When the late night comedy shows took to the air on Monday to lament Donald Trump’s return to the presidency, three main themes emerged. The first was that Trump is going to be a national nightmare. The second was that they have gone all in on embracing former President Joe Biden’s “oligarchy” warnings. Finally, it was deemed ironic that Inauguration Day happened to fall on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. To recap their collective wailing and gnashing of teeth, here is an NQ-style recap of CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. On Donald Trump “Well, for some reason, and it might be a perfectly understandable reason, the American people decided to unknow what they definitely knew about Donald Trump. Well, today, the great remembering began.” “It was a frigid day down in Washington, so at the last minute, Trump moved his inauguration indoors. Totally understandable, so, Mr. President, it is with the utmost respect that I say, ‘awww, was the big stwong gweatest pwesident ever feewing a widdo chiwwy? You want hot cocoa wif mawshy-mewwows?’ You weather cuck.” “Okay, you can't act like you're doing it just because of Reagan. ‘Honey, it's not that I couldn't perform in bed last night. It's just that out of respect for President Carter, I'm flying at half-staff.’” “The thing is, the Rotunda can only hold approximately 700 people, which means Trump's inauguration crowd can now be called the smallest of all time.” "Biden put up a friendly front, but I'm sure behind the scenes he's distraught that he was just replaced by an autocrat. Why do I think that? Because moments before he left office, he issued preemptive pardons to Mark Milley, members of the January 6th committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, as well as five members of his own family." COLBERT: After the speech, it was time for the benediction. LORENZO SEWELL: Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle. COLBERT: That's also what Stormy Daniels called it. We're back, baby! We're back!  —Stephen Colbert       “This morning, I woke up, our son got into our bed, like, early in the morning, and peed in the bed, and so we got out of bed, and the dog had pooped in the hallway right out front and peed on the wall, and that was just an appetizer for the rest of the day really. President McRib is back. For a limited time, only four years today at noon eastern, our long national nightmare was officially sworn in. Another time. A second time. Donald Trump became the first convicted felon to be sworn in as president of the United States.” "It was below freezing in Washington today. It's the only reason that Bible didn't burst into flames when they swore Trump in." —Jimmy Kimmel “And then Trump got into the substance of his speech, an unsettling, low-energy mix of ominous fascism and weird [bleep] that no one except Donald Trump and his minions even care about.” —Seth Meyers       “Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, a man whose licentious and felonious behavior has been well cataloged and documented, returned to the Capitol Rotunda.” —Jon Stewart “Yeah, America is rolling the dice with a second Trump presidency. It's like we somehow survived the first Squid Game and then signed back up for a second. It's like, "You won, kind of." Yeah, today was Trump's inauguration, but the ceremony was moved inside because of freezing temperatures. Democrats were like, "It doesn't bother us. We've been numb since November."  —Jimmy Fallon      “I would point out that George Washington spent a whole winter at Valley Forge. And they moved today's inaugural inside. Something to think about.” —Pod Save America’s Jon Lovett on The Late Show JON FAVREAU: He signed an executive action on free speech. We’re all allowed to—free speech is here again, which is great. COLBERT: We can say what we want? JON FAVREAU: He may sue us, but we can say what we want. COLBERT: Wow. Go [bleep] yourself.  LOVETT: It's like, it was liberation day. COLBERT: I feel freer already.     On The Inauguration Being On Martin Luther King Jr. Day “Ironically, today also happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day of all days, and Donald Trump and Martin Luther King, they do have something in common: one had a dream, and the other had Eric. But Trump promised his administration would work to make Dr. King's dream come true. He said that in his speech, and he's right. These people will make sure we are judged based on the content of character, not on the color of their lily white skin. It was wall-to-wall white people at this inauguration. It really was something. —Jimmy Kimmel “Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and like Martin Luther King, I also had a dream. I mean, it had to be a dream, right? It’s too weird to be real.” —Seth Meyers DON CHEADLE [Actor]: Very close. You know, I'm in my inauguration phase of grief right now. KIMMEL: Are you? CHEADLE: Yes. I don't know what all the rest of them are. But the juxtaposition of MLK Day and the inauguration is just something that I don't think even Thanos would have thought of. KIMMEL: It does seem like there is some cosmic plan to just screw with us, doesn't it? On Trump’s Billionaire Supporters “Did he say America's dick line is over? America's dick line is over. In fact, it's right over there. There it is. Later on, the dick line turns into a circle jerk, and that's when the fun starts to happen. A lot of people were wondering why all these rich guys were invited to sit in The Capitol for the inauguration. There's a perfectly good explanation for it. Trump is selling the country to the highest bidder. It really has been amazing to watch these powerful men, who don't need to ever make another dollar in their lives, debasing themselves to suck up to this ridiculous person. But that's why they're billionaires, I guess. —Jimmy Kimmel     “Trump supporters are outside freezing, while Trump himself is inside cozying up to wealthy tech oligarchs. I'm just going to sit here for a second while you think about the metaphor.” —Seth Meyers “Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, sat Zuck, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic-Tac guy, the Google guy… Populism, ladies and gentlemen! Shouldn't this gathering be happening in a volcano's lair near Zurich? Or are we just open source Illuminati now? Where's the conspiracy fun in that? Honestly, there is not a useful app of communication not controlled by at least one of these individuals. And you may not be concerned that they've all ponied up a million dollars to be sitting there and are kissing the ass of a president who openly threatens non-ass-kissers, but trust me, shit's going to get weird.”     —Jon Stewart “Elon Musk bought his seat on stage today. He spent $250 million to sit on the dais and now he runs the DOGE or whatever. The rest of the billionaires were there to show that they've bent the knee, I think, they’re more heads on a pike.” —Pod Save America’s Tommy Vietor on The Late Show “This is really different, and in fact, I was reflecting on how different this is, even from Russian oligarchy, because…You know, at least Putin had a very clear red line with his oligarchs. The grand bargain of the early 2000s was he was going to let them get rich on condition that they kept their noses out of his political business. “This is not good news because I like democracy… the broligarchs really have an explicit political agenda, and it is essentially anti-democratic and almost monarchical.” —Author and Professor Brooke Harrington on The Daily Show STEWART: Oh, so you are not expecting any of our oligarchs to be like "Hey, watch what you're doing?" Like, none of that? HARRINGTON: No. What Trump has done is so extraordinary. He does not have the line with the new oligarchs of America at all. He said, “Okay, you bought it, do what you want.”     STEWART: But isn't that what these oligarchs now, isn't that what their first wives were for? Isn't that, like, what it seems like now, they divorced their first wife and their first wife is like, “Give this all to Planned Parenthood.” Like, is that the oblige that's coming out? … HARRINGTON: But it almost seems, as, like, a middle finger to the ex-husbands. Like— STEWART: Right. HARRINGTON: — I’ll show you the proper use of wealth, you SOB. Here are transcripts for the January 20-taped shows: CBS The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 1/20/2025 11:39 PM ET STEPHEN COLBERT: Well, for some reason, and it might be a perfectly understandable reason, the American people decided to unknow what they definitely knew about Donald Trump. Well, today, the great remembering began. It was a frigid day down in Washington, so at the last minute, Trump moved his inauguration indoors. Totally understandable, so, Mr. President, it is with the utmost respect that I say, “awww, was the big stwong gweatest pwesident ever feewing a widdo chiwwy? You want hot cocoa wif mawshy-mewwows?” You weather cuck.  Trump announced the change of venue on Truth Social, posting [Trump impression] "I have ordered the inauguration address, in addition to prayers and other speeches, to be delivered in the United States capitol rotunda, as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985, also because of very cold weather."  [normal voice] Okay, you can't act like you're doing it just because of Reagan. "Honey, it's not that I couldn't perform in bed last night. It's just that out of respect for President Carter, I'm flying at half-staff.” Instead, thank you, Joe. Thank you. Thank you. The smart choice. Instead, they held the ceremony in the Capitol Rotunda, or as it looked from the dome camera, the freedom pit. The thing is, the Rotunda can only hold approximately 700 people, which means Trump's inauguration crowd can now be called the smallest of all time. … Then Trump was sworn in by Chief Justice Roberts. One problem: Trump did not place his hand on the Bible for the oath of office. Now, when the ceremony was gonna be outside, he was going to put his hand on the Bible, but when they moved it inside, the fire marshal wouldn't allow it. Here's the thing. There you go. Safety first. Safety first. Here's the thing. If he doesn't touch the Bible, is he really president? I mean, who did touch the Bible? [Gasps] Melania! Is she president now? Could the hat be president? It clearly believes in a strong border. Then Trump got up there and gave his speech. Unlike 8 years ago, it wasn't all pure darkness. Just most of it. Some of it was just plain weird. … COLBERT: After the speech, it was time for the benediction. LORENZO SEWELL: Heavenly Father, we’re so grateful that you gave our 45th and now our 47th president a millimeter miracle. COLBERT: That's also what Stormy Daniels called it. We're back, baby! We're back!  ... COLBERT: Biden put up a friendly front, but I'm sure behind the scenes he's distraught that he was just replaced by an autocrat. Why do I think that? Because moments before he left office, he issued preemptive pardons to Mark Milley, members of the January 6th committee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, as well as five members of his own family. … JON LOVETT: I would point out that George Washington spent a whole winter at Valley Forge. And they moved today's inaugural inside. Something to think about. … COLBERT: Did I hear this right, that the ambassador to the United States from Germany wrote, like, a cable back to his own government saying Trump is going to co-rule with the oligarchs, the tech oligarchs. TOMMY VIETOR: Sounds about right. Elon Musk bought his seat on stage today. He spent $250 million to sit on the dais and now he runs the DOGE or whatever. The rest of the billionaires were there to show that they've bent the knee, I think, they’re more heads on a pike. LOVETT:  But it's going to be okay. Don't you think?  … JON FAVREAU: He signed an executive action on free speech. We’re all allowed to—free speech is here again, which is great. COLBERT: We can say what we want? FAVREAU: He may sue us, but we can say what we want. COLBERT: Wow. Go [bleep] yourself.  LOVETT: It's like, it was liberation day. COLBERT: I feel freer already. *** ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 1/20/2025 11:35 PM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: This morning, I woke up, our son got into our bed, like, early in the morning and peed in the bed, and so we got out of bed, and the dog had pooped in the hallway right out front and peed on the wall, and that was just an appetizer for the rest of the day really. President McRib is back. For a limited time, only four years today at noon eastern, our long national nightmare was officially sworn in. Another time. A second time. Donald Trump became the first convicted felon to be sworn in as president of the United States.  … KIMMEL: It was below freezing in Washington today. It's the only reason that Bible didn't burst into flames when they swore Trump in ... KIMMEL: Did he say America's dick line is over? America's dick line is over. In fact, it's right over there. There it is. Later on, the dick line turns into a circle jerk, and that's when the fun starts to happen. A lot of people were wondering why all these rich guys were invited to sit in The Capitol for the inauguration. There's a perfectly good explanation for it. Trump is selling the country to the highest bidder. It really has been amazing to watch these powerful men, who don't need to ever make another dollar in their lives, debasing themselves to suck up to this ridiculous person. But that's why they're billionaires, I guess. … KIMMEL: Ironically, today also happens to be Martin Luther King Jr. Day of all days, and Donald Trump and Martin Luther King, they do have something in common: one, had a dream, and the other had Eric. But Trump promised his administration would work to make Dr. King's dream come true. He said that in his speech, and he's right. These people will make sure we are judged based on the content of character, not on the color of their lily white skin. It was wall-to-wall white people at this inauguration. It really was something. … KIMMEL: Trump is a very close friend of yours? DON CHEADLE: Very close. You know, I'm in my inauguration phase of grief right now. KIMMEL: Are you? CHEADLE: Yes. I don't know what all the rest of them are. But the juxtaposition of MLK Day and the inauguration is just something that I don't think even Thanos would have thought of. KIMMEL: It does seem like there is some cosmic plan to just screw with us, doesn't it? *** NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers 1/21/2025 12:37 AM ET SETH MEYERS: Good evening. I'm Seth Meyers. This is Late Night. We hope you're doing well tonight. And now, if you don't mind, I'm going to get to the news. Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, and like Martin Luther King, I also had a dream. I mean, it had to be a dream, right? It’s too weird to be real. … MEYERS: That's right. MAGA supporters were left out in the cold, while Trump gave toasty indoor VIP seats to the wealthy tech oligarchs, which brings us to a segment called "Do I really have to explain the metaphor here?" Guys, do I really have to explain the metaphor here? Look, I get it's my job to glean insights about the news through jokes, but sometimes it's just at too [bleep] obvious. I think you guys can handle this one yourselves. Most of the next four years is going to be me showing clips and then going -- Trump supporters are outside freezing, while Trump himself is inside cozying up to wealthy tech oligarchs. I'm just going to sit here for a second while you think about the metaphor. … MEYERS: And then Trump got into the substance of his speech, an unsettling, low-energy mix of ominous fascism and weird [bleep] that no one except Donald Trump and his minions even care about. *** Comedy Central The Daily Show 1/20/2025 11:00 PM ET JON STEWART: My name is Jon Stewart! I'm your host on this most historic vibe shift of a day. Donald J. Trump, the 45th president of the United States, a man whose licentious and felonious behavior has been well cataloged and documented, returned to the Capitol Rotunda. … Yes, taking the place of seats normally reserved for Democratic or Republican governors, sat Zuck, Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon, Tic-Tac guy, the Google guy. The six guys who control maybe 20 percent of the world's wealth and 100 percent of your nudes. You don't need to pretend with me. I don't know what he's talking about. Delete, delete, delete.  Populism, ladies and gentlemen! Shouldn't this gathering be happening in a volcano's lair near Zurich? Or are we just open source Illuminati now? Where's the conspiracy fun in that? Honestly, there is not a useful app of communication not controlled by at least one of these individuals. And you may not be concerned that they've all ponied up a million dollars to be sitting there and are kissing the ass of a president who openly threatens non-ass-kissers, but trust me, shit's going to get weird.  … STEWART: Am I -- was that odd? Do we normally see all the titans of industries and things in the front row, the box seats? BROOKE HARRINGTON: No. This is really different, and in fact, I was reflecting on how different this is, even from Russian oligarchy because– STEWART: Don't now. Okay, that hurts. That actually hurts HARRINGTON: Sorry. Sorry. You know, at least Putin had a very clear red line with his oligarchs. The grand bargain of the early 2000s was he was going to let them get rich on condition that they kept their noses out of his political business. At most, they would be his errand boys for some diplomatic missions in Europe, for example, on their superyachts, but that was it, and it ended there, and he made a huge example of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was the Yukos Oil chairman who dared to stand up for transparency and human rights in Russia and that earned him almost a decade in Russian prison and seizure of all of its assets by Putin. He was lucky to escape with his life. STEWART: Oh, so you are not expecting any of our oligarchs to be like "Hey, watch what you're doing?" Like, none of that? HARRINGTON: No. What Trump has done is so extraordinary. He does not have the line with the new oligarchs of America at all. He said, “Okay, you bought it, do what you want.” STEWART: But he’s blended them. This DOGE— I mean, he’as brought them into the table, but is there maybe something better about that because the explicit bargain is, now you have to give us money or you have to bring business to America? HARRINGTON: Well, for me, as an American, this is not good news because I like democracy. STEWART: Tell me more about this. I want to hear it. I like the sound of it. HARRINGTON: Yeah. STEWART: But I'm afraid I'm going to have to be sold. HARRINGTON: Yeah, well, the thing about the broligarchs and this is even different from oligarchs— STEWART: Stop. Stop. Okay, if that’s not trademarked. Broligarch. Nice. HARRINGTON: So we’ve had oligarchs and the past in America. We've had Carnegies and Rockefellers, but aside from making sure they did not get regulated or taxed too much, they kind of stuck to their own business. They just want to get rich. But the broligarchs really have an explicit political agenda, and it is essentially anti-democratic and almost monarchical. … STEWART: But isn't that what these oligarchs now, isn't that what their first wives were for? Isn't that, like, what it seems like now, they divorced their first wife and their first wife is like, “Give this all to Planned Parenthood.” Like, is that the oblige that's coming out? HARRINGTON: I only know about the case of MacKenzie Bezos doing that. STEWART: Right. I think Melinda Gates also gives— HARRINGTON: Oh, she too, yes, she is doing her part. But it almost seems, as, like, a middle finger to the ex-husbands. Like— STEWART: Right. HARRINGTON: -- I’ll show you the proper use of wealth, you SOB. *** NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 1/20/2025 11:36 PM ET JIMMY FALLON: Yeah, America is rolling the dice with a second Trump presidency. It's like we somehow survived the first Squid Game and then signed back up for a second. It's like, "You won, kind of." Yeah, today was Trump's inauguration but the ceremony was moved inside because of freezing temperatures. Democrats were like, "It doesn't bother us. We've been numb since November." 

Another piece to the puzzle was added after news broke that the machine run by leftist billionaire George Soros was suing President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). MRC Business discovered that another radical group financed by Soros, Public Citizen, requested January 13 for its co-presidents to be appointed to DOGE, which is being led by X owner Elon Musk. Public Citizen virtue signaled over  “concerns about DOGE’s structure and mission. In structure, an advisory committee led by individuals such as Musk and former DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy over dubious allegations of conflict of interest. In short, Public Citizen (founded by leftist Ralph Nader in 1971) sought to steer DOGE away from solely focusing on its founding principle to slash bureaucracy and instead be reengineered to include consideration on “more efficiently regulating corporations” to supposedly protect consumers. They're for cutting spending -- if it's defense spending and oil subsidies. Soros fueled $6,096,003 collectively into Public Citizen and its Foundation between 2016 and 2023 alone. As the late President Ronald Reagan warned, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’” The Trump transition team apparently didn’t comply, according to January 16 reporting from The New York Times. Public Citizen’s request “has not been accepted so far, the co-president of Public Citizen, Lisa Gilbert, said Thursday,” The Times wrote. Just days later, on Inauguration Day, another leftist pro-censorship group financed by Soros called Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), would launch a lawsuit along with the radical American Federation of Teachers against DOGE just moments after Trump took office. The reason, according to The Times, was alleged violation of “laws that require federal advisory committees to be open to the public and to include a diversity of viewpoints.” Hmm, that's kind of like what the radical Soros-funded, pro-regulation Public Citizen would bring to the table, right? It makes sense, given that Public Citizen would file its own lawsuit against DOGE with other leftist cohorts on Inauguration Day along similar lines too.  Coincidence? We think not.   Public Citizen, in its request, was effectively asking to stifle the very reason why DOGE was established in the first place by being the “voices” for those who “benefit” from federal regulations and spending programs. As Influence Watch noted in its profile of Public Citizen, “The organization supports a broad liberal policy agenda focused on opposing the free-market interests of American business owners.”  Oh but it gets worse, according to Influence Watch: [Public Citizen's] anti-free-market lobbying agenda supports increased government spending and opposed multiple tax cuts.6 The group also touts its support for enacted policies that increased civil liabilities, and imposed costly environmental mandates and regulatory red-tape6 on businesses. The group even openly endorsed passage of the multitrillion-dollar environmental monstrosity cooked up by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA): The Green New Deal. The irony is that Public Citizen claimed in its letter to the Trump transition team that unlike Musk and Ramaswamy, “our appointment to DOGE would not raise conflict of interest concerns because” it allegedly doesn’t have “financial interest in federal government contracts and spending.” That’s despite being financed heavily by the Soros empire, which absolutely would be concerned with such interests. Perhaps that's the real reason why CREW and Public Citizen would later sue.  It's a small world after all, eh Soros?  

President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the scandal-plagued World Health Organization late in his first term, citing the organization's poor response to COVID-19, its apparent willingness to help the communist Chinese regime cover up the spread of the virus, and its refusal to adopt urgently needed reforms. The withdrawal was set to go into effect on July 6, 2021, but former President Joe Biden swooped in to keep America's membership in the globalist outfit up to date. Biden is gone, and Trump's withdrawal plan is back. In his Monday executive order to sever all ties with the WHO, Trump reiterated his previous issues with the organization, then noted that the "WHO continues to demand unfairly onerous payments from the United States, far out of proportion with other countries' assessed payments. China, with a population of 1.4 billion, has 300 percent of the population of the United States, yet contributes nearly 90 percent less to the WHO." Now with the shoe on the other foot, Trump revoked Biden's Jan. 20, 2021, letter to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, wherein the elder Democrat indicated he was reversing course and remaining a member, as well as Biden's executive order 13987, the supposed purpose of which was to improve federal coordination when responding to the pandemic. 'Everybody rips off the United States.' Trump directed Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russell Vought, the prospective director of the Office of Management and Budget, to pause the future transfer of any cash, support, or resources to the WHO at a time when American taxpayers are on the hook for funding over 15% of the organization's annual budget; recall and reassign American personnel or contractors working in any capacity with the the organization; identify American and international partners who could "assume necessary activities previously undertaken by the WHO"; and jettison the Biden administration's 2024 U.S. Global Health Security Strategy as soon as possible. Although there is once again a great deal of pearl-clutching about breaking it off with what appears to be in some ways a wealth redistribution scheme, the WHO has repeatedly proven itself to be incompetent and in the pocket of America's adversaries. For instance, the WHO told the nations of the world not to restrict travelers from China or close their borders, even though China had done so domestically at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic; gave Beijing a a veto over the WHO's COVID-19 origins report; endorsed vaccines that proved to be neither safe nor effective, including the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine whose developer admitted can cause deadly blood clots; and attracted criticism over its sexual abuse scandal, wasteful spending, sloppy scientific research, and corruption. America's withdrawal is all the more timely because of the continued desire by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and others to foist a global pandemic pact on member nations. Globalists convened at the World Health Assembly last year failed to produce a draft of the pact, which has been identified by American critics as a threat to national sovereignty. However, Ghebreyesus hinted at the likelihood of trying again while clamping down on "anti-vaxxers" in the meantime. Trump tasked Rubio in his executive order with also ending further negotiations on the pandemic pact as well as amendments to the International Health Regulations. "World Health ripped us off," Trump reportedly said Monday. "Everybody rips off the United States. It's not going to happen any more.” America's withdrawal will be complete within a year of the Trump administration's official notification to the U.N. and the WHO. "The World Health Organization regrets the announcement that the United States of America intends to withdraw from the Organization," the WHO said in a statement Tuesday. "We hope the United States will reconsider, and we look forward to engaging in constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the USA and WHO." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

President Donald Trump did not place his hand on the Bible while taking the presidential oath of office during his inauguration.But why?'Chief Justice John Roberts appears to have taken the view that "Justice delayed is justice denied."'A picture of the moment shows Trump standing across from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who administered the presidential oath of office, with his right hand in the air and his left hand by his side.That Trump did not place his hand on the Bible ironically upset leftists, who questioned whether the oath even counted if Trump did not have his hand on the Bible. Other anti-Trump antagonists suggested that Trump did not place his hand on the Bible because he did not want the "flesh seared off his hand." Even David Axelrod accused Trump of having "neglected" the Bible, an action he implied undermines Trump's belief that divine intervention saved him from assassination. The answer to why Trump did not put his hand on the Bible is more innocent than his uncharitable critics suggest.First, it's clear that Trump intended to take his oath of office with his hand on the Bible. Pictures show first lady Melania Trump standing next to her husband while holding two Bibles: Trump's personal Bible, which his mother gave to him, and the Lincoln Bible that President Abraham Lincoln used when he took the presidential oath of office in 1861.Second, as legal scholar Jonathan Turley observed, Roberts "moved a tad too quickly" during the ceremony, initiating the oath before Trump and his family were ready.This meant Melania Trump was not in position."Chief Justice John Roberts appears to have taken the view that 'Justice delayed is justice denied' by jumping forward to start the oath before Trump could put his hand on the Bible," Turley said.Video of the inauguration confirms this observation. It's clear that Melania's first cue to move from her seat to her husband's side was when Roberts asked Trump to "raise your right hand and repeat after me." And that's exactly what she did. But Roberts did not pause to allow Melania and other family members to take their positions around Trump. Instead, he immediately began administering the oath of office. Finally, Trump's oath of office is not invalidated because his hand was not on the Bible. The Constitution does not require the president to swear the oath of office while touching a Bible.Despite the apparent flub, Trump said during his inaugural speech that he believes God saved him from death."Just a few months ago in a beautiful Pennsylvania field, an assassin's bullet ripped through my ear, but I felt then and believed even more so now that my life was saved for a reason. I was saved by God to make America great again," Trump said.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska received a barrage of criticism online after "strongly" opposing the restoration of the former official name of North America's highest mountain, located in her state.During his inaugural address on Monday, President Donald Trump made plain his desire to return to many American traditions and values. To that end, he repeatedly invoked the name of God and claimed the Almighty spared his life from the deadly Butler shooting "to make America great again."Trump also reaffirmed biological reality in reiterating that "there are only two genders: male and female" and noted that "trying to socially engineer race and gender into every aspect of public and private life" has destroyed the social fabric of our nation.Additionally, Trump called for the towering Alaskan peak currently known as Denali to be referred to as Mt. McKinley once again. "We will restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mt. McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs," Trump said."President McKinley made our country very rich through tariffs and through talent — he was a natural businessman," Trump added.In 1896, a prospector first coined the name Mt. McKinley after then-presidential candidate McKinley — a Republican who was assassinated shortly into his second term — and the federal government officially adopted the name 21 years later.The name Mt. McKinley stuck for nearly a century, until 2015, when the Department of Interior under then-President Barack Obama, changed it to Denali, the name used by past Athabascan natives."President McKinley never visited, nor did he have any significant historical connection to, the mountain or to Alaska," the DOI order stated.'You’re deadnaming Mount McKinley.'Sen. Murkowski, a Republican who often parts ways with the rest of her party, opposes restoring the name Mt. McKinley now that Trump is back in charge. "You can’t improve upon the name that Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans bestowed on North America’s tallest peak, Denali — the Great One," Murkowski said back in December. "For years, I advocated in Congress to restore the rightful name for this majestic mountain to respect Alaska’s first people who have lived on these lands for thousands of years. This is an issue that should not be relitigated."Murkowski then reiterated her opposition to the McKinley name on social media on Monday."I strongly disagree with the President’s decision on Denali. Our nation’s tallest mountain, which has been called Denali for thousands of years, must continue to be known by the rightful name bestowed by Alaska’s Koyukon Athabascans, who have stewarded the land since time immemorial," she wrote.Fellow X users then let her have it:"We strongly don’t care," said anti-woke crusader Robby Starbuck."You’re deadnaming Mount McKinley," joked attorney Will Chamberlain. "That’s deeply offensive.""How do you know it was called Denali for thousands of years?" one popular response astutely asked."You always side with democrats either change your ways or get primaried out!" added another.Murkowski's frequent leftward lurches have made her very unpopular with conservatives across America and with MAGA supporters in particular. She voted to convict Trump after his second House impeachment in 2021 and declined to vote for him in the 2024 presidential election.She even recently eschewed the Republican identity in general, claiming she would feel "more comfortable" having no party "label" instead."I'd rather be that 'no label,'" she said in December. "I'd rather be that person that is just known for trying to do right by the state and the people that I serve, regardless of party, and I'm totally good and comfortable with that."In 2022, Trump endorsed her GOP challenger, Kelly Tshibaka. However, ranked-choice voting, instituted in Alaska in 2020 and approved by voters in November, has helped her keep her seat.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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After over a month of iOS 18.3 beta testing, Apple is now seeding iOS 18.3 RC ahead of its official release. This update is light on new features, as it addresses some issues with Apple Intelligence. The company is preparing for a big iOS 18.4 release later in April. Here's everything you need to know about the iOS 18.3 RC version. Robot vacuum support: This feature was delayed to 2025. X user Aaron Perris discovered strings in iOS 18.3 beta code that show Apple wants to offer this feature with this next software update. When it’s available, robot vacuum makers will be able to control their vacuums through Apple’s Home app. Turn off satellite communication: According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, those companies who deploy iPhones through Mobile Device Management will be able to disable satellite communication services. The journalist says this is “designed for defense/space agencies who don’t want employees tapping into it.” Camera Control icons: Apple has updated the Camera Control icons to the new Dark Mode. This change has been spotted by X user Aaron Perris. In addition, the Camera Control renamed the AF/EF toggle to "Lock Focus and Exposure." Notification Summary: After complaints that Apple Intelligence was hallucinating while summarizing news headlines, the company decided to turn off summarization for the News category. Apple now notes that this might happen when you turn it on. iOS 18.3 RC also keeps adding references to the new CarPlay experience. While it's unclear when the CarPlay 2.0 will be available, the company keeps working on it. BGR will update this article once we learn more about the Release Candidate notes and what else Apple is including with this software update. Alongside iOS 18.3 RC, Apple is also seeding the RC versions of iPadOS 18.3, macOS 15.3, tvOS 18.3, watchOS 11.3, and visionOS 2.3. Don't Miss: iOS 18.3: New features, release date, AI updates, more The post iOS 18.3 RC now available with these 4 features appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Today’s deals: $20 waterproof Bluetooth speaker, $23 space heater, $200 exercise bike, more Today’s deals: $179 Nintendo Switch Lite, $99 Beats Pill waterproof speaker, $250 off M3 MacBook Air, more Today’s deals: $20 Amazon credit, $165 AirPods 4 with ANC, $1,300 off LG C4 OLED TV, Roborock sale, more Best deals: Tech, laptops, TVs, and more sales