Monday, June 24, 2024

The Coming US Election

The campaign for the most powerful position in the free world isn't simply between a doddering old senile and a blow hard convicted felon. It's also, as it has been historically, between their factotums and deputies. Oddly, the principal candidates are never required by the media or anyone else to designate who the members of their regime would be. Announcements of appointments aren't made until after the election.

 US minister Pete Buttigieg and husband welcome two babies to family ...

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No mention was made during the previous campaign that the transportation boss would be former McKinsey figure and South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg.

 Biden picks 1st transgender person for Senate-confirmed post

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Rachel Levine was selected by Biden to take the post of assistant secretary for health in 2021 and confirmed by the senate.

 Former nuclear waste guru Sam Brinton arrested as 'fugitive from ...

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Sam Brinton was the the deputy assistant secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy until mistakenly claiming the wrong luggage at a midwest airport.

 Karine Jean-Pierre affirme que les États-Unis "plus forts ...

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Karine Jean-Pierre is the first black, openly gay White House press secretary.

 

 What's in the new Iran deal, and what's holding it up? - Jewish ...

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Openly gay deputy to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Ned Price.

 

Joe Biden Just Named Trans Veteran Shawn Skelly to His Transition Team vice.com 

Shawn Skelly, retired transexual navy officer now the  Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness.

 

 

Tyler Cherry, left, and Jakob Stronko  Credit...Cassidy DuHon and Laura Scheidt NY Times

Tyler Cherry has moved up from a post at the Dept. of the Interior to one covering climate issues for the White House communications department.

On the basis of the personnel employed we have some idea of those that will have important roles in government should the current regime be retained. However, there's been no word from their opponents on who is in line for these spots should they take over. It's wrong for a political party that will fill significant posts after an election to omit mention of the most likely appointees. It's even more wrong for the media to fail to demand the names and background of these candidates for publication.   


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