Forty-four years ago, Ronald Reagan prepared to take office after a shockingly strong victory over Jimmy Carter. Just six years after Watergate, Americans had turned to an outsider, someone who promised “Morning in America” by making a massive course correction following a generation of anger, division, and bitterness.

Reagan delivered on that promise.

Now, America has chosen again to break away from a generation of partisanship and establishment failures at home and abroad. Donald Trump is returning to the White House with the clearest mandate for change from voters in more than a decade – and in many ways, a change back from the “fundamental transformation” that Democrats pledged in 2008.

This time, Trump has prepared himself for that transformation. His support from voters has never been higher. The Senate needs to deliver Trump’s choices to serve that mandate and give him the opportunity for a fresh start – and maybe a fresh start for us all.

But that doesn't absolve us from our own responsibilities to greet the dawn of a new era with new resolve. That will be just the first step forward as we move on from a catastrophic presidency, a period of unparalleled suppression of dissent, and a gaslighting operation by the mainstream media that has spanned more than a decade and very nearly derailed democracy -- repeatedly.

To meet this moment, our team here at HotAir and on our sister Townhall Media sites are gearing up to fight that gaslighting -- with the help of our VIP members. We have seen some signs that the suppression of debate and dissent may finally dissipate on social media, but don't expect the Protection Racket Media to take that lying down. 

News orgs went all in on Trump hysteria over the last two years, and they will not stop trying to derail this second Trump term for the next four. And they will ruthlessly demagogue anyone who points out their lies and defamations.

Our VIP members saw us through this dark period, helping us to keep our voice even when Big Tech combined with Joe Biden into the Big Brother Censorship Complex to deprive us of visibility, advertising, and access to our audiences. We need more people to join us to ensure that we have open and fair debate over the incoming administration's policies, actions, successes, and even their failures when necessary. 

We aren't afraid of the truth! And if they weren't afraid of the truth, progressives and Protection Racket Media wouldn't have fought so hard to keep it suppressed. 

David Strom called this the Battle of Washington, but it's bigger than that. It's a fight for the soul of America. Can we get back to rational self-governance by a free people through elected representatives? Or do we continue to sell out to faceless bureaucrats buried in Washington, DC, that suppress speech and create rules and regulations without any accountability to the governed? 

Do we want Morning in America 2.0? Or the twilight of liberty and self-determination?

We are ready to fight for a new dawn of freedom, and hope you will join us as well. In honor of Donald Trump's inauguration and a fresh start coming in just 120 minutes, we are offering an extraordinary 74% discount on all our membership packages – a discount that our VIP and VIP Gold Members can enjoy as well if they choose to upgrade membership levels to Gold or Platinum.

Join us in the fight! Please take a moment to sign up for or upgrade your membership with 74% off using the promo code POTUS47 and help us greet the new dawn with a renewed resolve to restore constitutional order and self-governance as a free people.

Ronald Reagan met the moment, but he didn't do it on his own. He relied on the goodwill and common sense of the American people, and called us to make his mission our own. We are ready to do that again -- and hope you can walk with us in the light of liberty.

Thank you for your support. And a very good morning to you all!

Update: Here's a gracious moment at the White House as the Bidens greeted the Trumps for a pre-inaugural tea:

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden greet President-elect Donald Trump and future First Lady Melania Trump at The White House before heading inside.

"Welcome home," President Biden said as President-elect Trump got out of the car. pic.twitter.com/cJy2NizwM6

— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 20, 2025

Doesn't it feel like we're all about to be welcomed home to America as it should be? We had almost lost America as we knew it while in the grip of the radical Left over most of the last two decades. This is not just the restoral of Trump but of the America we knew and love.