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Southern California Fires: already forgotten by the rest of the country. Sad.
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Hiatus Between November 5, 2024 - January 20, 2025: Twelve Weeks
Biden-Trump Transition
January 11 - January 21, 2024: Week Twelve
The transition works this way, this cycle:
- Biden's emphasis is on pardons and commutations, separately making Trump's life as difficult as possible;
- Biden
has never been so busy in the past four years as the past week with
executive orders, briefings, southern California briefings.
- Biden still perceived by many as working to set up Trump for failure;
- Biden
exit interview: still believes he could have won race against Trump;
though he admits not sure if he would live another four years.
- continues to regret that he dropped out of race; says he could have won (he's 82 years old)
- as delusional as he is senile
- SecTreasury Janet Yellen lets the national press know the very, very last day of Biden's presidency that the US government is officially in default as of January 21st, the day after Trump is sworn in. Unless extraordinary measures are taken.
The Florida White House:
- no change from last week:
- Trump is the president, simply waiting to make it official, January 20th (unchanged from last month)
- surrounding himself with "self-made billionaires"
- Bill Gates is the most recent / the last to visit him; said he came away impressed!
- it was rumored last week he would go; he did!
- NYC mayor visited Mar-a-Lago in search of a pardon.
- those billionaires not named to his administration are making pilgrimages to Mar-a-Lago
- entry fee to be part of Trump's inaugural inner circle
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The Top Stories
Top story of the week:
- continues: the southern California / Pacific Palisades and four other fires
- said to be worse in history
Top international non-energy story:
Top international energy story:
- WTI holds at nearly $80
Top national non-energy story:
- Trump stories continue to dominate political stories
Top national energy story:
- SecEnergy nominee Doug Burgum testifies before Congress -- confirmation hearings.
Focus on fracking: current link here. Generally updated late Sunday night.
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
Top North Dakota energy story:
