The Biden Autopen Presidency: Who Really Ran America?
House Republicans say Biden’s aides may have signed the nation’s future without him — as Trump flexes U.S. power abroad and Democrats implode at home.
Good Morning, it’s Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025.
Washington’s theater of the absurd just got a sequel — and this one stars a pen. House Republicans are set to expose how Joe Biden’s “autopen presidency” let staffers run the show while he faded into the background. Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer’s shutdown is cracking under pressure from John Fetterman (yes, that Fetterman), and Trump’s making waves — literally — by surrounding Venezuela with U.S. firepower.
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“The Biden Autopen Scandal: Who Was Really Running the Country?”
House GOP says Biden’s aides may have signed America’s future without him.
Remember when Democrats mocked claims that Biden wasn’t really running the show? House Republicans say they’ve got the receipts — or at least, the signatures. The House Oversight Committee is prepping a bombshell report alleging the “Biden Autopen Presidency” let unelected aides greenlight executive actions while the president faded from view.
Let’s dig into what they found — and why it matters more than just ink on paper.
What You Need to Know:
House Republicans are preparing to release their findings on alleged misuse of the presidential autopen during Joe Biden’s term — the mechanical device used to reproduce a president’s signature on official documents. The report will allege that Biden’s declining cognition allowed senior staff to issue executive orders, pardons, and policy directives without his direct approval.
Oversight Chair James Comer called it “one of the greatest scandals in U.S. history.”
Why It Matters:
If proven, the claims could invalidate Biden-era executive actions, pardons, and even federal regulations — reshaping American law.
The investigation feeds a larger conservative argument that Biden’s presidency functioned more like a regency — governed by handlers, not the man himself.
Democrats call it “absurd,” but several former aides have privately admitted Biden’s decision-making slowed, and that internal discussions occurred over whether to conduct a cognitive exam.
The Real Story:
Comer’s team has interviewed over a dozen former senior Biden officials, including ex–Chief of Staff Jeff Zients, who admitted Biden’s decision-making “slowed” near the end of his term. Multiple aides described a West Wing where routine approvals took longer, and where staff “streamlined” the president’s workload — sometimes authorizing actions on his behalf.
Key figures — including Dr. Kevin O’Connor, Anthony Bernal, and Annie Tomasini — all invoked the Fifth Amendment rather than testify about internal decision-making. Meanwhile, longtime Biden adviser Steve Ricchetti insisted “there was no conspiracy” and denied any misuse of the autopen.
But Oversight Republicans say internal White House communications tell a different story — showing executive actions rubber-stamped in Biden’s name without him present. The upcoming report will include testimony, timestamps, and document trails they claim prove Biden wasn’t always aware of what was being signed.
Trump’s Justice Department has already opened a review into whether autopen misuse constitutes an “unconstitutional wielding of power.” Legal analysts admit the theory is untested — but if even one Biden action is invalidated, the fallout could reopen cases, reverse policies, and trigger compensation claims.
Democrats warn the probe could backfire, since Trump himself occasionally used an autopen. Republicans counter that Biden’s case was “different in nature and scope.” Translation: they believe Biden’s White House was a weekend-at-Bernie’s presidency, and they intend to prove it.
What They Don’t Want You to See:
“As President Biden declined, his staff abused the autopen to carry out unauthorized executive actions.”
— Rep. James Comer (R-KY)
The “Biden Autopen Presidency” isn’t just about a machine — it’s about who actually governed America from 2021 to 2025. If the GOP report sticks, it could blow open a constitutional crisis that redefines presidential accountability for decades.
Uh-Oh, Chuck: Fetterman Goes Rogue on Schumer Shutdown
The hoodie senator just told Democrats to nuke their own rulebook.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is once again giving his party a migraine. As the government shutdown drags into its fourth week — the longest in U.S. history — Fetterman says he’ll back Republicans’ “nuclear option” to end it, even if it means detonating the Senate filibuster.
“Carve it out, absolutely. We ran on killing the filibuster — and now we love it?” Fetterman said. “Open it up.”
The shutdown has frozen SNAP benefits and put pressure on millions of families, a point Fetterman keeps hammering: “People are going to start to get really hungry.”
Meanwhile, Chuck Schumer’s playing political hostage-taker, refusing to bring a clean House funding bill to the floor. The result: a federal standoff that’s burning cash, credibility, and what’s left of Congress’s approval rating.
Republicans are openly cheering Fetterman’s rebellion — a Democrat calling for a rule change that would hand Trump’s GOP the leverage to reopen government and frame Democrats as obstructionists. The irony? Fetterman’s now standing on the same procedural ground Democrats wanted to blow up in 2022.
Washington’s calling it chaos. Voters might call it clarity — one Democrat finally saying what everyone else’s too scared to admit: the shutdown isn’t about funding… it’s about Schumer’s pride.
Bottom Line:
Fetterman just broke the one rule of D.C. politics — don’t embarrass your own boss in public. Schumer may still control the Senate, but Fetterman’s controlling the narrative.
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Bombers Over the Caribbean: Trump’s Gunboat Diplomacy 2.0
The U.S. military just surrounded Venezuela — and the cartels are sweating.
President Trump isn’t whispering about deterrence — he’s broadcasting it at 30,000 feet. The U.S. has surged bombers, Marines, and warships into the Caribbean in what the War Department calls a “counter-narcotics crackdown” — but the display looks a lot like a warning to Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.
What’s Happening:
Seven drug boats were destroyed in recent weeks as part of a new Joint Task Force under War Secretary Pete Hegseth.
10,000 U.S. troops deployed across the theater — the largest presence since the early 2000s.
Assets include B-52 bombers, F-35 fighters, three destroyers, one cruiser, a nuclear sub, and the USS Iwo Jima amphibious group carrying the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.
Puerto Rico is now a hub — home to F-35s, Reaper drones, and AC-130 gunships after the long-shuttered Roosevelt Roads base was reactivated.
For four hours last week, American bombers and stealth jets circled off Venezuela’s coast — a 21st-century flex of gunboat diplomacy aimed at both cartels and state sponsors.
Defense analysts say this marks a shift from drug interdiction to power projection, giving Trump the flexibility to strike traffickers — or Maduro’s regime — without boots-on-the-ground escalation.
“It’s the biggest military footprint in the Caribbean in decades,” said one defense official. “A message to anyone who thinks they can test U.S. resolve.”
Even critics concede it’s working. Narco-trafficking routes are shrinking, and Latin American governments are suddenly offering intel cooperation. The left calls it provocative; Trump calls it “peace through overwhelming firepower.”
Bottom Line:
For the first time in years, America’s enemies in the hemisphere are looking over their shoulders — and seeing a B-52.
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The Pen That Ruled a Nation
They laughed when people said Biden wasn’t running the show.
Now, House GOP says the autopen was.
Orders signed by staff.
Pardons issued without consent.
Fifth Amendment all around.
If even one of those documents is invalid, the entire Biden era collapses into legal shrapnel.
It’s not just paperwork. It’s proof of a regime on autopilot.
And it ties directly into what The Ledger has been exposing — the bureaucratic illusion keeping unelected power alive.
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Three years ago, they called it a “conspiracy theory” to suggest Biden wasn’t steering the ship. Now House investigators are mapping out the coordinates. Fetterman’s exposing his own party’s shutdown games, and Trump’s reminding the world who’s boss in the Caribbean.
What we’re watching is a full-spectrum shift — from weak leadership to unapologetic accountability. History has a funny way of correcting itself… it just tends to roar when it does.
America’s back in the driver’s seat — and the left’s still fumbling for the keys.
~ Scott 🇺🇸
P.S. Here’s my take — the “Biden Autopen” story isn’t just about signatures. It’s about legitimacy. If the White House was rubber-stamping presidential power, that’s not bureaucracy — it’s a quiet coup. What do you think: should every Biden-era executive order be re-verified? Hit reply and tell me how deep you think this goes.
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Biden was only a placeholder. His entire regime was illegitimate, and all of this finally does collapse… Ketanji needs to be the first casualty. She has no business being on SCOTUS. She is as illegitimate as Joe, was. To that point, I wonder if the Democrats knew, early on, that a justice was going to step down, so they made damn sure Trump couldn’t appoint yet another, one.
I'm starting to wonder now, based on today's Daily Briefing, about this protection the Dems are trying to give the insurance companies by lifting the sunset on the Obamacare subsidies is the single biggest objective. Codifying coverage for illegal aliens is in a close second and trying to keep at bay the horrible young communists aiming to primary the horrible establishment Dems.
End the subsidies, Obamacare collapses. It won't be pretty but it might help to end the vile "tax" for being uninsured or just going with a catastrophic plan.