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Tomgram: Transition Mania
TomDispatch —
... section of its website, where there are scads of little bios of appointees, as well as prospective appointees -- including what each individual will "bring to the job," how each is "linked to Mr. Obama," and what negatives each carries as "baggage." Think of it as a scorecard for transition junkies. The Washington Post, whose official beat is, of course, Washington D.C. über alles, has its ...
Tom Engelhardt: The Imperial Transition
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... section of its website, where there are scads of little bios of appointees, as well as prospective appointees -- including what each individual will "bring to the job," how each is "linked to Mr. Obama," and what negatives each carries as "baggage." Think of it as a scorecard for transition junkies. The Washington Post, whose official beat is, of course, Washington D.C. über alles, has its ...
The Imperial Transition
Antiwar.com Original —
... " section of its Web site, where there are scads of little bios of appointees, as well as prospective appointees including what each individual will "bring to the job," how each is "linked to Mr. Obama," and what negatives each carries as "baggage." Think of it as a scorecard for transition junkies. The Washington Post , whose official beat is, of course, Washington, D.C., ber alles , has its " ...
The Saturday Word: Housing Head
The Caucus —
... the state’s attorney general is looking to the State Supreme Court to remove Mr. Blagojevich from power. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that he could make a decision about stepping down as early as Monday, but so far, he’s staying put. He even signed a bill giving insurance coverage to families with autistic children on Friday. Senate The Minnesota Senate race is down to 1,500 previously rejected absentee ballots, which could be counted by late next week. The New Team Before naming Eric H. Holder Jr. as his attorney general pick, Mr. Obama’s ...
The Early Word: Cabinet Filling Up
The Caucus —
President-elect Barack Obama is moving quickly to fill the remaining vacancies in his cabinet, selecting Arne Duncan, the Chicago public schools chief as his secretary of education, and Ken Salazar, a Colorado senator as secretary of the interior. The Times’s John M. Broder and Andrew C. Revkin ...
Obama’s Pick For Green Jobs: Hilda Solis
Wonk Room —
President-elect Barack Obama has reportedly completed his Cabinet with the selection of Rep. Hilda Solis (D-CA) as Secretary of Labor. Solis, a five-term respresentative from East Los Angeles, is a progressive leader in the fight for green jobs, as both a “stalwart friend of the unions” and the author of the first environmental justice law in the nation. At this summer’s National Clean Energy Summit, convened by the Center for American Progress Action Fund, University of Nevada at Las Vegas, and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV), Solis ...
Ex-Illinois Governor Is Indicted on Corruption Charges
The Caucus —
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House Passage of Budget Resolution
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