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Two top progressive groups — Justice Democrats and the Sunrise Movement — released a wish list earlier this month for Cabinet picks that included Sens. Bernie SandersBernie SandersBudowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden inaugurated Sanders's inauguration look promptly gets a bobblehead Booker brings girlfriend, actress Rosario Dawson, to inauguration MORE (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth WarrenElizabeth WarrenBudowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden inaugurated Top Senate Democrat backs waiver for Biden Pentagon nominee Consumer bureau director resigns after Biden's inauguration MORE (D-Mass.), who could face a rocky, potentially impossible, path to confirmation in a GOP-controlled Senate. … [Read more...] about Democrats brush off calls for Biden to play hardball on Cabinet picks

This "could have major implications in Taiwan's democracy itself, as Xi and his allies have not been hesitant to assert their authority when given the space to do so," Pantucci added. While China is "very unlikely to attack Taipei," Pantucci warned there could be "more meddling [by Beijing] in politics, meddling economically" if Trump's policy remains in place. … [Read more...] about At the 11th hour, Trump hands Biden a whole new set of foreign policy headaches

The previous day, outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellBudowsky: Democracy won, Trump lost, President Biden inaugurated Biden's inauguration marked by conflict of hope and fear McConnell faces conservative backlash over Trump criticism MORE (R-Ky.) made his most emphatic break yet with Trump, saying that the now-former president had “provoked” the insurrection, adding “the mob was fed lies.” … [Read more...] about The Memo: Biden strives for common ground after Trump turmoil

Not long after Trump appointed him acting director in August 2019, Travers began speaking publicly about a threat that NCTC largely did not address: domestic terrorism, something that by bureaucratic design was in the FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s purview instead. Travers’ interest resulted in a September 2019 conference on domestic terror; one of the driving forces behind the conference, Clare Linkins, recently the NCTC executive director, is now senior director for counterterrorism on Biden’s National Security Council. At a think-tank speech that November, Travers observed that the U.S. was increasingly seen as an “exporter” of far-right terror, as evidenced by events like the Christchurch mosque murders, and contended that such extremism was unfortunately becoming a a global movement. … [Read more...] about Biden Taps a War on Terror Veteran to Stop White Supremacists

“I’m appalled that the President used my city to justify his unacceptable decision, as most other Pittsburghers are. I was one of the nation’s mayors who went to Paris to fight for the accords, and my city, which has finally bounced back from decades of industrial carnage, will do all it can to promote its own environmental standards.” … [Read more...] about President Singles Out Pittsburgh In Withdraw Speech, Mayor Says City Will ‘Follow Guidelines Of Paris Agreement’