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April 28, 2025
Unleashing Offshore Critical Minerals And Resources, Election Integrity, And Reducing The Federal Workforce Are The Latest America First Executive Orders
World Intellectual Property Dayis observed annually on April 26. The event was established by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in 2000 to "raise awareness of how patents, copyright, trademarks and designs impact on daily life" and "to celebrate creativity, and the contribution made by creators and innovators to the development of economies and societies across the globe". April 26 was chosen as the date for World Intellectual Property Day because it coincides with the date on which the Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization entered into force in 1970. The US President has issued a proclamation honoring this day since 2000 and this year is no exception.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 26, 2025, as World Intellectual Property Day. I encourage Americans to celebrate the extraordinary achievements of our creators and inventors and the contributions they have made and will continue making to our country.
Free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic. The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated, without illegal dilution, is vital to determining the rightful winner of an election. Under the Constitution, State governments must safeguard American elections in compliance with Federal laws that protect Americans voting rights and guard against dilution by illegal voting, discrimination, fraud, and other forms of malfeasance and error. . . . Several Federal laws, including 18 U.S.C. 1015 and 611, prohibit foreign nationals from registering to vote or voting in Federal elections. . . . elections must be honest and worthy of the public trust.
Federal law (52 U.S.C. 30121 and 30122) strictly prohibits making political contributions in the name of another person, as well as contributions by foreign nationals. . . .
reports raise concerns that malign actors are seeking to evade Federal source and amount limitations on political contributions by breaking down large contributions from one source into many smaller contributions, nominally attributed to numerous other individuals, potentially without the consent or even knowledge of the putative contributors. The reports also raise concerns that such straw donations are being made through dummy accounts, potentially using gift cards or prepaid credit cards to evade detection. Further, there is evidence to suggest that foreign nationals are seeking to misuse online fundraising platforms to improperly influence American elections. . . . These activities undermine the integrity of our electoral process. Therefore, I direct the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, to use all lawful authority, as necessary, to investigate allegations regarding the unlawful use of online fundraising platforms to make straw or dummy contributions or foreign contributions to political candidates and committees, and to take all appropriate actions to enforce the law. . . . Within 180 days, the Attorney General is required provide the results of this investigation.
The United States has a core national security and economic interest in maintaining leadership in deep sea science and technology and seabed mineral resources. The United States faces unprecedented economic and national security challenges in securing reliable supplies of critical minerals independent of foreign adversary control. Vast offshore seabed areas hold critical minerals and energy resources. These resources are key to strengthening our economy, securing our energy future, and reducing dependence on foreign suppliers for critical minerals. The United States also controls seabed mineral resources in one of the largest ocean areas of the world. Our Nation can, through the exercise of existing authorities and by establishing international partnerships, access potentially vast resources in seabed polymetallic nodules; other subsea geologic structures; and coastal deposits containing strategic minerals such as nickel, cobalt, copper, manganese, titanium, and rare earth elements, which are vital to our national security and economic prosperity. Our Nation must take immediate action to accelerate the responsible development of seabed mineral resources, quantify the Nations endowment of seabed minerals, reinvigorate American leadership in associated extraction and processing technologies, and ensure secure supply chains for our defense, infrastructure, and energy sectors.It is the policy of the United States to advance United States leadership in seabed mineral development.
The EO enumerates 5 steps that must be established within 60 days of the EO to assist businesses in gaining the governmental access necessary to start the seabed mining process. This EO directly responds to the fact that China produces most of the minerals that we need to create technological and military equipment.
In February, the Trump Administration began the reduction-in-force (RIF) process. Government employees were given a chance to resign with a very generous separation package. Since "enough" employees did not choose the separation package, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) began the RIF process. Some of the employees who received RIF notices then took the issue to court. On Feb 27, 2025, AFSCME contributor Nick Voutsinosreported that Judge Alsup, US District Court for the Northern District of CA granted a temporary restraining order finding the OPM did not have the authority to fire probationary or trial period government employees. On March 24, 2025, NARFE contributor Destinywrote that a second federal judge ruled the firing of thousands of federal employees was illegal and ordered the employees to be re-instated.
By April 9, 2025 Government Executive contributor Eric Katzand Federal News Network contributor Jared Serbureported that the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals also paused the re-hiring of trial period or probationary federal employees citing the SCOTUS ruling in the decision. On April 10, 2025, Civil Service Strong posted two articles that SCOTUS blocked a reinstatement order followed by the 4th Circuit Court also blocking a reinstatement order for temporary or probationary federal employees. They also provided instructions to the affected employees as to how to file an appeal.
The American people deserve a Federal workforce that is high-quality, efficient, dedicated to the public interest, and no larger than necessary. Probationary periods (for employees in the competitive service) and trial periods (for employees in the excepted service) have provided a longstanding critical tool to assess the fitness of newly hired Federal employees before finalizing their appointments to Federal service. The Government Accountability Office has documented, however, that agencies have not been using probationary and trial periods as effectively as they could to remove appointees whose continued employment is not in the public interest. As a result of this failure to remove poor performers, agencies have often retained and given tenure to underperforming employees who should have been screened out during their probationary period. Conditions of good administration require that agency approval should be required before probationary employees become tenured Federal employees. As the Merit Systems Protection Board recommended in its 2005 report The Probationary Period: A Critical Assessment Opportunity, there should be procedures so that a probationer does not automatically become an employee in the absence of agency action. And in the absence of agency certification that the probationer will be an asset to the Government, the probationers employment should automatically terminate upon the expiration of the probationary period. This order directs this commonsense change. Further, the regulations at subpart H of part 315 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations, which purport to limit agency action with respect to employees serving a probationary period, are not statutorily required, place undue burdens on agencies in terminating probationary employees, and deter managers from undertaking that effort. To ensure that agencies make better use of probationary and trial periods, this order issues a new Civil Service Rule XI that will supersede subpart H. Under Civil Service Rule XI, agencies will have to affirmatively determine that the continued employment of individuals serving probationary or trial periods would benefit the Federal service before such appointments are finalized. This rule applies to probationary periods in the competitive service and trial periods in the excepted service, except where provided otherwise by statute. It has no application to probationary periods in the Senior Executive Service.
The EO goes on to outline the process by which probationary and/or trial period employees are either let go or made permanent. I suspect we will see lawsuits over these instructions as well.
Those are some of the exact words used by Googles censors, aka 'Orwelliancontent police,' in describing many of our controversial stories.Stories later proven to be truthful and light years ahead of the mainstream media. But because we reported those 'inconvenient truths' they're trying to bankrupt ANP.
