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Joe Biden in a Nutshell


  • Biden appoints the first openly transgender four-star officer. “Rachel” Levine, the US assistant secretary for health is now an admiral of the US Upblic Health Service Commission. October 19, 2021. God help us. 
  • Biden reverses policy that kept funding from health clinics making abortion referrals
    • On Monday, US President Biden reversed a former president Trump-era policy that had barred Title X funding from reaching health clinics that made referrals for abortion services. In 2018, changes to Title X prompted Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinics to leave the program, primarily affecting low-income patients, according to The Associated Press. October 4, 2021
  • Allowed Collapse of Afghanistan - August 16, 2021. One of the worst disasters of our history. 
  • Allows Russian Pipeline without US Sanctions July 22, 2021
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First week and the new president is off to a bad start. Brace yourselves. 

January 20, 2021

Executive Orders

These undermine our values and are bad for the United States:

  • Stops the United States' withdrawal from the World Health Organization, with Dr. Anthony Fauci becoming the head of the delegation to the WHO
  • Rejoins the Paris climate accord, a process that will take 30 days
  • Cancels the Keystone XL pipeline and directs agencies to review and reverse more than 100 Trump actions on the environment
  • Rescinds the Trump administration's 1776 Commission, directs agencies to review their actions to ensure racial equity
  • Prevents workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity
  • Requires non-citizens to be included in the Census and apportionment of congressional representatives
  • Fortifies DACA after Trump's efforts to undo protections for undocumented people brought into the country as children
  • Reverses the Trump administration's restrictions on US entry for passport holders from seven Muslim-majority countries
  • Undoes Trump's expansion of immigration enforcement within the United States
  • Halts construction of the border wall by terminating the national emergency declaration used to fund it
  • Extends deferrals of deportation and work authorizations for Liberians with a safe haven in the United States until June 30, 2022
                January 20 EO's taken from CNN