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Marc Caputo of Politico

artappraiser — Sat, 27 Feb 2021 21:51:40 +0000

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Marc Caputo of Politico retweeted this reply to him implying that it's about mean tweets and whaddabout Trump tweets:

I’m “outraged” that we continue to spin a narrative that people are opposed to Tanden’s appointment over “mean tweets” and not because she’s likely unqualified for the position and has done some genuinely shitty things, like outing a sexual harassment victim pic.twitter.com/2kdm0AabAN
— Charles Fraga (@FragnificentKW) February 26, 2021

so methinks he is aware that some have other issues with her. Or else he would have ignored it, not retweeted it.

Sen. John Kennedy: Neera

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:07:33 +0000

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Sen. John Kennedy: Neera Tanden’s “allegiance is not to America and it's not to President Biden, it's to Secretary Clinton."
Her allegiance is not to America? Heck of a dog-whistle. Also: She's not the one who objected to certifying an American election.https://t.co/WXSUyRlhmk
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 25, 2021

What's happened to Bill Kristol anyway?

But, @RepMTG, did God create ONLY ONE polyamorous tantric-sex guru? https://t.co/g5EovV5Sbr
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 25, 2021

More GOP tweet-shaming over

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 08:31:55 +0000

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More GOP tweet-shaming over Orwellian whitewashing "science" from gov health sites et al:

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60359e82c5b6dfb6a7350840

Shameless. "Some of us are doctors and engineers! (even though we promote leprechauns and woodsprites on a daily basis)"

The bored but curious media

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:45:00 +0000

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The bored but curious media is back.

That didn't take long.

Politico’s attempt to make the Neera Tanden story one of earth-shattering importance has generally been extremely embarrassing, but this is another level. https://t.co/Lo4MqWl9WW pic.twitter.com/cVHEIWLtrS
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) February 25, 2021

Reporter digging through

PeraclesPlease — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:35:49 +0000

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Reporter digging through Tanden tweets and showing the worst to Murkiwski "for comment".

Murkowski says she’s spoken to the White House about Tanden and that they’ve offered to make her available for a conversation
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) February 24, 2021

Meanwhile Joe "outraged over tweets" Mnachin's daughter, the EpiPen price gouging queen/CEO (morality begins at home, Joe):

https://www.businessinsider.com/mylan-ceo-heather-bresch-house-oversight...

some lefties think reporters

artappraiser — Thu, 25 Feb 2021 07:10:12 +0000

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some lefties think reporters should lie for political reasons and can get pretty nasty about it:

what the fuck is wrong with these people pic.twitter.com/lRNBu1sKEG
— Ashley Feinberg (@ashleyfeinberg) February 25, 2021

veteran war journo C.J.

artappraiser — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:33:15 +0000

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veteran war journo C.J. Chivers retweeted:

I wrote up some quick thoughts on the Neera Tanden nom https://t.co/PY2PzYpSHR
— Katelyn Burns (@transscribe) February 24, 2021

Tanden faces new hurdles

rmrd0000 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 18:13:00 +0000

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s choice of Neera Tanden to lead the White House budget office faced new hurdles Wednesday after two Senate committees postponed consideration of her nomination.

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee postponed a business meeting scheduled for Wednesday. Tanden’s nomination was on the agenda for the panel, one of two that will vote on Tanden’s bid to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget. The committee did not give a reason for the postponement or announce a new meeting date.

The Senate Budget Committee, which also will vote on Tanden, also postponed its Wednesday meeting.

Tanden’s nomination ran into trouble soon after Biden announced it, and her confirmation was thrown into doubt over the last week as key moderate Republican senators said they would vote against her. That development came days after Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he could not support Tanden.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/neera-tanden-facing-new-hurdles-after-senate-delays-meetings_n_603687eec5b656e70b934c19

BIDEN APPOINTEES OF COLOR

rmrd0000 — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:29:00 +0000

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BIDEN APPOINTEES OF COLOR FACING MORE OPPOSITION FROM THE SENATE

By rmrd0000 on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 10:24am |

Joe Biden’s Nominees Of Color Are Facing Outsize Opposition

Manchin mansplains his opposition to Tanden

A number of President Joe Biden’s nominees of color are facing opposition in the Senate, and their increasingly frustrated supporters are mobilizing against the harsher scrutiny these nominees have faced compared to their white counterparts.

This week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) threw the confirmation of Neera Tanden into doubt when he said he would oppose her to lead the Office of Management and Budget, arguing that her history of caustic tweets made her too “toxic.” Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) similarly said Tanden’s tweets make her unqualified for the role. “Neera Tanden has neither the experience nor the temperament to lead this critical agency,” Collins said in a statement.

Tanden, the former president of the Center for American Progress, is the first Asian American woman nominated to lead the agency, and she would be one of the most high-profile Asian Americans in the Biden administration. But Democrats have a wafer-thin majority in the Senate, and essentially need every member of the caucus to stay unified in order to get Biden’s nominees through. So far, no Republican senator has indicated their support for Tanden.

Tanden’s tweets have taken aim at both the left and the right and earned her plenty of detractors. But she’s not the first nominee to have a social media trail. In 2018, the Senate approved Richard Grenell to be Donald Trump’s ambassador to Germany, even though he had a long history of posting rude and sexist messages on Twitter.

Manchin voted to approve Grenell. On Tuesday, he said the difference between the two was a matter of timing. After the Capitol riot on Jan. 6 ― which was carried out by Trump supporters ― Manchin said he believed the country now “can’t have that type of animosity.”

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Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), vice chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, told HuffPost that if Tanden’s nomination doesn’t go through, it would be a huge blow to the Asian American community. She’s also worried that nominees of color are facing a different level of scrutiny.

“Are we changing the standards depending on who the nominee is and who they look like, and are we moving the goalposts on what makes a nominee qualified?” she asked. “These are questions that I had.”

On Monday, nearly 30 influential gender and labor advocates, from organizations including the AFL-CIO and the National Women’s Law Center, signed a letter emphasizing Tanden’s qualifications.

“Neera is a strong, powerful woman with deep convictions, and someone who is not afraid to say what she thinks,” said Vicki Shabo, a senior fellow at the think tank New America who signed the letter supporting Tanden. “I don’t think she should be held to a different standard than what others with those same qualities have been held to.”

For now, it appears the White House is still standing by Tanden. When a CBS reporter asked Biden on Tuesday whether he still has confidence in Tanden, the president said: “We’re going to push. We still think there’s a shot, a good shot.”

Several other Biden nominees of color are facing questions and potential complications.

“If it was just Tanden, I’d say her circumstances are sufficiently unusual that we might not want to generalize. But it’s not just her,” said Jennifer Lawless, a political science professor at the University of Virginia and an expert in gender and politics. “If you’ve got a handful of nominees who are either women or people of color systematically experiencing more hurdles and doubt than white men going through the confirmation process, that raises a flag.”

“That’s sexism and racism,” she added.

Neera, Ted & Mitch

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 09:48:00 +0000

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Neera, Ted & Mitch

Funny the week Ted went to Cancun while his state is suffering an ice storm that Neera's getting throttled for saying Ted has "no heart". Even vampires would hold off on travel.

And Mitch? Saying Trump bears responsibility for Capitol riots that killed 5 and seriously threatened every member of his Senate but can't be punished for them (except by kicking the can down the road yet again, as he did for extorting Ukraine with US taxpayer money)?? Sounds exactly like the Dark With lord behavior of a shape-shifting Voldemort.

Bernie's upset about Neera, kinda ignoring Bernie supporters Susan Sarandon speculating Hillary was dying of Parkinson, or Killer Mike saying women shouldn't vote their vaginas. Or Neera having the nerve to say Susan Collins always pretends to be debating which way to vote when she's 99% solid and always comes up with some flimsy unbelievable excuse. Attack dogs like Matt Gaetz and Corey Lewandowski, and Roger Stone (putting crosshairs on a picture of his judge, for which Barr forgave him and Trump pardoned him?) and Don Jr and all the other nasty missionaries they cultivate.

I'll have to give it to them - these cunts are ballsy motherfuckers, and i hope Neera gets appointed and shoves their hypocrisy right up their fucking asses. Unity!!! (Moscow Mitch stole Obama's Supreme Court pick, so at least as consolation we can call the little fuck turtle an asshole, no? Shit sandwiches come with a bit of dressing. Zuckerberg is using Facebook to help steal elections, but we're going to debate whether we can call our corrupt sell-out political servants nasty names on social media? After 4 years of Trump's nasty potty mouth?)

So, if John Boehner calls Ted Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh,' that's just fine. But Neera Tanden can't suggest the resemblance to 'Voldemort?'#hypocrisy
https://t.co/q6EYZsiVrh
— TheBlueDjin (@TheBlueDjin) February 22, 2021