the DON JONES INDEX…

GAINS POSTED in GREEN

LOSSES POSTED in RED

 

    1/16/25...     14,895.89

      1/9/25...     14,898.28

     6/27/13…    15,000.00

 

(THE DOW JONES INDEX:  1/23/25... 44.156.73 ; 1/16/25... 43,170.47; 6/27/13… 15,000.00)

 

LESSON for JANUARY TWENTY THIRD, 2025   “WELCOME BACK, DONNIE!”

 

At high noon on Monday, Donald John Trump (nee “Drumpf”) tied Ol’ 22/24, Mister Garfield (the President, not the cat) as the only POTUS ever re-elected to Commander in Chief non-consecutively upon taking the inauguration as the 47th President of the United States.

It was perhaps not a hard-won but a much-appreciated victory for the former Ex (45) who... perhaps in the spirit of Garfield... gifted his followers with not one but two inaugural speeches – an Official Version, (Attachment One) as soft-pedaled the revenge and retribution aspects, gave thanks to men and God and promised Gold for all (so as long as they were birthright-plus citizens, Born in the U.S.A).... and then, at his second and “real inaugural address (as) started when the teleprompter stopped” one crackling with revenge... whichTrump himself described as “a better speech than the one I made upstairs” (Vox, Attachment Two) called Dick Cheney a war profiteer, the Biden family “thugs” and, of course, claimed to have lost the election because of illegal votes – this time in California.

At that second Capitol One Arena rally in two days, that Second Adress (Attachment Three) outlined what he would do... starting that very night.. and who would pay the price.

He brought his dogsbodies (@, J.D, Elon) up to speak (New York Times, Attachment Four) and Musk thanked the crowd for choosing Mr. Trump during “a fork in the road of human civilization,” giving what many called a Nazi salute.

Others appeared to celebrate Mr. Musk’s motion. Andrew Torba, the founder of the far-right social network Gab, shared a photograph on his platform of the billionaire making the gesture, adding the caption, “Incredible things are happening already.”

Mr. Musk, 53, did not respond to an email requesting comment.  Late Monday, he shared a user’s post on X that said the “salute hoax” was part of a Democratic “dirty tricks campaign” against Mr. Musk.

“Frankly, they need better dirty tricks,” Mr. Musk added.

After escorting Old Sick Joe out of the Capitol, it was off to Capitol One, signing pardons and EO’s... throwing his souvenir pens to the throng... and merching his merch.  He replaced a portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt that had been hung by Biden with one of George Washington, renamed Mount Denali in Alaska Mount McKinley again – having pledged to “preserve, protect and defend” the Constitution from the same spot that was overrun by his supporters on Jan. 6.

 

BEFOREPLAY...

Some, but not all of the Show had obviouslybeen scripted in advance.  A little over a year ago, Donald Trump claimed he would be a “dictator”—but only for the first 24 hours of his presidency. Now, as his Jan. 20 inauguration approaches, wrote Nick Popli (Time, Jan. 13th) the President-elect’s plans for his first day in office are “becoming clearer.” 

Trump told Republican Senators that he is preparing around 100 executive orders for the first day of his presidency, designed to strike swiftly at the heart of the Biden Administration’s legislative agenda. He has spent months teasing an ambitious list of measures he would take on Day One, including shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border, ending the Russia-Ukraine war, and pardoning Jan. 6 prisoners, among others.

“Look, I can undo almost everything Biden did, he through executive order. And on Day One, much of that will be undone,” Trump told TIME in a November interview.

Popli listed some of the main promises Trump said he would role out on Day One of his Presidency...

Close the border and reinstate travel bans

Achieved@

Mass deportations and end birthright citizenship

Paperwork achieved.  Deportations will take a little longer.

Pardon Jan. 6 prisoners

Over-achieved.  Trump had said that he would consider pardons “for some individuals charged with violent offenses” and that, in addition to pardoning individuals, Trump “he may establish a task force to review other cases of Jan. 6 participants still imprisoned.”  Intead, he even pardoned those convicted of the most serious assaults on Capitol Police.

End the Russia-Ukraine war

Not achieved.

End the ‘electric vehicle mandate’ and Green New Deal policies

@

Roll back federal regulations

@

Ban transgender individuals in women’s sports and the military

@

Cut federal funding for ‘woke’ schools

@

End CRT and DEI mandates in schools and the military and go back in time.

 

“Shock and awe,” Sen. John Barrasso, (R – Wy)  predicted after Republicans members of Congress received a preview of the activity to come. (USA Today, Attachment Seven)

As far as proposals likely to face legal of legislative challenges, USA noted that Trump would seemingly have to pursue an amendment to the Constitution, “which would require support from two-thirds of Congress and ratification from three-fourths of state legislatures.”

But, if successful, repeal of the 14th could also open the door to bringing back slavery.

Trump advisers also have signaled plans to direct the federal government to more aggressively use 287(g) ‒ a federal program that empowers local law enforcement to carry out some immigration enforcement duties and promised new tariffs on imports from Canada (rescinced if conquered and made the 51st state), Mexico and China and save TikTok (done, at least for ninety days)

The liberal Guardian U.K. noted that, even before the election, some of the country’s largest companies announced they too were pivoting back into the pocket of the clown and sunsetting some of their corporate programs.

“In December, Walmart said it was rolling back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals and would drop using the term altogether. McDonald’s made a similar statement in January. On Friday, Meta became the latest major company to announce the end of its DEI goals, saying that the company will scrap its DEI team, its equity and inclusion training programs and requirements to have a “diverse slate” of applicants when hiring.”   (Jan 11, Attachment Eight)

Now that conservatives not only have a majority in the supreme court, but also the White House and both chambers of Congress, “they can launch a full-fledged attack against DEI at the federal level” and GUK predicted that.

@begin

 

 

 

 

 

 

OATH of ADDRESS...

 

 

 

AFTER-MATH...

It may just well have been – as a former Lesson upon the vagaries and vexations of Trump’s beloved (and, for now, believed) bro Glad Vlad Putin observed – that November’s election was all about the gays... specifically that the cultural warriors of MAGA convinced the previously noncommittal demographic of young, straight white males as didn’t qualify (intellectually or financially) for the sort of elite university educations claimed by the offspring of the elites as their birthrights.  Whether from their cheap State or Community colleges, their workplaces in the fast-food franchises, auto body shops  and factories (where such still existed) or from the couches in their parents’ garages, the superannuated boys of winter turned loathing against the queers and racketeers of Deep State Next; groomed by intellectuals in rooms as were so virtuous, so stuffed with DEI and @ and @ and @; the upwardly alreadily-mobile peering down disdainfully upon inferiors.

Post-election polls

 

 

But if resentment at their treatment won Trump votes from working and wish-they-were-working young white males (as well as a record turnout of black and brown American-born citizens apprehensive over the armies of the south taking over their jobs because they were paid less by elite employers), he also won their more numerous parents and entire communities worried and angry over the “kitchen-table” issues – notably the cost of gas and groceries, lesser in Trump’s first administration and, under weak old Joe and crazy Kamalala, apparently headed nowhere but up while wages stagnated (or at least, as in the last month’s Index, only now beginning to rise).  Forget the plague, and evil Doctor Fauci with his mask mandates and work-from-home remedies applicable only to the cubicle parasites with their computers and their @; forget the bird flu as elevated the price of eggs to fifty cents apiece; forget the wildfires @ attributed

 

@ some more inaug and after quotes

 

Sloughing off blame for the inclusionary half-hour fantasy of his Inaugural Address upon Melania and other unnamed “advisers” who wanted him to be “nice” on this, of all days... with the goddam Godless Democrats even flying the Stars and Stripes at half mast in an extended homage to that other old loser, Jimmy Carter, New 47 brought revenge and retribution back to the fore at his celebratory peckulations and pardoneerings at the @ center with a shout out to the owners, @ hockey

 

It was a good day for hockey, most of the revelers agreed... many of whom had been standing in line since two in the morning in the two degree windchill, only to be notified that their tickets to the main even would not be stamped.  And these weren’t bums, not by any means, they were thoughtful and earnest Americans... many of them donors (though not of the million or billion class) to the G.O.P. who shivered in silence and finally received their recognition from THEIR President, voicing THEIR aspersions and aspirations.

 

@ more quotes

 

 

 

 

 

Our Lesson: January 16 through January 22, 2025

 

Thursday, January 16 , 2025

Dow:  43,152.13

It’s Fig Newton Day...

   The last four and a half days of Biden/Harris flutter from the bushes to explode on multiple levels like dying quail flushed from upscale Tyson processing plants... from wildfires in Los Angeles to the hostage deal in the Mideast, from plagues old (Covid) to new (Bird Flu Two, the transmissible kind) to banning Tik Tok; from the debt ceiling to kitchen ceiling, diplomatic deep fakes to military adventurism... and the actors, good and bad alike, all acting out to consolidate gains before the changeover as if they didn’t know that the donkey from “Shrek” was dead.

   As a cease-fire for hostages deal gains strength, Israel ramps up bombing of Gaza as infighting among Bibi Netanyahu’s far-right legislators remain the last obstacle.  The Ukraine/Russian war grinds on, with Glad Vlad hoping that the President/President-Elect (PPE) will cut Zelenskyy and the Ukes off or broker a deal as he has proposed to do with China on TikTok: perhaps a 50/50 split (as would enhance his proposed conquest of Greenland, Panama and Canada).

   As TikTokers whine, wildfire survivors grieve... thousands of homes, famous enclaves in Malibu and on Hollywood Boulevard... Santa Ana winds go down, but will go up again, and the new danger arising is landslides.  Immigrants, legal or not, fear the details of deportation as the Trump cabinet is largely named and Congressional hearings have taken place for some of the most controversial (Hegseth, Gabbard) with Kash Patel and more on deck).

  And as tech oligarchs bend the knee to Incoming, two of them (Musk and Bezos launch rival moonshots) – Blue Origen successfully, but Space X loses its main capsule.  On Earth, a drunken Southwest pilot is pulled from the cockpit, chickens and people perish in a Tyson plant explosion and a wild weekend in college and pro sports plays on.

 

Friday, January 17, 2025

Dow:  43,487.83

As fires and winds give way to landslides, relief and recovery begin... the death toll rises to twenty-seven.  “Our schools are gone,” a resident says, “our pharmacies are gone.”  “Tinder” (an unlikely choice) donates $200K to wildfire relied.

  The Israeli cabinet approves the hostage deal, sends it on to parliament and relief trucks gather on the Egyptian border while Israel conducts last-minute bombing of Palestinian civilians.

   Trump inauguration moved indoors in anticipation of record freezing and snowfall ­– not only in Washington but all over the East.  Biden issues more pardons while lawyer are mobilizing to dealt with a multitude of issues... not only political but cultural (the Baldoni/Lively lawsuit) and professional football player Xavier Legette eats a squirrel on live video (he had raccoon for Thanksgiving).

 

Saturday, January 18 , 2025

Dow:  Closed

President Joe gets a big win on his last day, after moments of peril... Israeli parliament supports hostage deal but far right opposition demands that it go through “procedures” inasmuch as the first stage calls for release of 31 Israelis (and two Americans)... mostly women and children... for 1,700 Palestinians (again, mostly women and children but with a few active terror suspects).  As trucks of food and supplies are lined up on the Egyptian border, Israeli bombing lasts till the bitter end on its 469th day.

   Tik Tok shuts down early, anticipating ban after SCOTUS votes 9-0 to destroy it.  Content creators whine about lost income and users bewail all the time they will have to do... other things.

   President Joe’s midnight business includes more price cuts for fat people who can’t afford Wegovy or O-o-o Zempic as well as more pardons for Federal prisoners.

   Police and construction workers hustle to prepare Capitol rotunda for Trump inauguration, moved indoors due to record lows and snows from Arctic – the coldest swear-in since Reagan Two in 1984.  Half of the invitees moved indoors, rest are dis-invited... scuffles and screams break out among losers.

   Across the country, firefighters work to contain the Palisades and Eaton fires before winds pick back up tomorrow... Dave Chappelle on SNL exclaims that “God hates those people.”  (The leftwing lateniter shows signs of Trumpivoting by mocking MSNBC!)

 

Sunday, January 19 , 2025

Dow:  Closed

It’s National Popcorn Day.

   Tops are popping in the MidEast as the first hostages are tradec.  Three Israeli women reunite with families in the first of six phases of Phase One, Israel stops bombing Gaza and the rolling aid trucks and returning Palestinian hostages have most Islamists hopping too.  (Iran and Israeli settlers are disgruntled, but ignored.)

   Freezing protesters for choice, immigrants and other issues will face a (frozen) wall of police surrounding the Capitol.  Tik Tok goes dead and the youth of America wail: “what am I going to do?”  (Hint from DJI: get a job, get an education?)  Recognizing his high youth vote, Incoming now promises to override SCOTUS and declare a 90-day truce, also inviting Byte Dance spy Shou Zi Chew in to chew the fatted calf - along with penitent supplicant crow-eating billionaires Musk, Zuck and Bezos and (by protocol) Unhung Pence and holds a short pre-Inaug rally at the Capitol One Arema for the excluded.

   Talksters discuss Trump’s victory and Steve Bannon proclaims the end of the Democratic Party as weill as the Paul Ryan faction of the GOP – comparing Djonald UnChained to Washington, Lincoln and General MacArthur.  Joe’s outgoing Deputy NatSec John Finer complains that the MidEast peace was all Biden’s doing since back in May, 2024 but Robert Costa (Woodward whisperer) says Trump always saw 2020 as a pause, “not an end.”  In a reversal of roles, the Bern says failed Dems will support POTUS unless “you sell out the working class” while Sen. Jim Banks (R-In) warns that Djonald has only a “short window” to finish his job before 2026 midterm campaign.

   On “Face the Nation”, NSA nominee Mike Waltz (R-Fl) says that if Biden wants to own the hostage deal, he’ll get the blame if it fails and now America will have its “Reagan moment.”

 

Monday, January 20, 2025

Dow:  Closed for MLK day

Before the noontime inauguration, while is Trump is planning his rallies and parties, outgoing President Joe issues pre-emptive pardons for other “enemies” of the incoming like Gen. Melley, Liz Cheney and Dr. Fauci and then hurries to the inauguration, along with all the other living ex-Presidents (after Trump demands the half staff flag for Jimmy be raised again).  Three Israeli hostages and some Palestinian prisoners are finally reunited with their families while the Santa Ana winds pick up, sparking more California wildfires.

   It’s freezing in Washington and the inauguration is moved inside... the (lesser) half of ticket holders are shunted off to the Capitol One Arena but the only big no-shows are Michelle Obama, Pelosi and Chinese President Xi (who sends his cordial VP in his place).  Opera singer Christopher Maccho sings, the sergeants at arms swear in JD @get papers

   A minute late, Donald Trump becomes the 47th President of the United States and, shortly thereafter, pardons almost all the One Six prisoners/hostages except for a few violent attackers who get commutations.  He also issues executive orders against migrants, gays, taxmen and windmills and then proceeds back to the Capitol One Center to give what he and others call his real Inaugural address full of revenge and retribution and then parties all over.  Steven Miller @ while Jason Miller responds to press inquiries on Biden’s pardons, saying he doesn’t want to think about old Gone Joe amidst Trump’s “revolution of common sense.”

   Djonald UnKissed wants to kiss Melania, but is foiled by her big hat, so they dance instead.  Haters say that Elon Musk gives a Nazi salute.

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Dow:  44,025.81

It’s Shock and Awe: Day One, say the media (and also National Mariachi Day)

   In the season of the Pardoneering, the Taliban gives America a much better deal than Hamas gave Israel... two Americans released for only one Bad Arab.  Biden and Trump liberated go home before going back to work (selling weed, hanging Mike Pence) and Ex-President Joe whupped Donnie 2,500 to 1,500.  Capitol and other police protest the freedom for Proud Boys and other violent insurrectionists like @ Torreo, @ and the Q-Anon Shaman... Marco Rubio gets confirmed as SecState and heads off to meet with diplomats from India, Japan and Australia.

   Ohio State wins the college championship with a 34-23 victory over Notre Dame.

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Dow:  44,156.73

America goes back to work and so does President Trump with more pardons, Executive Orders as snow blankets the East – from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of America, skiing in New Orleans and a new Hughes Fire in California (“It’s... hot!” a resident says). more states banning cellphones, Musk mulling partial or total purchase of TikTok (reprieved for 90 days for Trump to make up his mind and the Birthright Executive Order sending all the Dreamers back to their mariachis and Chow Fun and hummus will be heard tomorrow.

   As Gaza quiets and relief trucks roll in, Israel escalates by bombing the West Bank at the behest of settlers who want to annex the territory, kick out or kill the Moslems and create the first step to Eretz Israel (which will also include Syria and parts of Iran and Turkey.)  Will the Cease Fire be fired and hostages decapitated?  Stay Tuned.

   Awards seasons recommence with the Songwriters (three pure: Tom  McCauley, Rodney Jenkins and Asnley Gurley and three songwriter/performers: George Clinton, the Doobies and Mike Love).

    Proud Boys fuhrer Stu Rhodes feels the love when, pardoned from an 18 year sentence, he roams the halls of Congress, respected by some, disgusting to others.

 

@

 

 

 

 

THE DON JONES INDEX

 

CHART of CATEGORIES w/VALUE ADDED to EQUAL BASELINE of 15,000

(REFLECTING… approximately… DOW JONES INDEX of June 27, 2013)

 

Gains in indices as improved are noted in GREEN.  Negative/harmful indices in RED as are their designation.  (Note – some of the indices where the total went up created a realm where their value went down... and vice versa.) See a further explanation of categories HERE

 

ECONOMIC INDICES 

 

(60%)

 

CATEGORY

VALUE

BASE

RESULTS by PERCENTAGE

SCORE

OUR SOURCES and COMMENTS

 

INCOME

(24%)

6/17/13 revised 1/1/22

LAST

CHANGE

NEXT

LAST WEEK

THIS WEEK

THE WEEK’S CLOSING STATS...

 

Wages (hrly. Per cap)

9%

1350 points

 12/2/24

    +0.16%

 1/25

1,545.00

1,547.53

https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/wages   30.57  .62

 

Median Inc. (yearly)

4%

600

 12/23/24

     -0.56%

1/9/25

741.00

736.83

http://www.usdebtclock.org/   40,231 43,527 3,282

 

Unempl. (BLS – in mi)

4%

600

 12/9/24

    +2.44%

 1/25

543.13

556.38

http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS14000000/    4.2 4.1

 

Official (DC – in mi)

2%

300

 12/23/24

    +0.24%

1/9/25

229.70

229.14

http://www.usdebtclock.org/      7,001 019 036

 

Unofficl. (DC – in mi)

2%

300

 12/23/24

    +0.26%

1/9/25

262.18

261.50

http://www.usdebtclock.org/      12,177 211 243

 

Workforce Participation

   Number

   Percent

2%

300

 12/23/24

 

     -0.009%  

     -0.013%  

1/9/25

299.26

299.22

In 161,198 183 1,169 Out 101,061 091 1,119  Total: 262,159 74 88

61.489 479 471

 

WP %  (ycharts)*

1%

150

 12/2/24

     -0.16%

 1/25

150.95

150.95

https://ycharts.com/indicators/labor_force_participation_rate  62.60 .50

 

OUTGO

(15%)

 

Total Inflation

7%

1050

12/24

   +0.4%

1/25

952.88

949.07

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.3 .4

 

Food

2%

300

12/24

   +0.3%

1/25

270.53

269.72

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.4 .3

 

Gasoline

2%

300

12/24

   +4.4%

1/25

251.55

240.48

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.6 4.4

 

Medical Costs

2%

300

12/24

   +0.2%

1/25

285.19

284.53

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.3 .2

 

Shelter

2%

300

12/24

   +0.3%

1/25

258.18

257.41

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm     +0.4 .3

 

WEALTH

 

Dow Jones Index

2%

300

 12/23/24

   +1.26

1/9/25

343.64

347.95

https://www.wsj.com/market-data/quotes/index/  42,635.20  43,170.47

 

Home (Sales)

(Valuation)

1%

1%

150

150

  12/2/24

+3.125%

 +0.67%

 1/25

128.32

286.52

128.32

286.52

https://www.nar.realtor/research-and-statistics

Sales (M):  4.08 4.15 Valuations (K):  406.1 nc

 

Debt (Personal)

2%

300

 12/23/24

   +0.05%

1/9/25

266.38

266.25

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    75,291 330 367

 

GOVERNMENT

(10%)

 

Revenue (trilns.)

2%

300

 12/23/24

  +0.16%

 1/9/25

424.79                                                                                                                                                      

425.47                                                                                                                                                      

debtclock.org/       4,977 984 992

 

Expenditures (tr.)

2%

300

 12/23/24

  -0.11%

 1/9/25

295.52

295.18

debtclock.org/       7,161 6,989 997

 

National Debt tr.)

3%

450

 12/23/24

  +0.08%

 1/9/25

370.38

370.08

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    36,296 326 355

 

Aggregate Debt (tr.)

3%

450

 12/23/24

  +0.24%

 1/9/25

392.14

391.19

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    100,989 1,042 1,288

 

 

TRADE

(5%)

 

Foreign Debt (tr.)

2%

300

 12/23/24

   +0.26% 

 1/9/25

286.81

286.06

http://www.usdebtclock.org/    8,413 435 457

 

Exports (in billions)

1%

150

  12/9/24

   +2.90%

   1/25

173.96

173.96

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html  265.7 273.4

 

Imports (in billions))

1%

150

  12/9/24

   +3.41% 

   1/25

155.10

155.10

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html  339.6 351.6

 

Trade Surplus/Deficit (blns.)

1%

150

  12/9/24

   +5.63% 

   1/25

269.88

269.88

https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/current/index.html    73.8 78.2

 

 

 

SOCIAL INDICES 

 

(40%)

 

ACTS of MAN

(12%)

 

 

World Affairs

3%

450

 12/23/24

    +0.2%

 1/9/25

472.55

473.50

Marco Rubio confirmed as SecState, then heads to Quad (Australia, Japan, India and USA) conference.  Hostage deal survives... three women return to Israel, dozens more to Gaza.  But...

 

War and terrorism

2%

300

 12/23/24

       -0.1%

 1/9/25

291.85

291.56

With Gaza (temporarily) pacified, Israel escalates bombing in the West Bank, which settlers want annexed.

 

Politics

3%

450

 12/23/24

          nc

 1/9/25

479.97

479.97

Nominees play nice until confirmed – EPS’s Lee Zeldin even denies that climate change is a hoax, Pam Bondi denies enemies list, Kristi Noem doesn’t shoot any more dogs.  Trump angrily condemns lowering of flag on Jan 20th for loser Carter.  His incoming Chief of Staff Stephen Miller says Biden should let the PPE decide Tik Tok.  Outgoing DOGE Vivek quits to run for Governor of Ohio.

 

Economics

3%

450

 12/23/24

          +0.2%

 1/9/25

438.79

439.67

Dow closes for MLK Day then soars on bank profits from high interest rates with more tax cuts to come – LA fires, meh!  Another of Trump’s promises is to fire all the IRS agents and make them work the border (taxing Mexicans?) but Elon Musk says his AI plans cost too much.

 

Crime

1%

150

 12/23/24

       +0.1%

 1/9/25

219.92

220.14

Rabbi contends that the Jewish Torah written under psychedelics... true or not, outgoing Joe pardons 2,500 stoner v. only 1,500 for Trump.  Stu Rhodes and Enrique Torreos pardoned – the Q-Anon shaman says “now I am going to buy some fuckin’ guns”.  Miami man beats two homeless to death and another school shooting in Nashville.  Three Chileans arrested in burglary of Joe Burrow’s h ome.

 

ACTS of GOD

(6%)

 

Environment/Weather

3%

450

 12/23/24

       -0.5%

 1/9/25