Biden Readies Executive Orders to Reverse Trump Policies on Day One ... Including lifting travel restrictions from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.

 Former Vice President Joe Biden is preparing a bevy of executive orders to issue on his first day in the White House that will reverse some of the key policies of the Trump administration.

Biden, whom the Associated Press declared president-elect on Saturday, has already tasked his transition team with focusing on how to leverage the “executive power” of the Oval Office, according to the Washington Post.

Some of the orders that Biden plans to issue deal with hot button topics like immigration and national security. According to the Post, Biden plans to reverse the Trump administration’s decision to impose tight travel restrictions for individuals attempting to travel to the United States from countries like Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. Biden is also planning to issue orders to reinstitute protections for illegal immigrants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and prioritize family reunification.

Upon taking office, Biden also plans to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord and restore U.S. support for the World Health Organization (W.H.O.). Trump withdrew the U.S. from the former and terminated its support for the W.H.O.

The Biden team’s preparation of executive orders occurs as control of the U.S. Senate is set to be determined by two run-off elections in Georgia in early January. Republicans, who have held the Senate in 2015, need only to win one of the contests to maintain control of the chamber. Biden, in particular, appears ready to mobilize the full force of executive power if such an event occurs and the GOP hamstrings his agenda throughout the legislative process.

“I expect that to be freely used in a Biden administration at this point, if the Senate becomes a roadblock,” an adviser for the former vice president told the Post.

The readying of executive orders by Biden’s team comes even though the former vice president assailed some of his competitors during the Democrat primaries for spurning bipartisanship in favor of ruling through executive authority.

“You hear Democrats saying, ‘I’m going to get elected and I’m going to by executive order do the following,’” Biden told an audience in Iowa in November 2019. “Come on, executive orders are basically menus to abuse the power of the presidency.”

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AOC says she might quit politics as Dems pin losses on progressives saying defund the police was a disaster

 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blamed 'Republican narratives' for tearing Democrats apart as she revealed over the weekend she considered not running for reelection due to in-house fighting between the progressive and establishment arms of the Party.

When asked by The New York Times if she would consider running for the Senate if Joe Biden's administration ended up being too 'hostile' toward progressive causes, Ocasio-Cortez said, 'I genuinely don't know. I don't even know if I want to be in politics.'

'You know, for real, in the first six months of my term, I didn't even know if I was going to run for re-election this year,' she added.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was confident going into Tuesday's election that the Democrat-controlled lower chamber would be able to pick up a dozen more seats to widen their majority.

Instead, Republicans were able to close the gap by so far gaining a net 8 seats, including beating incumbent Democrats and flipping several blue districts red. Although they still hold a minority, the margin is much slimmer, creating a more powerful GOP caucus in the House.

'Republicans levied very effective rhetorical attacks against our party,' Ocasio-Cortez told CNN's Jake Tapper during an interview on 'State of the Union' Sunday morning. 

Many establishment Democrats blamed progressive lawmakers for this loss, mainly Ocasio-Cortez and her 'squad,' which includes Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan; Ilhan Omar of Minnesota; and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

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Trump will stand by Israel until he leaves office

 The Trump administration will continue to promote pro-Israel policies for as long as President Trump remains in office, a senior administration official said Monday morning.

According to a report by Kan Monday, the administration official said the White House would continue to work “with Israel and on Israel’s behalf” until President Trump leaves office.

“We were elected for four years and we intend to take advantage of that time until the very last moment. And we came here to work.”

“We have more than a few things to do with Israel and on Israel’s behalf, and we will continue to act.”

The comments come a day after the Trump administration’s envoy for Iran, Elliott Abrams, arrived in Israel and met with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and National Security adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat to discuss plans for a string of new sanctions on Iran.

Abrams is also expected to meet with Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz and other senior Israeli officials.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to visit Israel next week.

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Ancient juglet containing gold coins unearthed in Yerushalyim

 

A juglet (a small pottery jar) containing four pure gold coins dating from more than a thousand years ago (the Early Islamic period), was unearthed during archaeological excavations conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), as part of the Jewish Quarter Development Corporation’s plan to build an elevator and make the Western Wall Plaza accessible to visitors coming from the Quarter.

The juglet was found by Israel Antiquities Authority inspector Yevgenia Kapil during preliminary digging at the site last month. Some weeks later, as excavation director David Gellman was examining the finds, he emptied the contents of the juglet.

“To my great surprise,” says Gellman, “along with the soil , four shiny gold coins fell into my hand. This is the first time in my career as an archaeologist that I have discovered gold, and it is tremendously exciting.”

According to Israel Antiquities Authority’s coin expert, Dr. Robert Kool, “The coins were in excellent preservation and were immediately identifiable even without cleaning. The coins date from a relatively brief period, from the late 940s to the 970s CE."

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NYC to begin counting mail-in ballots tomorrow with several races at stake

 

New York City is set to begin counting its more than half a million mail-in ballots Monday — votes that could swing several local races.

While the deadline for the state’s local boards of election to receive absentee ballots is Tuesday, the city will at least get a jump on the ones it has so far.

As of Friday, the number of mail-in votes received by each borough was: 199,352 in Manhattan; 161,762 in Queens; 106,987 in Brooklyn; 52,049 in The Bronx and 31,351 in Staten Island.

The total is about half the 1.1 million absentee ballots requested by residents.

Local races yet to be called because of the ongoing ballot-counting include:

11th Congressional District

Republican Nicole Malliotakis looks set to defeat incumbent Dem US Rep. Max Rose in the 11th Congressional District covering Staten Island and southern Brooklyn.

The particularly bitter, multimillion-dollar race is virtually over, with Rose appearing to be too far behind to catch up to his foe even with the number of mail-in ballots yet to be counted. Malliotakis has already claimed victory, but Rose has non conceded.

“As a soldier who fought for our democracy, I believe every vote should be counted,” he told reporters on election night.

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Watch Fraud Unfold in Real Time on CNN ..With Your Own Eyes

 

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When Gore Became President in 2000, and Had to Retract ... More Than 30 Days Later

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The DOGS return to the White House ...

 

Biden owns a dog, and should he become the  president he will bring the dog with him ...

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PA Demands Relocation Of US Embassy, Restoration Of US Aid

 President Abbas and other senior officials, have said they will make a number of demands of USA President-elect Joe Biden, according to Hebrew news site Yisrael Hayom.

The Palestinians intend to request that peace negotiations restart from where Obama left off in 2016, as well as demanding that the US embassy be relocated back to Tel Aviv. Joe Biden specifically stated during his campaign that he would not be relocating the embassy to Tel Aviv but the Palestinians hope to bring international pressure to prevail on Biden regarding the two-state solution which he supports which would enable them to declare their capital in Jerusalem.

The Palestinians also intend to reopen their diplomatic mission in Washington and to request renewed American aid to UNRWA, the United Nations organization which ostensibly deals with refugees worldwide but in reality only provides relief for indigenous Palestinians in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza strip. The Palestinians will also request that the foreign aid, which was cut off by the Trump administration since they refused to stop the “pay for slay” payments to terrorists families, be restored to them.

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