by Andrew Linn
In the aftermath of the Donald’s victory in the 2024 Presidential Election, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles posted the following message to Old Joe Biden on X:
“Mr. Biden, I need you to stand up, straighten your back, and make some things shake before your departure.”
She then ended the message with “xoxo the women in America.”
It’s not entirely clear what Biles wanted Biden to do to shake things up. But at any rate, it appears Biden tried to grant her wish before he left office.
Here is a list of Biden’s actions during his final days in office:
- He removed Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.
- He approved American-supplied long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia by Ukraine, in addition to supplying Ukraine with American anti-personnel mines and imposing more sanctions on Russia’s energy sector.
- He canceled student loans for over 150,000 more borrowers (thus bringing the total number to over five million).
- He extended deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
- He imposed a ban on off-shore oil and gas drilling.
- He created two national monuments in California to prevent mining and drilling (as well as the development of various energy sources).
- He imposed rules regarding how artificial intelligence (AI) chips and models can be shared with foreign nations.
- He pardoned his son Hunter, even though he had earlier stated he would not do so. In the final 15 minutes of his administration, he also pardoned several other relatives, including his brothers Francis and James (as well as James’s wife Sara), and his sister Valerie and brother-in-law John Owens.
- He commuted the death sentences of almost all federal inmates on death row.
- He commuted the sentences of 1,500 other individuals- the most significant number ever done by any administration within a 24-hour period. One wonders if he even examined the cases of each of these individuals or if he decided to rubber stamp such actions, perhaps even at the direction of his handlers.
- He pardoned Dr. Anthony Fauci, who is responsible for the Covid-19 pandemic via providing funding to the Wuhan Institute, as well as managing to cover his tracks while advocating draconian measures.
- He pardoned General Mark Millay, who committed treason when he told the Chinese that if the Trump Administration ordered an attack on China, he would call and warn them.
Unsurprisingly, Old Joe Biden would try to do as much damage as he could (possibly under orders from his handlers).
However, I have one question: are these policy decisions what Simon Biles wanted when she called for the Biden Administration to “make some things shake”?
Cross-posted with Clash Daily