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The Incoming Biden Team: A Review

January 17, 2021 Steve Sorkin Biden Leave a comment

Biden’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations and appointments are complete. He didn’t ask me, but I think overall he gets a ‘B+.’ An ‘A’ for

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The president’s fine-tuned machine

March 19, 2017 Renee Shur Government, Trump Leave a comment

Remember Donald Trump’s assertion during his 75-minute faux–news conference that his administration was running like a fine-tuned machine? Trump’s grandstanding that day was at

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Welcome to American pollutocracy

December 27, 2016 James Wilson 2016 Election, Climate Change, Government, Trump One comment

Newly elected Presidents do not obtain formal power for over two months, but it feels like they gain control immediately. Their major appointments and

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The rich, the conflicted, and the crazy: Trump’s swamp creatures

December 19, 2016 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2016 Election, Trump Leave a comment

How awful is the lineup of appointees to Donald Trump’s cabinet? More awful than we could have imagined, I’m afraid. In the continuous drip,

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Trump and the triumphant “free market” Republicans

December 8, 2016 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Republicans, Trump Leave a comment

As I watch the disastrous choices DT is making for important positions in the federal government, I am more and more convinced the tea

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How Republicans “starve the beast” by blocking agency appointments

May 17, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Financial reform, Good government, Government, Obama, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Uncategorized Leave a comment

I don’t know why we are surprised at dysfunctional behavior at the Internal Revenue Service: Any agency that has been denied a permanent director

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Republicans use obscure rules to block Obama’s agenda and appointments

May 9, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Congress, Health care, Politics, Republicans 2 comments

Once upon a time, Congressional representatives had the guts to bring up controversial bills, state their views openly, and go on the record with

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In case you missed it

  • Neera Tanden’s Behavior Actually is That Bad
  • My COVID-19 Vaccination: How it worked in New York State
  • Ann Wagner: a hypocrite in her own words
  • The Incoming Biden Team: A Review
  • Time to Act: But what are the crucial goals?
  • Goodbye Washington. Hello Courtroom

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