Biden’s cabinet

[djohn2oo8]

Who would you like to see there. And his pick for AG?

[RD2191]

IKEA

[FrostKing]

Kaepernick is a must

[djohn2oo8]

TSA is gonna stroke out if Susan Rice goes to the State Department :lol

[Spurtacular]

Sleepy Joe doing getting a cabinet for his basement in Wilmington?

[Millennial_Messiah]

Obama for secretary of state.
Dr. Jeff Masters for EPA/climate czar

lol @ :lol Kaepernick

[SnakeBoy]

Bernie for any position

[Millennial_Messiah]

Bernie for any position

healthcare

[Spurminator]

I think he should cross party lines and include in his cabinet several Republican senators from blue states.

[Will Hunting]

I think he should cross party lines and include in his cabinet several Republican senators from blue states.
Pat Toomey and Susan Collins FTW

[Reck]

The list that's out there is terrible.

[SnakeBoy]

healthcare

Don't care as long as he leaves his Senate seat vacant

Probably a better chance of a heart attack doing that tho

[Millennial_Messiah]

Don't care as long as he leaves his Senate seat vacant

Probably a better chance of a heart attack doing that tho

and you don't think Vermont wouldn't elect another Democrat? lol. VT went like 68-32 Biden

[Millennial_Messiah]

Pat Toomey and Susan Collins FTW

Ron Johnson

No reason to include Collins

[Spurs Homer]

Comey= FBI top dawg

Rice=state dept

Sally Yates = AG

TRUMP= Prison

[DarrinS]

Oak

[LkrFan]

Who would you like to see there. And his pick for AG?
https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1324865472941133826?s=19

[phxspurfan]

mad people gonna be gunning for seats. CNN trying to pick em today. Mayor Pete, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, etc etc.

I miss General Mattis and Rex Tillerson tho. Call me a corporate / military dude but I thought those were strong 'Muricans.

And being middle of the road independent I want no part of Liz Warren.

[Reck]

mad people gonna be gunning for seats. CNN trying to pick em today. Mayor Pete, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, etc etc.

I miss General Mattis and Rex Tillerson tho. Call me a corporate / military dude but I thought those were strong 'Muricans.

And being middle of the road independent I want no part of Liz Warren.

Any chances that either Warren or Bernie would be picked for a cabinet spot died the minute dems failed to exceed expectations in the senate. They’ll be lucky to split if they manage to get those two Georgia seats. Cant lose a single one.

[Will Hunting]

Ron Johnson

No reason to include Collins
:lol Ron Johnson is crazier than a rat in a tin shithouse. Unless he accepts the position of Russian ambassador I’m not sure why cabinet position he’d be a fit for.

[SnakeBoy]

and you don't think Vermont wouldn't elect another Democrat? lol. VT went like 68-32 Biden

They'll elect another Democrat in the election, takes time though. Clock starts ticking on Jan 20th and Dems have maybe 14 months at best to get something done. Running out the clock defense starts on Jan 20th :lol

[Millennial_Messiah]

:lol Ron Johnson is crazier than a rat in a tin shithouse. Unless he accepts the position of Russian ambassador I’m not sure why cabinet position he’d be a fit for.

Local Yokel?

I was just trying to get you the WI and PA seats you wanted, tbh. Maine might actually elect another conservative, as odd as it sounds.

[phxspurfan]

Any chances that either Warren or Bernie would be picked for a cabinet spot died the minute dems failed to exceed expectations in the senate. They’ll be lucky to split if they manage to get those two Georgia seats. Cant lose a single one.

forgot about that. Yeah no way they give up senate seats

:lol mayor :lol Pete it is

[phxspurfan]

Comey= FBI top dawg

Rice=state dept

Sally Yates = AG

TRUMP, Trump Jr., Jared Shekelstein = Prison

FIFY

[Millennial_Messiah]

FIFY

put Ivanka in a man's prison with male cell mates while you're at it.

[ducks]

https://scontent-lax3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/fr/cp0/e15/q65/124337835_3247743282003924_2761229667837949450_o.j pg?_nc_cat=107&ccb=2&_nc_sid=110474&efg=eyJpIjoidCJ9&_nc_ohc=o4FeTpqULgUAX9wLE5D&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-2.xx&tp=14&oh=851971a2c6d3ceeb32138f20a4a8516f&oe=5FCC2859

[ducks]

Bernie for any position

Not going to happen
No warren

Mitch will say no
Also both would be replaced by republican governors
Good luck with getting things with more republicans

[Chris Fall]

put Ivanka in a man's prison with male cell mates while you're at it.

How dare you suggest a male prisoner be put in a position where Ivanka can eat his soul so easily.

[phxspurfan]

put Ivanka in a man's prison with male cell mates while you're at it.

Ivanka can't go to prison...too pretty

[ElNono]

He should name Peter Strzok as head of the FBI, just to trigger gym Jordan, tbh

[Millennial_Messiah]

Not going to happen
No warren

Mitch will say no
Also both would be replaced by republican governors
Good luck with getting things with more republicans
:lmao

[Spurtacular]

https://cdn.iconscout.com/icon/free/png-256/exclamation-punctuation-mark-point-amaze-circle-round-44646.png Learn how voting by mail is fraudulent and insecure.

[Joseph Kony]

https://i.ibb.co/zhjmBh2/image000000.jpghttps://i.ibb.co/zhjmBh2/image000000.jpghttps://i.ibb.co/zhjmBh2/image000000.jpg

[spurraider21]

Bruce Ohr as AG

[Trill Clinton]

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[Will Hunting]

Not going to happen
No warren

Mitch will say no
Also both would be replaced by republican governors
Good luck with getting things with more republicans
That’s exactly why Mitch would say yes, he’d love nothing more than to have Warren and/or Bernie out of his chamber and replaced by a Republican governor.

The fact Mitch would agree to it is why itd be stupid to nominate them to a cabinet post.

[Will Hunting]

Imo, the easy ones

Ron Klain as Chief of Staff - easy way to placate the left without needing a senate confirmation

Heidi Heitkamp as Ag Secretary - Non controversial pick who everyone in the senate liked when she was there.

Steve Bullock as Secretary of Interior - Governor of state with a lot of public land, and I like giving cabinet spots to successful Democrats in red states.

Chris Coons as Secretary of State - Not Susan Rice and gets Coons out of the senate.

Dianne Feinstein as ambassador to Tuvalu (newly created position) - Tuvalu is a Pacific Island with like 10,000 people. Seems like a perfect spot for Feinstein to really make an impact.

[MASSA]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iyv905Q2omU

[DMC]

Ivanka can't go to prison...too pretty

Give a whole new meaning to "Orange is the New Black"

[DMC]

Imo, the easy ones

Ron Klain as Chief of Staff - easy way to placate the left without needing a senate confirmation

Heidi Heitkamp as Ag Secretary - Non controversial pick who everyone in the senate liked when she was there.

Steve Bullock as Secretary of Interior - Governor of state with a lot of public land, and I like giving cabinet spots to successful Democrats in red states.

Chris Coons as Secretary of State - Not Susan Rice and gets Coons out of the senate.

Dianne Feinstein as ambassador to Tuvalu (newly created position) - Tuvalu is a Pacific Island with like 10,000 people. Seems like a perfect spot for Feinstein to really make an impact.

That mountainside in California seems good enough for that.

[Will Hunting]

That mountainside in California seems good enough for that.
:tu

[Winehole23]

Bruce Ohr as AGLOCK THEM UP

[Winehole23]

(it's called "kidding on the square." it a well documented trope of fascism. any of y'all watch that vile toady Pompeo today?)

[FrostKing]

https://i.ibb.co/yqdvJmQ/20201117-110943.jpg

[Winehole23]

Swampy!


In Securities and Exchange Commission (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920107856/tm2029933-3_s1.htm) (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920107856/tm2029933-3_s1.htm)filings (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920126517/tm2029933-18_424b4.htm), Pine Island describes one of its investment vehicles as “a newly organized blank check company incorporated in Delaware” that will use its connections to top officials to take advantage of rising government expenditures on the national security agencies that Flournoy and Blinken could oversee. Pine Island’s first filings (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920107856/tm2029933-3_s1.htm) about the investment vehicle were made in September — the same month Biden suggested (https://www.stripes.com/news/us/biden-says-us-must-maintain-small-force-in-middle-east-has-no-plans-for-major-defense-cuts-1.644631) that he will not push for significant reductions in Pentagon expenditures, which have reached record levels.


“The reputations and networks of Pine Island Capital Partners’ team, both individually and collectively, will ensure exposure to a significant number of proprietary opportunities,” the company said in one SEC document (https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920107856/tm2029933-3_s1.htm). “We believe there will be increased demand in the U.S. defense market for advanced electronics, communications, sensor and detection processing and other technologies that enhance the modernization efforts of the Department of Defense’s military readiness. We believe this demand represents strong growth that our management team is uniquely positioned to capitalize on given our combined investment experience and deeply connected partner group of former U.S. defense and government officials.”



“This is not an example of people who happen to work at a big company — these are partners at a firm whose stated business model is to profit from the revolving door and connections gained from time in government."https://www.dailyposter.com/p/breaking-potential-biden-officials

[Spurtacular]

https://i.ibb.co/yqdvJmQ/20201117-110943.jpg

Democrats earned this sh**. :lol

[ElNono]

https://i.ibb.co/yqdvJmQ/20201117-110943.jpg

:tu

[ducks]

The Biden-Harris transition team on Sunday announced the members of its communications team, three of whom worked for CNN and MSNBC, raising questions about the incoming administration’s close ties with the liberal news networks.

A statement released Sunday touted that "for the first time in history, these communications roles will be filled entirely by women." But what also stood out was that several of the new members had deep ties with Democratic administrations as well as mainstream media outlets.

The transition team said that veteran Democratic spokeswoman Jen Psaki will serve as the White House Press Secretary. Psaki, who held several senior roles during the Obama administration, recently left her gig as a CNN contributor to oversee the confirmations team for the Biden-Harris transition.


The election means we have lost another CNN contributor, but by the same token, the Biden team has gained a senior adviser,” CNN’s Anderson Cooper told viewers before welcoming Psaki back to the network to discuss the incoming administration.

Cooper's colleague, left wing anchor Jake Tapper, who has for years railed against the "revolving door" between Fox News and the Trump administration tweeted several times on Sunday announcing Psaki's new role in the Biden administration -- but made no reference to her having worked for CNN.

[FrostKing]

the 3rd Act of Obama Presidency

[DMC]

the 3rd Act of Obama Presidency

Should have happened in 2016 but the dems faltered.

[Reck]

Should have happened in 2016 but the dems faltered.

Better late than never. Lesson learned.

Then again, it's the democrats so ineptitude comes with the program.

[FrostKing]

Better late than never. Lesson learned.

Then again, it's the democrats so ineptitude comes with the program.
Chess match. You played into a trap. Keep watching.

[Winehole23]

these appointments aren't cabinet level, but this seems like an appropriate thread for them

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[Reck]

Biden has a thing for redheads.

Don’t blame him there, tbh.

[ChumpDumper]

Chess match. You played into a trap. Keep watching.You wanted Trump to lose horribly?

Explain.

[Winehole23]

Not cabinet level, but this seems like the right thread

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[Reck]

Not cabinet level, but this seems like the right thread

1334142742499188738

These people need to win elections if they want their prefer picks chosen. They’re literally having fits with every announced Biden picks.

That said, It’ll be the New Mexico Governor Lujan or whatever her name is. She’s the actual top choice per “sources.”

[Winehole23]

These people need to win elections if they want their prefer picks chosen. They’re literally having fits with every announced Biden picks.Bidenistas need to grow a thicker skin, taking criticism from the right and the left comes with the territory.

[ElNono]

Not cabinet level, but this seems like the right thread

1334142742499188738

:td

[Winehole23]

https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/104897049-GettyImages-891729014.jpg?v=1606874734&w=678&h=381

Treasury Sec'y. nominee Janet Yellen:


“It’s an American tragedy and it’s essential that we move with urgency. Inaction will produce a self-reinforcing downturn, causing yet more devastation,” Yellen said.

Yellen said the pandemic has disproportionately impacted the most needy Americans. Yellen said it is important to make sure the economic recovery leaves out no one as she pledged to “find collective purpose to control the pandemic and build our economy back better than before.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-coronavirus/yellen-says-urgent-action-needed-to-prevent-self-reinforcing-economic-downturn-idINKBN28B62R

[Winehole23]

Pulling the ladder up after you once you get to the top is a neoliberal trope.

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[Winehole23]

Pulling the ladder up after you once you get to the top is a neoliberal trope.

1334381304989749248

https://compote.slate.com/images/c84ac904-d016-43de-82e3-9633434212f2.jpeg?width=780&height=520&rect=8192x5461&offset=0x0

[Winehole23]

Secretary of State nominee Tony Blinken

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-liberal-internationalists-11606175044
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/507657-biden-blinken-regime-change/



https://static01.nyt.com/images/2020/11/23/us/politics/00dc-state-blinken-print/00dc-state-blinken-print-mobileMasterAt3x-v2.jpg

[Winehole23]

COVID-19 task force co-chairs named


President-elect Joe Biden has turned to three prominent physicians to lead his coronavirus task force (https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/07/biden-covid-19-task-force/) who have collectively signaled that they will approach the pandemic far differently than the Trump administration, which they have criticized for mixing politics with science.

A top Biden aide on Sunday announced the two co-chairs of the incoming administration’s task force: Vivek Murthy, the former U.S. surgeon general, and David Kessler, the former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Though the Biden campaign did not formally announce her inclusion on Sunday, Marcella Nunez-Smith, a Yale physician and professor whose research focuses on health disparities, is widely expected to serve as the task force’s third co-chair.

Both Murthy and Kessler are widely known in public health and science for their stints in different presidential administrations. Kessler was appointed in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush, and served into the second term of President Clinton. He left the agency in 1997 to become the dean of the Yale School of Medicine. Murthy, himself a Yale medical school graduate, was appointed U.S. surgeon general under President Obama in 2014.
https://www.statnews.com/2020/11/08/with-murthy-and-kessler-biden-leans-on-experience-to-steer-covid-19-task-force/

[AaronY]

these appointments aren't cabinet level, but this seems like an appropriate thread for them

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Lmao so excited to see the left pretending to care about drones again. I think the exact moment this movement will kick in inauguration day i s January on DC time.

[AaronY]

Trump kills more people with drones in one year than Obama does in eight and rapidly exponentially expands civilian casualties and barely a peep from the left.

All shitposting aside I must be the dumbest fuck alive for ever taking any of this disingenuous bullshit seriously

[spurraider21]

Trump kills more people with drones in one year than Obama does in eight and rapidly exponentially expands civilian casualties and barely a peep from the left.

All shitposting aside I must be the dumbest fuck alive for ever taking any of this disingenuous bullshit seriously
think you'd like talking to IronMexican (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=12289) tbh :lol

but is it your impression that far lefties didnt make a peep about bad shit trump did?

[hater]

:lmao rump emanuelle still in the running :lmao

Cant make this shit up :lol

[Winehole23]

Lmao so excited to see the left pretending to care about drones again. I think the exact moment this movement will kick in inauguration day i s January on DC time.I can link all the times i've given Trumpies shit for escalating Obama's drone wars if you like. Pretty much every time they called him a peacemaker or said Trump was ending wars.

[AaronY]

think you'd like talking to IronMexican (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=12289) tbh :lol

but is it your impression that far lefties didnt make a peep about bad shit trump did?

1000% when it comes to the drones and you fucking well know this. don't be disengenuous:lol. Leftism/progressivism is literally just a protest movement against democrats so 100% they criticize them more than Repub!icans

Also,the so-called "excuse" that they are using drones to fight terrorists while minimizing U.S. casualties is not quite as unpopular among normies as you would think lol they are not as sympathetic against terrorists and their families as you guys are lol

[Winehole23]

Trump kills more people with drones in one year than Obama does in eight and rapidly exponentially expands civilian casualties and barely a peep from the left.

All shitposting aside I must be the dumbest fuck alive for ever taking any of this disingenuous bullshit seriouslyThese two posts are very typical of what I still said then and what I say now:


Trump ran as an anti-war guy, but has escalated US action everywhere. He's been objectively pro-war so far.

Just look at the frequency of bombing sorties and drone strikes.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277537&page=11&p=9685611&viewfull=1#post9685611


Bombing/drone strikes have increased everywhere, including Syria, relative to Obama. iT'S NOT EVEN A CONTEST.

I posted the troop levels upstream. That's up across the board, with one or two minor exceptions.

https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=277537&page=11&p=9685625&viewfull=1#post9685625

[spurraider21]

1000% when it comes to the drones and you fucking well know this. don't be disengenuous:lol. Leftism/progressivism is literally just a protest movement against democrats so 100% they criticize them more than Repub!icans

Also,the so-called "excuse" that they are using drones to fight terrorists while minimizing U.S. casualties is not quite as unpopular among normies as you would think lol they are not as sympathetic against terrorists and their families as you guys are lol
depends if you consider me a wacky lefty for liking warren/sanders... but i specifically argued with people like derp about trump's increased drone strikes as a counterpoint to the "no new wars" talking point

i think you have a warped view by finding random twitters or chapo people imho

and would make sense that far lefties would be critical of dems. republicans are a complete lost cause tbh :lol. why bother trying to get them to shift?

[Winehole23]

(It's true I gave Obama and his followers miles of shit about his escalation of GWB's drone wars, but it's objectively false to suggest my criticism of drone wars stopped on Jan.21, 2017, or that I failed to notice they got worse.)

[AaronY]

i think you have a warped view by finding random twitters or chapo people imho



Poll after poll showed Bernie's supporters were a net negative due 100% to the ironmexican shitposter types and I showed you these polls all primaries and you hand waved them away and learned literally nothing. You guys clung to that one flawed study that used a computer to analyze the positivity/negativity of statements to conclude they weren't a problem while direct polling said over and over they were a net negative

[hater]

I can link all the times i've given Trumpies shit for escalating Obama's drone wars if you like. Pretty much every time they called him a peacemaker or said Trump was ending wars.

Obama brought Lybia back to the stone age. Slavery and all.

Obomba is far more of a murderous president than Dump

[hater]

Not to mention Obomba supported jihadi terrorists in Syria.

You cant say Trump directly trained, financed, armed and supported jihadis. You can say thay about Obomba

[Winehole23]

Obama brought Lybia back to the stone age. Slavery and all.

Obomba is far more of a murderous president than DumpObama inherited two hot wars, but I agree with you about Libya.

[Winehole23]

Poll after poll showed Bernie's supporters were a net negative due 100% to the ironmexican shitposter types and I showed you these polls all primaries and you hand waved them away and learned literally nothing. You guys clung to that one flawed study that used a computer to analyze the positivity/negativity of statements to conclude they weren't a problem while direct polling said over and over they were a net negativewut?

[spurraider21]

Poll after poll showed Bernie's supporters were a net negative due 100% to the ironmexican shitposter types and I showed you these polls all primaries and you hand waved them away and learned literally nothing. You guys clung to that one flawed study that used a computer to analyze the positivity/negativity of statements to conclude they weren't a problem while direct polling said over and over they were a net negative
do we have any indication of how bernie supporters voted? i know they made a big deal about that in 2016 for example, but more hillary primary voters ended up voting for mccain over obama than we saw with sanders voters going to trump

[hater]

Obama inherited two hot wars, but I agree with you about Libya.

Dump inherited 2 wars and he quit both.

As much a piece of shit Dump is in everything else. He was one of the most peaceful president in ages

[AaronY]

https://m.imgur.com/a/P0yMHJu
wut?

This is wut
https://i.imgur.com/Qx9L2lh.png

[AaronY]

Hmmmmm....

https://i.imgur.com/MNPLXFL_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

[Winehole23]

Dump inherited 2 wars and he quit both.

As much a piece of shit Dump is in everything else. He was one of the most peaceful president in agesWe're still in Syria and we're still in Afghanistan.

Trump set the record for bombs dropped on Afghanistan in 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/28/us-afghanistan-war-bombs-2019


June 2020: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/03/children-killed-airstrikes-afghanistan-tbij-report/

2020 covert actions in Afghanistan: https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/drone-war/data/afghanistan-reported-us-covert-actions-2020

High points reached in 2018-9 in Somalia: https://www.statista.com/statistics/428549/us-drone-strikes-in-somalia/

Notice you've said nothing about Yemen. Shit is still happening there: https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-admits-injuring-civilians-in-yemen-drone-strike-2020-11

[Winehole23]

https://m.imgur.com/a/P0yMHJu

This is wut
https://i.imgur.com/Qx9L2lh.pngI never cited this, who are you shadowboxing with?

[hater]

We're still in Syria and we're still in Afghanistan.

Trump set the record for bombs dropped on Afhganistan in 2019: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/28/us-afghanistan-war-bombs-2019

You know damn well he ordered those wars ended and the military kicked and screamed and did not do it to 100%.

Still compared to obamas 2 wars, he did much much better.

[AaronY]

I never cited this, who are you shadowboxing with?
Sr21 intimated the problem with Bernie's shitposting supporters was that people like me noticed them or something and they didn't matter

[AaronY]

You can have 98 people in neighborhood supporting something peacefully and 2 lighting bags of dog shit on fire and throwing them at people who dont agrees houses. The 2 dont represent the whole group but sure piss off a lot of people off


we also have tons of polls showing his supporters are a net negative and direct comments from people like Warren and Buettigieg complaing about his most toxic fans. Important to point out since many see no reason he lost other than conspiracy theories or them being too smart lol

[ElNono]

Shitting on Biden's cabinet doesn't automatically make you a Bernie supporter nor a Republican nor a Trumptard... that would imply Biden's picks are absolutely perfect, and we know that's rarely, if ever, the case.

[Winehole23]

You know damn well he ordered those wars ended and the military kicked and screamed and did not do it to 100%.

Still compared to obamas 2 wars, he did much much better.You credit Trump's words too generously. In point of fact, Trump escalated almost everywhere.

[Winehole23]

Shitting on Biden's cabinet doesn't automatically make you a Bernie supporter nor a Republican nor a Trumptard... that would imply Biden's picks are absolutely perfect, and we know that's rarely, if ever, the case.AaronY has a penchant for caracaturing posters and making broad assumptions about their political orientations -- and their bona fides -- based on nothing more than them criticizng his guy.

It's annoying and inane.

Asking people what they think generally gets to the point faster than assuming one already knows, but i guess some people prefer monologues to discussions.

[AaronY]

That’s exactly why Mitch would say yes, he’d love nothing more than to have Warren and/or Bernie out of his chamber and replaced by a Republican governor.

The fact Mitch would agree to it is why itd be stupid to nominate them to a cabinet post.
How the fuck does every other northeast state have a Republican governor? It makes no sense

[AaronY]

Bernie for any position
Unironically Bernie would be a great Labor Secretary as his failed economic policies could never be implemented there and he would just fight for workers rights. Feel the same way about Warren and Treasury but I'll be honest I don't understand Treasury department policy as well

[Will Hunting]

How the fuck does every other northeast state have a Republican governor? It makes no sense
Phil Scot isn’t really a Republican, he already said he’d replace Sanders with another leftist if Sanders got a cabinet post.

My friends in MA say they view Charlie Baker as a good check and balance against a left wing super majority in both state houses but they’d never vote for him in a federal election.

[ElNono]

My friends in MA say they view Charlie Baker as a good check and balance against a left wing super majority in both state houses but they’d never vote for him in a federal election.

This is the same that happened with Christie in NJ... and frankly, a lot of these GOP types pretend to be centrist/moderates until they get in office.

[Will Hunting]

This is the same that happened with Christie in NJ... and frankly, a lot of these GOP types pretend to be centrist/moderates until they get in office.
Didn’t Christie also benefit from being in a state that has governor elections in odd numbered years with depressed turnout? I don’t think Christie ever becomes governor if he was running as part of a normal midterm/general cycle.

[Allan Rowe vs Wade]

What positions will Ashley and Hunter get?

[ElNono]

Didn’t Christie also benefit from being in a state that has governor elections in odd numbered years with depressed turnout? I don’t think Christie ever becomes governor if he was running as part of a normal midterm/general cycle.

I don't remember, tbh, but peeps eventually get fed up with one sided legislatures, and/or the same senator for 20 years... heck, I think Bob Menendez is still a senator.

[AaronY]

Shitting on Biden's cabinet doesn't automatically make you a Bernie supporter nor a Republican nor a Trumptard... that would imply Biden's picks are absolutely perfect, and we know that's rarely, if ever, the case.
Don't be naive here. Half the leftists pretending to care about the drone strikes were dead silent for four years when Trump killed 37x as many it's just a cudgel to demonize democrats. The progressive left has absolutely no plan for how to deal with terrorists anyway so it's a moot point to discuss it with them anyway tbh

[AaronY]

AaronY has a penchant for caracaturing posters and making broad assumptions about their political orientations -- and their bona fides -- based on nothing more than them criticizng his guy.

It's annoying and inane.


Lol missed this one.

this is a guy who jerked off to every mayor Pete is CIA meme he could find lol and referred to him as Mayo Pete iirc Talk about lacking credibility when it comes to discussing progressives and center leftists

[ElNono]

Don't be naive here. Half the leftists pretending to care about the drone strikes were dead silent for four years when Trump killed 37x as many it's just a cudgel to demonize democrats. The progressive left has absolutely no plan for how to deal with terrorists anyway so it's a moot point to discuss it with them anyway tbh

This obviates there's different levels of disliking people and policies though. I wouldn't have voted for Old Joe at all if Trump wouldn't be such a horrible president and if I didn't honestly believe democracy in the US is at risk.

It's simply disingenuous to pretend people that voted for Joe love his neocon ass. To be frank, you can shit on leftists all you want, but Joe doesn't pull off this election without their votes. And I don't think it's hyperbole to admit those people had much more motivation to vote Orangina out of office than sitting Old Joe in there.

[AaronY]

This obviates there's different levels of disliking people and policies though.
They care as much about the drone strikes as they do Pete's CIA missions to Africa and the 18th version of Tara Reade's story. It's all for show obviously. Of course we needed some leftists but the hardcore type that pretend to care about drone strikes as soon as the Democrat comes in office are such are a fringe minority they are not even worth discussing. Like I said polls show they scare off more voters than they attract. Just born losers I guess. Really best thing Bernie could have done was to find a basement like Joe's and hide all those guys in it.

[Winehole23]

Lol missed this one.

this is a guy who jerked off to every mayor Pete is CIA meme he could find lol and referred to him as Mayo Pete iirc Talk about lacking credibility when it comes to discussing progressives and center leftistsLooking at the past in a funhouse mirror, like you do. I may have made fun of Pete Buttigieg a few times in passing, but he never was a big target for me.

I do recall mentioning his past at McKinsey, but again your recollection is factually challenged. I wasn't the one who called him CIA Pete. Never found that meme very convincing. Still don't.

Seems your method is to cruise everyone you don't like into the same ditch and piss on their heads indiscriminately -- which makes you run of the mill in this forum. The main thing that stands out about you is your self caressing smugness. Your reply to this post will tend to underscore it.

[Winehole23]

Lol "they".

More patented AaronY shadowboxing. :lol

[Winehole23]

:cry Couldn't stand that mean things were said about Biden nominees :cry

[DMC]

Lol missed this one.

this is a guy who jerked off to every mayor Pete is CIA meme he could find lol and referred to him as Mayo Pete iirc Talk about lacking credibility when it comes to discussing progressives and center leftists

Usually winehole will only post tweets of someone else doing it for plausible deniability purposes.

[DMC]

Lol "they".

More patented AaronY shadowboxing. :lol what about the pettifogging? Talk about the pettifogging

[Winehole23]

what about the pettifogging? Talk about the pettifoggingThat's your deal, man.

[Winehole23]

Usually winehole will only post tweets of someone else doing it for plausible deniability purposes.I looked, I couldn't find any posts where I called Buttigieg CIA Pete or posted a CIA Pete meme. AaronY is daydreaming.

[Will Hunting]

If Biden caves on stimulus negotiations and gives McConnell immunity for corporations who put their employees at risk, we’re gonna be in for a long 4 years. I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt though since his cabinet picks aren’t perfect but they’re not the disaster Obama’s cabinet picks were 12 years ago.

[Will Hunting]

Don't be naive here. Half the leftists pretending to care about the drone strikes were dead silent for four years when Trump killed 37x as many it's just a cudgel to demonize democrats. The progressive left has absolutely no plan for how to deal with terrorists anyway so it's a moot point to discuss it with them anyway tbh
I don’t really think that’s what it is. Everyone knows Republicans are war mongering neocons so it goes without saying that Trump killed people with drone strikes. Leftists don’t see a need to talk about it, imo the reason they only talk about it when Dems do it is because Dems are supposed to be the anti-war party.

There are literally millions of people my age (millennials in their late 20s and early 30s) who vote Dem because in our formative years we saw GWB commit war crimes in Iraq, and the Democratic Party hasn’t done a great job keeping that group politically engaged (I’m not blaming Biden for that, he did a good job not letting Trump flank him on foreign policy the way he flanked Hillary).

[Will Hunting]

Tbh the only reason more millennials in their 30s haven’t started to shift to the right is because they’re still poor :lol

[Winehole23]

Bernie bro at AmConMag slams Biden's DNI pick, Avril Haines

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2020/11/28/avril-haines-1-11-28-20-ap_20329722697932_wide-aa5938fc237cbf36eadf39ee034380070d7aa1d3.jpg?s=140 0



Haines is billed as someone who speaks “truth to power (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/24/politics/biden-haines-intelligence-pick/index.html).” It’s an ironic about-face for the person who decided not to punish those who hacked into the computers of Senate staffers investigating the CIA’s torture program. Haines’ “accountability board” spared CIA personnel from having to answer for their use of torture, and her team redacted the board findings.


Yet Haines is being touted by former Obama administration officials for allegedly making the drone program “more responsible.”
“This is a pretty ominous signal about what is to come” in a Biden administration, a Senate staffer who works on national security issues told (https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-proxy-war-over-joe-biden-adviser-avril-haines) The Daily Beast. “To have [Haines] touted for her record in advancing human rights and respect for the rule of law I don’t think can be adequately squared with not only her record but her deliberate choices of advocacy.”



After a detail to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee put Haines on Biden’s radar in late 2010, she moved to the White House, where she eventually chaired the interagency lawyers’ group that created the legal framework for “targeted killings”—i.e. drone strikes.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

https://www.theamericanconservative.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/524082cc7784813039ce3ed401d3399d-150x150-c-default.png (https://www.theamericanconservative.com/author/barbara-boland/)Barbara Boland is TAC’s foreign policy and national security reporter. Previously, she worked as an editor for the Washington Examiner and for CNS News. She is the author of Patton Uncovered, a book about General George Patton in World War II, and her work has appeared on Fox News, The Hill, UK Spectator, and elsewhere. Boland is a graduate from Immaculata University in Pennsylvania. Follow her on Twitter @BBatDC (https://twitter.com/BBatdc).



https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/scientist-spy-chief-apologist-for-torture-what-bidens-dni-is-really-like/

[DMC]

She plays along. She's a perfect fit for status quo leadership

[Winehole23]

She plays along. She's a perfect fit for status quo leadership"The most diverse team of ideological clones ever assembled."

[AaronY]

Looking at the past in a funhouse mirror, like you do. I may have made fun of Pete Buttigieg a few times in passing, but he never was a big target for me.

I do recall mentioning his past at McKinsey, but again your recollection is factually challenged. I wasn't the one who called him CIA Pete. Never found that meme very convincing. Still don't.

Seems your method is to cruise everyone you don't like into the same ditch and piss on their heads indiscriminately -- which makes you run of the mill in this forum. The main thing that stands out about you is your self caressing smugness. Your reply to this post will tend to underscore it.

I remember this https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278759&page=8&highlight=Buettigieg

You thought all that stuff was pretty fucking funny. I'm betting you didn't think it was so funny when he dropped out and endorsed Biden then talked about how shitty Bernie supporters were tho. I thought it was fucking hilarious myself :lol :lol

[AaronY]

“Blue MAGA” trending and AaronY returning to semen shield for Sleepy Joe, def not a coincidence :lol
:lol semen shielding. What are you 4 years old? Who talks like this :lol

[koriwhat]

:lol semen shielding. What are you 4 years old? Who talks like this :lol

I've been asking the same for a long while now. It's odd but whatever; he's odd but whatever.

[Winehole23]

I remember this https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=278759&page=8&highlight=BuettigiegStill buttsore, I see.

So petty! :lol

[AaronY]

Still buttsore, I see.

So petty! :lol
You really got me :lol

That was a really great long term coalition building strategy for you guys. Almost as great as the snakes Warren loved so much :lol :lol

Fucking born losers top to bottom but no its a conspiracy when you don't do well :lol

[Winehole23]

You really got me :lol

That was a really great long term coalition building strategy for you guys. Almost as great as the snakes Warren loved so much :lol :lol

Fucking born losers top to bottom but no its a conspiracy when you don't do well :lol* yawn

[koriwhat]

Still buttsore, I see.

So petty! :lol

Was he right though?

[Winehole23]

Was he right though?Bernie Sanders is old news. I've long since moved on, but you can be sure that Aaron will hang onto him for another four years so can pursue his favorite pastime, punching left. From the trend of his posting here, it seems he hates progressive Democrats even more than he hates Republicans.

The important thing this year was to beat Trump in the election, so I'm cool that's where we are. My hat's off to the Biden campaign, I'm really glad he won.

[Winehole23]

(AaronY is a crybaby abut any criticism of centrist Dems, he can't help lashing out. It's always personal, never about policy, process or politicians.)

[koriwhat]

Bernie Sanders is old news. I've long since moved on, but you can be sure that Aaron will hang onto him for another four years so can pursue his favorite pastime, punching left. From the trend of his posting here, it seems he hates progressive Democrats even more than he hates Republicans.

The important thing this year was to beat Trump in the election, so I'm cool that's where we are. My hat's off to the Biden campaign, I'm really glad he won.

There's no such thing as a progressive democrat. Liberalism and the Dem party has been dead in the water for a long time now. It's almost as ironic as a democratic socialist. It's all word games for communists and those who are too trendy to know better.

So glad I never fell for Bernie's bs. That dude is as weak as they come and loves to bend over when given the chance and a bundle of money. He's a total two face sellout pos.

Btw, Biden won what exactly? The process is ongoing but the MSM I see has convinced plenty of you already. I think he'll get in the WH after all however right now he's literally nothing but an ex vice president.

[Isitjustme?]

Looks like this guy was never even being considered from the start thankfully

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[Winehole23]

Btw, Biden won what exactly? The process is ongoing but the MSM I see has convinced plenty of you already. I think he'll get in the WH after all however right now he's literally nothing but an ex vice president.Biden won the election for POTUS.

The Electoral College outcome isn't in doubt, states totalling over 270 electors have already been certified in Joe Biden's favor.

[koriwhat]

Biden won the election for POTUS.

The Electoral College outcome isn't in doubt, states totalling over 270 electors have already been certified in Joe Biden's favor.

Lol Peddle all the fake news you'd like but it doesn't make it reality.

[AaronY]

I don’t really think that’s what it is. Everyone knows Republicans are war mongering neocons so it goes without saying that Trump killed people with drone strikes. Leftists don’t see a need to talk about it, imo the reason they only talk about it when Dems do it is because Dems are supposed to be the anti-war party.

There are literally millions of people my age (millennials in their late 20s and early 30s) who vote Dem because in our formative years we saw GWB commit war crimes in Iraq, and the Democratic Party hasn’t done a great job keeping that group politically engaged (I’m not blaming Biden for that, he did a good job not letting Trump flank him on foreign policy the way he flanked Hillary).

Let me give you an example I used to follow this Jordan Uhl guy who I bring up because mono has posted his tweets like 5x at least. He's generally funny a regular democrat but the minute the primaries start he starts shitting on Obama all of a sudden and calling him a drone striking serial killer. Obviously this has literally nothing to do with Obama's VP leading the polls and just pretty much riding partially on Obama's goodwill.

Well this guy (amazingly enough) is also posting all the rats and snake emojis that Warren and Pete and their followers loved so much under all their tweets etc. Now of course per the Spurraider21 theory its Warren and Pete's fault for making social media posts, going to read the replies and interact with their fan or see the feedback and being upset that one guy's fans post a shitload of rats and snakes everywhere and accuse them of being pieces of shit

[AaronY]

look at the fucking brass balls on this kid lmao. fucking gloating about it
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laughing his ass off here. People here won't get here because this is a forum dedicated to shitposting but this stuff is not popular among the general Democrat base which is way different temporamentaly than the goober Trump base. Liberals are generally more bleeding heart and less into bullying for sure

[Borosai]

Those blue ones are just as stupid as the red ones.

[spurraider21]

starting to get the feeling Bernie is to AaronY (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=27732) as Hillary is to trumptards

all the people he's trying to shit on now were people who were advocating for biden and against bernie-or-bust stuff. its only ironmexican that i could think of, and he's not that regular a poster, who was actually a bernie or bust guy

i was pro warren in the primaries, when it looked like a 2 horse race between bernie and biden, i shifted to (and eventually voted for) bernie, and then come general election time there was never a question that getting biden into office was priority #1.

[DMC]

Bernie bros are funny, they remind of the the Ron Paul folks.

[spurraider21]

Bernie bros are funny, they remind of the the Ron Paul folks.
CN went from Ron Paul acolyte to Trumptard :lol

[Winehole23]

:lmao who indeed!the finger wagging about civility made me chuckle too

[Millennial_Messiah]

Biden's cabinet:

-Oxycontin
-Oxycodone
-Hydrocodone
-Codeine with acetaminophen
-Acetaminophen
-Ibuprofen
-Naproxen
-Aricept
-Namenda
-Razadyne
-Exelon
-B12
-Cocaine
-5 Hour Energy
-Adderall
-Ritalin
-Fentanyl
-Aspirin
-X-Lax
-Preparation H
-Anusol
-Obama Era Joose
-Underage Pussy Juice

[ElNono]

^ no viagra?

[Winehole23]

Biden's cabinet:

-Oxycontin
-Oxycodone
-Hydrocodone
-Codeine with acetaminophen
-Acetaminophen
-Ibuprofen
-Naproxen
-Aricept
-Namenda
-Razadyne
-Exelon
-B12
-Cocaine
-5 Hour Energy
-Adderall
-Ritalin
-Fentanyl
-Aspirin
-X-Lax
-Preparation H
-Anusol
-Underage Pussy Juice

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/932/237/4df

[Millennial_Messiah]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/932/237/4df
"C'mon man, I asked for vanilla, you dumbass, c'mon man!"

[Millennial_Messiah]

^ no viagra?

I highly doubt he and Jill have had sex in over a decade, so probably not necessary. The old fuck still gets a boner naturally at the sight of a flock of teenage girls in bikinis, though.

[DMC]

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/001/932/237/4df

"I did a search for "don't even know who I am" and came up with nothing. I don't recall ever saying that so not sure why you're accusing me of it" -WH

You speak in meme, hard to search for words in pics.

[Winehole23]

"I did a search for "don't even know who I am" and came up with nothing. I don't recall ever saying that so not sure why you're accusing me of it" -WH

You speak in meme, hard to search for words in pics.lol no it's not

[ChumpDumper]

"I did a search for "don't even know who I am" and came up with nothing. I don't recall ever saying that so not sure why you're accusing me of it" -WH

You speak in meme, hard to search for words in pics.:lmao you get so pissy over the stupidest things.

[Winehole23]

:lmao you get so pissy over the stupidest things.a couple of days ago he was bitching that I use too many "fancy words"

Apparently now I speak meme exclusively.

[ChumpDumper]

a couple of days ago he was bitching that I use too many "fancy words"

Apparently now I speak meme exclusively.How dare you confuse me with the highest grossing film in history!

[Reck]

More picks coming early next week. CIA and AG among them.

[DMC]

lol no it's not

Really? So if you use the search function here it can discern images of words instead of typed text? Do tell.

[DMC]

a couple of days ago he was bitching that I use too many "fancy words"

Apparently now I speak meme exclusively.

You were accused of something, you denied it saying you searched for it and never found yourself using those words. Now you want to play dumb.

[Winehole23]

You were accused of something, you denied it saying you searched for it and never found yourself using those words. Now you want to play dumb.Not at all, AaronY got it wrong. I wasn't really using memes in the spring. It's been sort of a holiday vice.

AaronY told you what memes to look for, it shouldn't be too hard to find if you're set on showing me up.

[Winehole23]

lol grudgeposting DMC

[Will Hunting]

Let me give you an example I used to follow this Jordan Uhl guy who I bring up because mono has posted his tweets like 5x at least. He's generally funny a regular democrat but the minute the primaries start he starts shitting on Obama all of a sudden and calling him a drone striking serial killer. Obviously this has literally nothing to do with Obama's VP leading the polls and just pretty much riding partially on Obama's goodwill.

Well this guy (amazingly enough) is also posting all the rats and snake emojis that Warren and Pete and their followers loved so much under all their tweets etc. Now of course per the Spurraider21 theory its Warren and Pete's fault for making social media posts, going to read the replies and interact with their fan or see the feedback and being upset that one guy's fans post a shitload of rats and snakes everywhere and accuse them of being pieces of shit
Yeah of course it has something to do with the primary, who said it doesn't? That's how primaries work, the candidates and their supporters argue over who biggest and best Democrat/Republican are. That's not unique to Rose Twitter Bernie supporters, idk why some moderate Dems are so sensitive about it. The fact Obama didn't do more to end Bush era neoconservative intervention is something he shouldn't be immune from criticism over. In his memoir he says he kept a lot of the intervention going because he couldn't be considered "too liberal" which I thought was ridiculous. He won in 2008 largely because of his opposition to the Iraq War, people put him in office to end wars.

Democrats had an endless amount of moral high ground 12 years ago on foreign policy and its completely evaporated now.

[Reck]

Who's the one floating these retarded names for cabinet positions? Rahm Emanuel...Tom Perez for AG. :lol

They need to stop.

[Will Hunting]

Who's the one floating these retarded names for cabinet positions? Rahm Emanuel...Tom Perez for AG. :lol

They need to stop.
It turns out the only person floating Rahm's name was Rahm himself to try and create media buzz that would lead to a cabinet post :lol, the Biden team isn't even returning his calls. Not a chance he'd waste his AG pick on Perez either, that would piss literally every part of the Democratic Party off. His AG is either gonna be Doug Jones, Sally Yates, or a minority of some sort.

The fact he isn't making Susan Rice secretary of state is a good sign that Biden is staying away from all of the toxic names no matter how well connected they are with the DNC.

[koriwhat]

You were accused of something, you denied it saying you searched for it and never found yourself using those words. Now you want to play dumb.

Like always... It's par for the course.

[DMC]

Not at all, AaronY got it wrong. I wasn't really using memes in the spring. It's been sort of a holiday vice.

AaronY told you what memes to look for, it shouldn't be too hard to find if you're set on showing me up.

Sure

[Reck]

More picks coming early next week. CIA and AG among them.

Getting a headstart

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[Will Hunting]

Getting a headstart

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Curveball since he was supposedly gonna be Newsome’s pick to replace Kamala in the senate.

[Millennial_Messiah]

Curveball since he was supposedly gonna be Newsome’s pick to replace Kamala in the senate.

Hopefully they nominate a pedophile/rapist so the GOP can steal one (temporarily) like the Dems stole in Alabama a couple years back.

[Reck]

Hopefully they nominate a pedophile/rapist so the GOP can steal one (temporarily) like the Dems stole in Alabama a couple years back.

This is what you think in cold winter nights?

[ElNono]

Getting a headstart

1335742143936204800

Why are we getting a lawyer to run Health and Human Services?

[Reck]

Why are we getting a lawyer to run Health and Human Services?

It’s making the hard left happy and right triggered so there’s that.

1335755951471734784 (https://twitter.com/coribush/status/1335755951471734784?s=21)

1335758933085052930 (https://twitter.com/mzhemingway/status/1335758933085052930?s=21)

[Winehole23]

Why are we getting a lawyer to run Health and Human Services?What Reck said finds echoes in this Bloomberg bit on Becerra:

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[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1229556535535206402/dqH7QjiG_400x400.jpg


Rochelle Walensky, picked to run the CDC


Walensky, who is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an expert on AIDS and HIV, will be tasked with rebuilding a critical health agency that has been sidelined by the Trump administration amid a pandemic.​https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/06/rochelle-walensky-cdc-biden-443384

[Winehole23]

https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/TWCNews/Biden_Defense_01115


Gen. Lloyd Austin, US Army (Ret.,) Secretary of Defense


"There would be less tension” with Austin as defense secretary instead of Johnson or Flournoy, the person said. “Maybe less disagreement … the relationship would be smoother.”https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/07/lloyd-austin-biden-secretary-defense-frontrunner-contender-443479


Austin, who headed US Central Command under Obama, will need a waiver from Congress since it has been less than seven years since he served. His nomination could draw fire from some progressive groups given his role on the board of a number of companies, including weapons maker Raytheon Technologies Corp .https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/joe-biden-has-chosen-retired-general-lloyd-austin-for-defense-secretary-651448


Austin joined the Army in 1975, but his career is defined by post-9/11 conflicts. He was on the ground early in Iraq, where he was assistant division commander for the 3rd Infantry Division, and Afghanistan, where he commanded the 10th Mountain Division (Light). In 2008, he was named commander of Multi-National Corps-Iraq. Austin also served as director of the Joint Staff, and in 2012 became vice chief of staff of the Army.

His career culminated as the head of U.S. Central Command, which he led from 2013-2016. His time at CENTCOM coincided with the rise of the Islamic State group, better known as ISIS, as well as the effort to grow an anti-ISIS military force in Syria. That train-and-equip mission led to an explosive congressional hearing, where Austin was ripped by members of Congress after he admitted the effort (https://www.defensenews.com/home/2015/09/21/was-syrian-train-and-equip-effort-always-a-mission-impossible/), underway for five months, had produced only “four or five” fighters.

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/transition/2020/12/07/report-biden-picks-lloyd-austin-retired-army-general-as-defense-secretary/

[boutons_deux]

The American Empire's eternal, murderous Global War on "Terror" with infinite financing will continue.

It's an unstoppable, high margin business.

[DMC]

https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/TWCNews/Biden_Defense_01115



https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/07/lloyd-austin-biden-secretary-defense-frontrunner-contender-443479

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/joe-biden-has-chosen-retired-general-lloyd-austin-for-defense-secretary-651448

https://www.defensenews.com/smr/transition/2020/12/07/report-biden-picks-lloyd-austin-retired-army-general-as-defense-secretary/

Good choice

[Winehole23]

The American Empire's eternal, murderous Global War on "Terror" with infinite financing will continue.

It's an unstoppable, high margin business.Who would you have picked, man?

[boutons_deux]

Why are we getting a lawyer to run Health and Human Services?

Lawyers know everything, can do everything, are honest and trustworthy as a saint.

God loves lawyers and the USA, gave 90% of the planet's lawyers to USA.

[ElNono]

It’s making the hard left happy and right triggered so there’s that.

1335755951471734784 (https://twitter.com/coribush/status/1335755951471734784?s=21)

1335758933085052930 (https://twitter.com/mzhemingway/status/1335758933085052930?s=21)


What Reck said finds echoes in this Bloomberg bit on Becerra:

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This is all great, but doesn't really address or answers the question. I guess placing an MD in that role makes too much sense, tbh.

[Winehole23]

This is all great, but doesn't really address or answers the question. I guess placing an MD in that role makes too much sense, tbh.Running a bureaucracy and being a doctor are different slkill sets? Just spitballing...

[Reck]

Running a bureaucracy and being a doctor are different slkill sets? Just spitballing...

Yeah that’s my thinking as well.

It’d be like putting Fauci at the post. Overqualified but has no political experience which you would need?

[ElNono]

Running a bureaucracy and being a doctor are different slkill sets? Just spitballing...

Apparently works well for the CDC... not sure what's the criteria here...

[Reck]

1336449058450403331 (https://twitter.com/cnnsotu/status/1336449058450403331?s=21)

I have to say, Biden is actually coming through with these picks. Some are establishment picks but most have been rather...well pleasing to progressives and run of the mill democrats.

[Ball Buster]

https://twitter.com/kylekulinski/status/1336506934556569603?s=21

[ElNono]

https://twitter.com/kylekulinski/status/1336506934556569603?s=21

don't they kill teh gays in china?

[Ball Buster]

don't they kill teh gays in china?

Were stuck with Pete Buttigieg for the rest of our lives. This dude is never going away.

[ElNono]

Were stuck with Pete Buttigieg for the rest of our lives. This dude is never going away.

I mean, they could've sent him to Paris at least, sounds less punishing...

[Winehole23]

:lol

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[Winehole23]

I have a feeling Dems on the Hill will have misplaced this scruple for the time being.

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[spurraider21]

https://twitter.com/kylekulinski/status/1336506934556569603?s=21
:lol kulinski still salty

im sure if warren dropped out, endorsed bernie, and got a position in his cabinet, kyle wouldnt be whining like a bitch

[Ball Buster]

:lol kulinski still salty

im sure if warren dropped out, endorsed bernie, and got a position in his cabinet, kyle wouldnt be whining like a bitch

:lol establishment rubes triggered by Kulinski tweets

[spurraider21]

:lol establishment rubes triggered by Kulinski tweets
kulinski is just an idealogue/shill... i voted for sanders in the primary. doesnt mean kulinski isn't a twat

[ElNono]

Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/biden-taps-susan-rice-for-top-white-house-domestic-policy-job-444231

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Winehole23]

Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/biden-taps-susan-rice-for-top-white-house-domestic-policy-job-444231

:lmao:lmao:lmaoNominating Marcia Fudge to HUD had me scratching my head too. Seems considerations other than expertise are governing *some* of these decisions.

[hater]

Biden taps Susan Rice for top White House domestic policy job

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/10/biden-taps-susan-rice-for-top-white-house-domestic-policy-job-444231

:lmao:lmao:lmao

:lmao cant make this shit up :lol

Susans rice name has been tossed around in Biden team more than Melania ina Ukranian whorehouse

[Winehole23]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eo4_zBnXMAUOnRg?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

Andrew Cuomo trial balloon spotted

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[ChumpDumper]

Jesus, I thought Sally Yates would be too provocative a choice.

[Winehole23]

https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iJ8GqVo_rk1o/v0/1000x-1.jpg


Tom Vilsack, Sec'y.of Agriculture


Screwed Shirley Sherrod based on a doctored James O'Keefe video, loathed by black farmers. As Obama's AG chief the US Department of Agriculture was of the Con-Agra, for the Monsanto, by the Purdue and Smithfield. Small farmers hate him too.

Terrible pick.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-07/vilsack-emerges-as-biden-s-top-candidate-for-agriculture

[spurraider21]

hard to get behind the Fudge and Rice picks... but yikes with the Cuomo rumor

[boutons_deux]

Screwed Shirley Sherrod based on a doctored James O'Keefe video, loathed by black farmers. As Obama's AG chief the US Department of Agriculture was of the Con-Agra, for the Monsanto, by the Purdue and Smithfield. Small farmers hate him too.

Terrible pick.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-07/vilsack-emerges-as-biden-s-top-candidate-for-agriculture

so it's a Biden nominee that the Repug Senate will wave through

and one that pisses off black people in GA that Biden needs for the Senate runoffs.

Dems are WTF STUPID

[Winehole23]

https://cdn.britannica.com/97/172797-050-53566506/Ambassador-United-Nations-Samantha-Power.jpg


Samantha Power, Minister of Color-Coded Revolutions, er, Director of USAID

Between the lines, Obama's director of nudge may return.


Between the lines: Power’s husband, Cass Sunstein, who ran the highly influential Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in Obama’s first term, could return to government, as well.

https://www.axios.com/biden-sam-power-usaid-38628ccc-ef74-4e46-9a7e-0eb63180b619.html

[Winehole23]

Andrew Cuomo trial balloon spotted

1337774244848144384Shot down?

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[Winehole23]

so much for Biden's war on fracking


https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iPCTaEckhA6E/v0/1200x800.jpg


Arun Majumdar, Secretary of Energy

according to Greepeace:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpN64a8XEAA-ejZ?format=jpg&name=medium

[Winehole23]

Sub-cabinet level, getting the band back together.

The Biden administration is shaping up to be as bad as Obama -- maybe worse -- even without Citibank vetting his cabinet picks.

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[Reck]

These ridiculous names that have been floated are just to test the waters. Cuomo is not going to be attorney general.

Garland would sooner get it than he would. I think Doug Jones will get it.

[Winehole23]

These ridiculous names that have been floated are just to test the waters. Cuomo is not going to be attorney general. "Trial balloon spotted" was my caption for the Cuomo post upstream.

Did you see the NBC story about Cuomo being a sex pest?

[Reck]

Did you see the NBC story about Cuomo being a sex pest?

No doubt. He even looks the part.

I’m not one to pre judge but he just has that rapey look to him. Like Kavanaugh. They’re that type you know are just assholes.

[RandomGuy]

Sub-cabinet level, getting the band back together.

The Biden administration is shaping up to be as bad as Obama -- maybe worse -- even without Citibank vetting his cabinet picks.

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... well, whatever their affiliation, they will be several degrees more competent than anything from the last 4 years.

[spurraider21]

Doug Jones wouldnt seem like a bad AG choice

[Winehole23]

Doug Jones wouldnt seem like a bad AG choiceAgree. He's already known and liked at main Justice and would put the Civil Rights Division back on track.

[Winehole23]

... well, whatever their affiliation, they will be several degrees more competent than anything from the last 4 years.The pattern of financial/tech sector and corporate lobbyists as regulators is the status qup ante that led to Trump.

The Dems are too donor facing. This is already a huge political liability for them, I have yet to see any appointment that cuts against that.

[Winehole23]

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[Winehole23]

:lmao

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpTpJeDW8Ag5kIj?format=png&name=900x900

[Ball Buster]

https://twitter.com/pattheberner/status/1338924953882640385?s=21

[Winehole23]

https://twitter.com/pattheberner/status/1338924953882640385?s=21Spoils system.

Buttigieg may end up doing a good job, Part of the job is shepherding stuff through Congress, maybe he'll be good at that. His old McKinsey buddies can probably hook him up with advice, contacts and study material.

[Reck]

What are the qualifications needed to be a secretary of anything? President etc.

This seems to be an excuse used for whenever you don’t agree with the person. Pete is a capable dude. We’re not talking Betsy Devos type of incompetence here.

[Winehole23]

What are the qualifications needed to be a secretary of anything? President etc.

This seems to be an excuse used for whenever you don’t agree with the person. Pete is a capable dude. We’re not talking Betsy Devos type of incompetence here.That's a very low bar, I could probably clear that.

Would be ok with Biden appointing me Secretary of Transportation?

[Will Hunting]

What are the qualifications needed to be a secretary of anything? President etc.

This seems to be an excuse used for whenever you don’t agree with the person. Pete is a capable dude. We’re not talking Betsy Devos type of incompetence here.
some BernieBros on twitter were saying that Biden should have made a railroad conductor sec of transportation :lol

”Buttigeig isn’t experienced enough, we need a working class transportation secretary who drives choo choo trains!”

[Winehole23]

What are the qualifications needed to be a secretary of anything? President etc.

This seems to be an excuse used for whenever you don’t agree with the person. Pete is a capable dude. We’re not talking Betsy Devos type of incompetence here.To answer your question, there aren't any qualifications. POTUS can pick whomever he wants.

That said, Pete is a small city mayor with no relevant professional or bureaucratic experience, so this looks like a pure political reward.

Pete will probably do fine. He's smart and well connected.

You seem awfully touchy about any criticism of Democrats, why is that?

[Winehole23]

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[spurraider21]

What are the qualifications needed to be a secretary of anything? President etc.

This seems to be an excuse used for whenever you don’t agree with the person. Pete is a capable dude. We’re not talking Betsy Devos type of incompetence here.
You’re comparing their intelligence not their qualifications

[Winehole23]

Gonna drive some Rs crazy because Russiagate. The former governor of Michigan been lobbying for the job and wants to "lead the transition to clean energy."

Seems a much better pick than Mr. Majumdar, makes electoral sense too.

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Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy


https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/15/biden-to-tap-former-michigan-gov-granholm-to-lead-energy-department-445782
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-15/biden-picks-former-michigan-governor-granholm-to-lead-energy

[Reck]

You seem awfully touchy about any criticism of Democrats, why is that?

I’m not. I just find it peculiar how every of his picks is getting doubly analyzed for not being progressive enough or not experienced enough. There’s always something.

Hell if you go a few pages back I talk how I’d like to see Bernie get a cabinet spot when the rumors were going around he wanted the secretary of labor spot. But even that was lol’d.

But hey since we’re in conspiracy mode, which position is Klobuchar getting for her part in “gaming” the system for old Joe?

[Winehole23]

I’m not. I just find it peculiar how every of his picks is getting doubly analyzed for not being progressive enough or not experienced enough. There’s always something.

Hell if you go a few pages back I talk how I’d like to see Bernie get a cabinet spot when the rumors were going around he wanted the secretary of labor spot. But even that was lol’d.

But hey since we’re in conspiracy mode, which position is Klobuchar getting for her part in “gaming” the system for old Joe?No idea, I'm not in conspiracy mode, just calling em like I see em. I don't have any guesses about Klobuchar and haven't heard any buzz.

What do you hear about Klobuchar?

[Winehole23]

Reck: if you want to see the nominees get more props, be the poster you want to see, it's not my job to please you. :lol

[Reck]

Reck (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=14412): if you want to see the nominees get more props, be the poster you want to see here, it's not my job to please you. :lol

Ok, weird post.

Who’s telling you to please me? I don’t care who gets nominated to these positions. I don’t even know 80% of these people.

[Winehole23]

Ok, weird post.

Who’s telling you to please me? I don’t care who gets nominated to these positions..
Then why do you keep complaining about my takes? :lol

[Reck]

Then why do you keep complaining about my takes? :lol

I was reffering to that ball buster guy with my today's OP. lol

[Winehole23]

I was reffering to that ball buster guy with my today's OP. lol:tu

[Winehole23]

and of course, Klobuchar's tweeted congratulations were even more cutting than what I posted:

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[Isitjustme?]

some BernieBros on twitter were saying that Biden should have made a railroad conductor sec of transportation :lol

”Buttigeig isn’t experienced enough, we need a working class transportation secretary who drives choo choo trains!”

:lol Buettigieg is a Rhodes Scholar I think so he'll figure it out. He's also a rising star among Dems who have about 5 people under 50 anyone can name so promoting his career like this is good.

[Winehole23]

https://files.nc.gov/ncdeq/styles/main-image/public/Sec%20Regan%20-%20Copy_2.jpg?itok=DydJqbWm


EPA nominee subject to final vetting, Michael Regan

https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article247855130.html
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-17/biden-close-to-naming-north-carolina-regulator-regan-for-epa
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1063720869

[boutons_deux]

still no Bernie

still no Warren

I doubt either would get past a Repug Senate,and I expect McConnell to DENY many of Biden's nominees, so Biden will finish with Repug/oligarchy Exec branch.

The Dem establishment will continue neoliberal, anti-Labor, war-mongering, drone-assassinating obedience to BigDonor class, the MIC, BigFianance.

"Who You Gonna Call"?

America fucked and unfuckable.

Watch the Dems fuck it up and lose the House in 2022 (they won't care)

[Isitjustme?]

still no Bernie

still no Warren

I doubt either would get past a Repug Senate,and I expect McConnell to DENY many of Biden's nominees, so Biden will finish with Repug/oligarchy Exec branch.

The Dem establishment will continue neoliberal, anti-Labor, war-mongering, drone-assassinating obedience to BigDonor class, the MIC, BigFianance.

"Who You Gonna Call"?

America fucked and unfuckable.

Watch the Dems fuck it up and lose the House in 2022 (they won't care)

They're going to lose the house regardless. Midterms are always bad for incumbents. Probably won't be as bad as the 2006 blood bath after Obamacare but still

[Reck]

They're going to lose the house regardless. Midterms are always bad for incumbents. Probably won't be as bad as the 2006 blood bath after Obamacare but still

What makes you think that? Making political predictions based on 40 year old trends is no longer viable.

Trump was also supposed to win because he was an incumbent who hadn't lost in over 30 years.

[Reck]

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[Winehole23]

1339655887074504704:tu

good pick

[Will Hunting]

They're going to lose the house regardless. Midterms are always bad for incumbents. Probably won't be as bad as the 2006 blood bath after Obamacare but still
I could see it being better if we’re almost fully recovered from COVID and Biden is getting credit for it (ie the same way the GOP did well in the 2002 midterms because of 9/11), but the issue is that 2022 is going to be a freshly gerrymandered congressional map. No way it’ll be as bad as 2010 though, the Democrats handled that midterm horribly in every way.

[baseline bum]

still no Bernie

still no Warren

I doubt either would get past a Repug Senate,and I expect McConnell to DENY many of Biden's nominees, so Biden will finish with Repug/oligarchy Exec branch.

The Dem establishment will continue neoliberal, anti-Labor, war-mongering, drone-assassinating obedience to BigDonor class, the MIC, BigFianance.

"Who You Gonna Call"?

America fucked and unfuckable.

Watch the Dems fuck it up and lose the House in 2022 (they won't care)

If Ossoff and Warnock sweep GA either would get past a Republican senate since they'd give McConnell a 51st GOP senator for 6 months.

[Reck]

If Ossoff and Warnock sweep GA either would get past a Republican senate since they'd give McConnell a 51st GOP senator for 6 months.

What is this? 6 months of what?

[baseline bum]

What is this? 6 months of what?

VT and MA have Republican governors who would nominate Republican senators to replace Sanders / Warren for six months until a special election can be held should either get into Biden's cabinet.

[Reck]

VT and MA have Republican governors who would nominate Republican senators to replace Sanders / Warren for six months until a special election can be held should either get into Biden's cabinet.

Oh. In the case of Sanders Will Hunting (https://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=17032) has pointed out that the governor from there would appoint a Sanders like senator.

Warren was always a long shot. Don’t even know where that rumor comes from. Her best chance at a spot was in 2016 with Hillary imo.

[boutons_deux]

If Ossoff and Warnock sweep GA either would get past a Republican senate since they'd give McConnell a 51st GOP senator for 6 months.

4 Counties Sued For Trying To Rig Georgia Senate Runoffs By Not Providing Early Voting

https://www.politicususa.com/2020/12/17/4-counties-sued-for-trying-to-rig-georgia-senate-runoffs-by-not-providing-early-voting.html

About $300M so far, mostly oligarchy black money, thanks to oligarchy's SCOTUS extremely activist whores, poured into GA before and since 3 Nov.

Can the oligarchy buy themselves continued Senate control?

America is just another tiny toy for sale, cheap.

$Ts in play for the oligarchy.

[Winehole23]

whew

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpemO2XXcAU375x?format=png&name=small

[Reck]

whew

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EpemO2XXcAU375x?format=png&name=small

Why does Obama have such a hard on for Rahm Emanuel? It's weird.

Also props to Biden and his team for actually saying no to almighty Obama.

[boutons_deux]

Why does Obama have such a hard on for Rahm Emanuel? It's weird.

Also props to Biden and his team for actually saying no to almighty Obama.

They have a history of working together in Chicago.

[Will Hunting]

Why does Obama have such a hard on for Rahm Emanuel? It's weird.

Also props to Biden and his team for actually saying no to almighty Obama.
Makes me respect Biden a lot more and respect Obama less.

Obama loves to talk out of both ends of his mouth about “hope and change” and “inspiring the youth” but at heart he’s a backroom Chicago politician who’s most concerned with pulling strings for his political allies (ie Tom Perez).

[Reck]

Makes me respect Biden a lot more and respect Obama less.

Obama loves to talk out of both ends of his mouth about “hope and change” and “inspiring the youth” but at heart he’s a backroom Chicago politician who’s most concerned with pulling strings for his political allies (ie Tom Perez).

Talking about that douchebag Perez. What is taking leadership so long to put Stacey Abrams in there?

She should already be chairwoman of the DNC. She can do amazing work with voter outreach across the country, not just Georgia. That seems to be her bread and butter.

[Winehole23]

Talking about that douchebag Perez. What is taking leadership so long to put Stacey Abrams in there?

She should already be chairwoman of the DNC. She can do amazing work with voter outreach across the country, not just Georgia. That seems to be her bread and butter.maybe that's what they're afraid of.

[Will Hunting]

Talking about that douchebag Perez. What is taking leadership so long to put Stacey Abrams in there?

She should already be chairwoman of the DNC. She can do amazing work with voter outreach across the country, not just Georgia. That seems to be her bread and butter.
She wants to run for governor of Georgia in 2022, but either way Perez isn’t done with his term and they need to vote on a new chair, it’s not as simple as replacing Perez.

Soemone should explain to Abrams that 2022 midterms are going to likely be extremely tough for Democrats, so her running for governor would be a long shot and she’d be able to have more of an impact as the DNC chair who’s helping someone like Lance Bottoms run for Governor.

[Will Hunting]

Quite frankly it’s annoying that voters have basically no impact on who becomes DNC chair. The Democratic Party is operated in an extremely undemocratic way.

When Howard Dean was DNC chair he implemented a 50 state plan that resulted in picking up 52 house seats + 14 senate seats combined in 2006 and 2008. Those would have been waive years for Dems regardless but they picked up senate seats they had no business winning and would have had a super majority for a full year if not for that MA special election. Why the fuck has every DNC Chair since Howard Dean moved away from a 50 state plan that worked so well?

[Spurminator]

Talking about that douchebag Perez. What is taking leadership so long to put Stacey Abrams in there?

She should already be chairwoman of the DNC. She can do amazing work with voter outreach across the country, not just Georgia. That seems to be her bread and butter.

Having her focus on Georgia right now is the best thing for everyone. No sense elevating her out of a position that Dems desperately need right now. Wait until after January.

[Reck]

Biden is going to appoint Jaime Harrison to head the DNC. :lol Will Hunting

Stacey Abrams must have passed this up. Big mistake, imo.

[SnakeBoy]

Obama loves to talk out of both ends of his mouth about “hope and change” and “inspiring the youth” but at heart he’s a backroom Chicago politician who’s most concerned with pulling strings for his political allies (ie Tom Perez).


Yeah I remember Hannity warning about that back in '08

[Reck]

Yeah I remember Hannity warning about that back in '08

:lol snake boy being a loyal soldier.

[Winehole23]

possible implications for the gig economy and the NCAA

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[spurraider21]

possible implications for the gig economy and the NCAA

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Ohr shit

[Winehole23]

Manchin won't support Biden's nominee for budget director, Neera Tanden. Too many toxic tweets.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neera-tanden-nomination-joe-manchin-opposes/

[boutons_deux]

Manchin won't support Biden's nominee for budget director, Neera Tanden. Too many toxic tweets.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/neera-tanden-nomination-joe-manchin-opposes/

Tendon hates Bernie, was very vicious with him

But manchinis okay with sessions and kavanaugh and other crap because they're white men

Tandon is a brown woman, and manchin doesn't give a shit about tandon trashing Bernie

[Winehole23]

Tendon hates Bernie, was very vicious with him

But manchinis okay with sessions and kavanaugh and other crap because they're white men

Tandon is a brown woman, and manchin doesn't give a shit about tandon trashing BernieMaybe he wants someone more left wing.