The Biden Cabinet and Transition Thread (1 Viewer)

GrandAdmiral · Nov 7, 2020

Ok the rules:

Your post can only contain one department and guess.
You may post more than once for different departments.
Post can contain comments about previous guesses.
Guesses for one department can be used for other departments.
Minds can, of course, be changed.

I will kick things off first...

Secretary of State: Susan Rice

This is as clear a choice as there can be. She has all of the credentials and rep to begin healing as relationships with our allies.

cuddlemonkey · Jan 22, 2021

DaveXA said:
I'm more of a ginger ale or Mountain Dew guy.

I am a "currently contemplating using Uber Eats solely for a big arse McDonald's fountain coke" kind of guy.

DaveXA · Jan 22, 2021

Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary and Gen Lloyd Austin for SecDef both confirmed this morning. So far so good. Near unanimous on both positions.

wardorican · Jan 22, 2021

zztop said:
I found this somewhat humorous

The diet cokes weren't helping Don.

wardorican · Jan 22, 2021

MT15 said:
Not gonna lie, I would like to have a Diet Coke button.

Make it a Rum and Coke zero button...

wardorican · Jan 22, 2021

cuddlemonkey said:
I am a "currently contemplating using Uber Eats solely for a big arse McDonald's fountain coke" kind of guy.

My wife would do that. But she'd get a 'crispy arse sprite'

GrandAdmiral · Jan 22, 2021

DaveXA said:
Janet Yellen for Treasury Secretary and Gen Lloyd Austin for SecDef both confirmed this morning. So far so good. Near unanimous on both positions.

Yellen's not confirmed yet. She only cleared committee to get to the floor.

DaveXA · Jan 22, 2021

GrandAdmiral said:
Yellen's not confirmed yet. She only cleared committee to get to the floor.

Ah, misunderstood the announcement. But yeah, she'll pass easily since the committee vote was unanimous.

Eeyore · Jan 22, 2021

Biden wasted 0 seconds on making changes on the labor end. Hopefully, he isn't done.

Biden Fires NLRB General Counsel After He Refuses to Resign (3)

President Joe Biden fired Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, after Robb refused a request from the new administration to resign.

news.bloomberglaw.com

Ex-Steelworkers Safety Official, Obama Alums to Join Biden's DOL

The Biden transition team plans to install former United Steelworkers safety official Jim Frederick as acting chief of the Labor Department’s workplace safety agency on Inauguration Day, part of a team of interim leaders who will help jump start the new administration’s labor and employment agenda.

news.bloomberglaw.com

Sharon Block, Union Ally, Named to White House Regulatory Post

President Joe Biden has installed Obama-era labor official Sharon Block as interim political leader of the White House regulatory review office—an agency she’s recently said needs a worker-oriented overhaul—multiple sources briefed on the appointment told Bloomberg Law.

news.bloomberglaw.com

DJ1BigTymer · Jan 22, 2021

Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary | CNN Politics

The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden’s defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.

www.cnn.com

Safe to assume that the treasonous Sen Hawley will be a no to all.

Thursday's votes cleared the way for final confirmation in the Senate. Friday's vote was 93-2. Republican Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Josh Hawley of Missouri were the only two no votes.

I actually agree with Mitch "Made" McConnell:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Friday that the Senate should "pause and reflect" on the fact that Congress has granted waivers to both the Trump and Biden administrations to confirm defense secretaries.
"The law that we keep waiving actually exists for a good reason," McConnell said. "Civilian control of the military is a fundamental principle of our republic. We emphatically do not want high-ranking military service to become a tacit prerequisite for civilian leadership posts over the Department of Defense."

In case you were wondering, Sen Lee was a yes on both the waiver and confirmation of Gen Mattis.

DaveXA · Jan 22, 2021

DJ1BigTymer said:
Senate confirms Lloyd Austin to be first Black defense secretary | CNN Politics
The Senate voted on Friday to confirm President Joe Biden’s defense secretary pick retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, who will be the first African American to run the department.
www.cnn.com

Safe to assume that the treasonous Sen Hawley will be a no to all.

I actually agree with Mitch "Made" McConnell:

In case you were wondering, Sen Lee was a yes on both the waiver and confirmation of Gen Mattis.

Man, I hope Hawley gets booted out of the Senate. He's awful.

GrandAdmiral · Jan 22, 2021

Eeyore said:
Biden wasted 0 seconds on making changes on the labor end. Hopefully, he isn't done.

Biden Fires NLRB General Counsel After He Refuses to Resign (3)
President Joe Biden fired Peter Robb, the Trump-appointed general counsel for the National Labor Relations Board, after Robb refused a request from the new administration to resign.
news.bloomberglaw.com

Maybe he's looking to draw unemployment. :idunno:

zztop · Jan 23, 2021

zztop said:
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen Pennsylvania Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, setting her up to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.

Levine, a pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, will serve as the top deputy to Health and Human Services Secretary-designee Xavier Becerra.

“Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic — no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability — and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond,” Biden said in a press release. “She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration’s health efforts.”

(well that didn't take long)

Legislator mocks trans Biden nominee on Facebook, apologizes

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania legislator shared on Facebook an image mocking the appearance of the state’s recently departed health secretary, Dr.

apnews.com

State Rep. Jeff Pyle, a Republican from Armstrong and Indiana counties in western Pennsylvania, said on Facebook that he “had no idea” the post mocking Levine “would be ... received as poorly as it was” but that “tens of thousands of heated emails assured me it was.”

“I owe an apology and I offer it humbly,” Pyle said, not specifically apologizing to Levine or other transgender people, but later repeating an apology “to all affected.”

cuddlemonkey · Jan 23, 2021

zztop said:
(well that didn't take long)

Legislator mocks trans Biden nominee on Facebook, apologizes
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania legislator shared on Facebook an image mocking the appearance of the state’s recently departed health secretary, Dr.
apnews.com

State Rep. Jeff Pyle, a Republican from Armstrong and Indiana counties in western Pennsylvania, said on Facebook that he “had no idea” the post mocking Levine “would be ... received as poorly as it was” but that “tens of thousands of heated emails assured me it was.”

“I owe an apology and I offer it humbly,” Pyle said, not specifically apologizing to Levine or other transgender people, but later repeating an apology “to all affected.”

“From this situation I have learned to not poke fun at people different than me and to hold my tongue. Be a bigger man,” he wrote.

I'm so glad he learned this lesson at age- checks Wikipedia- 56.

DaveXA · Jan 23, 2021

cuddlemonkey said:
I'm so glad he learned this lesson at age- checks Wikipedia- 56.

Better late than never, but...yeah.

SFIDC3 · Jan 24, 2021

DaveXA said:
Better late than never, but...yeah.

Hint, hint - he didn't really learn any valuable lesson here. He merely did what politicians do....lie when they are held accountable.....

PartTimeLurker · Jan 24, 2021

Pyle is only apologizing because his actions upset people. I doubt he understands why he got push back and therefore doesn't really know why it is he should be apologizing.

Booker · Jan 25, 2021

Looks like a good place for this. We have dogs back in the White House!

First dogs Champ and Major moved into the White House Sunday | CNN Politics

The first dogs have entered the White House – the Bidens’ two German shepherds, Champ and Major, officially joined the first family in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday.

www.cnn.com

wardorican · Jan 25, 2021

Booker said:
Looks like a good place for this. We have dogs back in the White House!

First dogs Champ and Major moved into the White House Sunday | CNN Politics
The first dogs have entered the White House – the Bidens’ two German shepherds, Champ and Major, officially joined the first family in their new residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue on Sunday.
www.cnn.com

Security upgrade too.

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