January 20, 2025: A lot to take in

The following information comes directly from the White House on Monday, January 20, 2025
Please see commentary in red

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The previous administration has embedded deeply unpopular, inflationary, illegal, and radical practices within every agency and office of the Federal Government. The injection of “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) into our institutions has corrupted them by replacing hard work, merit, and equality with a divisive and dangerous preferential hierarchy. Orders to open the borders have endangered the American people and dissolved Federal, State, and local resources that should be used to benefit the American people. Climate extremism has exploded inflation and overburdened businesses with regulation.

Does it surprise anyone else that DEI has now been villanized as if it undercuts the foundation of democracy? I don’t understand why these words are so contrary to the vision and mission of the current administration.

To commence the policies that will make our Nation united, fair, safe, and prosperous again, it is the policy of the United States to restore common sense to the Federal Government and unleash the potential of the American citizen. The revocations within this order will be the first of many steps the United States Federal Government will take to repair our institutions and our economy.

Sec. 2. Revocation of Orders and Actions. The following executive actions are hereby revoked:

Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government).

Probable meaning and implications: The Federal Government will no longer protect or support underserved communities.
This action will likely lead to more health disparities and increase the needs of many.

Executive Order 13986 of January 20, 2021 (Ensuring a Lawful and Accurate Enumeration and Apportionment Pursuant to the Decennial Census).

Thia looks like identified areas for the census will change.

Executive Order 13987 of January 20, 2021 (Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security).

Those of us already in healthcare services know that there is already a unified and effective response to combat COVID-19 and wonder about the implications of what is yet to come regarding the restructuring of this order.

Executive Order 13988 of January 20, 2021 (Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation).

As stated, revoking this executive order supports the discrimination on the basis of gender identify or sexual orientation. This section of society just lost the protection of the US Government.

Executive Order 13989 of January 20, 2021 (Ethics Commitments by Executive Branch Personnel).

The order to require an ethical commitment by executive branch personnel has now been abolished. Unethical actions and behaviors are now legal.

Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021 (Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis).

Revoking this executive order allows for the federal government to ignore and disallow public health concerns based on science regarding the climate crisis. Concerns of the past have now been nullified and dismissed by the federal govenment.

Executive Order 13992 of January 20, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Executive Orders Concerning Federal Regulation).

Not sure of the implcations of the revoking of this executive order, but it implies that federal regulations may become a thing of the past.

Executive Order 13993 of January 20, 2021 (Revision of Civil Immigration Enforcement Policies and Priorities).

Past and to-date rulings on enforcing immigration policies have now been abandoned. Priorities articulate in the past are now nullified.

Executive Order 13995 of January 21, 2021 (Ensuring an Equitable Pandemic Response and Recovery).

The order to ensure an equitable pandemic response has now been abandoned.

Executive Order 13996 of January 21, 2021 (Establishing the COVID-19 Pandemic Testing Board and Ensuring a Sustainable Public Health Workforce for COVID-19 and Other Biological Threats).

If this revoked order appears what the title suggests, there is no longer a plan to test and ensure a sustainable public health workforce to address pandemic or biological threats.

Executive Order 13997 of January 21, 2021 (Improving and Expanding Access to Care and Treatments for COVID-19).

Revoking this order implies that there are no longer mechanisms to improve or expand access to care and treatment for COVID-19. Perhaps this means everyone is on their own with no support from the federal government. We will see.

Executive Order 13999 of January 21, 2021 (Protecting Worker Health and Safety).

The order to protect health care workers to assure safety has now been revoked. Ths implications could be troublesome at best and catastrophic at worst.

Executive Order 14000 of January 21, 2021 (Supporting the Reopening and Continuing Operation of Schools and Early Childhood Education Providers).

Revoking this order implies that schools may not reopen and there will not be support for education providers.

Executive Order 14002 of January 22, 2021 (Economic Relief Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic).

It looks like any economic relief related to the recent pandemic is no longer available.

Executive Order 14003 of January 22, 2021 (Protecting the Federal Workforce).

Is the federal workforce no longer protected as a result of revoking this order?

Executive Order 14004 of January 25, 2021 (Enabling All Qualified Americans To Serve Their Country in Uniform).

The rescending of this order looks to limit who can serve in the uniform in this country.

Executive Order 14006 of January 26, 2021 (Reforming Our Incarceration System To Eliminate the Use of Privately Operated Criminal Detention Facilities).

It appeaars that privately operated criminal detention facilities are not open for expansion of services.

Executive Order 14007 of January 27, 2021 (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology).

It looks like the council of advisors on science and technology has been abandoned.

Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad).

The order to address climate change has been abandoned locally and globabally.

Executive Order 14009 of January 28, 2021 (Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act).

Now Medicaid is weaker or perhaps may evaporate, and the foundations of the affordable care act are being threatened more than in the past.

Executive Order 14010 of February 2, 2021 (Creating a Comprehensive Regional Framework To Address the Causes of Migration, To Manage Migration Throughout North and Central America, and To Provide Safe and Orderly Processing of Asylum Seekers at the United States Border).

Work to better understand migration in this hemisphere has been abandoned. Working to provide an oderly process for asylum seekers has also been nullified.

Executive Order 14011 of February 2, 2021 (Establishment of Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families).

This revoked order looks like the federal government will no longer support or assist in the reunification of families.

Executive Order 14012 of February 2, 2021 (Restoring Faith in Our Legal Immigration Systems and Strengthening Integration and Inclusion Efforts for New Americans).

This looks to nullify our current legal immigration system and guts efforts to increase integration and inclusion.

Executive Order 14013 of February 4, 2021 (Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs To Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration).

It looks like climate immigration (lack of water, natural disasters, etc.) will be ignored when considering the resettlemennt of refugees.

Executive Order 14015 of February 14, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships).

This looks to mean that the White House will no longer be a part of supporting faith-based or neighborhood partnerships. These entities will no longer have federal suport.

Executive Order 14018 of February 24, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions).

Not sure what this means or its implications.

Executive Order 14019 of March 7, 2021 (Promoting Access to Voting).

By revoking this order, the current administration looks to want to reverse access to voting.

Executive Order 14020 of March 8, 2021 (Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council).

The council on gender policies is now void.

Executive Order 14021 of March 8, 2021 (Guaranteeing an Educational Environment Free From Discrimination on the Basis of Sex, Including Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity).

This looks to open the option of discrimination, sexual bias, bias based on sexual orientation and gender identify in the eductional environment. Actions against these groups now looks to be legal and victims of these actions may have little recourse.

Executive Order 14022 of April 1, 2021 (Termination of Emergency With Respect to the International Criminal Court).

Not sure of the implications of this revoked order, but it implies that emergency actions are now actionable.

Executive Order 14023 of April 9, 2021 (Establishment of the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States).

This looks to remove the executive branch from evaluating the actions of the supreme court.

Executive Order 14027 of May 7, 2021 (Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office).

This looks to nullify and abandon efforts to addres climate change by the executive brand of the federal government.

Executive Order 14029 of May 14, 2021 (Revocation of Certain Presidential Actions and Technical Amendment).

It is unclear what this revoked order will have on the general population of the United States.

Executive Order 14030 of May 20, 2021 (Climate-Related Financial Risk).

This revoked order implies that financial implications of climate-related issues will be ignored.

Executive Order 14031 of May 28, 2021 (Advancing Equity, Justice, and Opportunity for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders).

Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islander populations will lose protection for equity, justice, and opportunity.

Executive Order 14035 of June 25, 2021 (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce).

Anything DEI and Accessibility has now been forbidden in the federal workforce.

Executive Order 14037 of August 5, 2021 (Strengthening American Leadership in Clean Cars and Trucks).

Clean cars and trucks are no longer supported by the federal government’s efforts to strengthen leadership in this industry.

Executive Order 14044 of September 13, 2021 (Amending Executive Order 14007). This is the Executive Order January 27, 2021 (President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology).

Unclear on what amendment was made to this executive order.

Executive Order 14045 of September 13, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Hispanics).

Hispnics will no longer have the white house initiative to advance education, equity, and economic opportunity. Ths is gone under the current administration.

Executive Order 14049 of October 11, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities).

Native American opportunity, Tribal Colleges and Universities will no longer enjoy an initiative to advance educational equity. The efforts to assure educational equity has now been abandoned.

Executive Order 14050 of October 19, 2021 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Black Americans).

Black Americans will no longer be supported by the executive branch of the federal government to help assure educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity.

Executive Order 14052 of November 15, 2021 (Implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act).

This implies that there will no longer be an investment in the infrastructure to promote jobs.

Executive Order 14055 of November 18, 2021 (Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contracts).

Revoking this order implies that displaced qualified workers will be displaced without recourse or support from the federal government.

Executive Order 14057 of December 8, 2021 (Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability).

The effort to sustain clean energy industries looks to be abandoned and jobs in this area are no longer protected or supported.

Executive Order 14060 of December 15, 2021 (Establishing the United States Council on Transnational Organized Crime).

The executive branch and the federal government look to be walking away from any investigation of transnational crime.

Executive Order 14069 of March 15, 2022 (Advancing Economy, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Federal Contracting by Promoting Pay Equity and Transparency).

The notion of pay equity and transparency has now been abandoned in federal contracting.

Executive Order 14070 of April 5, 2022 (Continuing To Strengthen Americans’ Access to Affordable, Quality Health Coverage).

American’s access to afforable, quality health coversage has now been abandoned by the federal government -at least the executive branch of the government.

Executive Order 14074 of May 25, 2022 (Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices To Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety).

Can you see a pattern in these executive order reversals? This one looks to minimize or nullify effective or accountability of criminal justice practices. The goal of enhancing public trust and public safety looks to be ignored.

Executive Order 14075 of June 15, 2022 (Advancing Equality for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Individuals).

The government is plainly stating that they will not suport LGBTQ or intersex individuals. Safety and support from the federal government for this group looks to have disappeared.

Executive Order 14082 of September 12, 2022 (Implementation of the Energy and Infrastructure Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022).

By revoking this order, it looks like provisions of the inflation reduction act related to energy and infrastructure will be ignored and forgotten.

Executive Order 14084 of September 30, 2022 (Promoting the Arts, the Humanities, and Museum and Library Services).

Promoting the arts, humanities, museum, and library sciences has now been cancelled.

Executive Order 14087 of October 14, 2022 (Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans).

The act to lower prescription drug prices has been revoked. The implications look grim yet we will see how this evolves.

Executive Order 14089 of December 13, 2022 (Establishing the President’s Advisory Council on African Diaspora Engagement in the United States).

No advice or council regarding the growth, placement, and needs of citizens from Africa will be on the table for the current administration.

Executive Order 14091 of February 16, 2023 (Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government).

Efforts to advance racial equity and support for underserved communities is now abandoned and will not take place under this administration.

The Presidential Memorandum of March 13, 2023 (Withdrawal of Certain Areas off the United States Arctic Coast of the Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Gas Leasing).

It looks llike drilling for oil and gas will likely take place on sensitive areas that in the past has been forbidden. The implications may be environmental but most certainly will be favorable for the oil and gas industry.

Executive Order 14094 of April 6, 2023 (Modernizing Regulatory Review).

This reversal implies that regulatory reviews will not be updated or modernized. The opposite implies no or minimal regulatory reviews.

Executive Order 14096 of April 21, 2023 (Revitalizing Our Nation’s Commitment to Environmental Justice for All).

Reversal of this order implies that our nation will no longer commit to environmental justice. That notion and its implications has been abaondoned.

Executive Order 14099 of May 9, 2023 (Moving Beyond COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements for Federal Workers).

This implies that COVID vaccines for federal workers may be abandoned or altered to the point that immunizations may no longer be the norm. As healthcare providers, we an speculate on these implications.

Executive Order 14110 of October 30, 2023 (Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence).

The plan to build safety mechisms to assure a safe, secure, and trustworthy developmeng of AI is no longer on the radar for the federal government. This opens AI to anyone without guardrails to do whatever is wishes with this technology, including nefarious and criminal activities.

Executive Order 14115 of February 1, 2024 (Imposing Certain Sanctions on Persons Undermining Peace, Security, and Stability in the West Bank).

This looks to have the US Government ignore any hostilities initiated by the West Bank. No sanctions will be imposed.

Executive Order 14124 of July 17, 2024 (White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity Through Hispanic-Serving Institutions).

Hispanic-Serving Institutions are now no longer supported by the executive branch of the federal government. This organizations are no their own now.

Executive Order 14134 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Agriculture).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

Executive Order 14135 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Homeland Security).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

Executive Order 14136 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of Justice).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

Executive Order 14137 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Department of the Treasury).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

Executive Order 14138 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of Management and Budget).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

Executive Order 14139 of January 3, 2025 (Providing an Order of Succession Within the Office of the National Cyber Director).

Does this imply that a prescribed order of succession now no longer exists, or perhaps it has been changed. We don’t know.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Council on Environmental Quality to Act as Chairman).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Office of Personnel Management to Act as Director).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to Act as Director).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for Global Media to Act as Chief Executive Officer).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States Agency for International Development to Act as Administrator).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 3, 2025 (Designation of Officials of the United States International Development Finance Corporation to Act as Chief Executive Officer).

Unsure of the implications of doing away with a designation such as this.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 6, 2025 (Withdrawal of Certain Areas of the United States Outer Continental Shelf from Oil or Natural Gas Leasing).

This implies that previously off-limit territories are now open for drilling of oil and gas.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Certification of Rescission of Cuba’s Designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism).

This looks to reinstate Cuba as a designated state sponsor of terrorism.

The Presidential Memorandum of January 14, 2025 (Revocation of National Security Presidential Memorandum 5).

Unclear of the implications of this revocation.

Executive Order 14143 of January 16, 2025 (Providing for the Appointment of Alumni of AmeriCorps to the Competitive Service).

Unsure of the implications but removes alumni of AmeriCorps appointment to competitive service.

Sec. 3. Implementation. (a) To effectuate the revocations described in section 2 of this order, the heads of each agency shall take immediate steps to end Federal implementation of unlawful and radical DEI ideology.

(b) The Director of the Domestic Policy Council (DPC) and the Director of the National Economic Council (NEC) shall review all Federal Government actions taken pursuant to the orders, memoranda, and proclamations listed in section 2 of this order and take necessary steps to rescind, replace, or amend such actions as appropriate. Within 45 days of the date of this order, the Director of the DPC and the Director of the NEC shall submit to the President an additional list of orders, memoranda, and proclamations issued by the prior administration that should be rescinded, as well as a list of replacement orders, memoranda, or proclamations, to increase American prosperity.

(c) The National Security Advisor (NSA) shall immediately begin a complete and thorough review of all National Security Memoranda (NSMs) issued from January 20, 2021, through January 20, 2025, for harm to national security, domestic resilience, and American values. No later than 45 days from the date of this order, the NSA shall recommend to the President NSMs for rescission.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

This section 4 looks to give some of the onus of responsibility on department heads and may soften some of the revocations listed above. Time will tell.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 20, 2025.