What To Expect From Trump's First 100 Days

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Plus, Democrats blaming Biden for Harris's loss — how it could impact his legacy

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Good morning,

There was some monkey business in South Carolina on Thursday. Literally. 43 monkeys escaped a lab in Beaufort County on Wednesday evening. Workers tried to catch the rhesus macaque primates on Thursday with thermal imaging cameras and traps and lure them back to captivity with food. They were still loose as of Thursday night.

  • My bad: A new employee at the lab did not secure an enclosure for the young female primates, allowing them to get out. The company breeds monkeys for research worldwide and conducts clinical trials. But the animals were still young and had not been used for testing and are unlikely to carry diseases, the company said.

    • Still, authorities warned residents in the area to lock their doors and windows. The company says the animals were young and had not been used for testing, and are unlikely to carry diseases.

  • Been here before: Primates also escaped the company’s facility in 2014, 2016, and 2018. They were even fined for some of those whoopsies.

Have a good one!

Mosheh, Jill, & Lauren

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📌 TRUMP’S AGENDA FOR FIRST 100 DAYS IN WHITE HOUSE: BORDER, TAXES, ENDING WARS

President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping action in his second term, though we are still awaiting details on how it will be implemented. Trump has had four years to prepare his agenda, and Washington insiders expect he will be able to move faster and accomplish more than he did in his first term.

FROM “BUILD THE WALL” TO “MASS DEPORTATIONS”
The biggest issue Trump successfully campaigned on in 2016 and 2024 was the US-Mexico border. This round, he has vowed within his first few hours in office to close the southern border and begin the largest deportation effort in history.

  • Trump’s immigration agenda also includes building huge detention camps, using the National Guard, and hiring thousands more border agents. We looked at his plan to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel millions of the more than 11-18 million estimated undocumented migrants currently living in the US.

    • The cost? Infinity. Trump told NBC News on Thursday there's “no price tag” for his plan.

  • He is also expected to reinstate the "Muslim travel ban" and the "Remain in Mexico" policy.

Longtime Trump adviser Stephen Miller, who is set to have a senior role in the Trump White House and is behind most of his immigration policy, confirmed on Fox News Wednesday that mass deportations will begin on Jan. 20— when Trump takes office.

Miller said the administration will initially focus on people who committed crimes— which ICE currently targets— but has not yet defined any deportation limits.

  • The question is who else could be rounded up deported, including groups like Dreamers (kids who arrived in the US with their parents before age 16), asylum seekers, and individuals married to US citizens. Nearly 80% of undocumented immigrants in the US have lived here for more than a decade. We are awaiting more details.

MORE ON THE AGENDA

  • Overseas: Trump has vowed to immediately end the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine. It’s unclear how he will do that, but he’s expected to stop sending aid to Ukraine and try to get talks going between Putin and Zelensky.

    • He’s also expected to move quickly on new trade restrictions that would include across-the-board tariffs of 10-20% on foreign goods— hitting China at a significantly higher rate of 60%.

  • Taxes: With Republicans expected to control Congress— which holds the power of the purse— Trump plans to renew his 2017 tax cuts and eliminate taxes on tips and overtime wages.

    • A top conservative lobbyist said the plan is to “rip the Band-Aid and run and just plow it through.”

    • The concern: They will add trillions to the national debt.

  • Climate policy: Trump, who has promised to “drill, baby drill,” is expected to expand drilling leases and reauthorize drilling on some federal land that Biden blocked.

    • Trump will likely leave the Paris Climate Accord and backtrack to less strict EPA standards, which Biden had put in place for methane and greenhouse gas emissions.

  • Healthcare: Trump has promised to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health” in his administration. Trump is expected to loosen regulations on insurers and target specific elements of the Affordable Care Act for repeal or reform.

    • He has promised not to sign a national abortion ban, but it is unclear if he would target the mailing of abortion medications— as some conservatives have proposed.

📌 BIDEN HOPES ELECTION CAN “BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE,” AS SOME DEMS BLAME HIM FOR LOSS


President Biden addressed the nation Thursday morning for the first time since President-elect Trump won the 2024 presidential race against Vice President Harris. He told Americans: “Setbacks are unavoidable, but giving up is unforgivable.”

A MESSAGE OF UNITY
Standing in the Rose Garden, Biden said he would help facilitate a peaceful transfer of power. He added that you “can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree. Something I hope we can do no matter who you voted for is to see each other not as adversaries, but as fellow Americans.”

  • While Biden is encouraging Americans to “bring down the temperature,” some in his party are focusing their wrath at Biden for his decision to run and then, his delay in exiting the race.

BLAME GAME
Harris had 107 days to convince Americans she would be able to tame inflation, secure the border, and unite the country. There are many theories as to why she was not able to succeed, but one prevailing idea is that Biden did not give her enough time to make her pitch, enable her to distance herself from him, or allow the party to find the best candidate.

  • The Atlantic’s Tyler Austin Harper writes, “nobody bears more responsibility for Trump’s reascension to the presidency than the current president.”

    • Why? Biden did not keep his one-term promise. Harper also points to the President’s inability to see his own limitations and leave the race soon enough.

  • Andrew Yang, who ran against Biden in the 2020 primaries, said, “the biggest onus of this loss is on President Biden.” Several House Democrats told Axios that they are "not sure [President] Biden would have been any better" than Harris on the ticket, but that he’s at fault for "failing to leave early enough.”

There also is the question of whether Biden did enough in office to secure Democratic power. While he led the US out of the worst pandemic in a century, he also oversaw historic levels of US-Mexico border crossings, the devastating Afghanistan withdrawal, dismissed rising inflation in 2022, and failed to end two major international wars that started on his watch.

  • During his speech on Thursday, Biden told listeners not to “forget all we accomplished. It has been an historic presidency… Much of the work we've done is already being felt by the American people. The vast majority of it will be felt over the next ten years.”

  • Biden does have the legacy of being the only person to have defeat Trump (Clinton and Harris both lost), one reason he tried to stay in the race.

✔︎ Mo News Reality Check: Trump will be able to reinstate many of the policies the Biden administration removed or changed— from climate regulations to the Muslim travel ban. However, laws that were passed under Biden like the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure law or $2.2 trillion Inflation Reduction Act will be harder to overturn. That’s why Trump was unable to overturn the Affordable Care Act in his first term. But, it can be done. Watch Republicans in Congress.

⏳ SPEED READ

🚨NATION

📌 Trump-backed PA Senate candidate flips longtime Dem seat red in nail-biter election; It appears Republicans will have 53-47 Senate majority (FOX)

📌 California voters approve tough on crime policies and candidates (POLITICO)

📌 California governor calls special session to protect liberal policies from Trump presidency (CNN)

📌 President-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, first women to hold position (AP)

📌 Judge blasts Rudy Giuliani's 'farcical' excuse for not turning over assets in defamation case (NBC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 North Korean soldiers hooked on porn after getting internet access for first time while helping Russia fight Ukraine (NY POST)

📌 Australia to legislate ‘world-leading’ social media ban for children under 16 (CNN)

📌 Mysterious black debris in Sydney was not tar balls but 'much more disgusting' waste (NBC)

📌 Chinese hackers gained access to huge trove of Americans’ cell records (POLITICO)

 📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Record-hot 2024: World expected to breaching 1.5C Paris target for first time (AXIOS)

📌 Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by a quarter point (CNBC)

📌 FDA to pull common but ineffective cold medicine from market (CBS)

📌 New holiday Starbucks drinks, pastries hit menus (GMA)

 🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Three people arrested and charged in connection with Liam Payne's death, Argentinian authorities say (NBC)

📌 Turkish film festival scrapped over Daniel Craig gay drama censorship (VARIETY)

📌 Jennifer Lopez reacts to ex Ben Affleck praising her (CNN)

📌 Mark Wahlberg's Las Vegas restaurant catches fire (FOX)

🎉 CHEERS TO THE FREAKIN WEEKEND

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