tax, as an era he admires. "It'll make our country rich," he said at a December press conference, speaking with admiration about the days of former President William McKinley. "That was when we were at our proportionately the richest," Trump said. During the campaign, Trump even suggested he wanted to replace the income tax with tariffs. Experts have said that would be impossible. Last year, tariffs accounted for just 2% of government income."
The GOP in Congress is trying desperately to undo its own TikTok ban now that Trump no longer wants it banned. Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump’s January 6 Pardons | The New Republic excerpt: "Representatives Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie introduced legislation Monday to repeal the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, also known as the TikTok ban. Preventing the TikTok ban has become a top priority for Donald Trump, even though he was the one who originally urged the app to shutter in the United States."
Trump, in his mind, was bitch-slapped bigly. The peeved expression on the faces of Trump, his family members, and Vance. Trump shouldn't even bother attending a church service. The remarks by the bishop will put her on Trump's hate list.
Trump issued an executive order that allows ICE to arrest people within churches. Washington National Cathedral Bishop Calls Out Trump During Sermon excerpt: Trump was asked by a reporter what he thought of the service after he left the cathedral on Tuesday. “Not too exciting,” he said. “They could do much better.”
Bishop calls out Trump to his face. Washington National Cathedral Bishop Calls Out Trump During Sermon excerpt: “Let me make one final plea, Mr. President. Millions have put their trust in you, and as you told the nation yesterday, you have felt the providential hand of a loving God. In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and independent families — some who fear for their lives. The people who pick our crops and clean our office buildings, who labor in poultry farms and meatpacking plants, who wash the dishes after we eat in restaurants and work the night shifts in hospitals — they may not be citizens or have the proper documentation, but the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals. They pay taxes and are good neighbors. They are faithful members of our churches and mosques, synagogues, gurdwara, and temples. I ask you to have mercy, Mr. President, on those in our communities whose children fear their parents will be taken away, and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands to find compassion and welcome here. Our God teaches us that we are to be merciful to the stranger, for we were all once strangers in this land. May God grant us the strength and courage to honor the dignity of every human being, to speak the truth to one another in love, and walk humbly with each other and our God, for the good of all people — the good of all people in this nation and the world. Amen.”
Republican Rep. Collins wants the bishop added to the deportation list. GOP member Mike Collins wants Bishop Mariann Budde 'added to deportation list' after Trump prayer service
Statement by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.): “The person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list."
Republicans Suddenly Illiterate After Trump’s January 6 Pardons | The New Republic excerpt: When asked about the pardons, Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Tuesday pointed the finger at Joe Biden, stating that the former president opened the floodgates by pardoning his son Hunter, according to CNN’s Manu Raju. “We’re not looking backwards, we’re looking forward,” Thune continued. “I think they were case-by-case.”
The GOP keeps using the phrase that it's not looking backward (when it comes to protecting Trump's bad behavior). Yet the GOP went back to 2014 to try to dig up dirt on Biden to impeach him and they failed.