Is it Marty, Patrick, or Julie?
Executive Branch
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will California’s Julie Su Be Biden’s Labor Secretary?
If he appoints her, she’d be the 21st-century Frances Perkins.
Posted inTAP
Biden’s Cabinet: The Scorecard So Far
Today on TAP: How the executive branch is shaping up
Posted inCabinet Watch
The Most Important Biden Appointee No One Has Heard Of
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs can determine the scope of the Biden presidency.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Biden’s Climate Picks Show That It’s Still John Podesta’s Party
The longtime Democratic insider appears to have major influence in Bidenworld.
Posted inDay One Agenda
It’s Time to End the Korean War
Seventy years into the conflict, Biden can resolve the original forever war.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Will Biden’s Surprise VA Pick Halt the Slide Toward Privatization?
Denis McDonough has a choice: continue the outsourcing of the VA health system, or rebuild its in-house capacity.
Posted inCabinet Watch
How a Status Quo Biden Cabinet Pick Would Burn
Ursula Burns, the former Xerox CEO, would carry to the Commerce Department a prodigious amount of baggage.
Posted inCabinet Watch
FOB (Biden, not Bill) Pete Buttigieg Gets the DOT
The former mayor of South Bend will become the secretary of transportation, despite light experience in an area crucial to the president-elect’s Build Back Better regime.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Does Jeffrey Zients Have the Private-Sector Experience We Want in Government?
In an age of financialization and monopoly, ‘private-sector experience’ too often translates into those who successfully plunder for profit.
