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We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Lefty Specialist Nov 23 2020 07:14 AM

And Biden selects Tony Blinken, someone of competence and experience, as his secretary of state nominee. As a bonus, he's not an oil executive, party hack or family member. Mr. Blinken has an enormous job ahead of him rebuilding world trust and the department itself, both of which have been gutted these past four years.

Frayed Knot Nov 23 2020 08:05 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Biden gives Blinken a wink and a nod.

Edgy MD Dec 23 2020 10:01 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona is your nominee for Secretary of Education. The Secretary of Funk position is still open and I'm sitting by the phone.

Fman99 Dec 23 2020 10:18 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Edgy MD wrote: Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona is your nominee for Secretary of Education. The Secretary of Funk position is still open and I'm sitting by the phone. I feel like this is Bootsy Collins' job to lose.

Frayed Knot Dec 23 2020 10:33 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020) Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Dec 24 2020 03:23 AM

Pete 👢 🥚 🥚 is the nominee to run the Transportation dept

ashie62 Dec 23 2020 08:06 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

I had heard a rumor shortly after the election that Bootedgedge might be appointed Ambassador to China.

LWFS Dec 25 2020 02:06 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

I'm thinking this whole "Team of Rivals" thing that fellow progressives and I hoped for and seemed to talk ourselves into may have been... something of a stinky, brown bill of fare.

Lefty Specialist Dec 26 2020 10:46 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

I'm beginning to wonder if he holds back on the Attorney General announcement until after the Georgia Senate races. If the Democrats win, there might be a different candidate than if the Democrats lose. Sally Yates if they win, Doug Jones if they lose. Yates is a better candidate but Republicans will never forgive her for crossing Trump on the Muslim ban. Jones, as a former senator, would probably have an easier ride. Biden can't have a team of progressives even if it's a 50-50 Senate. It's the art of the possible.

batmagadanleadoff Dec 26 2020 03:59 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

If the Dems sweep Georgia and get a 50-50 +1 Senate majority, they should turn that into a 52-50 majority. DC's statehood should be among the very first orders of business.

Edgy MD Feb 22 2021 04:45 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

"Good luck on the Hill, Mr. Garland." 　　"The Hill? Why would I be going to the Hill." 　"You know ... for your hearing." 　　"What's a hearing?"

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 08:13 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

If the Dems sweep Georgia and get a 50-50 +1 Senate majority, they should turn that into a 52-50 majority. DC's statehood should be among the very first orders of business. It should be. Which means that Democrats aren't going to do it because "unity with a strong Republican Party" is top priority.

Lefty Specialist Feb 23 2021 08:17 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Willets Point wrote: If the Dems sweep Georgia and get a 50-50 +1 Senate majority, they should turn that into a 52-50 majority. DC's statehood should be among the very first orders of business. It should be. Which means that Democrats aren't going to do it because "unity with a strong Republican Party" is top priority. It's all about the Phillybuster.

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 08:20 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Which the Dems should also shitcan but are too cowardly. Because then they'd have no excuse for failing to pass legislation that benefits their constituents but angers their donors.

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 09:08 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

I don't know what's happening in the Senate, but Delagate Eleanor Holmes-Norton's DC statehood bill is going before the House Oversight and Reform Committee in a few weeks. It has the support of committee Chair Congressmwoman Carolyn Maloney and Majority Leader Congressman Steny Hoyer. The bill has 212 co-sponsors, so get out your support. Now back to the cabinet. [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]Role[/TH] [TH]Nominee[/TH] [TH]Date Nominated[/TH] [TH]Assumed Office[/TH] [TD]Secretary of State[/TD] [TD]Anthony Blinken[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Treasury[/TD] [TD]Janet Yellin[/TD] [TD]11/30/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Defense[/TD] [TD]Lloyd Austin[/TD] [TD]12/8/2020[/TD] [TD]1/22/2021[/TD] [TD]Attorney General[/TD] [TD]Merrick Garland[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Interior[/TD] [TD]Deb Haaland[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Agriculture[/TD] [TD]Tom Vilsack[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Commerce[/TD] [TD]Gina Ralmondo[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Labor[/TD] [TD]Marty Walsh[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Health and Human Services[/TD] [TD]Xavier Becerra[/TD] [TD]12/7/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[/TD] [TD]Marcia Fudge[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Transportation[/TD] [TD]Pete Buttigeig[/TD] [TD]12/15/2020[/TD] [TD]2/3/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Energy[/TD] [TD]Jennifer Granholm[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Education[/TD] [TD]Miguel Cardona[/TD] [TD]12/22/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Veterans Affairs[/TD] [TD]Denis McDonough[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]2/9/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Homeland Security[/TD] [TD]Alejandro Mayorkas[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]2/2/2021[/TD] Forty percent of the way home.

Willets Point Feb 23 2021 10:21 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Can't wait for that Secretary of Labor appointment to be official!

Edgy MD Feb 23 2021 02:15 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Welcome back to your old job, Secretary Vilsack! [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]Role[/TH] [TH]Nominee[/TH] [TH]Calling Card[/TH] [TH]Date Nominated[/TH] [TH]Assumed Office[/TH] [TD]Secretary of State[/TD] [TD]Anthony Blinken[/TD] [TD]Deputy Secretary of State, 2015–2017[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Treasury[/TD] [TD]Janet Yellin[/TD] [TD]Federal Reserve Chair, 2014–2018[/TD] [TD]11/30/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Defense[/TD] [TD]Lloyd Austin[/TD] [TD]Four-Star General, Commander of U.S. Central Command, 2013–2016[/TD] [TD]12/8/2020[/TD] [TD]1/22/2021[/TD] [TD]Attorney General[/TD] [TD]Merrick Garland[/TD] [TD]Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2013–2020[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Interior[/TD] [TD]Deb Haaland[/TD] [TD]Congresswoman, 1st District, New Mexico, 2019–Present[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Agriculture[/TD] [TD]Tom Vilsack[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Agriculture, 2009–2017[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]2/21/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Commerce[/TD] [TD]Gina Ralmondo[/TD] [TD]Governor, Rhode Island, 2015–Present[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Labor[/TD] [TD]Marty Walsh[/TD] [TD]Mayor, Boston, MA, 2014–Present[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Health and Human Services[/TD] [TD]Xavier Becerra[/TD] [TD]Attorney General, California, 2017–Present[/TD] [TD]12/7/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[/TD] [TD]Marcia Fudge[/TD] [TD]Congresswoman, 11th District, Ohio, 2008–Present[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Transportation[/TD] [TD]Pete Buttigeig[/TD] [TD]Mayor, South Bend, IN, 2012–2020[/TD] [TD]12/15/2020[/TD] [TD]2/3/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Energy[/TD] [TD]Jennifer Granholm[/TD] [TD]Governor, Michigan, 2003–2011[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Education[/TD] [TD]Miguel Cardona[/TD] [TD]Education Commissioner, Connecticut, 2019–2021[/TD] [TD]12/22/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Veterans Affairs[/TD] [TD]Denis McDonough[/TD] [TD]White House Chief of Staff, 2013–2017[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]2/9/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Homeland Security[/TD] [TD]Alejandro Mayorkas[/TD] [TD]Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2013–2016[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]2/2/2021[/TD]

Lefty Specialist Feb 23 2021 03:10 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Boy, just compare these people to the hacks, grifters and evildoers Trump had in those positions.

Willets Point Mar 02 2021 06:25 PM Pretty Good Team

=TransMonk post_id=57243 time=1614728512 user_id=71] WH official states the Neera Tanden nomination for OMB Director will be withdrawn.

Good. Tanden has dedicated her career to aiding corporate interests and trashing everyone who is even slightly to the left of the Clintons. Republicans should love her. The fact that she was appointed by a Democrat is a problem. Hopefully this will be a wake-up call to Biden that the era of reaching out to the right so far you fall on your face is over.

LWFS Mar 02 2021 11:13 PM Re: Politics 2021

Willets Point wrote: =TransMonk post_id=57243 time=1614728512 user_id=71] WH official states the Neera Tanden nomination for OMB Director will be withdrawn. Good. Tanden has dedicated her career to aiding corporate interests and trashing everyone who is even slightly to the left of the Clintons. Republicans should love her. The fact that she was appointed by a Democrat is a problem. Hopefully this will be a wake-up call to Biden that the era of reaching out to the right so far you fall on your face is over.

That their objection was nominally a matter of politesse is hilarious/infuriating. I'd LOVE to see Biden name a crazy-polite, CRAZY-progressive replacement.



He won't, of course, because he's more irritated by the left wing of the party than he is by, say, Joe Manchin or Susan Collins or John Kennedy.

Lefty Specialist Mar 03 2021 05:03 AM Re: Politics 2021

Tanden was a bad pick from the jump. Yes, hopefully now he can pick a quiet, more effective person. OMB is an important position and time's a-wasting.

TransMonk Mar 03 2021 05:27 AM Re: Politics 2021

The more I think about it, maybe Manchin wasn't the only Dem no on Tanden. Otherwise, I feel Biden should have made them vote to put Manchin on record (as well as Bernie, Murkowski, Sinema). I keep reading that Biden doesn't have any leverage on Manchin, but having him on record as opposition would be something tangible.

Edgy MD Mar 03 2021 07:38 AM Re: Politics 2021

Any objections if I bump Tandentalk to the Cabinet thread?

TransMonk Mar 03 2021 10:46 AM Re: Politics 2021

Edgy MD wrote: Any objections if I bump Tandentalk to the Cabinet thread? None here.

Edgy MD Mar 03 2021 11:48 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Please welcome aboard Secretaries Ralmondo, Granholm, and Cardona. [TABLE][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]Role[/TH] [TH]Nominee[/TH] [TH]Calling Card[/TH] [TH]Date Nominated[/TH] [TH]Assumed Office[/TH] [TD]Secretary of State[/TD] [TD]Anthony Blinken[/TD] [TD]Deputy Secretary of State, 2015–2017[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Treasury[/TD] [TD]Janet Yellin[/TD] [TD]Federal Reserve Chair, 2014–2018[/TD] [TD]11/30/2020[/TD] [TD]1/26/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Defense[/TD] [TD]Lloyd Austin[/TD] [TD]Four-Star General, Commander of U.S. Central Command, 2013–2016[/TD] [TD]12/8/2020[/TD] [TD]1/22/2021[/TD] [TD]Attorney General[/TD] [TD]Merrick Garland[/TD] [TD]Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, 2013–2020[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of the Interior[/TD] [TD]Deb Haaland[/TD] [TD]Congresswoman, 1st District, New Mexico, 2019–Present[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Agriculture[/TD] [TD]Tom Vilsack[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Agriculture, 2009–2017[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]2/21/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Commerce[/TD] [TD]Gina Ralmondo[/TD] [TD]Governor, Rhode Island, 2015–Present[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD]3/2/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Labor[/TD] [TD]Marty Walsh[/TD] [TD]Mayor, Boston, MA, 2014–Present[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Health and Human Services[/TD] [TD]Xavier Becerra[/TD] [TD]Attorney General, California, 2017–Present[/TD] [TD]12/7/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[/TD] [TD]Marcia Fudge[/TD] [TD]Congresswoman, 11th District, Ohio, 2008–Present[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Secretary of Transportation[/TD] [TD]Pete Buttigeig[/TD] [TD]Mayor, South Bend, IN, 2012–2020[/TD] [TD]12/15/2020[/TD] [TD]2/3/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Energy[/TD] [TD]Jennifer Granholm[/TD] [TD]Governor, Michigan, 2003–2011[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD]2/25/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Education[/TD] [TD]Miguel Cardona[/TD] [TD]Education Commissioner, Connecticut, 2019–2021[/TD] [TD]12/22/2020[/TD] [TD]3/2/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Veterans Affairs[/TD] [TD]Denis McDonough[/TD] [TD]White House Chief of Staff, 2013–2017[/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]2/9/2021[/TD] [TD]Secretary of Homeland Security[/TD] [TD]Alejandro Mayorkas[/TD] [TD]Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 2013–2016[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]2/2/2021[/TD] And let us keep an eye on these roles which are considered to come with cabinet-level authority despite not coming with a federal department to head, with special congratulations to our newest approvee, CEA Chair Cecilia Rouse. [TABLE][TR][/TR] [TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][TR][/TR][/TABLE] [TH]Role[/TH] [TH]Nominee[/TH] [TH]Calling Card[/TH] [TH]Date Nominated[/TH] [TH]Assumed Office[/TH] [TD]Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency[/TD] [TD]Michael S. Regan[/TD] [TD]Environmental Quality Secretary, North Carolina, 2017–present[/TD] [TD]12/17/2020[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Director of the Office of Management and Budget[/TD] [TD]Neera Tanden[/TD] [TD]Senior Advisor, Department of Health and Human Services, 2009–2014[/TD] [TD]11/30/2020[/TD] [TD]Nomination withdrawn, 3/2/2021[/TD] [TD]Director of the Office of Management and Budget[/TD] [TD]TBA[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Director of National Intelligence[/TD] [TD]Avril Haines[/TD] [TD]Deputy National Security Advisor, 2015—2017[/TD] [TD]11/23/2020[/TD] [TD]1/21/2021[/TD] [TD]Trade Representative[/TD] [TD]Katherine Tai[/TD] [TD]Chief Trade Counsel, House Ways and Means Committee, 2017–present[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]12/10/2020[/TD] [TD]Ambassador to the United Nations[/TD] [TD]Linda Thomas-Greenfield[/TD] [TD]Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, 2013–2017[/TD] [TD]11/23/20[/TD] [TD]2/25/2021[/TD] [TD]Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors[/TD] [TD]Cecilia Rouse[/TD] [TD]Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, 2012–2021[/TD] [TD]11/30/20[/TD] [TD]3/2/2021[/TD] [TD]Administrator of the Small Business Administration[/TD] [TD]Isabel Guzman[/TD] [TD]Small Business Advocate Director, California, 2019–present[/TD] [TD]1/7/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy[/TD] [TD]Eric Lander[/TD] [TD]Co-Chair, President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, 2010–2016[/TD] [TD]1/15/2021[/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD]Chief of Staff[/TD] [TD]Ron Klain[/TD] [TD]Chief of Staff to the Vice President, 2009–2011[/TD] [TD]11/12/2020[/TD] [TD]1/20/2021[/TD]

TransMonk Mar 22 2021 04:09 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1374082951311458307 It looks like Tanden was the only casualty, no?

Willets Point Mar 22 2021 07:35 PM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

As of 9pm tonight, I no longer live in a city with a shitty mayor. The Department of Labor's loss is Boston's gain!

Edgy MD Mar 23 2021 09:08 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

https://twitter.com/GeoffRBennett/status/1374082951311458307 It looks like Tanden was the only casualty, no? Yeah, I imagine it has been the most bloodless new cabinet transition in decades. But keep in mind that my secretary of funk nomination is still being tied up in red tape.

Willets Point May 21 2021 07:34 AM Re: We Make a Pretty Good Team: Biden's Cabinet (split from Politics 2020)

Willets Point wrote: As of 9pm tonight, I no longer live in a city with a shitty mayor. The Department of Labor's loss is Boston's gain! The former shitty mayor of Boston's past shittiness is catching up to him at the Department of Labor, may end up resigning.