Some of Joe Biden's earliest priorities should include:

- Fully staffing & funding the Federal Elections Comm'n, hobbled by the GOP
- Rebalancing the FCC to enforce new regs on 'news' accuracy, labeling of 'opinion' in media
- Empaneling a comm'n into gov't corruption
1/
- Authorizing sanctions powers for the Office of Gov't Ethics, other toothless watchdog agencies
- Campaign finance and duration reform
- A fast-track for gov't corruption cases in judicial system (SJC governs)
- Expanded funding and staffing for Judiciary

2/
- Restoring Catch-and-Release under supervision for illegal immigrants
- Winding down of CBP and ICE's Guantanomo for-profit detention centers
- Reviewing no-bid, exorbitantly-priced federal contracts issued under Trump, esp. FBI building and detention centers

3/
- Response to all subpoenas issued to the Trump admin by Congress and plaintiffs

- Reviews of all:
. criminal referrals to DOJ during Trump admin
. do-not-prosecute decisions made with input
from 1st & 2nd-tier DOJ officials
. NSC lawyers' actions in #Ukrainegate

4/
Reviews of all:
- Mat'ls classified with NSC, ODNI or WH General Counsel input to identify cover-ups
- Appts made in violation of the Succession Acts, and decisions made by illegally-appointed officials
- Trump judicial appts (SJC & Appeals) for perjury or prior misconduct

5/
- Review of all agency major deregulation decisions, to confirm conformance with requirements such as the Administrative Procedures Act for adequate consideration of stakeholders' input, and proper impact assessments

6/
- Investigation into US's sudden support for the Saudi Arabian blockade of Qatar, and its prompt lifting after Qatar reversed their rejection of a loan app from Kushner real estate co Cadre to refinance his 666 5th Ave white elephant

7/
- Review of disposition of Mueller's referrals of suspicious fin'l txns between Trump associates and Russian-influenced parties, esp. within Treasury's FINCEN group

- Review of Fox New's in-kind campaign donations to Republican candidates, in the form of free media time

8/
- Review of Trump, Flynn and Barrack's negotiations and actions to arrange the sale of highly-sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia

- Review of WH-FEMA interactions, deployments, contract awards, and funds disbursement for Hurricane Maria recovery in Puerto Rico

9/
- Review of FCC's decision-making process in canceling #NetNeutrality , including the use of sock-puppet public comments filings involving stolen citizens' identities, corporate lobbying, and balanced consideration of opposing viewpoints

10/
- Push for legislation to prevent the use of gov't shutdowns to extort decisions that the majority of Congress opposes, or pork provisions for members' districts

- Review the Constitutionality of Senate rules that permit the majority leader to ignore the will of the Senate

11/
- Launch a public awareness program vs common misconceptions promoted by either party about gov't's role in:
. stewarding collective resources
. discharging collective responsibilities, e.g. common defense, insurance vs commonly-shared risks, care of the infirm, etc.

12A/
- Launch a public awareness pgm vs common misconceptions promoted by either party:

. basic economic effects of taxes, tax cuts, subsidies
. the role, impacts and benefits of for-profit & not-for-profit approaches to any enterprise (capitalism vs socialism vs hybrid)

12B/
- Launch a public awareness pgm vs common misconceptions:

. The relationship between opinions & conclusions
. The use of evidence to form conclusions
. Appropriate skepticism vs contrariness
. Assessing the reliability of opinions, conclusions and evidence

12C/
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