Biden names team to steer U.S. foreign policy in post-Trump era

[Eric Loh]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Perhaps it's time for the DACA people to uncork the champagne. 

Biden has pledged to reinstate DACA. Still not yet for champagne until the GOP senators come on board. 

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1 hour ago, Thingamabob said:

Back to the old swamp where officials can quietly make a bundle of money under the table. All very polite though.

And what about firing all those inspectors general? Was that part of the swamp draining too?

[joecoolfrog]

5 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

That's right, no swamp before or after Trump. Just good honest politicians 555!

But but but !

Trump vowed to drain ' the swamp ' , in fact he pumped in a great deal more slime.

No amount of juvenile deflection changes the truth of the matter.

I fully understand fiscal republicans grieving about loss of power , however it is inconceivable that anybody would grieve the downfall of a poor president and truly vile human being.

[RocketDog]

53 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The choice of a Latino to head DHS is interesting. Alesandro Mayorkas will expectedly overhaul Trump's hard-line immigration policies. Next will be whether he gets senate confirmation. 

Hopefully he will make border patrol accountable and end the immigration police practice of stopping vehicles more than 200 miles from a border and demanding all passengers to produce identification, which is illegal. Lots of work to be done here.

 

As we know, a Republican senate can delay confirmations indefinitely.  Trump himself provided the remedy for this. Simply make them all 'acting' directors. It also has the advantage of making them easy to quickly replace without undo hassle. In fact, again thanks to trump, a terse tweet is all that's needed.

The Age of Congressional Deadlock has begun. Hopefully the midterm elections will hand Biden the control of Congress that presidents typically enjoy.

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

I’ll remind you, it was Trump and the GOP Senators, lead by Mitch McConnell that blocked funding to protect this election from foreign interference.

 

There are a multitude of ironies here...

 

--If Trump and Co. had taken the CV seriously and followed medical/scientific advice and kept the U.S. pandemic better in check and not made the U.S. the laughing/crying stock of the world, he might have won.

 

--If Trump and Co. had embraced mail-in voting including for Republicans during a CV pandemic instead of falsely claiming it was fraudulent, he might have won.

 

--If Trump and Co. hadn't spent their entire term deliberately dividing and alienating the country and citizens against each others, he might have won.

 

However, sadly for the past 4 years and the severe damage Trump inflicted on the country and its democratic institutions, Trump has to be Trump. And ultimately, that proved to be his undoing.

 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The legacies of Trump's appointments during the past 4 years:

 

--putting public school opponents in charge of the Education Dept.

 

--putting polluting industry execs in charge of the Environmental Protection Agency

 

--putting a lot of anti-Immigrant people in charge of U.S. immigration agencies.

 

--putting anti-civil rights people in charge of civil rights agencies.

 

It often seemed like whatever any particular federal agency was actually charged with doing, Trump's appointees would be those who didn't want the agency doing it.

 

[Tug]

I just watched meet the press Biden’s cabinet picks introduced themselves looks like a group of qualified dedicated people taking over thank god!i know we have a tough road ahead but imo we will succeed we are back!

[Stargeezr]

I will be happy when Trump is gone and SNL goes onto some one else for their fodder.

  I will be happy not to hear the guys voice or see his ugly mug, except at some golf course.

   If Trump ever goes on some speaking tour, I will certainly not be going to hear what ever

garbage he would be talking about.  Bye Bye Donny,  Take your bucket and go home.

Geezer

[NanLaew]

17 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

17 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Perhaps it's time for the DACA people to uncork the champagne. 

Biden has pledged to reinstate DACA. Still not yet for champagne until the GOP senators come on board.

 

What do you think the horse trade to enable this will be? Immunity from prosecution?

[Rookiescot]

8 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

What do you think the horse trade to enable this will be? Immunity from prosecution?

Fairs fair he did pardon that turkey. 

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5 hours ago, Rookiescot said:

Fairs fair he did pardon that turkey. 

On the other hand...

 

William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented

Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would continue to carry out executions in the days and weeks leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, with the last one now scheduled just five days before Biden takes office on Jan. 20, 2021. This bloodthirsty decision is another and particularly grotesque way in which President Donald Trump and his Justice Department are defying the norms and conventions for modern presidential transitions.

The Death Penalty Information Center reports that the last time an outgoing administration did anything remotely similar was more than a century ago, in 1889.

William Barr’s lame-duck execution spree is unprecedented. (slate.com)

[Rookiescot]

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

On the other hand...

 

William Barr’s Lame-Duck Execution Spree Is Unprecedented

Last week, the Trump administration announced that it would continue to carry out executions in the days and weeks leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, with the last one now scheduled just five days before Biden takes office on Jan. 20, 2021. This bloodthirsty decision is another and particularly grotesque way in which President Donald Trump and his Justice Department are defying the norms and conventions for modern presidential transitions.

The Death Penalty Information Center reports that the last time an outgoing administration did anything remotely similar was more than a century ago, in 1889.

William Barr’s lame-duck execution spree is unprecedented. (slate.com)

 

I would expect no less from Trump. He will probably want to watch it live. This is the caliber of the man. He enjoyed power over life and death far too much.

Next time he is in Scotland playing golf I might pop over and have a word with him ????.

Hes very popular there.  

[JCauto]

On 11/24/2020 at 12:30 PM, Baerboxer said:

 

I suspect you're right. After 4 years of hard core conspiracy theories and trumped up charges (pun intended!), it seems likely that many Trump supporters out of the 70m+ that voted for him won't want to shake hands and make up. 

 

Biden has 47 years experience to call on - and he's gonna need every second of it if he's to stand any chance. Especially given the more radical nature of some of those in the Congress and Senate who will be expecting more radical policy implementation. He's got one hell of a challenge to juggle that lot!

 

And, other countries with "interests" in the US not being stable aren't going to suddenly stop their interference just because a new POTUS is in place.

Classic! You have managed to completely contradict yourself in 3 sentences! First, you say "4 years of hard core conspiracy theories and trumped up charges" then you say "other countries with "interests" in the US not being stable aren't going to suddenly stop their interference"! LOL!

You can't make stuff up with you guys, black is white is up is down is right is left. How do you manage to function as a human with the massive amount of cognitive dissonance in your head?