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Rahm Emanuel under consideration to become Biden's transportation secretary
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Four years to destroy our based of voters and the Repubs will waltz back into the WH, and with our unpreparedness will likely take the House and Keep/Re-Take the Senate in 2022.
At least the DSA (National party) is reaching out to me to see how my lethargic local chapter can be better.
Funny thing about coalitions to shut down the voice of the people. That voice is just going to grow and grow, and you will eventually be whipped up with that voice.
Correct - and others float names out there just to see what the reaction would be.
A fusion of Karl Marx and Greta Thunberg itself could be President and the results would be no different if both GA Senate runoffs don't end with Democratic victories (and even then it would require eliminating the filibuster).
That said, hell no to Rahm Emanuel. Hopefully not the pick.
1). This isn't even close to a fact at present
2) Bernie is an immensely incompetent executive. His campaign was filled with garbage and his cabinet probably would have been too.
3). He would have lost the election anyway, so what are we even talking about?
will be nice once the actual cabinet is named so people can at least react to those instead of just screaming "I KNEW IT!@!!!" over every single rumor
....although no matter who it is people will probably just whine that Bernie isn't in it anyways I suppose
....although no matter who it is people will probably just whine that Bernie isn't in it anyways I suppose
Good God, this place can get so far up it's own ass with this stuff is literally unbelievable.
Like... Are some of you people real or is this like a parody situation. That's a serious question, because if a random unsourced report about a potential transportation secretary can cause this type of insane histrionics, with ALL the shit going on right now, maybe it's time to refocus.
Sounds like you don't know enough about Rahm Emanuel. There is a reason that mere mention of his name provokes such a visceral and angry response from people.
Agree with this. I hope the blowback from this article gets his name crossed off because I don't want him anywhere in the federal government.
Rahm Emmanuel, the chief architect of compromising politics with Republicans, will illicit the reactions you see here especially in light of Republicans today. The fact that his name is being floated today is disgusting.
The name of the game is to be preemptive. If these names are being "floated" wether it's a rumor or not, it is important that people unequivocally show their repudiation.
In a different America, a man who covers up the murder of a child by police would get tomatoes thrown at them for the rest of their lives. Instead, we have to live with the fear that they might inhabit positions or power for decades.
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Insane histrionics, huh. You're complaining about people being hyperbolic while using words that say criticism of Rahm Emmanuel here is symptomatic of a personality disorder. How about looking in a mirror instead?
I think we're allowed to complain a bit about Rahm, and make our dissatisfactions known that the man still has power to get his name out there and be considered. Because it's a foregone conclusion that the man and Biden are still really great buds, and that Rahm still has a lot of support behind the scenes and in the media.
Also, it's our responsibility to speak up loud and as often as we can. See also: the organization being mounted against another guy angling for power - Ernest Moniz.
thehill.com
Cool story activists, but just calm down and stop catastrophizing until the bad things are certified to happen. No need to make noise or shout your convictions until some rando forum users deem it necessary.
Also, it's our responsibility to speak up loud and as often as we can. See also: the organization being mounted against another guy angling for power - Ernest Moniz.
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Cool story activists, but just calm down and stop catastrophizing until the bad things are certified to happen. No need to make noise or shout your convictions until some rando forum users deem it necessary.
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Wow, so a guy tried to compromise with pre-Trump Republicans? Truly that makes him history's greatest monster and he should be in a re-education camp somewhere.
Rahm is... not great and the compromise policies generally failed but the vitriol that is flowing from this thread is pretty symptomatic of a lot of people's warped view of what politics are now. There's going to be compromise in politics, there just is. This is the definition of politics since it's inception. But I would rather have someone who can effectively implement and administration's goals (which Rahm may or may not be able to do) rather than slavering zealots who are there because they passed some purity test.
Ok so now you bring up re-education camps in response to posters to your left. Real smooth.
Compromise policies like covering up the murder of a Black teenager by the cops. Fuck off
No We Can't
Obama had millions of followers eager to fight for his agenda. But the president muzzled them — and he's paying the price
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Great guy
I am unsure as to how this would affect his ability to be an effective transportation secretary. Unless you believe the transportation secretary is in charge of drone strikes.
Again, I don't know if he would or wouldn't be good in the role but cabinet roles should are importantly and should be judged on their suitability for the position first.
Wasn't he a pretty horrible mayor as well? Transportation secretary is whatever, but I wouldn't put him in consideration based off thst fact alone.
Why would you want someone who covered up the death of a black child by the police to be anywhere near any position of authority?
That's one of the main things. There's tons of people who are passionate about transportation who aren't literal monsters.
There's just...so much. So much.
Dude is evil as hell, and my entire family still living out in the South Side hate this man's guts.
Take It From A City That Knows: Rahm Emanuel Is Bad For America
KONKOL COLUMN: President-elect Biden need look no further than post-Rahm Emanuel Chicago to see hiring divisive former mayor is a bad idea.
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and what follows is still an incomplete list of Rahm failing up as it doesn't even mention Homan Square, which got international fame years back for being an illegal blacksite rife with torture and abuse and largely targeting poor black people.
Oh definitely, see above. The idea is that the man shouldn't be anywhere close to having any sort of power, and that's why his somewhat decent record when it comes to just transportation is insufficient. Because ideally, we'd want a guy in there with about 100x less baggage than Rahm brings.
Rahm can sit on the sidelines, or more preferably he can go sit in the dustbin of history where he belongs.
Rahm Emanuel is a genuinely terrible person that ran Chicago like shit, continues to be an opponent of progressive policies, have terrible political instincts, compromise with Republicans beyond what's necessary, and--to put he cherry on top of this shit sundae--covered up Chicago police's murdering a black child. Given his record here, why are opponents of Rahm even being in consideration for a position of power being is characterized as being "histrionic?"
Hell, if it is true that names are floated around to see what reaction they'd get, being quiet about our opposition to Rahm is the last thing we should do. Us being loud and "histrionic" is us telling the powers that be (namely Biden) that Rahm is unacceptable during a time when Biden is listen. I don't understand why this is difficult to understand.
Hell, if it is true that names are floated around to see what reaction they'd get, being quiet about our opposition to Rahm is the last thing we should do. Us being loud and "histrionic" is us telling the powers that be (namely Biden) that Rahm is unacceptable during a time when Biden is listen. I don't understand why this is difficult to understand.
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Oh fuck off.
This is why I don't vote for Dems. They try to hold the left hostage and then turn around and exclusively work with the right once in power. Rahm shouldn't even be allowed to show his face in civil society.
This is why I don't vote for Dems. They try to hold the left hostage and then turn around and exclusively work with the right once in power. Rahm shouldn't even be allowed to show his face in civil society.
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"Yeah he's an absolute monster, but something something transportation!" Okay, guy with Obama avatar.
I shook his hand once before getting on the El when he was on the campaign cycle to get reelected. Joke was on him because I couldn't even vote for him because I didn't live in Chicago.
I mean....not actually a surprise:
www.dailyposter.com
"On Tuesday, Politico reported that Biden is appointing U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., to lead the White House Office of Public Engagement, where he is "expected to serve as a liaison with the business community and climate change activists."
During his 10 years in Congress, Richmond has received roughly $341,000 from donors in the oil and gas industry — the 5th highest total among House Democrats, according to previous reporting by Sludge. That includes corporate political action committee donations of $50,000 from Entergy, an electric and natural gas utility; $40,000 from ExxonMobil; and $10,000 apiece from oil companies Chevron, Phillips 66 and Valero Energy."
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The White House’s liaison to the climate movement will reportedly be Rep. Cedric Richmond — who has raked in big money from the fossil fuel industry while voting to help oil and gas companies.
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"On Tuesday, Politico reported that Biden is appointing U.S. Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-La., to lead the White House Office of Public Engagement, where he is "expected to serve as a liaison with the business community and climate change activists."
During his 10 years in Congress, Richmond has received roughly $341,000 from donors in the oil and gas industry — the 5th highest total among House Democrats, according to previous reporting by Sludge. That includes corporate political action committee donations of $50,000 from Entergy, an electric and natural gas utility; $40,000 from ExxonMobil; and $10,000 apiece from oil companies Chevron, Phillips 66 and Valero Energy."
Rahm Emanuel is not only a huge school budget ransacking murder-cover-upper piece of shit who fucked Chicago over harder than pretty much any mayor (and that's saying something), he's also just a stupid asshole who doesn't actually understand a fucking thing about politics.
I think I need a refresher on him. I know he was a super rude and mean person. But what did he do to make him a bad choice. Like I read above this was an area where he did well in Chicago.
"pre-Trump" republicans is really funny, as if that's a meaningful difference. you mean george w bush republicans? those guys don't pass my "purity test" either sorry
