Daily Dispatch - 20 January 2025

Liberation Day!

TOP STORIES

1. Biden Issues Pre-Emptive Pardons to Guard Against Trump’s Reprisals - The New York Times

2. TikTok is back online after Trump pledged to restore it | CNN Business

3. Triumphant Trump returns to White House, launching new era of upheaval | Reuters

4. 3 Israeli hostages, 90 Palestinians prisoners freed on Gaza ceasefire Day 1 | AP News

5. Trump to take more than 200 executive actions on day one | Fox News

INAUGURATION

1. (9) Karli Bonne’ 🇺🇸 on X: "Today’s inauguration schedule https://t.co/9X8sfWhpV8" / X

2. Trump to Declare National Energy Emergency, Unlocking New Power - Bloomberg

3. (9) unusual_whales on X: "BREAKING: Donald Trump to sign 200+ executive orders tomorrow. Per FOX and Eric Daugherty, they include: - Declare emergency at the border + issue proclamation closing the border - Designate cartels as foreign terrorist organizations - Remain in Mexico, Catch and Release will be" / X

4. (9) ErikDPrince on X: "Off Leash update 20 January •Today's a big day in global events... •First, President Trump will be re-inaugurated at noon. The ceremony will be held inside the capital for the first time in 40 years due to freezing temperatures. And China's Vice President, Han Zheng, will" / X

5. Trump to suspend security clearances of 51 intelligence officials who falsely implied Hunter Biden laptop was Russian fake

6. ‘Not enough room’: Lawmakers fret about indoor inauguration - POLITICO

7. Meme coins: Donald and Melania Trump launch cryptocurrencies ahead of inauguration | CNN Business

8. Donald Trump promises quick executive action at pre-Inauguration rally

9. Trump’s DOJ Must Prosecute The Deep State to Stop Them From Committing New Crimes & Trying to Stage Another Coup: It’s Not About Retribution, It’s About Survival

PARDONS

1. BREAKING: Trump’s DOJ to Investigate Biden Executive Orders After it was Revealed That the Deep State Was Issuing Them Without Biden’s Knowledge

2. The Talk of "Preemptive Pardons" - The Last Refuge

3. Preemptive pardons? - American Thinker

4. Rules on the Presidential Pardon Powers

5. Democrats' preemptive pardon paradox - Washington Times

TIKTOK

1. (9) Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 on X: "Every day I see something I am convinced I hallucinated. Today, this was that. https://t.co/hTFxoxaUlk" / X

2. World Economic Forum’s Prioritizes ‘Disinformation’ Over Economic and Global Stability Threats

POLITICS

1. CNN Poll Finds Democrat Party at Lowest Ratings in More Than 30 Years | The Gateway Pundit | by Cassandra MacDonald

2. Vivek Ramaswamy Expected to Step Down from Trump's Government Efficiency Task Force DOGE Co-Led by Elon Musk: 'Vivek Has Worn Out His Welcome' | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

3. ‘The Interview’: Curtis Yarvin Says Democracy is Done - The New York Times

EUROPE

1. Southport knife attack: Teenager admits murder of girls in killing that sparked UK riots | CNN

2. Russia-Ukraine Drone War Enters New Phase - Newsweek

3. UK Introduces Digital Driving Licenses and Online Digital ID Privacy Concerns

OTHER

1. Air Force Vet Testifies to Recovering Alien Craft - 'It Was Not Human' - Says Officials Later Confirmed NHI (Non-Human Intelligence) Involved | The Gateway Pundit | by Jack Davis, The Western Journal

2. Top economies face 'population collapse' as fertility rates drop | Fortune