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‘America’s BACK,’ Biden’s recycled Obama-era cabinet picks promise – and that’s the problem

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US president-elect Joe Biden has officially unveiled his cabinet picks, who introduced themselves in a hail of platitudes promising a return to the Obama model of velvet-gloved regime change and woke warmongering. … Read More >‘America’s BACK,’ Biden’s recycled Obama-era cabinet picks promise – and that’s the problem

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Biden puts Homeland Security in hands of Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-American lawyer who championed citizenship for immigrants

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Joe Biden has tapped Cuban-born lawyer Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas previously served in the DHS under Barack Obama, and has advocated a path to citizenship for immigrants. … Read More >Biden puts Homeland Security in hands of Alejandro Mayorkas, the Cuban-American lawyer who championed citizenship for immigrants

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Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen as head of US Treasury – reports

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Democrat US president-elect Joe Biden has reportedly named former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen as Secretary of the Treasury, continuing a near-perfect record of re-recruiting former Obama staffers to fill his cabinet. … Read More >Biden appoints former Fed chief and Clinton adviser Janet Yellen as head of US Treasury – reports

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Familiar faces: Biden picks Obama’s Secretary of State John Kerry as his climate czar & finds job for ex-CIA deputy Avril Haines

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Joe Biden will name former Secretary of State John Kerry as his climate czar and former CIA Deputy Director Avril Haines as his director of national intelligence. The move signals a return to the policies of the Obama years. … 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

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Biden signals US return to full-on globalism and foreign meddling by picking interventionist Anthony Blinken as secretary of state

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Joe Biden has named Anthony Blinken – an advocate for isolating Russia, cozying up to China and intervening in Syria – as secretary of state, cementing a foreign policy built on military forays and multi-national motivations. … Read More >Biden signals US return to full-on globalism and foreign meddling by picking interventionist Anthony Blinken as secretary of state

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US may hit more than 100 Chinese & Russian firms with trade restrictions over alleged military ties – report

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The Trump administration is planning to designate 89 Chinese and 28 Russian entities as “military end-users,” restricting American companies from doing business with them, Reuters reported citing a draft document. … Read More >US may hit more than 100 Chinese & Russian firms with trade restrictions over alleged military ties – report

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Republican House minority leader calls on Democrats to ignore Pelosi and force vote on Covid-19 relief, as they promised

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Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-California) has reached out to 23 Democrats, encouraging them to keep true to a promise in September to go over Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s head to force a vote on Covid-19 relief. … Read More >Republican House minority leader calls on Democrats to ignore Pelosi and force vote on Covid-19 relief, as they promised

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‘Zero self-awareness’: Hillary Clinton walloped by critics after saying ‘one man’s ego’ has imperiled integrity of US ‘democracy’

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Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton triggered an avalanche of mockery by declaring Donald Trump’s ego a threat to the legitimacy of US democracy, proving her efforts to delegitimize the 2016 vote haven’t been forgotten. … Read More >‘Zero self-awareness’: Hillary Clinton walloped by critics after saying ‘one man’s ego’ has imperiled integrity of US ‘democracy’