Browse > Home / News / Biden to name Merrick Garland as nominee for US attorney general January 7, 2021 by JNS Read on for article U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate U.S. Circuit Court Judge Merrick Garland as U.S. attorney general, according to media reports on Wednesday. U.S. Circuit Judge Merrick Garland, […]
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Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Nominee Formerly Advised Big Tech, Wall Street
President-Elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the State Department, Antony Blinken, formerly advised the nation’s largest tech conglomerates and Wall Street firms, financial disclosure reports find. Blinken, while at WestEx Advisors, which he co-founded, advised clients such as Big Tech corporations like Facebook, Uber, and LinkedIn, as well as Wall Street firms such as Blackstone, […]
Joe Biden Facing Increasing Oppostion Over His Defence Secretary Nominee
Joe Biden has nominated Lloyd Austin as defence secretary despite increasing opposition from Senate Democrats Critics have reaised questions over the retired general’s recent military service and his suitability for the job Breitbart reports: In order to get Austin confirmed, Congress would have to grant Austin a waiver from a law that requires a defense […]
Biden goes to bat for Defense secretary nominee Austin
President Donald Trump needed to secure a similar waiver for his first Defense secretary, Jim Mattis, though several lawmakers did so reluctantly and said they were unlikely to do so again anytime soon. Biden and his transition team have leaned on a number of former military officers to serve in high-ranking positions, echoing a theme […]
Tom Cotton: Biden DHS Nominee Mayorkas Disqualified to Lead Agency for Selling Green Cards to Chinese Nationals
Wednesday on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) discussed some of Joe Biden’s picks to serve in a potential Biden administration. The Arkansas Republican lawmaker spoke on two, particularly Anthony Blinken, Biden’s pick to head the State Department, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s pick to head the Department of Homeland Security. Cotton spoke critically […]
In First Speech as US Secretary of State Nominee, Blinken Recalls Story of Late Holocaust-Surviving Stepfather
Antony Blinken, US President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, speaks at an event at Biden’s transition headquarters, in Wilmington, Delaware, Nov. 24, 2020. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts. In his first speech since being named as US President-elect Joe Biden’s choice to be the next secretary of state, Antony Blinken — who is […]
Biden’s Secretary of State Nominee Previously Appeared on Sesame Street to Promote Refugee Immigration
Joe Biden’s secretary of state nominee Antony Blinken, who is currently receiving lavish praise from the media for being the quintessential “internationalist,” previously appeared on Sesame Street to promote refugee immigration to America. Blinken is being hailed by some legacy media outlets as something akin to the second coming. The Guardian gushes over him being […]
Republicans seek to pause Senate work — but not Supreme Court nominee hearings
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Saturday sought to call off legislative work in the Senate until October 19 as the coronavirus reached into their ranks. But they vowed that hearings for US President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee would push ahead as planned even as lawmakers increasingly demanded testing for everyone on Capitol Hill. Senate […]
A new Supreme Court nominee before the election may spark a crisis of legitimacy
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg just turned the already frenetic 2020 election into a tornado. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell waited barely two hours before announcing that “President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate.” And a number of Democratic senators have been almost as quick to […]
If Dems Controlled The Senate They Would Never ‘Ram Through’ SCOTUS Nominee Says Hillary Clinton
If Democrats controlled the US Senate, they wouldn’t be pushing through a Supreme Court nominee before the election, Hillary Clinton told the Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg this week. Clinton was told that Republicans argue if the Democrats were in their position as the majority, they would be advancing a nominee. [embedded content] Breirbart reports: “Do you […]
Nasty Nancy Doesn’t Rule Out Impeachment to Block SCOTUS Nominee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi hinted that impeachment might be on the cards to stop President Trump selecting a Supreme Court nominee before this November’s election. During an appearance on Sunday’s broadcast of ABC’s “This Week,” Pelosi was asked by anchor George Stephanopoulos whether impeachment was on the table. “Let me press you though on what […]
Sen. Thune: Committee Should Move ‘As Soon As Possible’ to Confirm Trump’s FCC Nominee
A spokesman for Sen. John Thune (R-SD) said the Senator supports “moving forward as soon as possible” on confirming Nathan Simington, President Trump’s pick to replace Michael O’Rielly on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), a crucial appointment that could tip the balance in the battle against Big Tech censorship. The FCC has five members — […]
Obama Demands Senate Put off Vote on New Supreme Court Nominee Until After New President Is Elected
Barack Obama demanded that Republicans refrain from voting on a replacement for Ruth Bader Ginsberg until after the election, when he hopes Biden will win. In a statement issued late Friday night, Obama cited his failed 2016 nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to back up his enthusiastic support for Ginsburg’s reported dying “instructions” that her replacement […]
U.S. Congress Nominee Issues Formal Statement on 5G Risks — Have Any From Your State?
By B.N. Frank American 5G concerns and opposition continue to increase including at the legislative level. Congressional members have formally addressed the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about safety. Municipal governments have filed lawsuits against the FCC regarding deployment. Some have passed resolutions to ban deployment (see 1, 2, 3, 4. 5). Some have passed ordinances […]
How convenient: Torture report modified to save CIA Nominee Gina Haspel
On Thursday evening ProPublica issued an important correction concerning Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel, the woman Donald Trump has nominated to head the agency if and when current Director Mike Pompeo is confirmed as the new secretary of state. It was apparently ProPublica that first reported last year that Haspel ran the secret CIA […]
Kenneth Marcus, Trump’s nominee for civil rights, has a long history of working against them
Any day now, the Senate will consider President Trump’s nominee for Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, Kenneth Marcus. This is a vote that could have widespread and lasting consequences for the safety and rights of students and faculty across the country, in particular those of people of color, women, and […]
Trump’s Nominee for CIA Director Ran Torture Site
Source: Quartz As CIA director Mike Pompeo moves to become the United States’ secretary of state, deputy director Gina Haspel has been nominated to lead the agency. If confirmed by the Senate, she will become the first woman to run the CIA. Haspel’s nomination will be controversial; she played a leading […]
Trump’s Nominee for HHS Gave Penis Enhancement Drugs to Children to Make $1 Billion
By Jack Burns Alex Azar is the Trump Administration’s nominee for the position of secretary of Health and Human Services. This swamp-dwelling Washington insider was formerly the United States Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services under George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007 and later went on to be the President of the U.S. division of […]