Morning Jolt: Biden Begins to Overturn Trump’s Administrative Legacy

On the menu today, Joe Biden gets to work enacting a leftist agenda with some window dressing on the pandemic; contemplating what it would have taken for Donald Trump to overcome his character flaws; and Antifa in Portland declares they "don't want Biden, they want revenge."

Biden Begins by Rejoining WHO and Climate-Change Accords and Stopping Border Fence Construction

The voters elected Joe Biden and more or less gave him three basic instructions: First, don't act like Donald Trump; second, end the pandemic; third, get our economy back to where it was before the pandemic.

Everything else on the Biden agenda was the usual laundry list of promises to Democratic Party interest groups, the kind of proposals that Hillary Clinton touted with great enthusiasm.

On his first day, President Biden did take some steps on the pandemic front. He signed an executive order requiring the wearing of masks on federal property and calling for a "100 Days Masking Challenge," encouraging Americans to wear masks. (It is fair to wonder how much those who aren't wearing masks now will be persuaded by an executive order.) He returned the ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 21 2021 WITH JIM GERAGHTY January 21 2021 Biden Begins to Overturn Trump's Administrative Legacy On the menu today, Joe Biden gets to work enacting a leftist agenda with some window dressing on the pandemic; contemplating what it would have taken for Donald Trump to overcome his character flaws; and Antifa in Portland declares they "don't want Biden, they want revenge." Biden Begins by Rejoining WHO and Climate-Change Accords and Stopping Border Fence Construction The voters elected Joe Biden and more or less gave him three basic instructions: First, don't act like Donald Trump; second, end the pandemic; third, get our economy back to where it was before the pandemic. Everything else on the Biden agenda was the usual laundry list of promises to Democratic Party interest groups, the kind of proposals that Hillary Clinton touted with great enthusiasm. On his first day, President Biden did take some steps on the pandemic front. He signed an executive order requiring the wearing of masks on federal property and calling for a "100 Days Masking Challenge," encouraging Americans to wear masks. (It is fair to wonder how much those who aren't wearing masks now will be persuaded by an executive order.) He returned the ...   READ MORE

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