Biden's Sec of Defense Lloyd Austin...First Black Man To Hold Position
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CACs are gonna be pissed!
So he's a BLACK white imperialist. What an achievement...
Yep...and bust first..then you ain't got to bust back... brah
They pissed whenever they see a black Mayne that ain't working for free...fuck em.. brah
Biden could have chosen Giannis Antetokounmpo and some of y'all...
Cool but the response when/if black people ask for anything better not be well I made a black guy Secretary of Defense and put a black woman in these positions.
Congratulations Nupe 
Biden is using optics to lullaby mofokrs.
It isn't simply the race or gender of his selections but their actions and histories.
Just look at the fight over the Interior secretary and the effort to fill the role with status quo mofokrs...
Tribes Want Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary. Some Biden Advisers Are Trying To Thwart Her.
Anonymous Biden allies are telling news outlets the Indigenous congresswoman is not qualified. “Of course it’s offensive,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
For weeks, leaders of Native American tribes all over the country have been urging President-elect Joe Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be his Interior secretary. So have dozens of members of Congress, including Republicans.
But for some reason, some of Biden’s advisers have begun anonymously planting the idea in news stories that the Native American congresswoman, who chairs a House subcommittee with oversight of the Interior Department, is not qualified. What’s also puzzling is that these sources say a better candidate is a lesser-known man who is also Native, Michael Connor, despite dozens of tribal leaders telling Biden, publicly and privately, that they back Haaland.
“But her lack of policy experience worries some Biden advisers, who have suggested another Native American candidate: Michael L. Connor, a deputy Interior secretary in the Obama administration, whose experience is unquestioned,” reads a New York Times piece in late November.
“But many of Mr. Biden’s advisers fear that she lacks the experience to manage the sprawling complex agency,” reads a second New York Times piece on Thursday.
Another anonymous “conservation source” told The Hill on Wednesday that Haaland’s support by progressive groups could complicate her Senate confirmation. This person suggested Haaland’s support for the Green New Deal, a legislative plan aimed at addressing climate change and economic inequality, could cause problems.
But Biden himself has called the proposal a “crucial framework,” and another top candidate for Interior, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), supports the plan, too.
The anonymous slights against Haaland haven’t gone unnoticed by her supporters, who say they are angry and confused to see her being belittled by people in Biden’s orbit. Some prominent Native women have noted the sexism of the anonymous comments, per reporter Julian Brave Noisecat. Some of Haaland’s supporters made similar suggestions to HuffPost privately; others were willing to go public with their frustrations.
“Of course it’s offensive to say she’s not qualified,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.
Not only is Haaland equipped for the job, he said, but she embodies the kind of diversity and representation in government that Biden says he wants. It would be a seismic shift to put a Native American woman at the helm of the federal agency that oversees public lands ― the same lands from which Indigenous people were previously forcibly removed by the U.S. government.
It would also be historic: The U.S. has never had any Indigenous Cabinet secretaries.
“I think those individuals being anonymous should think that through for themselves, because by going after this person, you’re standing in the way of history,” Grijalva said. “We’re not going to get it again. She’s real. She’s authentic. She’s legitimate. And she should have it.”
He added, “Anything less than that, I think, is really going to create some blowback.”
Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican tribe in Wisconsin, lamented the “shroud of elusiveness” over the anonymous sources criticizing Haaland and floating Connor’s name instead. What’s odd about Connor suddenly being pushed, she said, is that so many tribal leaders are united behind Haaland while Connor’s name hasn’t even come up.
“If there are truly concerns, in the spirit of transparency, they should put them forward. I don’t know what the issues would be,” she said. “We’ve lived the past four years in this kind of shroud. Why would you start a new transition that way?”
Holsey is one of 150 tribal leaders who privately wrote to Biden last week in support of Haaland for Interior secretary. HuffPost obtained a copy of the letter and agreed to only excerpt from it.
“Rep. Haaland has championed the environment, helped lead efforts to address climate change, and worked to improve the nation-to-nation relationship between our Tribes and the United States – all issues within the Department of the Interior’s responsibilities,” reads the letter. “At every turn, she has been a leading voice against the Trump Administration’s work to roll back environmental protections ... She has also fought the Trump Administration’s efforts to cut programs that benefit tribal communities.”
It concludes, “As the leaders of sovereign tribal nations, we believe it is long past time that a Native American person serve as Secretary of the Interior. Further, we believe that Congresswoman Deb Haaland is ready to serve as Secretary.”
Adding to the confusion over the anonymous attacks on Haaland, Biden last week offered the Interior secretary job to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has relatively little experience with the public lands and energy issues the Interior Department focuses on. Grisham turned down the offer, which already made no sense but also would have pitted her against Haaland and Udall, both colleagues from New Mexico.
One source who works closely with tribal leaders on federal strategy speculated there are people on Biden’s transition team who have worked with Connor in the past, and they are trying to push “a message of there being an alternative Native American” in an effort to help their former colleague get the Interior post.
“This is not the will of the tribes who have thrown their weight heavily behind Deb Haaland, who is highly qualified,” said this source, who requested anonymity to speak freely. “This is an age-old classic of divide and conquer where you are supposedly working with tribes but, at the end of the day, you do the thing you want to do.”
“No one is trying to discount Deb Haaland,” he said.
A Haaland spokesperson declined comment.
Connor, who currently works for the international law firm WilmerHale, did not respond to a request for comment.
Another member of Biden’s transition team emphasized that the team has already been meeting with dozens of tribal leaders, councils and organizations representing Indian Country, and will continue to do so in the coming weeks to strengthen government-to-government relations. The team also recently added a Native American doctor, Dr. Jim Jill, to its COVID-19 advisory board.
Regardless of who Biden picks for the post, the surge of momentum behind Haaland for Interior secretary ― not the most flashy job ― is remarkable. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have thrown their support behind her. Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, is circulating a petition urging Biden to pick Haaland for the post. Indigenous-led organizations like NDN Collective and Indigenous Environmental Network have been trying to get the hashtag #DebForInterior trending on Twitter.
Some have come up with hilarious memes to go with it.
Groups in New Mexico keep sending letters to Biden backing Haaland, too. On Saturday, 50 Indigenous, environmental and social justice organizations in the state wrote to Biden saying Haaland is “uniquely qualified” to be Interior secretary. This was a day after the All Pueblo Council of Governors formally urged Biden to nominate Haaland, and two weeks after the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council wrote a similar letter.
In the mix of those New Mexico tribes backing Haaland?
Taos Pueblo, Connor’s tribe.
It isn't simply the race or gender of his selections but their actions and histories.
Just look at the fight over the Interior secretary and the effort to fill the role with status quo mofokrs...
Tribes Want Deb Haaland For Interior Secretary. Some Biden Advisers Are Trying To Thwart Her.
Anonymous Biden allies are telling news outlets the Indigenous congresswoman is not qualified. “Of course it’s offensive,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.).
For weeks, leaders of Native American tribes all over the country have been urging President-elect Joe Biden to pick Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to be his Interior secretary. So have dozens of members of Congress, including Republicans.
But for some reason, some of Biden’s advisers have begun anonymously planting the idea in news stories that the Native American congresswoman, who chairs a House subcommittee with oversight of the Interior Department, is not qualified. What’s also puzzling is that these sources say a better candidate is a lesser-known man who is also Native, Michael Connor, despite dozens of tribal leaders telling Biden, publicly and privately, that they back Haaland.
“But her lack of policy experience worries some Biden advisers, who have suggested another Native American candidate: Michael L. Connor, a deputy Interior secretary in the Obama administration, whose experience is unquestioned,” reads a New York Times piece in late November.
“But many of Mr. Biden’s advisers fear that she lacks the experience to manage the sprawling complex agency,” reads a second New York Times piece on Thursday.
Another anonymous “conservation source” told The Hill on Wednesday that Haaland’s support by progressive groups could complicate her Senate confirmation. This person suggested Haaland’s support for the Green New Deal, a legislative plan aimed at addressing climate change and economic inequality, could cause problems.
But Biden himself has called the proposal a “crucial framework,” and another top candidate for Interior, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.), supports the plan, too.
The anonymous slights against Haaland haven’t gone unnoticed by her supporters, who say they are angry and confused to see her being belittled by people in Biden’s orbit. Some prominent Native women have noted the sexism of the anonymous comments, per reporter Julian Brave Noisecat. Some of Haaland’s supporters made similar suggestions to HuffPost privately; others were willing to go public with their frustrations.
“Of course it’s offensive to say she’s not qualified,” said Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.
Not only is Haaland equipped for the job, he said, but she embodies the kind of diversity and representation in government that Biden says he wants. It would be a seismic shift to put a Native American woman at the helm of the federal agency that oversees public lands ― the same lands from which Indigenous people were previously forcibly removed by the U.S. government.
It would also be historic: The U.S. has never had any Indigenous Cabinet secretaries.
“I think those individuals being anonymous should think that through for themselves, because by going after this person, you’re standing in the way of history,” Grijalva said. “We’re not going to get it again. She’s real. She’s authentic. She’s legitimate. And she should have it.”
He added, “Anything less than that, I think, is really going to create some blowback.”
Shannon Holsey, president of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican tribe in Wisconsin, lamented the “shroud of elusiveness” over the anonymous sources criticizing Haaland and floating Connor’s name instead. What’s odd about Connor suddenly being pushed, she said, is that so many tribal leaders are united behind Haaland while Connor’s name hasn’t even come up.
“If there are truly concerns, in the spirit of transparency, they should put them forward. I don’t know what the issues would be,” she said. “We’ve lived the past four years in this kind of shroud. Why would you start a new transition that way?”
Holsey is one of 150 tribal leaders who privately wrote to Biden last week in support of Haaland for Interior secretary. HuffPost obtained a copy of the letter and agreed to only excerpt from it.
“Rep. Haaland has championed the environment, helped lead efforts to address climate change, and worked to improve the nation-to-nation relationship between our Tribes and the United States – all issues within the Department of the Interior’s responsibilities,” reads the letter. “At every turn, she has been a leading voice against the Trump Administration’s work to roll back environmental protections ... She has also fought the Trump Administration’s efforts to cut programs that benefit tribal communities.”
It concludes, “As the leaders of sovereign tribal nations, we believe it is long past time that a Native American person serve as Secretary of the Interior. Further, we believe that Congresswoman Deb Haaland is ready to serve as Secretary.”
Adding to the confusion over the anonymous attacks on Haaland, Biden last week offered the Interior secretary job to New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, who has relatively little experience with the public lands and energy issues the Interior Department focuses on. Grisham turned down the offer, which already made no sense but also would have pitted her against Haaland and Udall, both colleagues from New Mexico.
One source who works closely with tribal leaders on federal strategy speculated there are people on Biden’s transition team who have worked with Connor in the past, and they are trying to push “a message of there being an alternative Native American” in an effort to help their former colleague get the Interior post.
“This is not the will of the tribes who have thrown their weight heavily behind Deb Haaland, who is highly qualified,” said this source, who requested anonymity to speak freely. “This is an age-old classic of divide and conquer where you are supposedly working with tribes but, at the end of the day, you do the thing you want to do.”
A spokesperson for Biden’s transition team said he could not confirm or deny that Haaland is under consideration for the Interior post (she is, but they have to say this), but whoever is anonymously criticizing Haaland is not someone authorized to speak for Biden’s team.
“No one is trying to discount Deb Haaland,” he said.
A Haaland spokesperson declined comment.
Connor, who currently works for the international law firm WilmerHale, did not respond to a request for comment.
Another member of Biden’s transition team emphasized that the team has already been meeting with dozens of tribal leaders, councils and organizations representing Indian Country, and will continue to do so in the coming weeks to strengthen government-to-government relations. The team also recently added a Native American doctor, Dr. Jim Jill, to its COVID-19 advisory board.
Regardless of who Biden picks for the post, the surge of momentum behind Haaland for Interior secretary ― not the most flashy job ― is remarkable. Republican and Democratic lawmakers have thrown their support behind her. Data for Progress, a progressive think tank, is circulating a petition urging Biden to pick Haaland for the post. Indigenous-led organizations like NDN Collective and Indigenous Environmental Network have been trying to get the hashtag #DebForInterior trending on Twitter.
Some have come up with hilarious memes to go with it.
Groups in New Mexico keep sending letters to Biden backing Haaland, too. On Saturday, 50 Indigenous, environmental and social justice organizations in the state wrote to Biden saying Haaland is “uniquely qualified” to be Interior secretary. This was a day after the All Pueblo Council of Governors formally urged Biden to nominate Haaland, and two weeks after the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council wrote a similar letter.
In the mix of those New Mexico tribes backing Haaland?
Taos Pueblo, Connor’s tribe.
I did not see you complaining when they appointed an American of Nigerian
descent as assistant Treasury Secretary. This is an excellent appointment.
This man is a 4 star general; he has served in uniform for 41 years. He is highly
educated, experienced and has commanded men in the field. This could be the
best Defense Secretary in a really long time. Some people wanted Joe to hire the
war-mongering Michelle Flournoy. Sometimes women who want to prove that
they are as war-mongering as men are the worst ones. Hilary Clinton is good
example of that.
General Austin and his friends in the military will be able to speak exactly the
same language. The military will have one of their own representing their best
interests to the president, and everyone will be better for it.
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How do you know this? He is a soldier, commanded by civilians. His job is to
fight where ever they send him. Full stop.
Looking spiffy in that uniform sir, if I must say so myself.dude has a wealth of experience.
I thought he might pick a Republican, but once he made Becerra the Secretary of HHS, I knewMSN
www.msn.com
that a black person was going to be Defense Secretary. Without black America, there would
be no Biden presidency. For all you fuckers and suckers who were considering to split the black
vote to "teach both parties" that the black American vote cannot be taken for granted, this is the
payout for those who voted with principle and conviction. This is what the antics of Ice Cube, Kanye,
Bob Johnson, the vacillating Fitty, John Sully, Herschel Walker and other coons did not succeed
in preventing. This is delivery in appreciation of the black vote. This is affirmation of the sincerity
of what Biden meant when he said to black America "I will always have your back". This is what
will cause the GOP to not only fear, but to begin making meaningful and substantial overtures to
the black community. Fact No. 1: Black America, especially black American women, decided this
presidential election. General Austin will be the constant reminder to cacs and all red-kneckery
that Donald Trump is NOT the president. And the reason why Donald Trump is not the president
is because black American women said so.
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Rocking people too sleep with this shit diversity extravaganza. It's all about policy, it would be great if he offered some.
And China.
Explane...I gots to know what you tied of... Kinsfolk
And it only took 25 fucking posts
He has not even president for an hour. How can you complain about a short-coming
he has not yet manifested?
I bet you are less than 20 years old, so let me educate you on how it used to be:
Ron Brown was one of the brilliant tacticians who schemed the political campaigns of
Jesse Jackson. In the 1992 elections, despondency had set into the Democratic pysche
as far as presidential elections were concerned. Republicans had crushed the Democrats
in all the elections since 1968. The only interregnum was the brief 4 year presidency of
Jimmy Carter. At the outset, the Democrats looked destined to lose, as the Republicans
candidate was the incumbent George Bush. President Bush had just been victorious in the
highly popular and sensationally successful Gulf War. He was veteran war hero of WW 2
in which had been shot down as a Navy pilot by the Japanese over the pacific ocean. As
if all of this was not enough, he was a highly regarded former congressman and chief of
the CIA.
Ron Brown assumed leadership of the DNC and was with the spoiling candidacy of Ross
Perot, responsible in scheming Clinton to an unexpected win in the General Elections.
Naturally, Ron Brown felt entitled to be nominated Secretary of State, but No, those
positions were reserved for white men. Ron was in stead rewarded the relatively minor
position of Commerce Secretary, whose obscurity was only eclipsed by the manner in
which he died- by suspiciously crashing into a Yugoslav mountain, in a US government
plane, while on US government duty...
So bro, this is not a minor development. Defense Secretary is an extremely powerful
position. This guy will be in charge of one the largest parts of the US budget, and will
be in command of several million men and women.
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The nigga ain't even sat down yet, gotdamn man.
Faggit
These miserable ass faggots won’t be happy until Umar is president begging niggas for money to paint the White House Black.
Boy you better Preach IT!
Give the Indians Secretary of the Interior
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