Biden announces lead teams for each Department/Agency in the govt

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Anonymous wrote:DH looked at the relevant list for his field and about sht a brick for how good the assembled team is. This is amazing.

Same - the State Department list is legit. Several high-ranking and well-respected former employees. I’m impressed.

This is so reassuring to hear. I can’t believe how functional things look like they might be.

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So?

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Anonymous wrote:Are these people experienced? Are they bipartisan or partisan?

They’re all eminently qualified experts in their respective field. Unlike the Orange Turd’s administration which appointed the head of DHS because the guy’s last name was WOLFE.

Just stop with this claim. It makes you look stupid.
Prior to being appointed, Wolf was former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's chief of staff.
He wasn’t a random person.

He is serving illegally.

To be determined.

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Anonymous wrote:Remember when Trump didn’t send a single person to the Department of State for weeks?

https://buildbackbetter.com/the-transition/agency-review-teams/

Members of the teams – many of whom have extensive experience in government – will meet with former agency officials and experts who follow those agencies, as well with officials from labor groups, think tanks, trade associations and other non-governmental organizations, the statement said.

Oh look the Obama team is back.

Retreads of retreads.

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Anonymous wrote:Are these people experienced? Are they bipartisan or partisan?

They’re all eminently qualified experts in their respective field. Unlike the Orange Turd’s administration which appointed the head of DHS because the guy’s last name was WOLFE.

Just stop with this claim. It makes you look stupid.
Prior to being appointed, Wolf was former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's chief of staff.
He wasn’t a random person.

He is serving illegally.

To be determined.

Only because congressional Republicans have abdicated their oversight duties.

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So?

DP. Schroeder is a solid pick. He had significant past experience at DOJ as Deputy Assistant Attorney General and as Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy. He’s also a leading scholar on issues of presidential powers, so a good choice to help the Biden Administration transition to a more appropriate relationship between the President and DOJ than we’ve had under Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these people experienced? Are they bipartisan or partisan?

They’re all eminently qualified experts in their respective field. Unlike the Orange Turd’s administration which appointed the head of DHS because the guy’s last name was WOLFE.

Just stop with this claim. It makes you look stupid.
Prior to being appointed, Wolf was former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's chief of staff.
He wasn’t a random person.

He is serving illegally.

To be determined.

No. Whether or not you believe that his appointment was illegal or not there is no question that he is currently serving illegally. Per the FVRa, acting appointments for positions that must be approved by the Senate can only be acting for 210 days. Chad Wolf was appointed in November 2019, over a year ago. Since mid-June, he has exceeded that term and the head of DHS is supposed to remain vacant until a presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed candidate is approved as a replacement.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3346

As for his appointment, a federal judge does disagree with you.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-immigration-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-program-6da7a068fd66722136fc1fd5eb82098b

“DHS failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated,” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote. “Therefore, the actions taken by purported Acting Secretaries, who were not properly in their roles according to the lawful order of succession, were taken without legal authority.”

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Anonymous wrote:I’m excited for competence. I just hope we don’t see a bunch of feelgood social engineering policies that dumb down the schools in a failed attempt at equality of outcome vs equality of opportunity.

Do you ever think your knee jerk reaction to new policies means you aren’t evaluating them fairly?

DP. No, we've tried dumbing down schools. It fails everyone. Now we're ready to return to academic excellence.

No, I’m saying why are you assuming that anyone is talking about “dumbing down” anything? That’s the knee jerk here that I’m talking about. Are you in education? I’m not; my kids’ education - even in distance learning - doesn’t seem dumbed down. It sounds like a right wing talking point.

Let me google the people/groups represented for the Dept of Ed:
Linda Darling-Hammond at Learning Policy Institute: “ LPI conducts and communicates independent, high-quality research to improve education policy and practice.” Darling-Hammond was from Stanford, and LPI was to focus on recognizing that school looks different now than it did 50 years ago, looking at strong early ed programs with measurable outcomes to scale them up, attracting talented new teachers, and looking for ways to increase equity so that poor and homeless students and their schools aren’t left in the dust. https://edsource.org/2015/new-institute-in-palo-alto-aims-to-help-shape-state-national-k-12-policy/86100 No dumbing down here.

Ary Amerikaner at The Education Trust - “Fierce advocates for the high academic achievement of all students — particularly those of color or living in poverty.“ https://edtrust.org/ Huh. Sounds like no dumbing here, either.

Beth Antunez at American Federation of Teachers. Probably good to have teachers represented for once. No dumbing down here.

Jim Brown retired, but here’s the relevant bit of his bio: “Jim is also a trustee of several educational institutions, including Immaculata University, the Gesu School and the Young Scholars Charter School. He is a director of the Pennsylvania Center for Excellence in Education (the advisory board for the Pennsylvania Governor’s Schools) and serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Foundation.” https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/senator-elect-casey-announces-key-staff-positions Sounds like he might support excellence.

There are 16 other people, and I’m going to guess they all bring as much to the table as the first four listed. So now after googling I think your sour grapes about “dumbing down” are a right wing talking point. But maybe you think Betsy Devos, hater of both teachers and secular education, was a better woman.

I'm one of the PP's that you are replying to. NCLB seemed like a good idea at the time but it has changed education tremendously and in very negative ways. DeVos is not responsible for this. It's older than her.

It's time to repeal NCLB and go back to excellence.

Having either science or social studies in elementary school but not both is just one example of the schools failing everyone. Maybe school should go back to looking like it did 50 years ago.

NCLB is mostly repealed. What are you talking about? No natoinal law says you have to choose social studies or science in elementary school. My kid got both. And 50 years ago, when I was in school, adults claimed education was horrible and we had to return to 50 years prior to that. Maybe we should let teachers do their jobs?

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Anonymous wrote:DH looked at the relevant list for his field and about sht a brick for how good the assembled team is. This is amazing.

I know a handful of people across different teams, and they are very, very smart people. I'm excited they're on board with this.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these people experienced? Are they bipartisan or partisan?

They’re all eminently qualified experts in their respective field. Unlike the Orange Turd’s administration which appointed the head of DHS because the guy’s last name was WOLFE.

Just stop with this claim. It makes you look stupid.
Prior to being appointed, Wolf was former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's chief of staff.
He wasn’t a random person.

He is serving illegally.

To be determined.

No. Whether or not you believe that his appointment was illegal or not there is no question that he is currently serving illegally. Per the FVRa, acting appointments for positions that must be approved by the Senate can only be acting for 210 days. Chad Wolf was appointed in November 2019, over a year ago. Since mid-June, he has exceeded that term and the head of DHS is supposed to remain vacant until a presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed candidate is approved as a replacement.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3346

As for his appointment, a federal judge does disagree with you.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-immigration-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-program-6da7a068fd66722136fc1fd5eb82098b

“DHS failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated,” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote. “Therefore, the actions taken by purported Acting Secretaries, who were not properly in their roles according to the lawful order of succession, were taken without legal authority.”

Yawn. The point is that the Supreme Court will ultimately decide. Legality is not determined by a lower court or a poster’s assertions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are these people experienced? Are they bipartisan or partisan?

They’re all eminently qualified experts in their respective field. Unlike the Orange Turd’s administration which appointed the head of DHS because the guy’s last name was WOLFE.

Just stop with this claim. It makes you look stupid.
Prior to being appointed, Wolf was former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's chief of staff.
He wasn’t a random person.

He is serving illegally.

To be determined.

No. Whether or not you believe that his appointment was illegal or not there is no question that he is currently serving illegally. Per the FVRa, acting appointments for positions that must be approved by the Senate can only be acting for 210 days. Chad Wolf was appointed in November 2019, over a year ago. Since mid-June, he has exceeded that term and the head of DHS is supposed to remain vacant until a presidentially appointed and Senate confirmed candidate is approved as a replacement.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3346

As for his appointment, a federal judge does disagree with you.

https://apnews.com/article/new-york-immigration-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-program-6da7a068fd66722136fc1fd5eb82098b

“DHS failed to follow the order of succession as it was lawfully designated,” U.S. District Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote. “Therefore, the actions taken by purported Acting Secretaries, who were not properly in their roles according to the lawful order of succession, were taken without legal authority.”

Yawn. The point is that the Supreme Court will ultimately decide. Legality is not determined by a lower court or a poster’s assertions.

DP. Not necessarily. Where do you get the idea that there’s an automatic right to have your case heard by the Supreme Court?