January 6th Pardons

One of the most controversial actions that Trump took on day one was to issue a blanket pardon to all 1500+ individuals convicted of a variety of January 6th offenses.  This was not a surprise, as he had signaled that he wanted to do this throughout his campaign. ...

National Emergency?

On his first day in office, one of the orders that Trump issued declared a national emergency at the borders.  It was accompanied by an executive order to the Department of Defense to engage in planning for the use of the military at the southern border.  This is a...

Inauguration Day

Well, it’s inauguration day, so it’s a great time to start my entries in this blog.  There was so much that happened today, that I’ll postpone my look at everything in the coming days, as I have time to look at the executive orders and other things...