Not So Civil Executive Orders | 01.26.25

Trump's First Week: DEI Controversy, WHO Exit, and Immigration Fiascos

In this episode of Civil Union, hosts Alex and Ryan dive into a whirlwind week marked by numerous executive orders from President Trump. They delve into the ramifications of the attempted closure of DEI offices, Trump's request to exit the WHO, and the potential end of birthright citizenship. The episode also touches on the historic significance and current political drama surrounding the Panama Canal and the Paris Climate Agreement. Additionally, the hosts share personal reflections, including Alex's family history and the recent loss of his grandmother, while emphasizing the importance of community support during tumultuous times. The episode concludes with a lighter note on the Bishop's sermon and a discussion about Tiffany Trump's peculiar public persona. 

00:00 Introduction to Civil Union Podcast

00:43 Special Episode Announcement

00:58 Attempted Closure of DEI

01:07 Trump's Executive Orders and Their Implications

01:46 Personal Reflections and Family Stories

03:51 Weekly Pulse Check

04:22 DEI Controversy and Federal Actions

06:51 Trump's Stance on DEI and Historical Context

10:15 Withdrawal from the World Health Organization

15:43 Panama Canal and Global Trade

19:23 Paris Climate Agreement Withdrawal

23:55 Birthright Citizenship Debate

29:09 ICE Policies and Legal Challenges

32:58 Overview of Trump's Executive Orders

34:44 Bishop's Sermon and Lip Fillers

39:33 Closing Remarks and Future Episodes

Music: What's The Angle? by Shane Ivers -
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Transcript

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Welcome to the Civil Union the podcast where politics meets partnership. We're Alex and Ryan, a married couple navigating life and debates in a conservative state. We bring you sharp insights, bold opinions, and honest conversations about the political issues shaping our lives, especially those living on the society's margins. Tune in for a real talk, a touch of humor, and plenty of passion. Because when it comes to politics, every voice matters. And we're here to make sure they're heard. All right, guys. So we typically will be coming out with episodes every Wednesday, but with such a heavily dense Newsweek this week, we decided to come out with an extra episode before Wednesday, just so we can better uncover all the events going on in this crazy administration. So for this episode, we'll be covering the attempted closure of the DEI. What does this mean, and how could this affect you? We'll also be diving into the executive order Trump signed this week on his request to leave the World Health Organization. What implications would this have? We'll also be covering the drama over the Panama Canal, the Paris Climate Treaty, the absurdity of ending birthright citizenship, and what else to expect during these first 100 days of the Trump presidency. It's not even been a week, and I feel like I haven't been able to take a breath. And finally, bishop and lip fillers. How are those two things related? Well, we'll be getting to that later. A lot to get to, but first, Ryan, pulse check, what's on your mind? Oh my god, I feel like I've aged like 10 years this week. It was just such a heavily dense filled week. I mean, how are you doing? I'm all right. It's been a long work week. I picked up a couple shifts. And then on Monday, I actually unfortunately lost my grandma. So that was news I didn't really want to have, especially on that day of all days. So it made it into a very, very long, long week. Um, I actually talked to my mom, you know, it made me think when my grandma passed away, I talked to my mom about, you know, what did my grandparents do? You know, you know, Before we were around to get us to where we are as immigrants, I learned that I'm roughly third or fourth generation, and I learned that my grandma on my mom's side was a seamstress, and then she ended up getting a government job because at the time that was one of the better jobs you could get with a college degree. And then my grandpa, on my mom's side, he was a Marine, and then after he got out of the Marines, he went and worked at a meat market in a grocery store, and then became a meat inspector at the Department of Agriculture. My grandpa, on my dad's side, worked at a cement factory, worked his way up to be a chemist, became Director of Human Resources, which afforded my grandma, on my dad's side, to be a stay at home mom. I mean, the thing is, they were afforded More opportunities way back then to achieve the true American dream than immigrants are allowed today. It's a disgrace, and it hurts my heart that this administration is targeting people like my grandparents, who are just trying to make a better life for their family. Losing my grandma this past week turned this into a week of reflection, and I know how fortunate I am to be able to have had my grandparents up until my mid thirties. My grandpa is fortunately still alive and well, but But anyway, that was my week. It was just, it was, it's, it just puts a lot of that in perspective to me, you know? Yeah. I'm so sorry about the loss of your grandma. I was, I was really saddened to hear that. I'm so happy we were able to see her for Christmas. Absolutely. So moving forward, every week we'll be doing a pulse check just to check in, share a bit about our personal lives. It's important with this administration we are under to remember to check in on the people around you. What's on your mind? How are you? Those questions will keep us together. And over these next four years, we need to To keep checking on each other when an administration week one attacks and attempts to dismantle basic lifelines we have had in place for decades that will make it harder for us to have equal rights and inclusions. We have only the people around us to remind us we deserve where we are at and what we have that brings us to the D. I. Yeah, so officials overseeing the diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, also known as D E I across all federal agencies have been placed on paid administrative leave after the Trump administration ordered their offices to be closed. According to the American federation of government employees, which represents about 800, 000 federal workers out of the 2. 2 million there are. It's unclear how many people have been affected by this order. But this effort was swift in an attempt to carry out elements of Trump's day one executive order, dismantling federal diversity efforts. Yeah, I mean, the federal government has no purview over the private sector. But they do have purview over companies that are private contractors and subcontractors to the government meta already last week, Mark Zuckerberg had announced they were rolling back their DEI initiatives. And one thing about Mark Zuckerberg, I want to mention he was on Joe Rogan recently quoted and saying, I think the corporate culture sort of had swung toward being the somewhat more neutered thing. Basically what he's saying by that is over the past few years, corporations started hitting men where it hurts, robbing them of their rights as men. It's becoming harder on men to move up the corporate ladder with proper DEI initiatives that place importance in hiring and promoting women and people of color. Well, I guess these little boy babies have had enough. It's absolutely ridiculous and is highly misogynistic. And also in a memo from the Office of Personal Management, which this is coming straight from the government, by the way, they were quoted in saying, the American people have witnessed firsthand the disastrous consequences of illegal, pernicious discrimination that has prioritized how people were born instead of what they were capable of doing. So, basically, they're just discounting certain people's well earned promotions and hirings. If your skin is a different color other than white, you don't deserve your position. If you're a woman, not a man, eh, you don't deserve that promotion either. You are what they call a DEI hire, and I think that is just absolutely ridiculous. Yeah, so while this controversy was like going on this week, Trump also rolled back the 1965 executive order created and signed by then Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson in June of 1965. Johnson took the stage at. Howard University and laid out the vast differences between black and white Americans and his plan to address it. He said, black poverty is not the same as white poverty. He also said that this was caused by ancient brutality, past injustice, and present prejudice. He also said that black Americans are still buried under the blanket of history and circumstance. It is not a lasting solution to live, lift just one corner of the blanket. It. We must stand on all sides and we must raise the entire cover if we are to liberate our fellow citizens. Now, during this time, the median income for black families drops from 57 percent of what white households earned in 1952 to 53 percent in 1963, Johnson called a conference of scholars, government officials, and black leaders. To ensure that black Americans moved beyond opportunity to achievement. This 1965 act created that small fine print. You see when you're filling out an application for employment, it reads something to the extent of this workplace prohibits employment discrimination based on sex, religion, race, national origin, et cetera. And Trump rescinded that order with the stroke of a sharpie. I mean, the thing is, with all this being said, it wasn't like Trump hid his stance on this. He openly talked about these plans during his campaign. And what I just don't understand, I really just don't understand, is why so many women voted for him because these things weren't These things were out in the public. It's not like he hid it. And I mean, I guess people voted for him. They saw this and just didn't care or didn't hold us at a high enough priority for them for it to matter. I mean, to them, I guess they, they thought groceries were more important, but I just, I really don't understand how this went so far under the table. Like people are like, Oh, so surprised by it. But it was like, he's been running on this for a while. Yeah. Did any of us even know what DEI was like two weeks ago? I did not know what DEI was. I had no idea The DEI, basically stemmed off of an executive order Biden had placed and was a tool to help build racial equity and reverse decades of discrimination from undeserved communities. Instead, President Trump feels this is a threat to our nation's future, which is just absurd. I mean, you could, you know, The D. I. In place was what allowed for people to have a true American dream. Yeah. Oh, another thing. You'll probably hear the word executive order thrown out a lot in this episode because a lot where it was issued. A lot of executive orders were signed this past week, you'll probably hear more over the next four years. But an executive order is a directive issued by the president. It has the force of law and does not require approval from Congress or state legislature. I guess when they, the Republicans have all the power, it's okay that states don't have a say if they want to participate in these actions or not. Now, not only did President Trump throw the DEI off a cliff this week, but he also made huge waves concerning the World Health Organization. Yeah. Huh. Another disaster we saw this week by this administration already was when Trump signed an order for the United States to leave the WHO or PEC. Otherwise known as the World Health Organization. This was based on allegations that he says the WHO mishandled the COVID 19 pandemic and was subject to undue political influence from member states. Undue influence, a global pandemic where people are literally dying in packed hospitals across the world. It is so interesting to me that Trump is so quick to place blame on anyone else but his administration for the COVID 19 pandemic pitfalls. The COVID 19 pandemic fell on his administration. And let's not forget there was a high mishandling of the rollout of vaccines, which caused disastrous delays. Trump also mishandled the initial testing of potential COVID 19 infected. And he also botched the handling of respirators and PPE that was so desperately needed in hospitals around the country. I mean, Trump could have enacted the Defense Protection Act. But decided to side with his lobbyist friends. He resisted attempts to plan for worst case scenarios and instead pushed out false information to the public. But now, this week, he's placing blame, again, on other countries, on the WHO, and is using that as an excuse for him to make this move. Yeah, us withdrawing from the WHO has several repercussions, like the immediate cessation of U. S. funding. The WHO, which once again, former New York Mayor billionaire Michael Bloomberg recently released a statement saying his philanthropy will fund the WHO for a second time. Yes, a second time. Remember, Trump left the WHO back in 2017, so his dis distaste for the organization runs. Deep, much deeper than the 2020 pandemic. Yeah. And I mean, pulling out of the WHO means as well that we would lose access to the World Health Organization's global public health data, which tracks potential outbreaks and assist the CDC in making decisions. Without that data, the CDC is basically flying blind. And right now there's a potential bird flu outbreak. I mean, there is a growing concern right now. Over 100, 000. Ducks were euthanized due to a potential outbreak. Eggs have gone up in price 40%. And it's funny because people voted on Trump because of the price of eggs. And now eggs have gone up 40 percent this week. Yet the CDC has been muted. Trump muted them. This does not fare well with us pulling out of the WHO. Yeah, health experts have expressed concerns that this move could compromise both national and global health security. The WHO plays a crucial role in coordinating international responses to health emergencies like the COVID 19 situation, the pandemic. The absence of the US may hinder those efforts to manage current and future global pandemics. Yeah, and this also affects the US pharmaceutical companies and their development of any future vaccines we may need, which, I mean, isn't that surprising since RFK Jr, who is currently the nominee for Health and Human Services Secretary. Well, His stance on vaccines is shaky at best. He may need congressional approval, which with the slim Republican majority, a few dissenters could actually block Trump's move. Yeah, look at it this way. A hundred years from now, when the next global pandemic hits health experts, who I, whom I tend to believe over the billionaires club say that these large global pandemics like the Corona virus. tend to happen once every hundred years, just like the Spanish flu did in 1918, which started in a small tiny town in Kansas. And this flu spread through port cities and was during world war one, which, you know, overshadowed the Spanish flu epidemic. I actually lost both of my great grandmother's parents to that flu, but when the next global pandemic hits, the United States will not be part of the WHO. So treatments and crucial information will be hindered specifically by the United States because we left who will we blame well, Republicans like to blame Biden for everything, but really history books, if they aren't strictly mandated by then we'll read Trump because you'll, but you know, he'll be long gone by then. So I guess, uh, we need to elect another democratic president to clean up his mess. Again. Yeah. And I'm just throwing this little bit of info out. If Trump decided to stay in the WHO, it would allow Trump to have a hand in pushing for a candidate he likes to lead the WHO. When Dr. Tedros as director of the W. H. O. in 2027. He's been in that role since 2017 his terms up. But I mean that is a scary idea on the flip side. If does if Trump does stay in the W. H. O. that he'll have a hand in that decision. So, While the World Health Organization works tirelessly to address global health crises and improve health care standards worldwide, the historical significance of global infrastructure is also crucial in continuing to move our world forward. One such project that dramatically changed global trade and connectivity is the Panama Canal, which President Trump is now trying to take back. Yeah, so this canal, if I remember correctly from grade school and from my quick research on Google, was built to create a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or at least that is what those bodies of water are called right now. Not sure if the Republicans want to rename those just yet. But it's a massive canal that takes about 11 hours to travel through. The United States, China, Chile, Japan, South Korea are all major users of this canal. It's an easier way to get products you want to your front door. But during this massive construction, over 29, 000 workers died, mostly due to tropical diseases such as yellow fever, malaria, between 1881 to 1894, 22, 000 workers were killed, but through science and vaccines, that number dropped drastically to around 5, 000 people between 1904 to 1914. So vaccines save lives, make vaccines great again. That's hilarious. I mean, it's true, though. And no one really knows why Trump has had a sudden fascination over the canal. I mean, it is a pretty cool engineering marvel if you think about it. I have no clue how anyone built it in 1904. ships go into this little chamber, water lifts it up, it goes in another chamber, does the same thing, crosses a lake, then gets lowered back to the sea level on the other side. Like who in the hell thinks of something like that in 1904? I do think President Trump is just playing ball with these statements though, as a negotiation tactic to get rates down on US ships, but there is a possibility. Something called a neutrality agreement that won't allow for that to happen. So Trump is just spinning his wheels in mud at this point. Yeah, why does Trump want this canal so bad? He wants American control over this canal because he's worried that it'll fall into the wrong hands, specifically alluding to China's growing influence on that region. Rubio's first trip abroad is in Central America this week and includes a stop in Panama. More to come on the outcome of that trip, uh, I guess, next episode. Yeah, I mean, my thoughts are I'm not sure why no one has learned this lesson. But I think Trump is just throwing a handful of things at the wall to see what sticks as a form of distraction for news media to cover to allow him to do other screwed up things no one is paying attention to. He is highly manipulative, and doing these little stunts is his way of manipulating stories So He can do other things in the shadows. Also, it is an interesting little thing to say. Republicans have been so anti China. They've had this whole stance of wanting to increase tariffs. But by pulling out of the WHO, it allows for China to have more of a standing with the WHO, giving them more control. By causing issues with Panama, it positions China to have a more friendly relationship and more of an advantage in building something between them and Panama. By allowing a 90 day extension on TikTok also appeases a certain demographic of people and feeds Trump's ego, but it also allows China to continue access to vast amounts of data to people here in the U. S. I mean All of these moves, I think, are going to backfire on Trump's administration at some point. They are so stupid, they don't even realize they are holding a gun, ironically, to their own feet. President Trump's recent dramatics with Panama is just one recent development of the U. S. trying to shift away from international partnerships. Trump announced on Monday his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement for a second time. Time. Yeah. Just what is the Paris Climate Treaty you ask? Well, it's an international agreement on climate change. the treaty covers climate change, mitigation, adaptation, and finance. 196 members or countries sign this agreement in 2015. Trump declared that leaving this agreement would be a victory for the American economy. It is frustrating because there is so much potential in other sources of income. The world's resources, there is so much potential in wind and solar energy and us leading that environmentally friendly technology for him to say leaving would help the American economy is a farce per the Texas Comptroller in 2022 coal energy generated 16. 6 percent of Texas energy at nearly 20, 000 megawatts. Wind energy generated 25 percent of Texas energy at 40, 556 megawatts. And as of quarter one in 2023, the value of total solar investments in Texas is nearly 22 billion, bringing more than 10, 000 industry related jobs to the state as well. So again, there is no reason to just stop that growth and pull out of our promise to keep with the Paris Climate Treaty unless It is benefiting Trump or fellow Republican pockets. Yeah, many economists have big doubts about leaving this agreement. The economists say the agreement would likely help create about as many jobs and renewable energy as it might cost in polluting industries. When the U. S. Pulls out for a second time, it would seal the deal to protect old school jobs like coal and oil, which is great. Having employed Americans is absolutely wonderful. In fact, the Biden administration had like some of the lowest unemployment history in decades. It also risks losing the chance to lead the world and developing environmentally friendly technology and the creation of good paying jobs that would come with that. Also, well, and to what I built, you know, a little bit ago when I mentioned about how leaving out certain things and, uh, is allowing China more control. This is one of those things as well. Getting out of the Paris climate agreement and not focusing our efforts on clean energy allows for China and the European Union to gain a competitive edge in that sector. By stepping out of the Paris agreement, we are taking away our political influence even more. So again, gone at foot. I just don't understand it. Why does his supporters continue to scream and shout drill, baby drill? They've certainly been drilling the last four years under Biden. Why can't we start shouting solar, baby, solar? Should we continue to use all our Earth's resources when there is proven technology we can garner from renewable resources? The reason they scream drill baby drill is because it's easier to fill their pockets with oil money with corporations that bankroll their campaigns. I mean, this issue has completely turned into a political pawn that unfortunately will have wide negative repercussions with the environment. What, what I find sad too is that does no one remember that Trump wanted to drill in Alaska? Back in 2021, the Trump administration 1. 0 tried to push the first sale of oil leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and he will definitely try that again, pulling out of the Paris Agreement. Let me also just mention Florida got snow this past week. New Orleans got eight inches of snow. Houston got snow. That's nuts from Texas. That's that does not happen. California has up to this point this year, basically been continuously on fire, but Oh, global warming is not a concern. I know they're actually supposed to get rain this weekend. So hopefully some of those fires, uh, burn out. That'll be really nice. But, um, leading on to the next topic. Well, international agreements like the Paris Climate Agreement focus on global cooperation and shared responsibility. There are also domestic policies that spark heated debates about identity. Rights and belonging within our borders. One such issue is birthright citizenship. Let's shift gears and explore how this longstanding principle is being challenged and what it means for the future of American society. Yeah. Sorry about that, babe. I was getting ahead of myself. That's all right. All right. So, um, also on day one, Trump issued yet another executive order. Jesus. How many executive orders did he issue this week? I, it has to be a record. Anyways. Um, this one was called Protecting the Meaning and Value of American Citizenship, which aims to end birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents who are neither U. S. citizens nor lawful permanent residents. In response to this, 22 Democratic led states filed lawsuits challenging the executive order. arguing that it violates the citizenship clause of the 14th amendment. He's trying to rewrite the constitution because he's crazy, which, this birthright citizenship has been interpreted to grant citizenship to nearly all individuals born on US soil. And these 22 states, they contend that the executive order exceeds presidential authority and undermines constitutional protections, which it does. Yeah, I mean, birthright citizenship has been in the Constitution for 157 years through the 14th Amendment. When the 14th Amendment was ratified right after the Civil War, it basically allowed for multiracial democracy. This is yet another example of a group of people who have anxiety over rapid change. They feel threatened, and therefore their response is, let's build walls, deport people, resist progress. It looks weak. But this will affect people in the U. S. on visas. Let's say a student here or a worker at a growing tech company here on visa gets pregnant by someone else here on a visa. Well, that baby would be denied citizenship. These people following the rules and benefiting the workforce, yet their kid is denied that right. This could also affect passports. Passports right now to get a passport. You only need proof of a birth certificate. We actually just got our passports back in November, so we know this process very well. But on that birth certificate, it doesn't show whether the parents are citizens or not. Or their immigration status. So if this passes, they will most likely change how that all works. It could become a huge pain in the ass for a lot of people if they start making people not only show proof of birth certificate, but also have to send them proof that both their parents were citizens at the time of their birth as well. I thought we had to show our social security card too, didn't we? We may have had to do that too, yeah. Yeah. But the the right's argument is that immigration has gone out of hand. According to the Economic History Association, from 1870 to 1920, there were 260, 000 to 892, 000 immigrants entering our border per year. But in the past three years, since 2022, there have been over two million immigrants a year at the U. S. Mexico border. There's this idea that there needs to be a limitations enacted like many other developing countries have enacted. I think, for instance, Australia, you can become a citizen, but you have to show proof that you lived in the country for about 10 years before they allow you citizenship. So I mean, there are stipulations there in other countries. Yeah. So when did this whole immigration thing become an issue? I mean, I got to do some more research on it, but like my great grandparents, their parents, both sets on both sides, they all immigrated here from Europe. And I remember, you know, just like in the Titanic, how they were like, you know, in that movie when they like, like float past the statue of liberty. I mean, you just went to Ellis Island, you know, signed something and then you were like an American, like when. Did this become an issue? When did this become an issue? Well, and what people don't get to is a lot of this doesn't even, you know, it doesn't make any sense. And I think this is really about upholding the principles of the United States. Only Canada and America allocate citizenship using the legal principles of right of soil but enacting the 14th amendment allowed for diversity, allowed for growth, and allowed for the ability for us to develop a robust economy. How do we want to be viewed as a country? We can't stand and say there is an American dream if we make it harder to allow pathways to citizenship for immigrants. Yeah, it's a mess. And you know, I always run into people, you know, out and about at the bar, at a restaurant, and they tell me, yeah, immigration is such a problem. It's such a problem. It's an issue. And I'm like, They probably haven't talked to one immigrant or ran into one immigrant here in the Midwest, at least ever. You know what I'm saying? So it's like, it's always such a problem and it's always a topic of conversation, but I don't see it in my everyday life. I really don't. And as far as I'm concerned, they're all trying to make the American dream happen for them as well. And we need that to be, you know, doable. It has to be doable. Did you see ice? is now allowed to enter churches, schools and hospitals. Now, this should be concerning for all of us. Just yesterday. This week, Trump administration, ice was outside a grade school in the south side of Chicago. That is nuts. That is, and it, you know, it, it, it begs the question why parents, you know, they are worried about leaving their kids at school because they don't know if they're going to see them at the end of the day. That's, that's just not normal for anyone. Absolutely frightening. Absolutely frightening. Not only do you have to worry about violence in schools, they're going to have to start worrying about ice showing up. What are they going to do? Take their kids. Uh, but the Chicago public school, I think that was the school district. They have a good set of policies in place That will not allow random people entering the building without You know, I guess a search warrant. I have no idea. Well, on Thursday, Seattle based federal district court judge, John C. Koinor blocked the policy for 14 days with a temporary restraining order. There'll be a preliminary injunction to permanently block the executive order while litigation proceeds. The case is one of five lawsuits filed by democratic attorneys, general and immigration rights organizations. This means this will Definitely make its way to the Supreme Court, but also to amend the Constitution. Technically, Trump would need to call a constitutional convention or get two thirds of each house in the U. S. Congress and three fourths of the states to ratify. So we will see moving forward what happens with this. Yeah. So, I just want to reel everyone in for a moment for, uh, All the listeners out there, to talk about what to expect over the next four years, let me be very clear here. This administration is going to flood our lives with executive orders, left and right. It's going to be very hard to get a handle on what's going on behind closed doors, but this is exactly how Republicans play their games. They want to see what they can get away with. They want us to talk about things like renaming a body of water, which I will not say. And they want us to talk about. You know, shutting down a social media platform while everyone gripes about that, they're with ripping away your rights. Your freedoms and essentially trying to take over the world as we've seen with the Panama Canal. You know, unlike his first term, I do think this time around, Trump is going to go full throttle nonstop knowing that midterms are in two years, he's going to take advantage of what gains the Republicans have this past week. Instead of making decisions that could potentially allow him to engage with the country and gain a bit of favorability amongst his critics, he's focusing his efforts on reversing. Everything Biden tried to do during his presidency. I also kind of hope he follows through on tariffs because people who voted for him due to high grocery prices will finally realize, hopefully, that in fact, putting in tariffs will not help that case. People voting so much on economy and taxes, when in fact, once Trump enacts those things and people realize, Oh, wait. These tax changes don't help me. Oh, wait, why are the prices going up or not going down? Well, this is what happens when you vote on a motion before educating yourself fully on these issues at hand. They had tunnel vision on one issue. I do think these 100 days, we have to remind ourselves to take a breath. Like you said, and really take in what is actually going on. It's not even been a week, and I feel like he's, his presidency has been a rush on my senses. He deliberately throws so much out there to try to keep you from being able to actually reflect on the gravity of any one particular event. Yeah. And, um, also I have a whole little thing for tariffs and about tariffs and teaching you about tariffs on the next episode. So make sure you listen. It's good with that said, let's go over some orders. Trump has signed that due to the dense news environment this past week, some people may have missed. So Trump suspended the U. S. Refugee admission program. The effect of that is that nearly 1660 Afghans cleared by the U. S. to resettle in the country, including family of active military personnel had their flights cancelled. This includes minors awaiting reunification with their families as well as Afghans at risk of Taliban retribution because they fought for the former US backed Afghan government. This and also includes Ukrainians over here seeking refuge from the Ukraine Russia war. They all will be sent back. Yeah, in a memorandum via the whitehouse. gov Transcribed by https: otter. ai Trump stalled all wind on energy products on land and at sea for the foreseeable future. No more construction of wind farms done. He also rescinded Biden's order to allow transgender troops to serve in the military. This isn't an outright ban right now, but rescinding the order paves the way for this to happen. That executive order we talked about earlier that revoked the DEI. Well, It would also revoke the Equal Opportunity Employment Opportunity Order that has been in place since 1965. Discrimination in the workplace will be a real thing, and you won't have legal backing to defend yourself for any actions a company may take. Yeah, he also rescinded a Biden order that allowed for prescription drug costs to be lowered. This means prescription prices will go up again. This also could have implications for the cost of insulin to go way back up. Not good. And this will affect many, many people, especially the poor people. Now, moving on to the Bishop and the Lip Filler situation, Lip Fillergate, if that's what I should call it, at least I think they're Lip Fillers. I don't know. Do you think Tiffany Trump has Lip Fillers? Oh, absolutely. Have you seen her Instagram? Yes, she has Lip Fillers. I don't know. I don't know if it's like natural or what, but so anyways, on Tuesday, the second day, during the national prayer service at Washington National Cathedral, Bishop Marianne Edgar Buddy delivered a sermon, directly addressing President Trump. I don't know if everyone saw the split screen video of, the Bishop and Trump family with J. D. Vance and his wife there. I have huge respect for this Bishop for preaching and asking this administration to have respect and remorse for those in the LGBT community, And to have respect and remorse on the immigrants who keep coming. Building their American dream. Instead of ripping people away from their families, why don't we create an easier way to citizenship? I think we talked about that earlier already. Not every immigrant is a criminal. Obviously we stated facts on that on the last episode. That is a fact proven time and time again. Yeah. But. Yeah, go ahead. I mean, Bishop Buddy showed so much, to me, so much courage doing what she did. I can't imagine the nerves she had to have had standing up there advocating for vulnerable communities in the face of all those terrible people. Her voice didn't shake. She spoke with conviction, she spoke mildly, and with composure. I mean, it was inspiring, honestly. J. D. Vance's little side eye and whisper heeded to his wife during her speech, she, the bishop had said, there are gay, lesbian, and transgender children, and he made a little face, well that, that was, It speaks volumes on the fact that this administration will have no mercy on LGBTQ rights. It's pretty scary. You know, he did look at his wife and forgive me. I don't, I don't know her name. Um, I don't know what, sorry about that, but, his JD Vance's wife actually looks like Nice. Like I actually want to like talk to her, you know, I was kind of looking at her Wikipedia page and she was like a Democrat for a while and then she met JD Vance and went to an independent and then she was independent until 22. So he was already like a Senator then, wasn't he? And, she switched to Republican when I guess he was trying to become president or something like that. But that is interesting to think like, could you imagine getting with someone and you're not their party and then you would like, I don't, I don't, I could not see myself switching parties just because of someone I'm with. Like I, I will always be Democrat. I will, I don't, I can't fathom the idea of just turning a Republican cause that's what my husband is. Like, I'm sorry to tell you that, but that's the truth. But anyway, so like during the split screen video that was going on, you know, they had the Bishop and they had the, you know, all the pews with the Trump family and the Vance's there. And Tiffany Trump was like sent dead center in the middle and she's just sitting there and she's just starts giving these side eyes when the bishops are talking about the LGBT community and immigrants, you know, she's like looking for like responses. It's, Like, I'm sorry, I didn't know who she was for the longest time until like the last six months of Trump's first term. And then as we're all like sheltering at home during the COVID 19 pandemic, as we all should have been doing, she's like dancing around, prancing around on Instagram, around the white house, like, Like nothing's going on. She, she really wants to be a star. You know, Tiffany Trump is an interesting character out of all the Trumps to me. She wasn't raised by Trump directly, but actually by her single mother in California, she only saw her father on holidays and special occasions, but primarily lived a completely different life. siblings. She also is the only one of her siblings that got a law degree. She's been the odd one out in the family circle. And the point being that she could be very entertaining to watch because she's kind of a wild card. Yeah. Well, she had like a, an Instagram post and it had Chapel Rones, like H O T T. OGO, you know, that had to go song. And, it's like Chapel Roan does not want you to be listening to her girl. She does not like you. Fun fact. She has a single. Tiffany Trump has a single called like a bird that was released in 2011. You can find it on YouTube. She has a single. song. Oh, and it's actually very entertaining. Very early 2000 pop. It also has image and heap vibes. There is so much autotune, but still an internet entertaining find. I highly suggest people go search it out. It's called like a bird. You know what would be fascinating if Heidi Montag and Tiffany Trump did like a song together. Oh my God. That would be hilarious. I would like listen to it once and then I turn it off. Um, anyways, okay, so that's, that's all we got for you today. Um, well, here we go. Here's my closing. America is in the history books again for electing an incompetent leader. Leader, the Republican party will sanitize the history books. Your kids and grandkids read and blame this mess on Biden. I'm sure of it. They're trying to do that for January 6th. Actually, they've got their own little, group of people, house of representatives that are going to analyze and investigate and essentially sanitize what the January 6th, investigation reports came out, you know, two years ago that Liz Cheney was running. Um, but they've always campaigned that they want, they just want to move forward, but apparently they have. hard feelings about January 6, but we can talk about on the next episode. Well, thank you guys for joining us again and listening. We'll be back on Wednesday until then. 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