Tag: Joe Biden

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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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Putin says he will congratulate Biden on victory when official US presidential results are announced or Trump concedes defeat

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that his relationship with likely future US counterpart Joe Biden is off to a rocky start after he didn’t join many other world leaders in congratulating the former vice president. … Read More >Putin says he will congratulate Biden on victory when official US presidential results are announced or Trump concedes defeat

Categories Journalism & Mass media

VIDEO: Top Biden advisors Flournoy and Blinken promise smarter, more secretive permanent war policy

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Biden’s likely pick for Secretary of Defense, Michele Flournoy, and his top foreign policy advisor, Tony Blinken, have played central roles in every war waged by Democratic presidents dating back to the Clinton era … Read More >VIDEO: Top Biden advisors Flournoy and Blinken promise smarter, more secretive permanent war policy

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‘Meet the new boss same as the old’: Biden snaps at reporter for asking coronavirus question

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Joe Biden proved he isn’t much different to President Donald Trump when it comes to dealing with the press after the projected president-elect shouted at a journalist for asking him a coronavirus question on Friday. … Read More >‘Meet the new boss same as the old’: Biden snaps at reporter for asking coronavirus question

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Twitter says it will strip Trump of @POTUS handle on January 20, even if he does not concede, touts talks with Biden team

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Twitter has signaled that it will hand the “@POTUS” account – reserved for the sitting US president – to Joe Biden, despite no winner being formally declared and regardless of whether Donald Trump concedes. … Read More >Twitter says it will strip Trump of @POTUS handle on January 20, even if he does not concede, touts talks with Biden team

Categories Shows

Criticizing Biden, Canada embraces propaganda, industries buying referendum wins

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Joe Biden won the election. He is the president-elect. So now it’s time to start pushing back against his conservative agenda harder than ever before. Lee Camp opens the show this week with a focus on some of the most important issues that have defined Biden’s career as one of the most conservative members in Congress. … Read More >Criticizing Biden, Canada embraces propaganda, industries buying referendum wins