My list of the first 10 things I want the next President to do

[scheming daemons]

None of these things will require congressional approval, and can be done in the first days of a new presidency.

This is in no particular order, and every single one of them can be done before the clock strikes midnight on January 21st, 2021.


Remember... the list contains only things that can be done UNILATERALLY by the President.


1. Pardon Reality Winner.

2. Pardon McCabe, and restore his full FBI pension.

3. Rejoin the Paris Accord.

4. Drop all Trump tariffs.

5. Restore funding back to the Pentagon that was taken to "build the wall" using emergency powers.

6. Reinstate Ambassador Yovanovitch.

7. Release all funds, that have already been approved, regarding election security.

8. Invite every NATO leader to Washington for a joint session of congress in which the new President apologizes for the Trump administration and pledges full American support and engagement with NATO.

9. Publicly release the transcripts of every communication Trump had with Vladimir Putin.

10. Reinstate the daily, televised, Presidential briefings in the Briefings room.



What would you add? And remember, it is things that the next President can do UNILATERALLY.

[handmade34]

1. restore

all Obama era regulations to save the environment, protect public lands and our food supply (EPA and FDA regulations)

do whatever can be done to restore all women's rights regarding abortion

[Kurt V.]

2. your first is more important than next nine combined. Thanks!

[scheming daemons]

5. Most of the items on your list require congress

My point was things the President can do UNILATERALLY on the first day in office.

All of yours are worthy goals, but not within the President's ability to do by themselves without any Congressional approval.

[Gothmog]

4. Rescind all of trump's executive orders including Muslim ban and ban on transgender soldiers

[lpbk2713]

6. Rebuild OSHA and IRS.

Both were decimated to please Big Money.

[July]

7. Appoint Merrick Garland to the first SC opening.

Get kids out of cages and back with their parents.

Throw Gallagher (et al.) out of the Navy.

Support the Paris Accord.

Reveal Bolonia’s immigration history, especially her “qualifications” for a “Genius Visa.”

Lay out McConnell’s and Chao’s financial backers.

Expose ALL the grifts Trump and his family have worked on our nation.

Fumigate the White House.

For starters.

[former9thward]

38. Merrick Garland is 67 years old.

No president is ever going to appoint someone that old to the court.

[DemocracyMouse]

8. Reunite those poor children at the border with their parents

... and issue a public apology.

And while apologizing for that inhumanity, apologize for the entire list of Trump's horrors. We will have to break with the tradition of honoring previous presidents. The record and the facts need the full weight of the next presidency to give the planet a foundation in reality again.

[nuxvomica]

9. Rollback all of Trump's immigration policies

Especially the detainment/family separations and send emergency funding to take care of those people and reunite families.

[Patterson]

10. Pardon the Texas woman in jail for "voter fraud."

Try to rejoin the Iraq nuclear treaty.
Reinstate network neutrality.

[dumbcat]

32. He can't ....

If you're talking about Crystal Mason, he can't pardon her. It was a state crime, not federal.

[jmowreader]

11. Investigate Melania Trump's immigration status..

...and revoke her citizenship if it was fraudulently acquired.

BTW is it possible to reverse lifetime appointments for judges?

[maxsolomon]

36. Impeachment is the only way.

So... non-starter.

[Karadeniz]

12. We need to hire about 100 immigration judges...reinstate the release process.

[Mopar151]

13. Endow the Trump Library

At Federal prisions, nationwide!

[Polybius]

14. Pardon Leonard Peltier

I wanted Clinton and Obama to do this as well. Bush was a lost cause. Trump is a loose-cannon who might do it because he hates the FBI, but I doubt it.

[burrowowl]

18. Yes pardon Peltier

[Initech]

15. The next president is going to have a hard time getting the smell of stupid out of the room!

[Laura PourMeADrink]

17. Fumigate!!! Grease-laden, hairspray sticky exec quarters.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

16. My #1. Fund a comprehensive election protection program

[roamer65]

20. Paper ballots.

Get rid of all mechanized and computer based voting systems.

[scheming daemons]

22. Not something a President can do UNILATERALLY

He needs congressional help for that.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

39. Yes!

[roamer65]

19. Increase the income tax on the 1 percenters to 50 percent.

[scheming daemons]

21. That doesn't qualify for the list. Only things the President can do UNILATERALLY...

.....without congress..... count.

[roamer65]

23. We are going to have both houses.

Take that to the bank.

[scheming daemons]

34. I agree... but anything that involves congress takes months

We had both houses in 2009 and 2010, and we barely dragged the ACA across the finish line.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

24. ask Kamala Harris to be AG and follow every criminal thread

[DFW]

25. Call every leader of every major country

Tell them, America is back. The nightmare is over.

One exception: The call to Putin should say, "OK, you had your fun. Cut the shit out, effective immediately, or face armed secession movements on your southern border that make the previous Chechen uprising seem like a candlelight protest vigil."

[dewsgirl]

26. Release the children in cages and reunite them with their parents.

Arrest everyone involved in that mess, especially Betsy DeVos and her Bethany services or whatever it's called.
Begin investigations into all cabinet members.

[Norbert]

27. Roll back the roll back on the Clean Air & Clean Water Acts

[LisaM]

28. Restore qualified diplomats.

We have to get our alliances in order.

After that, restore the EPA, USDA, SNAP, etc.

Bring back the Fairness Doctrine.

Investigate Colin Powell.

Try to restore the Voting Rights Act.

Get rid of Citizens United.

[Mike Niendorff]

29. That is a GREAT list

And as to your #1 choice (pardoning Reality Winner) :

**strongly seconded**


MDN

[Buns_of_Fire]

30. First Executive Order: Rescind all Executive Orders from #13765 to date.

Make it a part of the inauguration speech. Sign it first thing, right in front of the assembled crowds, and then announce what was just done and why and how we'll work forward from that.

[BuffaloJackalope]

31. Issue a public, written apology to Pres Zelinsky and the people of Ukraine.

[Danmel]

33. Revoke the global gag rule

[drmeow]

35. my #1, too nt

[maxsolomon]

37. Was McCabe convicted of something?

Just thought he was fired 1 day short of his pension vesting.

By a vindictive asshole.