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The Biden transition team has a big folder labeled, 'Tasty Corporate Effluent.' These advisors were chosen from it.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...sachs-big-tech
The Buttigieg choice was obviously a recommendation by those who float in the effluent.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...retary-despite
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I think all the Senate Republicans will vote against confirming Buttigieg just because he is gay.
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In March 2016, Obama nominated Garland to replace the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Mitch McConnell and the Republicans refused to hold confirmation hearings. They said filling the vacancy should be up to whoever wins the 2016 Presidential election. Of course in October 2020, McConnell and the Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court rather than leaving the decision to whoever won the 2020 Presidential election. Such hypocrisy!
Biden to nominate Merrick Garland as attorney general
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/polit...ral/index.html
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Saw this on Twitter. Andrew Johnson and Donald Trump have two things in common. Both were impeached and both refused to attend the inauguration of their successor.
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The theme of Biden's inauguration will be "America united." Yeah, good luck with that, Joe!
Biden says he is 'not afraid' of taking oath of office at US Capitol after deadly riot
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/11/polit...tol/index.html
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Celebrating America will air from 8:30 to 10 PM PT/ET January 20 on ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Twitch.
Tom Hanks to host Biden Inauguration special, Demi Lovato and Justin Timberlake performing
The star-studded special to kick off Joe Biden's Presidency will "celebrate the beginning of a new national journey toward an America united."
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/tom-h...b65671988b20c9
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When Donald Trump launched his Presidential bid on June 16, 2015, he promised to "build a great wall." In 2021, he finally got his wall. It surrounds the Capitol and the White House.
The world will take away a tragic truth from Biden's inauguration
Stephen Collinson, CNN, Jan 15 2021 12:56 PM ET
There'll be no arguments about crowd size at Joe Biden's inauguration – because there won't be a crowd. In an extraordinary move that reveals the extreme state in which President Donald Trump leaves the nation, the entire monument-dotted National Mall in Washington will be closed on Wednesday. There are fears that violent pro-Trump mobs that stormed the US Capitol will return – and concern for the safety of Biden, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and other dignitaries at the open-air ceremony.
Past Presidents took the oath of office before huge, carnival-like crowds that stretched as far as the eye could see down the Mall, in a powerful national unifying moment. But this year, there are more US troops in Washington than in Iraq and Afghanistan. Massive iron and concrete barriers have been erected blocks away from the inaugural platform on the West Front of the Capitol. One official said well-wishers would be lucky to even glimpse the top of the Capitol's white dome if they show up.
When the world watches on Wednesday, it will take away a tragic truth: Two great icons of US democracy, the Capitol and the White House, must now be sealed inside a vast cage to protect them from the people they serve.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/world...ntl/index.html
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Much of the damage Trump has done will last for decades – but some of it can be easily fixed. Biden will see to it.
On his first day in office, Biden to sign executive orders rejoining Paris climate accord and rescinding travel ban
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/16/polit...ban/index.html
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Reuters offered this succinct analysis of the Trump administration: "Trump sought the world's attention and got it. Now the White House reality show ends."
Opinion: Biden's ambitious 100-day plan to erase Trump's legacy
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/17/opini...zer/index.html
The world has more riding on Joe Biden than any US President in decades
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/world...ntl/index.html
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Vain, pompous, egotistical, narcissistic, self-centered Donald Trump has no desire to go to a ceremony where someone else – not him – will be the center of attention.
Trumps' snub of Bidens is historic in its magnitude
No presidential White House greeting. No traditional ride to the inauguration ceremony. Trump is dissolving one of America's most enduring transfer-of-power rituals.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/18/polit...nub/index.html
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Griffin is a typical, brainwashed, blindly loyal Trump supporter who believes Trump won the election. Spoiler alert: Trump lost. Trump and Congressional Republicans claim the election was "stolen" by Democrats. Griffin came up with his own nutty theory: "The election was fraudulent on every level. It was stolen by Communist China. The evidence is irrefutable.” Wow.
Cowboys For Trump founder arrested In D.C. after vowing to bring guns to Inauguration
After storming Capitol barricades, New Mexico County Commissioner Couy Griffin said “blood” would run from the building when rioters return.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/new-m...b6df63a917de7e
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Today after being sworn in as President, Biden declared, “To overcome these challenges to restore the soul and secure the future of America requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity. We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal. We can do this if we open our souls instead of hardening our hearts.”
Analysis: Biden's 100-day sprint to undo Trump's 4 years
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/20/polit...acy/index.html
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Haines served in the Obama administration.as Deputy National Security Advisor and Deputy Director of the CIA. She is the first of Biden's Cabinet picks to be confirmed by the Senate.
Senate Confirms Avril Haines as Director of National Intelligence
https://www.npr.org/sections/inaugur...l-intelligence
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Unlike our previous President, Biden will never call undocumented immigrants "terrorists," "rapists" and "drug dealers."
Biden wants to remove this controversial word from US laws
CNN, Jan 21 2021 2:13 PM ET
It's just one small part of the sweeping immigration overhaul President Biden is pushing but the symbolic significance is huge. Biden's proposed bill, if passed, would remove the word "alien" from US immigration laws, replacing it with the term "noncitizen." It's a deliberate step intended to recognize America as "a nation of immigrants," according to a summary of the bill released by the new administration. The term "illegal alien" is decried as a dehumanizing slur by immigrant rights advocates. California struck "alien" from the state's labor code in 2015. New York City removed the term from its charter and administrative code last year.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/21/polit...law/index.html
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It is unfortunate for our nation that no matter what President Biden tries to do, there will be a large number of Retrumplicans who will be against it. Witness:
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s first bill aims to block re-entry into Paris Climate Agreement
House member says "America shouldn’t spend a penny" on international accord.
https://durangoherald.com/articles/3...mate-agreement
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Did any news outlet report on Austin's confirmation without pointing out that he's "Black" or "African American"? I'm not aware of any. Why do the news media feel it necessary to identify everyone by skin color?
Senate confirms retired Army general Lloyd Austin as first Black defense secretary
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...etary-n1255322
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Here is the first lawsuit to be filed against President Biden – and of course it was filed by a Retrumplican.
In first lawsuit against Biden administration, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenges deportation freeze
https://www.statesman.com/story/news...ze/6675679002/
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Another sexist headline. If a man had been named Secretary of the Treasury, would CNN say "A male is confirmed"? Definitely not!
Janet Yellen is confirmed as the first female Treasury secretary in US history
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/econo...man/index.html
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In 1928, the image of Andrew Jackson, our seventh President, replaced Grover Cleveland on the $20 bill – which is odd, considering Jackson was opposed to the National Bank and in his March 4, 1837 farewell address expressed his opposition to paper money. Jackson may not be on the $20 bill for many more years.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Andre...rewell_Address
Biden to 'speed up' replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on $20 bill
https://nypost.com/2021/01/25/joe-bi...an-on-20-bill/
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Today, in response to a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton – a Retrumplican – US District Judge Drew Tipton issued a temporary restraining order halting Biden's 100-day freeze on deportations. Retrumplicans will spend the next four years fighting Biden on everything he tries to do. At least there are a few who are voting to confirm Biden's Cabinet picks.
Senate confirms Antony Blinken as 71st Secretary of State
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senat...b67848ee7bd495