I found it so hard to keep up with the utter bullshit from this administration the first time around that I decided I'd try a running log this time.  I know there are things I've missed, so I'd appreciate anyone pointing out where I'm lacking.
 
	1/20/25
	- pardoned every J6er
	- Elon does Nazi salute twice
	- signed executive order saying White House can give top secret clearances to anyone, without being vetted
	- announced during inaugural address that US would expand its territories 
	 
	1/21/25
	- pardoned Ross Ulbricht, Silk Road founder
	- ordered closure of all DEI offices
	 
	1/23/25
	- begins ICE deportations
	 
	1/24/25
	- fired 12 Inspector Generals without required 30 day notice to Congress
	- Hegseth confirmed at Sec of Def
	- in NC press conference, reaffirms Canada should become 51st state
	 
	1/25/25
	- confirms Noem at Sec of Homeland Sec
	 
	1/27/25
	- several lawyers who worked on criminal investigations into Trump are fired
	- fired NLRB General Counsel Abruzzo
	 
	1/28/25
	- sent Elon email offering deferred resignation
	- revokes Milley's security detail and his security clearance 
	 
	1/29/25
	- at signing of Laken Riley Act, states he will use Guantanamo Bay to detain migrants
	- federal employees who dont show up to work in person will be fired
	- settles with Meta for $25 million
	- confirms Zeldin as EPA administrator
	- American Eagle flight 5342 collides with Army helicopter killing all 67
	 
	1/30/25
	- suggests DEI played a role in crash from previous day
	- several senior FBI employees given ultimatum to resign 
	 
	1/31/25
	- Elon aides lock gov. employees out of computer systems
	 
	2/1/25
	- puts 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico, and 10% tariffs on China
	- orders airstrikes in Somalia
	- Treasury Sec Bessent gives DOGE access to Federal Payment System
	- Hegseth cancels Black History Month, Junteenth, MLK Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, etc for DOD
	 
	2/3/25
	- Sec of State Rubio announced he is now head of USAID
	- announced creation of "wealth fund"
	 
	2/4/25
	- all direct-hire personnel of USAID placed on admin leave
	- Pam Bondi confirmed as Attorney General
	- calls for permanent removal of Palestinians from Gaza
	 
	2/6/25
	- Vought confirmed at Director of OMB
	 
	2/7/25
	- dismisses JFK Center board and appoints himself chairman
	 
	2/9/25
	- declares Feb 9, 2025 Gulf of America Day
	- instructs treasury to stop printing pennies
	 
	2/10/25
	- Dep Atty General Bove orders Southern Dist of NY to dismiss charges on Eric Adams
	- imposes 25% tariff on all foreign steel and aluminum
	 
	2/11/25
	- Marc Fogel released from Russian prison in exchange for Alexander Vinnik
	- AP barred from Oval Office event because it didn't recognize Gulf of America
	 
	2/12/25
	- Gabbard confirmed at Director of National Intelligence
	- speaks with Putin via phone about negotiations to end war
	- new Kennedy Center board unanimously elected Trump at chairman
	 
	2/13/25
	- Southern District of NY Danielle Sassoon resigns; Dept Atty Gen Bove says she will be investigated to determine whether termination or some other action is appropriate
	- RFK Jr confirmed as Sec of Health and Human Services
	 
	2/14/25
	- AP indefinitely banned from Oval Office and AF1 over Gulf of America
	 
	2/15/25
	- Ukraine is excluded from peace talks to settle war
	 
	2/18/25
	- Howard Lutnick confirmed at Sec of Commerce
	- Trump calls Zelenskyy a dictator and says Ukraine started the war
	 
	2/19/25
	- Trump calls himself the king on MAGA-twitter