2020 Presidential Election Thread presents: The Aftermath

[aq_ua]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

[Barcs]

It's good to see the transition finally "officially" taking place.

However, we have to remind ourselves that the Republican party would have been just fine with Trump stealing the election and subverting democracy. Just think about that for a second. That's just utterly amazing really. Let's not mince any words here, this was an attempted coup.

I don't subscribe to the thinking of some Democrats that let bygone be bygone and get on with governing without there being some sort of legal ramification for what went on during the past 4 years.

I can't imagine what the incoming group will find when they look behind the closed doors of every single department in the government. It could be epic.

Jethro

Agreed. This is why winning the senate is more important than ever. We need to make sure this type of crap can never happen again and undo this huge mess. Pack the court or impeach Barrett, fix voter suppression and reform the system as a whole, abolish EC, hold the Trump enablers accountable. Democrats need to be ruthless now. None of this forgive and forget nonsense. That will only encourage them to do it again, only with more competent people next time. We can't ever have an administration with that level of disinfo and lies again.

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LOL what a bunch of nutbags! I'm going to pray away my creepy neighbor! Yeah that's not confirmation bias at all!

[Fat Kat]

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[Oscirus]

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He said a whole lotta nothing there. No idea who his handler is but they need to do better cuz both sides have reason to have beef with that announcement.

[HarthorneWingo]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

I hope we can have our own CA thread. 2021 is going to be crazy.

From the headline reading I've done, it appears that progressives feel that they can work with Biden's cabinet though I'm concerned about two, in particular: Rahm Emanuel as Transportation Secretary and some DuPont executive as head of the EPA. I don't know if those are done deals or not.

[Oscirus]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

I hope we can have our own CA thread. 2021 is going to be crazy.

From the headline reading I've done, it appears that progressives feel that they can work with Biden's cabinet though I'm concerned about two, in particular: Rahm Emanuel as Transportation Secretary and some DuPont executive as head of the EPA. I don't know if those are done deals or not.

Dont know about the dupont exec, but id be shocked if he goes through with rahm given the protests being kicked up esp by his fav demo

[HarthorneWingo]

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[Jalen Bluntson]

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What wars did we start in the last four years? How many wars were we in 5 years ago?

[thebuzzardman]

Worth sharing:

[Moose]

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This doesn't even make sense.

[HarthorneWingo]

Worth sharing:

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[Pointgod]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

Kerry was the person who negotiated the Paris Climate Accords. He’s also been Secretary of State and the most important thing is that the position has been added to the National Security Council which means it’s going to be a global issue. Biden will still name his domestic climate czar which will probably be someone Progressives will back. Hell if I was him I’d name Jay Inslee. But the fact that climate is being treated as a national and global issue means that climate activists are actually winning.

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He said a whole lotta nothing there. No idea who his handler is but they need to do better cuz both sides have reason to have beef with that announcement.

If he adds a Republican to a completely powerless position that they’re qualified for does it really matter? A very sneaky move would be to assign a Senate Republican in a blue state to a powerless position.

[Pointgod]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

I hope we can have our own CA thread. 2021 is going to be crazy.

From the headline reading I've done, it appears that progressives feel that they can work with Biden's cabinet though I'm concerned about two, in particular: Rahm Emanuel as Transportation Secretary and some DuPont executive as head of the EPA. I don't know if those are done deals or not.

To correct you the freak out was over a former DuPont executive on the transition team. Which was probably a little bit of an overreaction. People should wait to actually see who he names for director of EPA before losing their ****. Although I think everyone agrees Rahm Emanuel needs to **** all the way off

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He said a whole lotta nothing there. No idea who his handler is but they need to do better cuz both sides have reason to have beef with that announcement.

If he adds a Republican to a completely powerless position that they’re qualified for does it really matter? A very sneaky move would be to assign a Senate Republican in a blue state to a powerless position.

There are no completely powerless positions and if he hires a trump supporting republican but not a straight up progressive, there will be huge problems down the line. That just better be a talking point

[Clyde_Style]

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What wars did we start in the last four years? How many wars were we in 5 years ago?

Iraq and Afghanistan were initiated by Bush so what's your point?

[Clyde_Style]

There's been so much wasted time, energy and money on the election, the bigger existential threats like climate change have really lost top billing. Can we get a broader current events thread going?

John Kerry appointment as NSC member focused on climate change is a good move but still feels too political. I understand appointments are going to be varied, but if you're going to appoint a progressive anywhere, climate change seems like the obvious place to do it.

Kerry was the person who negotiated the Paris Climate Accords. He’s also been Secretary of State and the most important thing is that the position has been added to the National Security Council which means it’s going to be a global issue. Biden will still name his domestic climate czar which will probably be someone Progressives will back. Hell if I was him I’d name Jay Inslee. But the fact that climate is being treated as a national and global issue means that climate activists are actually winning.

Yes, and I'd say putting a recent Secretary of State in the position signals a strong intent here and abroad to make serious efforts on climate accords and international collaborations.

[Clyde_Style]

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He said a whole lotta nothing there. No idea who his handler is but they need to do better cuz both sides have reason to have beef with that announcement.

If he adds a Republican to a completely powerless position that they’re qualified for does it really matter? A very sneaky move would be to assign a Senate Republican in a blue state to a powerless position.

As far as Warren and Sanders are concerned, aren't they better off using their seniority in the Senate and holding down their seats anyway?

[Clyde_Style]

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This doesn't even make sense.

Those two tweets don't particularly go together. One is basically saying to Trump "Hey stupid the markets are going up because Biden's transition has started. You don't get credit for that."

The comment tweet was a fairly arbitrary response that could have appeared anywhere IMO, but it does make sense as a standalone comment

Earlier in his term Trump was threatening the nuclear annihilation of North Korea

Trump repeatedly asked military members on his cabinet why he couldn't blow off some nukes in a military exercise and they had to keep telling him that's now how it works

He is anything but a stable genius. Sane people have had plenty of reasons to be concerned about this lunatic's finger on the button. That's what that tweet is saying regardless of its relevance to the other tweet