Biden Official National Security Team: Blinken, Mayorkas, Haines, Thomas-Greenfield, Sullivan, Kerry

By artappraiser on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 6:55pm |

We have gathered the most respected and qualified individuals to serve during our first National Security appointments. This group will put us on a path to restore our relationships abroad, and renew our safety here at home.pic.twitter.com/geWIRirste
— Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) November 23, 2020

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https://twitter.com/Transition46/status/1330986657651298306?s=20

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Surprise, surprise, surprise: John Kerry > Climate Envoy!

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 6:57pm

this video made me burst into tears; good job: "back at the table". "MAGA", the real thing this time.

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 7:07pm

Crocodile tears eh? Expensive stuff. Hope you're bottling 'em...

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 7:11pm

Looks like Rahm Emmanuel is the first considered appt. to really cause a brouhaha, big progressive target on his back:

What is so hard to understand about this?

Rahm Emanuel helped cover up the murder of Laquan McDonald. Covering up a murder is disqualifying for public leadership.

This is not about the “visibility” of a post. It is shameful and concerning that he is even being considered. https://t.co/P28C0E4fYP
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 8:14pm

What is shameful about AOC's response to a Rahm Emanuel appointment?

by rmrd0000 on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 8:28pm

someone said that it was shameful? edit to add: Actually just the opposite, AOC is the one saying that he is being considered is "shameful".

And me, I am just posting it as news, for crying out loud. You would rather be ignorant of this party infighting, is that it? Or what? Why shoot the messenger? Go yell at the involved parties on Twitter, you can talk directly to them, ya know. No need to make strawmen out of pseudonymous news junkies here to fight with. The real people are available. Go tell the transition team what you think, go query them, go rah rah on AOC's account or whatever, follow your bliss.

I am so tired of these games. I get nothing, zero, about debating with you. Learn nothing. Not an activist, just into news. I am one pseudonymous person on this site trying to analyze news with like minded people. If you want to challenge for effect, go do it to people using their real names.

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 8:41pm

Typical response

Edit to add:

I simply asked a question, You are outraged

2nd Edit to add:

You see a question as a personal attack

by rmrd0000 on Mon, 11/23/2020 - 9:33pm

You ask a question that contradicts the info in comment which is merely an attempt to post actual reality about what is going on. I have three choices

1) Suspect you have reading comprehension issues and correct you

2) Suspect you have argumentative intent and say "I am not interested into being dragged into an argument with you about this"

3) Ignore such comments totally like many frequent internet posters do

Taking MY time to respond to you, which I have unfortunately learned over time that I often get nothing out of but grief (and later references to what I said on other threads) is taken as taking it personally, rather than taken as acknowledging your existence.

I'll try hard not to do that anymore and chose #3 more often. Your trick of framing wanting to argue as an "innocent" question is going to be ignored. You don't really care what my opinion is anyways, you don't know who I am, it's sort of absurd to even care what I think, and I don't really want to give it.

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 10:28am

Again, thanks for adding humor to my day.

by rmrd0000 on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 11:00am

Get yourself a DNI who...

--is a brown belt in judo
--built a plane, married her flying instructor, flew across the Atlantic
--became a bookstore owner/community activist
--nerds out on treaties
--is the nicest human alivehttps://t.co/qaBocU6uSx https://t.co/TrrjdC5JC4
— Zev Karlin-Neumann (@zkarlinn) November 23, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 11:12am

Yglesias has retweeted this fun list as a response to the Trumpist meme starting about the Biden picks all being products of elite institutions:

Pompeo - Harvard
Mnuchin - Yale
Barr - Columbia
Ross - Yale
Azar - Yale
Carson - Yale https://t.co/OuuFcAn56u
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) November 24, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 11:19am

1:45 pm, Nov. 24, 2020:

America is back.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) November 24, 2020

Don't ask me to 'splain, I'm just the messenger

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 9:02pm

Thomas-Greenfield and her co-author, William Burns, both career diplomats, write that a prudent foreign policy will reject both “the restoration of American hegemony” and “retrenchment.” That will be the Biden sweet spot. @JamesTraub1 https://t.co/HemnjqaHVq
— Maggie Mitchell Salem (@magsmitchell) November 25, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/24/2020 - 9:52pm

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The intra-Palestinian meeting in Moscow has precedent

Russia's hosted such meetings in the past, most recently Feb 2019

Russia has long lamented the US' "monopolization" of the peace process & tried to carve out a niche for itself: mediating among the disunited Palestinians/2
— Hanna Notte (@HannaNotte) February 29, 2024

Read the article at https://twitter.com/HannaNotte/status/1763116222256701787

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submitted by HSG 9 months ago

Here's what I told them: https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

Read the article at https://halginsberg.com/vote-for-jill-stein-again/

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Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes...
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submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

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— Gareth Harris (@garethharr) December 28, 2023

Read the article at https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/28/brazil-law-indigenous-land-rights-claim-time-marker?CMP=share_btn_tw

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Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Port-au-Prince, Haiti (December 25, 2023)

submitted by artappraiser 11 months ago

Location: U.S. Embassy and residential compounds

Events: Heavy gunfire is occuring around the area of the U.S. Embassy and residential compounds adjacent to the Trutier area of Tabarre. All Embassy personnel have been instructed to remain indoors and shelter-in-place until further notice. All others should avoid the area.

Actions to take:

Avoid the area;

Avoid demonstrations and any large gatherings of people;

Do not attempt to drive through roadblocks; and

If you encounter a roadblock, turn around and get to a safe area.

Read the article at https://ht.usembassy.gov/security-alert-u-s-embassy-port-au-prince-haiti-december-25-2023/

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By The Editorial Board @ Bloomberg.com, December 8, 2023

A mass expulsion of Afghan migrants could destabilize the region and fuel radicalization. The West should pressure Islamabad to change course.

Read the article at https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2023-12-08/pakistan-s-expulsion-of-afghan-refugees-risks-another-crisis

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All eyes on #Chad right now
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Read the article at https://x.com/_hudsonc/status/1732891968709992511?s=20

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[Chapter I news is HERE, Oct. 7 til today]

You don’t get it.
It’s not about an UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli kid hostage in his house.
It’s all about how for 75 years you have destroyed the future of generations of Palestinians, including my family.
My cousins in Arab countries are still not citizens - not even the… https://t.co/nv6anubGhc
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Note 'Community Notes' attached to UNWRA's statement.

Read the article at https://x.com/GeorgeDeek/status/1731020551328579863?s=20

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