President Shitshow’s First 100 Days; Day 17

February 7, 2025 12:09 pm EST Tiff Editorial (Open Thread) Comments Off on President Shitshow’s First 100 Days; Day 17
Donald Trump - Riding the Wrecking Ball. Image by DonkeyHotey.

It’s Friday.

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Friday, February 7 2025
9:00 AM
In-Town Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool
11:30 AM
The President greets the Prime Minister of Japan
Open Press
11:35 AM
The President hosts a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan
Oval Office 
In-House Pool
11:50 AM
The President participates in a bilateral meeting and lunch with the Prime Minister of Japan
Cabinet Room 
Closed Press
1:10 PM
The President holds a press conference with the Prime Minister of Japan
East Room 
Pre-Credentialed Media
1:40 PM
Out-of-Town Pool Call Time
Out-of-Town Pool
2:00 PM
The President makes a Faith Office announcement and signs Executive Orders
Roosevelt Room 
In-House Pool
3:00 PM
The President departs the White House en route Joint Base Andrews
South Lawn 
Open Press
3:10 PM
The President arrives at Joint Base Andrews
Joint Base Andrews 
Out-of-Town Travel pool
3:20 PM
The President departs Joint Base Andrews en route Palm Beach International Airport
Joint Base Andrews 
Out-of-Town Travel pool
5:25 PM
The President arrives at Palm Beach International AirportPalm Beach International Airport
 Out-of-Town Travel Pool
5:35 PM
The President departs Palm Beach International Airport en route Mar-A-Lago
Palm Beach International Airport 
Out-of-Town Travel Pool
5:50 PM
The President arrives at Mar-A-Lago
Mar-A-Lago 
Out-of-Town Travel Pool

During the National Prayer Breakfast, President Shitshow announced he was going to create a new White House Commission on Religious Liberty.

The White House posted his Remarks by President Trump at the National Prayer Breakfast, the announcement creating the White House Commission on Religious Liberty is missing; to be fair, I think they posted the as prepared for delivery speech, not his actual remarks.

Using the shitty YouTube auto generated transcript he says: (21:41) Administration is absolutely committed to defending this proud Heritage and I will always protect religious liberty and that is why today I’m on and really honoring a lot of people but I’m announcing that I will be creating a brand new presidential commission on religious liberty it’s going to be a very big deal which will work tirelessly to uphold this most fundamental right.

From the White House…

02/06/2025:

Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

     Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  It is the policy of the United States, and the purpose of this order, to protect the religious freedoms of Americans and end the anti-Christian weaponization of government.  The Founders established a Nation in which people were free to practice their faith without fear of discrimination or retaliation by their government. 

     For that reason, the United States Constitution enshrines the fundamental right to religious liberty in the First Amendment.  Federal laws like the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), further prohibit government interference with Americans’ rights to exercise their religion.  Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), prohibits religious discrimination in employment while Federal hate-crime laws prohibit offenses committed due to religious animus.

     Yet the previous Administration engaged in an egregious pattern of targeting peaceful Christians, while ignoring violent, anti-Christian offenses.  The Biden Department of Justice sought to squelch faith in the public square by bringing Federal criminal charges and obtaining in numerous cases multi-year prison sentences against nearly two dozen peaceful pro-life Christians for praying and demonstrating outside abortion facilities.  Those convicted included a Catholic priest and 75-year-old grandmother, as well as an 87-year-old woman and a father of 11 children who were arrested 18 months after praying and singing hymns outside an abortion facility in Tennessee as a part of a politically motivated prosecution campaign by the Biden Administration.  I rectified this injustice on January 23, 2025, by issuing pardons in these cases. 

     At the same time, Catholic churches, charities, and pro-life centers sought justice for violence, theft, and arson perpetrated against them, which the Biden Department of Justice largely ignored.  After more than 100 attacks, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution condemning this violence and calling on the Biden Administration to enforce the law.

     Then, in 2023, a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) memorandum asserted that “radical-traditionalist” Catholics were domestic-terrorism threats and suggested infiltrating Catholic churches as “threat mitigation.”  This later-retracted FBI memorandum cited as support evidence propaganda from highly partisan sources.

     The Biden Department of Education sought to repeal religious-liberty protections for faith-based organizations on college campuses.  The Biden Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sought to force Christians to affirm radical transgender ideology against their faith.  And the Biden Department of Health and Human Services sought to drive Christians who do not conform to certain beliefs on sexual orientation and gender identity out of the foster-care system.  The Biden Administration declared March 31, 2024 — Easter Sunday — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

      In this atmosphere of anti-Christian government, hostility and vandalism against Christian churches and places of worship surged, with the number of such identified acts in 2023 exceeding by more than eight times the number from 2018.  Catholic churches and institutions have been aggressively targeted with hundreds of acts of hostility, violence, and vandalism.

     My Administration will not tolerate anti-Christian weaponization of government or unlawful conduct targeting Christians.  The law protects the freedom of Americans and groups of Americans to practice their faith in peace, and my Administration will enforce the law and protect these freedoms.  My Administration will ensure that any unlawful and improper conduct, policies, or practices that target Christians are identified, terminated, and rectified.

     Sec. 2.  Establishing a Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias.  (a)  There is hereby established within the Department of Justice the Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias (Task Force).
     (b)  The Attorney General shall serve as Chair of the Task Force.
     (c)  In addition to the Chair, the Task Force shall consist of the following other members:
          (i)     the Secretary of State;
          (ii)    the Secretary of the Treasury;
          (iii)   the Secretary of Defense;
          (iv)    the Secretary of Labor;
          (v)     the Secretary of Health and Human Services;
          (vi)    the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development;
          (vii)   the Secretary of Education;
          (viii)  the Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
          (ix)    the Secretary of Homeland Security;
          (x)     the Director of the Office of Management and Budget;
          (xi)    Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations;
          (xii)   the Administrator of the Small Business Administration;
          (xiii)  the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
          (xiv)   the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy;
          (xv)    the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
          (xvi)   the Chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; and
          (xvii)  the heads of such other executive departments, agencies, and offices that the Chair may, from time to time, invite to participate.

     Sec. 3.  Task Force Functions.  (a)  The Task Force shall meet as required by the Chair and shall take appropriate action to:
          (i)    review the activities of all executive departments and agencies (agencies), including the Department of State, the Department of Justice, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, over the previous Administration and identify any unlawful anti-Christian policies, practices, or conduct by an agency contrary to the purpose and policy of this order;
          (ii)   recommend to the head of the relevant agency steps to revoke or terminate any violative policies, practices, or conduct identified under subsection (3)(a)(i) of this section and remedial actions to fulfill the purpose and policy of this order;
          (iii)  share information and develop strategies to protect the religious liberties of Americans and advance the purpose and policy of this order;
          (iv)   solicit information and ideas from a broad range of individuals and groups, including Americans affected by anti-Christian conduct, faith-based organizations, and State, local, and Tribal governments, in order to ensure that its work is informed by a broad spectrum of ideas and experiences;
          (v)    identify deficiencies in existing laws and enforcement and regulatory practices that have contributed to unlawful anti-Christian governmental or private conduct and recommend to the relevant agency head, or recommend to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, as applicable, appropriate actions that agencies may take to remedy failures to fully enforce the law against acts of anti-Christian hostility, vandalism, and violence; and
          (vi)     recommend to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, any additional Presidential or legislative action necessary to rectify past improper anti-Christian conduct, protect religious liberty, or otherwise fulfill the purpose and policy of this order.
     (b)  In order to advise the President regarding its work and assist the President in formulating future policy, the Task Force shall submit to the President, through the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy:
          (i)    a report within 120 days from the date of this order regarding the Task Force’s initial work;  
          (ii)   a report within 1 year from the date of this order that summarizes the Task Force’s work; and
          (iii)  a final report upon the dissolution of the Task Force.

     Sec. 4.  Administration.  (a)  The heads of agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law, upon the request of the Chair, provide the Task Force with any information required by the Task Force for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
     (b)  The Department of Justice shall provide such funding and administrative and technical support as the Task Force may require, to the extent permitted by law and as authorized by existing appropriations.

     Sec. 5.  Termination.  The Task Force shall terminate 2 years from the date of this order unless extended by the President.

     Sec. 6.  General Provisions.  (a)  Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
          (i)   the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
          (ii)  the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
     (b)  This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
     (c)  This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias. 02/06/2025.

“The Biden Administration declared March 31, 2024 — Easter Sunday — as “Transgender Day of Visibility.””

Transgender Day of Visibility is always on that date. Easter Sunday just happened to fall on the same day. This is bullshit. Not new bullshit, sure, the kind we’ve become to expect from President Shitshow, but bullshit all the same.

Moving on to Lies Social (I stole the name with permissions):

I can only find one new article written by Eugene Robinson…

Gift link.

The above article doesn’t mention USAID…

I found this; The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending. Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context (gift link).

As the Trump administration this week dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, the primary vehicle for U.S. foreign aid, the White House issued a statement justifying its actions. Titled “At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep,” the news release claimed USAID “has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the ridiculous — and, in many cases, malicious — pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight.”

The news release then listed 12 examples, plucked from the websites of right-wing media. But the numbers cited — as low as $32,000 — hardly justify the claim that these are “massive sums” of money. In fact, they are so low that some of the funds appear to have been awarded at the ambassador level, without Washington involvement. At least one dated from the first Trump administration, and some were actually State Department grants, not USAID.

The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending. Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context (gift link). 02/07/2025.

Sticking with Lies Social…

I don’t remember a big push from former President Biden against plastic straws…

I did find this article from 07/19/2024 written by the New York Times (gift link): Calling plastic pollution one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems, the Biden administration on Friday said that the federal government, the biggest buyer of consumer goods in the world, would phase out purchases of single-use plastics.

They went on to say; The cornerstone of the federal government’s plan is to phase out purchases of single-use plastics for food, events and packaging by 2027. By 2035, it will banish single-use plastics from all government operations.

He sent this out before the other Lies…

At some point, when the hits stop hitting, I’ll be able to gather my thoughts and sources to put together a USAID/DOGE informational link thingy…

In Other News…

Russ Vought was confirmed yesterday to lead the OMB…

Vought was an author of Project 2025; His section is titled: EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES (the pdf is 25 pages long).

To summarize his thoughts; he believes the president and not government agency heads have the ability to spend all the tax dollars sent to agencies by Congress.

The Senate is off until Monday…

A train carrying 350 people caught fire yesterday. No injuries were reported…

A plane carrying ten people has gone missing in Alaska.

Show more =’s Alaska State Troopers received reports at 4 o’clock local time that a Bering Air Caravan heading from Unalakleet to Nome carrying nine passengers and a pilot was overdue, according to an online statement. There was no early word on their identities. It was the third major U.S. aviation incident in eight days. https://cbsnews.com/amp/news/plane-missing-alaska-10-on-board-nome/

Early Friday, the fire department said it doesn’t “have any updated information on the location of the missing aircraft. Crews are still searching on the ground, canvassing as much area as possible. The National Guard C-130 reported they found nothing found so far.”

An FAA weather camera near Nome appeared to show near-whiteout conditions spanning several hours Thursday afternoon, Alaska’s News Source reported.

CBS News. 02/07/2025.

In Hopeful News for 8 years from now…

And One Last Thing…

The final jobs report from the Presidency of Joe Biden was released today.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 143,000 in January, and the unemployment rate edged down to 4.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in health care, retail trade, and social assistance. Employment declined in the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction industry.

[snip]

The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for November was revised up by 49,000, from +212,000 to +261,000, and the change for December was revised up by 51,000, from +256,000 to +307,000. With these revisions, employment in November and December combined is 100,000 higher than previously reported. (Monthly revisions result from additional reports received from businesses and government agencies since the last published estimates and from the recalculation of seasonal factors. The annual benchmark process also contributed to the November and December revisions.)

BLS.gov. 02/07/2025.

This report contains the annual revision using other data points to show the overall picture of nonfarm payroll jobs:

In accordance with annual practice, the establishment survey data released today have been benchmarked to reflect comprehensive counts of payroll jobs for March 2024. These counts are derived principally from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW), which counts jobs covered by the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax system. The benchmark process results in revisions to not seasonally adjusted data from April 2023 forward. Seasonally adjusted data from January 2020 forward are subject to revision. In addition, data for some series prior to 2020, both seasonally adjusted and unadjusted, incorporate other revisions.

The seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment level for March 2024 was revised downward by 589,000. On a not seasonally adjusted basis, the total nonfarm employment level for March 2024 was revised downward by 598,000, or -0.4 percent. Not seasonally adjusted, the absolute average benchmark revision over the past 10 years is 0.1 percent.

The over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for March 2024 was revised from +2,900,000 to +2,346,000 (seasonally adjusted). Table A presents revised total nonfarm employment data on a seasonally adjusted basis from January to December 2024.

All revised historical establishment survey data are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/ces/data/home.htm. In addition, an article that discusses the benchmark and post- benchmark revisions and other technical issues is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbmart.htm.

BLS.gov. 02/07/2025.

The White House responded to today’s jobs numbers…

Statement from the Press Secretary on January’s Jobs Reports

“Today’s jobs report reveals the Biden economy was far worse than anyone thought, and underscores the necessity of President Trump’s pro-growth policies. During his first weeks in office, President Trump declared a national energy emergency to Make America Energy Dominant Again, pledged to cut 10 regulations for every new regulatory action, and outlined a plan to deliver the largest tax cut in history for hardworking Americans. President Trump is delivering on his promise to restore our broken economy, revive small business optimism, create jobs, and ignite a new Golden Age for America.”

Statement from the Press Secretary on January’s Jobs Reports. 02/07/2025.

Tariffs do not = pro-growth policies.

Drill Baby Drill does not = Energy Dominance.

Cutting 10 regulations for every new one =’s fake shit where they cut decades old outdated regulations that nobody follows now anyone. We saw that in President Shitshow’s first term.

Tax cuts to billionaires do not = tax cuts to hardworking American.

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