Like so many, your humble host is relieved at Trump’s exit; Biden has made some good moves, some bad, some awful….--at inauguration, Biden’s call for unity is nice sentiment, but who defines leadership, compromise, and capitulation?
--in the speech, Biden took on the truth emergency, without noting his own role in it, as David Sirota points out
--new Pentagon boss wants to close Gitmo (good), as Biden signals continuity with Trump on Venezuela (bad)
--Biden shows compassion and leadership on pandemic, a clear improvement over Trump, as well as DACA and immigration reform, killing Keystone XL, rejoining Paris accord and new relief package with child tax credit
--PBC offers quick comments on Biden’s cabinet; worst picks are Neera Tanden, Tom Vilsack and Victoria Nuland
--Biden and his awful foreign policy/intel team call Russia an adversary while offering to extend nuclear treaty
--Trump’s last-minute effort to declassify Russiagate docs is thwarted by Dems and FBI
--in recent Clinton podcast, HRC and Pelsoi blame Putin for Capitol riots, as Joe Lauria reports
--Propaganda Wars: Russia gives payback to Radio Free Europe, as Biden moves quickly to restore US propaganda arms
--PBC believes January 6 attack on Capitol was incited by Trump and supports Senate conviction, is surprised by lefty denialists
--Glenn Greenwald has some reasonable concerns about a new Patriot Act, but hyperventilates about them
--end-of-term pardons are always sordid, Trump’s are especially stinky
--US Catholic Bishops soiled themselves supporting Trump, and some will continue with Biden, for different reasons, as Tom Reese reports
--a tribute to my friend Libby Sherwood, who died on January 15 at age 89
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