A number of Trump appointees have tried to burrow into long-term public service jobs. Biden is firing them, which right wing commentators are trying paint as politicization. The reality is that this is correcting a Trump-era pattern of deprofessionalization. 1/
https://t.co/WCwUJq4xG4
1) Trump appointees engage in unprecedented ideological attack on mission of agency
2) Create contracts to give themselves quasi-career protections
3) Cry foul when they are treated as political appointees 8/
"Biden says he wants unity, but he refuses to keep in place a team of unqualified Trump appointees that oppose him and the core mission of their organization."
This is the wrinkle for Biden team seeking to clear out Pack and his appointees from VOA, Radio agree Europe etc - it requires mass firings too
— David Folkenflik (@davidfolkenflik) January 23, 2021
Will new USAGM leadership rebuild professional minded team w bipartisan support from Hill? That\u2019s the claim. https://t.co/RWhG5S96nW
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Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.
I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.
But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.
Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.
I hope that we can move swiftly to conclude this discussion about party positions, so that we can spend more time discussing party priorities: voting rights, healthcare, wages, climate change, housing, cannabis legalization, good jobs, etc.
Hard pass. So long as Leader Pelosi remains the most progressive candidate for Speaker, she can count on my support.
The strange thing about the fight to displace Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House is that no one seems willing to run against her. https://t.co/VhBqf4KJom
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) November 21, 2018
I agree that our party should, and must, evolve our leadership.
But changed leadership should reflect an actual, evolved mission; namely, an increased commitment to the middle + working class electorate that put us here.
Otherwise it’s a just new figure with the same problems.
I hope that we can move swiftly to conclude this discussion about party positions, so that we can spend more time discussing party priorities: voting rights, healthcare, wages, climate change, housing, cannabis legalization, good jobs, etc.