Biden Appointments Tag

Biden Nominee for Bureau of Land Management Allegedly Worked With ‘Eco-Terrorists’

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 17, 2021 19 Comments

Democrats and the Biden administration keep talking about how urgent it is to deal with extremism and radicalism. Does that argument apply to Joe Biden's appointments? Tracy Stone-Manning, who Biden nominated to head the Bureau of Land Management, allegedly worked with eco-terrorists in the 1990s. Shouldn't that disqualify her?

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McConnell: I’ll Block Biden SCOTUS Appointment in 2024 (and Maybe 2023) If I’m Majority Leader

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 14, 2021 45 Comments

Says "it’s highly unlikely. In fact, no, I don’t think either party, if it controlled [the Senate], if it were [a] different [party] from the president, would confirm a Supreme Court nominee in the middle of an election. What was different in 2020 was we...

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Biden Will Nominate LA Mayor Eric Garcetti as Ambassador to India

Posted by Leslie Eastman on June 01, 2021 33 Comments

The last few times the Legal Insurrection team covered Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, we called for his resignation over the appalling homelessness crisis and reviewed his harsh COVOD-restrictions.

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Biden’s Pick to Head ATF Wants to Ban AR-15s

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2021 45 Comments

Biden has made some awful appointments, but none so far have been as dangerously outside the mainstream as David Chipman. Biden wants him to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. Chipman openly admitted in a hearing on Wednesday that he wants to ban the AR-15, the most popular rifle in America today.

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Biden Picks Catherine Lhamon, Enemy of Campus Due Process, To Head Civil Rights Office in Education Dept.

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 14, 2021 26 Comments

Joe Biden has picked Catherine Lhamon, a holdover from the Obama administration, to head civil rights in his education department. Advocates of free speech and due process on campus have concerns.

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Pskai: Biden ‘Proud to Have’ UN Ambassador Who Called U.S. Founding Principles Racist

Posted by Mary Chastain on April 16, 2021 46 Comments

UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield insisted that America has to acknowledge its own human rights failure before it rejoins the UN Human Rights Council. She claimed she has seen "how the original sin of slavery weaved white supremacy into our founding documents and principles."

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Democrats preparing legislation to pack Supreme Court, adding four new Justices

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 14, 2021 83 Comments

"The bill would add four seats to the high court, bringing the total to 13, from the current 9"...

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Here Come The Biden Judges, Including His Likely Eventual SCOTUS Nominee

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 30, 2021 28 Comments

Will Republicans have the guts to go after the Biden appellate court nominees to prevent SCOTUS grooming the way Democrats went after Miguel Estrada?...

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Hirono, Duckworth Play Race Card With Biden’s Cabinet Nominees

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 24, 2021 14 Comments

Sens. Tammy Duckworth (IL) and Mazie Hirono (HI) said they would object to future Cabinet appointments by President Joe Biden if he did not nominate more Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). I believe we call that racism when a person prefers a race over others.

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Neera Tanden Withdraws Nomination for Biden’s Office of Management and Budget

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 02, 2021 7 Comments

It's official. Tanden is out. Tanden's nomination was dead in the water without the support of Sen. Manchin. The person in Biden's ear said they "looked forward to having her serve in a role" in the administration, just not this one.

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Psaki Suggests Appointing a Woman to Run the Small Business Administration is a Great Help to Small Businesses

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 17, 2021 46 Comments

When Press Secretary Jen Psaki what President Joe Biden is doing to help their small business, her response was definitely not expected.

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