The problem with liberals is that they can’t accept the idea that they might be wrong, especially when it comes to the Paris accord on climate change. During one of the presidential debates, President Trump made the statement that CO2 emissions were at their lowest levels in 67 years. The Washington Post …
Read More »Biden approved to receive President’s Daily Brief, gaining access to high-level intelligence – reports
While he has yet to receive his first briefing, Biden was approved for the PDB on Tuesday, Reuters and CNN reported, citing anonymous White House officials. The move gives the new president-elect access to sensitive intelligence and classified national security information, which typically occurs soon after a candidate wins an …
Read More »‘America’s BACK,’ Biden’s recycled Obama-era cabinet picks promise – and that’s the problem
Biden introduced his cabinet after gushing at length about his “unrelenting belief in the promise of America,” piling on the clichés as he trotted out his hand-picked pack of Obama administration second-stringers he previously worked with as vice president. “We can’t solve all the world’s problems alone. We need to …
Read More »Caitlin Johnstone: Right calls Biden a puppet of Xi as he packs his cabinet with China hawks
Prior to the US election I wrote a couple of articles saying that, if Biden wins, he will be attacked by the right as a Xi Jinping puppet even as he escalates dangerous cold war aggressions with China, in exactly the same way Trump was attacked by Democrats as a …
Read More »Pennsylvania certifies election results, declares Joe Biden victorious in latest blow to Trump
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the certification on Tuesday, locking in the state’s 20 electors for the Democratic candidate. According to state officials, Biden won Pennsylvania by around 80,000 votes, or a margin of 1.2 percent. The certification comes a day after Michigan certified its results, and two days after Georgia …
Read More »‘Smooth & peaceful transfer of power’: Biden-Harris transition team celebrates GSA ascertainment as final & definitive action
“Today’s decision is a needed step to begin tackling the challenges facing our nation, including getting the pandemic under control and our economy back on track,” the team wrote in a statement on Monday, calling the move a “definitive” and “final decision” to formally begin the transition. The missive comes after GSA head Emily Murphy …
Read More »Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen for head of US Treasury – reports
Yellen, who became the first woman to serve as Fed chair in 2014, was floated as Biden’s Treasury pick by the Wall Street Journal on Monday. If confirmed, she will be returning to Washington after two years in the private sector with the Brookings Institution. Despite her controversial 2017 claim …
Read More »Biden signals US return to full-on globalism and foreign meddling by picking interventionist Anthony Blinken as secretary of state
Biden, the nominal president-elect, announced his selection of Blinken along with other members of his foreign-policy and national-security team, which is filled with such veteran Washington insiders as John Kerry, the new climate czar and formerly secretary of state in the Obama-Biden administration. READ MORE: Biden supporters rush to defend …
Read More »Familiar faces: Biden picks Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry as his climate czar & finds job for ex-CIA deputy Avril Haines
In a statement on Monday, Biden announced the return of the two Obama-era officials to government. Kerry, who oversaw the crafting of the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, will now “fight climate change full time,” in a position that will see him sitting on the National Security Council. As well as …
Read More »Biden supporters rush to defend reported Sec-of-State pick Antony Blinken, who ‘got rich off corporate consulting’
Blinken was revealed to be Biden’s expected pick on Monday by sources inside the Democrat’s transition team, according to media reports. A long-time Biden ally, he served as the number-two National Security Advisor and the deputy State Secretary during Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House. The official announcement …
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