Make America Normal Again

Today was a monumental day in American history. The nation finally shed the scourge and national nightmare that has been the Donald Trump administration, and moved toward normalcy.

Today, President Joe Biden gave his inaugural address and called for unity. He talked about American exceptionalism and how America can accomplish anything when we do it together. You can see Biden's entire speech below, but it was nice to see a President of the United States again who didn't berate people, insult his enemies and attack everyone that stood in his way. 

But as soul-soothing as Biden's inaugural was, it was only part of the return to normalcy that accompanied his first day in office. 

President Biden's Press Secretary Jen Psaki delivered a coherent and honest press briefing. One of the lines that stood during Psaki's remarks was that "there will be another one of these tomorrow." She said that in response to a question from the press that she did not have an immediate answer to. Instead of lying and spewing propaganda, she intimated that she will get back to that member of the press. Psaki further explained that the daily press briefings will again be, in fact, held daily (Monday-Friday).

In yet another departure from a the previous administration, Psaki explained that she had "a deep respect for the role of a free and independent press in our democracy." She went on to say that one of the key objectives of this press office would be to "bring transparency and truth back." The best way to combat misinformation, in her opinion, is to tell the truth even when it is hard to here. This has been a sentiment echoed by Biden himself. The new President has said time-and-time again that he will always be honest with the American people, especially as it pertains to the pandemic.  

The President, like he said he would do during the campaign, signed 15 executive orders on the very first day in office, which is many more than any of his predecessors. All of these executive orders were signed in order to bring America back as a worldwide leader. 

Some of the highlights of the executive orders include the following:

1. 100-day masking challenge, which includes a mask mandate in all federal buildings and land.

2. Reversed Trump's order to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization.

3. Biden rejoined the Paris Climate Accords. 

4. Reversed Trump's Muslim travel ban, which was designed to discriminate against people based on their religion, which goes against everything this nation was founded on. 

5. Halted funding for the previous administrations border wall - a monumental waste of taxpayer dollars.

6. Reverse a permit for the Keystone XL oil pipeline. 

It is so good to see normalcy back and to see someone who actually cares about Americans back in the White House. You can tell he cares because he didn't spend the whole day on Twitter talk about the election, but instead got to work on matters that he talked about during the campaign. 

Give 'em hell Joe!