1 February 2021
Author: Sourabh Gupta, ICAS
On 20 January, Joseph Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, heading an administration brimming with Obama-era appointees. But contrary to his aspiration to renew US global economic leadership, Biden’s political energies will be consumed by challenges at home. The Democratic Party’s razor-thin majority in Congress is just the tip of the iceberg.
Despite enjoying a massive seven million vote margin of victory, former US president Donald Trump would still be sitting in the Oval Office today had a mere 42,918 votes or 0.6 per cent of the popular vote difference changed hands in the battleground states of Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia. This would have also been the case had 257,025 ballots across the critical Rust Belt states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin been cast in Trump’s favour.
Biden Appoints Warmongers, Military-Industrial Insiders
Published: February 1, 2021
The Senate confirmation hearings for Biden’s cabinet appointees which began the week of Jan. 18 should serve as a sharp warning of the continuation of dangerous U.S. war policies.
The corporate media has focused on Biden’s promise to overturn many of former-President Trump’s policies. But Biden pledged throughout his campaign to make “no substantial change” and his foreign policy appointments show he meant that. Despite the media talk of justice, new policy and diversity, behind the scenes the same old U.S. militarist policies are being reinforced through Biden’s cabinet choices and their direct ties to industry-funded think tanks and military contractors.
Annie Karni, The New York Times
Published: 30 Jan 2021 08:21 AM BdST
Updated: 30 Jan 2021 08:22 AM BdST The White House in Washington, Jan 27, 2021. The New York Times
Senior staff members limit interactions with each other in most offices to a total of 15 minutes in a day. No more than six people are allowed to gather in the Oval Office at a time, and a maximum of five staff members are allowed to meet together in the spacious office of the chief of staff, Ron Klain. In the Roosevelt Room, where staff meet every afternoon for a planning meeting on the coronavirus rescue plan, gatherings are limited to 10 people.
»Closed Doors at Lunch, Zoom Despite Proximity: Biden s White House Has a Covid-quiet Unlike Trump
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Closed Doors at Lunch, Zoom Despite Proximity: Biden s White House Has a Covid-quiet Unlike Trump
Joe Biden moved into the White House after being sworn in as the President of the United States on January 20. Photo: AP
The West Wing of the White House has become a much different place under its new occupants quieter, more disciplined and far more conscious of the pandemic that is the new administration’s priority.
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Senior staff members limit interactions with each other in most offices to a total of 15 minutes in a day. No more than six people are allowed to gather in the Oval Office at a time, and a maximum of five staff members are allowed to meet together in the spacious office of the chief of staff, Ron Klain. In the Roosevelt Room, where staff meet every afternoon for a planning meeting on the coronavirus rescue plan, gatherings are limited to