2020 Biden Presidential transition thread

[laylalex 7,300]

3 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

What was your first clue?

The hands. Probably. Personally I like a man with a good sized hand, makes for a firmer... handshake.

 

Mnuchin is likely to come out of all this with the best reputation in the cabinet. Just my opinion. 

[Prizm123 1,086]

8 hours ago, CanAm1980 said:

Mnuchin actually did a good job with the covid relief, stalled in the second round by Mcconnell. 

those were the spots where i thought he was an actual human being

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Stocks climb on Wall Street as Biden transition begins

The S&P 500 index was up 0.9%, with traders favoring stocks that stand to gain the most from a gradual reopening of the economy.

 

 

Stocks are broadly higher on Wall Street in early trading Tuesday, extending a monthlong market rally driven by growing optimism that development of coronavirus vaccines and treatments will loosen the pandemic's stranglehold on the economy.

The S&P 500 index was up 0.9%, with traders favoring stocks that stand to gain the most from a gradual reopening of the economy, such as banks and industrial companies like Boeing. Overseas markets also rose. Treasury yields and oil prices were headed higher.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/24/stocks-wall-street-biden-transition-440288

[moxy 1,051]

25 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

Stocks climb on Wall Street as Biden transition begins

The markets will be happy to have this all behind them. It's yet another data point in "the emperor never had any clothes, ever."

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21 minutes ago, moxy said:

The markets will be happy to have this all behind them. It's yet another data point in "the emperor never had any clothes, ever."

The market likes Yellen "TFED" and the stability that comes with the Biden admin. I think there is a bit of irrationality on the upside over retail, cruise ships, casinos. The recovery from covid-19 is going to take time. 

[Neonred 3,632]

31 minutes ago, moxy said:

The markets will be happy to have this all behind them. It's yet another data point in "the emperor never had any clothes, ever."

OMG

 

He's back.

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WTH did we just see with the President coming out with Pence talking about the "sacred number" of 30,000, congratulated the American people and the popped back out of the press room like a bavarian clock?

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

11 hours ago, laylalex said:

The hands. Probably. Personally I like a man with a good sized hand, makes for a firmer... handshake.

 

Mnuchin is likely to come out of all this with the best reputation in the cabinet. Just my opinion. 

He already had a good reputation that is why Kamala didn't prosecute him while she was AG

[Steeleballz 7,550]

25 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

WTH did we just see with the President coming out with Pence talking about the "sacred number" of 30,000, congratulated the American people and the popped back out of the press room like a bavarian clock?

 

  Either the Dow Jones avg, or the number of imaginary votes that Hugo Chavez cast for Biden in each state. Take your pick.

[yuna628 9,700]

40 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

WTH did we just see with the President coming out with Pence talking about the "sacred number" of 30,000, congratulated the American people and the popped back out of the press room like a bavarian clock?

Sacred number? Oh great... now the nutjobs will be furiously examining their Bibles and consulting Gematria for any secret hidden clues in his 'code speech'.

[Steeleballz 7,550]

Trump calls Dow 30,000 'sacred' number in short White House appearance

 

  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-calls-dow-30000-sacred-number-in-short-white-house-appearance-2020-11-24

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Mayorkas could bring stability to DHS after years of interim leadership

By Geneva Sands and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN

Updated 9:44 AM EST, Tue November 24, 2020

 

 

 

(CNN)Former Obama administration official Alejandro Mayorkas was tapped Monday to lead the Department of Homeland Security by President-elect Joe Biden, signaling an intent to bring experienced leadership to the third-largest federal department after years of instability.

The announcement was immediately met with praise from immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers, as well as former and current officials who have expressed concern over the politicization of the department from some of its top leaders.

Over the last four years, the rotating acting leadership at DHS has disrupted some of President Donald Trump's actions, including a second attempt to curtail the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. It's also contributed to unpredictability within the department

 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/23/politics/biden-picks-mayorkas-dhs-secretary/index.html

13 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

Trump calls Dow 30,000 'sacred' number in short White House appearance

 

  https://www.marketwatch.com/story/trump-calls-dow-30000-sacred-number-in-short-white-house-appearance-2020-11-24

63 second press conference!

[Dashinka 24,736]

This potential nominee sounds like a real winner.

 

Biden Appointee Neera Tanden Spread the Conspiracy That Russian Hackers Changed Hillary's 2016 Votes to Trump

 

When news of her appointment broke, many of the journalists and activists she has spent years abusing, slandering, and lying about instantly stepped forward to compile just some of her worst political and behavioral lowlights. And some preliminary signs emerged that she might encounter difficulty in obtaining the Senate confirmation needed for her to assume this position. The Communications Director for GOP Senator John Cornyn of Texas announced that “Tanden stands zero chance of being confirmed” by the Senate.

 

Former Sanders campaign aide David Sirota hypothesized that “it is not a coincidence that they are putting Neera Tanden — the single biggest, most aggressive Bernie Sanders critic in the United States of America — specifically at OMB while Sanders is Senate Budget Committee ranking/chair.” Sirota’s statement suggests Biden’s nomination of Tanden was intended as yet more humiliation doled out to the Democratic-loyal Sanders left by cucking the Vermont Senator even further by forcing him to shepherd the confirmation of one of his most vicious and amoral attackers (who Sanders himself in 2019 vehemently denounced). But Sirota’s point also raises the prospect that Tanden’s nomination could even encounter trouble from that side of the aisle as well (given Sanders’ compliant and disciplined conduct over the last six months, it’s more likely we will see him roll out a literal red carpet for Tanden to walk on, gently toss red roses on it before she passes, and then serve her a glass of Chardonnay rather than meaningfully obstruct her confirmation).

 

The list of sociopathic and even monstrous acts from Tanden is too long to list comprehensively. She punched one of her own employees, a reporter for CAP’s now-abolished blog ThinkProgress, after he had the temerity to ask Hillary Clinton in 2008 about her support for the Iraq War (Tanden claimed she “merely” had “pushed,” not punched, her undeferential reporter). In 2011, as the Obama administration was participating in the NATO bombing of Libya, Tanden suggested in internal CAP discussions that the U.S. steal Libya’s oil as a way of reducing the U.S. deficit (a story I was able to report only because Tanden had abused and alienated so many of her employees that they worked together to leak her incriminating emails to me).

 

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread

[Steeleballz 7,550]

1 hour ago, Dashinka said:

This potential nominee sounds like a real winner.

 

Biden Appointee Neera Tanden Spread the Conspiracy That Russian Hackers Changed Hillary's 2016 Votes to Trump

 

When news of her appointment broke, many of the journalists and activists she has spent years abusing, slandering, and lying about instantly stepped forward to compile just some of her worst political and behavioral lowlights. And some preliminary signs emerged that she might encounter difficulty in obtaining the Senate confirmation needed for her to assume this position. The Communications Director for GOP Senator John Cornyn of Texas announced that “Tanden stands zero chance of being confirmed” by the Senate.

 

Former Sanders campaign aide David Sirota hypothesized that “it is not a coincidence that they are putting Neera Tanden — the single biggest, most aggressive Bernie Sanders critic in the United States of America — specifically at OMB while Sanders is Senate Budget Committee ranking/chair.” Sirota’s statement suggests Biden’s nomination of Tanden was intended as yet more humiliation doled out to the Democratic-loyal Sanders left by cucking the Vermont Senator even further by forcing him to shepherd the confirmation of one of his most vicious and amoral attackers (who Sanders himself in 2019 vehemently denounced). But Sirota’s point also raises the prospect that Tanden’s nomination could even encounter trouble from that side of the aisle as well (given Sanders’ compliant and disciplined conduct over the last six months, it’s more likely we will see him roll out a literal red carpet for Tanden to walk on, gently toss red roses on it before she passes, and then serve her a glass of Chardonnay rather than meaningfully obstruct her confirmation).

 

The list of sociopathic and even monstrous acts from Tanden is too long to list comprehensively. She punched one of her own employees, a reporter for CAP’s now-abolished blog ThinkProgress, after he had the temerity to ask Hillary Clinton in 2008 about her support for the Iraq War (Tanden claimed she “merely” had “pushed,” not punched, her undeferential reporter). In 2011, as the Obama administration was participating in the NATO bombing of Libya, Tanden suggested in internal CAP discussions that the U.S. steal Libya’s oil as a way of reducing the U.S. deficit (a story I was able to report only because Tanden had abused and alienated so many of her employees that they worked together to leak her incriminating emails to me).

 

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/biden-appointee-neera-tanden-spread

 

   

 

   

GLENN GREENWALD’S DECISION to resign from The Intercept stems from a fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship. Glenn demands the absolute right to determine what he will publish. He believes that anyone who disagrees with him is corrupt, and anyone who presumes to edit his words is a censor. Thus, the preposterous charge that The Intercept’s editors and reporters, with the lone, noble exception of Glenn Greenwald, have betrayed our mission to engage in fearless investigative journalism because we have been seduced by the lure of a Joe Biden presidency. A brief glance at the stories The Intercept has published on Biden will suffice to refute those claims.

 

The narrative Glenn presents about his departure is teeming with distortions and inaccuracies — all of them designed to make him appear as a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum. It would take too long to point them all out here, but we intend to correct the record in time. For now, it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.

 

  https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept/

[Dashinka 24,736]

51 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   

 

   

GLENN GREENWALD’S DECISION to resign from The Intercept stems from a fundamental disagreement over the role of editors in the production of journalism and the nature of censorship. Glenn demands the absolute right to determine what he will publish. He believes that anyone who disagrees with him is corrupt, and anyone who presumes to edit his words is a censor. Thus, the preposterous charge that The Intercept’s editors and reporters, with the lone, noble exception of Glenn Greenwald, have betrayed our mission to engage in fearless investigative journalism because we have been seduced by the lure of a Joe Biden presidency. A brief glance at the stories The Intercept has published on Biden will suffice to refute those claims.

 

The narrative Glenn presents about his departure is teeming with distortions and inaccuracies — all of them designed to make him appear as a victim, rather than a grown person throwing a tantrum. It would take too long to point them all out here, but we intend to correct the record in time. For now, it is important to make clear that our goal in editing his work was to ensure that it would be accurate and fair. While he accuses us of political bias, it was he who was attempting to recycle the dubious claims of a political campaign — the Trump campaign — and launder them as journalism.

 

  https://theintercept.com/2020/10/29/glenn-greenwald-resigns-the-intercept/

So you dispute what Greenwald wrote?