Biden Transition thread - ya know because they read this shit

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Great.. I could see that


I would be fine with his appointment

Phew...we were concerned with the HSOA on this one

[hutch]

Exactly


Nobody cares what I think



Although honestly I would love to talk to Rob Klain


I mean the situation is pretty dire...going in singing kumbaya might be a mistake


I am divided..sometimes I think we need to crack skulls...sometimes I think all Republicans will understand is brute force

[hutch]

Antony Blinken will be Biden’s Secretary of State


...was Deputy Sec of State under Obama

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Antony Blinken will be Biden’s Secretary of State


...was Deputy Sec of State under Obama

Young woke Twitter is upset.

Not exactly the “generational transitionary Presidency” pick.

[hutch]

So embarrassing

The stupidity of the progressives


https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1330707346742530050?s=20

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

So embarrassing

The stupidity of the progressives


https://twitter.com/RashidaTlaib/status/1330707346742530050?s=20

”The stupidity of the progressives” is a thing I am willing to say in response to a million things. Someone making a rational, calm point about a foreign policy issue is not one of those.

[hutch]

You think that’s a rational point?


What the heck does his appointment have to do with Netanyahu’s policies? Or with limiting her first amendment rights?


Her tweet is a gratuitous swipe and borderline out of bounds imo... The fact Blinken is Jewish will also not be lost on many reading her tweet


Pure garbage but that’s all I will speak on this


Am sorta politicked out and shouldn’t even be here

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...was Deputy Sec of State under Obama

Is it me or does it seem like he's trying to put people with actual experience in the cabinet, why would he do such a radical thing.

 Linda Thomas-Greenfield, --as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations
The Washington Examiner's response is all you need to know "If true, that means goodbye America First global diplomacy; hello social justice."

Sounds like the Treasury secretary is this week, with big bets on Yellen

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My only request regarding Treasury is it not be the current head of Goldman Sachs or something

I would be surprised if it was Yellen and frankly I wouldn’t like it


It’s a bad precedent taking someone who was head of what is crucially meant to be a fully independent apolitical Fed and giving them the nation’s most important political job with respect to the economy

Really, I would be shocked

[hutch]

I am now shocked.

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https://twitter.com/ryanstruyk/status/1330925556490260481?s=20


A few new appointments


Mayorkas formerly Deputy Secretary for Homeland Security

Haines formerly Deputy National Security Advisor


Sullivan formerly NSA to VP Biden


On foreign policy the continuity is extreme

It’s like a third term for the Obama Administration

I didn’t think Foreign policy/ national security was a huge win for Obama but there it is

[hutch]

Entire communications team are women



Men do kind of suck

Rahm pick would drive many bonkers

https://www.axios.com/biden-rahm-emanuel-transportation-secretary-7dafba1a-4b54-42f0-a5a0-e8713d2e72c6.html

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

Rahm pick would drive many bonkers

Woke twitter is literally going apeshit. They are kidnapping apes from zoos, feeding them diuretics, and then taking pictures of the forthcoming bowel movements and posting them in response to tweets about this.

[Space Freely]

Rahm pick would drive many bonkers

Woke twitter is literally going apeshit.

Yeah, but he went to the gym.

Be smart: Where the fight actually matters — in the U.S. Senate — Emanuel may be able to count on some Republican allies who remember him as a White House dealmaker — and a former colleague in the House gym.

[hutch]

I know people - long time democrats who are pretty asleep - that will go apeshit too

Rahm is an asshole


But hey it’s a new day, right?