1/21/25: Trump inaugurated, final rally horror, Biden pardons at the last minute

Jan 21, 2025

Cory Booker, the progressive U.S. Senator from New Jersey, delves into the fallout of Donald Trump's inauguration. He highlights the chaos at Trump's final rally and the eyebrow-raising admissions made regarding election processes. The discussion moves to Joe Biden's strategic pardons and their implications against a backdrop of Trump's crowd anxieties and the bizarre narrative surrounding TikTok. Booker emphasizes the need for Democrats to rebuild trust and tackle pressing issues like youth mental health amidst the political storm.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Controversies Surrounding Trump's Inauguration

02:15 • 15min

Biden's Pardons and Trump's Inauguration

17:06 • 6min

Trump's Inauguration and TikTok Controversies

22:54 • 8min

Trump's Ventures and Political Activism

30:55 • 5min

Rebuilding Trust: Communication Challenges for Democrats

36:14 • 20min

Addressing Youth Mental Health and Political Priorities

56:09 • 3min

Trump's Cryptocurrency Controversies

59:14 • 11min

-- On the Show:

-- Cory Booker, US Senator from New Jersey, discusses the Trump inauguration and the path forward for Democrats these next four years

-- The inauguration of Donald Trump as 47th President takes place, unleashing global humiliation once again

-- Donald Trump holds a final pre-inauguration rally, which becomes a total catastrophe, including Trump appearing to admit that Elon Musk did something with the voting machines in Pennsylvania

-- President Joe Biden pardons Anthony Fauci, General Mark Milley, former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney, members of the January 6 committee and others in an effort to prevent them from being targeted by Trump's justice department

-- Panicking over an inevitable tiny inauguration crowd, Donald Trump moves his inauguration indoors and claims it's due to the weather

-- After saying he would ban TikTok in 2020, Donald Trump now claims to have saved TikTok, despite not being president at the time that TikTok ended its self-imposed ban on itself, in a confusing story

-- MAGA Mike Johnson is asked how he and Trump will finally bring down prices now that they are in charge, and Johnson has absolutely no answer, a preview of the next four years

-- Donald Trump launches an obvious grift scam meme coin on the even of his inauguration

-- A review of President Joe Biden's outgoing economic metrics, setting the stage to accurately evaluate the economic performance of Donald Trump's second term

-- On the Bonus Show: Inauguration takeaways, the next four years, a review of Donald Trump's Inauguration Day executive orders, much more...

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