4 MSNBC contributors are leaving the network to join ⁦@JoeBiden ⁩ administration

[demmiblue]

4 MSNBC contributors are leaving the network to join ⁦@JoeBiden
administration

Health expert Ezekiel Emanuel

Legal analyst Barbara McQuade

Political analyst Richard Stengel &

Historian Jon Meacham.

All will be invited back as unpaid guests.

Link to tweet

Biden was able to snag four MSNBC contributors. On Wednesday, the network confirmed to The Hill that health expert Ezekiel Emanuel, legal analyst Barbara McQuade, political analyst Richard Stengel and historian Jon Meacham will no longer be paid by the network. They will all be moving on to work with Biden in various capacities or have already started.

All of the former contributors will be invited back as unpaid guests with full disclosure of what their participation is in the Biden administration.

Emanuel was the special advisor for health policy to the director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2011, per The Wharton School’s website. He will serve on Biden’s coronavirus task force though he’s currently facing backlash for a piece he wrote in 2014 saying he hopes to be dead by 75, per Newsweek.

[spooky3]

1. Excellent choices! But please don't take all of our favorites! Nt

[liberalla]

2. Congratulations to them!

Excellent choices!

[BComplex]

3. That's awesome!! Now will they make Neal Katyal Attorney General so he can go after all the

skuzz buckets in the trump world, and try to get back the wonderful DOJ people that had to leave because of Bill Barr's term of terror?

[2naSalit]

4. Or maybe Preet Bahara?

I can think of a number of choices who would be good but those who aren't AG could serve on a special council and investigations.

[Lonestarblue]

9. Preet Bharara for Independent Counsel.

We need a strong investigator to track Trump’s financial ties to Russia, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia and to identify how Trump profited by selling or giving them US national intelligence. Even if Trump arranges for Pence to be President for a day so he can pardon him, this investigation needs to happen so we know what dangers we face.

[csziggy]

7. While I admire him, he supported Gorsuch

Why Did Neal Katyal Go an Extra Mile for Neil Gorsuch?
“Judge Gorsuch and I come from different sides of the political spectrum,” Katyal said in his introduction. “We disagree about many things. But we agree on the most important things: That all people are equal before the law, and that a judge's duty is to the law, and to the Constitution above all.”
By Tony Mauro | March 21, 2017 at 04:34 PM

https://www.law.com/sites/almstaff/2017/03/21/why-did-neal-katyal-go-an-extra-mile-for-neil-gorsuch/?slreturn=20201012131837

Article itself is behind a paywall.

Also behind a paywall: Op-Ed Contributor

Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch

By Neal K. Katyal
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/31/opinion/why-liberals-should-back-neil-gorsuch.html

[demmiblue]

8. Wow, I somehow missed that. n/t

[csziggy]

12. I had, too - but I was comparing Katyal to Bahara

Their careers are very different and Preet Bahara's is much more impressive and appropriate for the Attorney General position.

[demmiblue]

14. If the Senate retains the majority, I don't think a Bharara nomination...

would be confirmed, sadly.

The whole nomination process regarding Biden's picks is going to be frustrating.

[csziggy]

17. Somehow we have to shut down Mitch McConnell

Since he has absolutely no interest in the good of the country, only in getting power for his side and lining his pockets.

[BComplex]

20. I missed that, too.

I'm surprised. And disappointed. Truly.

[IronLionZion]

19. Dems have a deep bench of qualified AG candidates

including Sally Yates and Doug Jones and Preet Bharara

[11cents]

5. I think they're on the transition, not necessarily in the forthcoming administration.

[2naSalit]

10. Many of them are on the transition team...

And not necessarily going to be Cabinet candidates. I am sure that some in the team will be in the Cabinet though, like Susan Rice for SOS.

[DeminPennswoods]

22. Yes, all four were named to the Biden Transition Team

I'm surprised, but very happy, an historian has been named. I wish there'd be a "council of historians" in the WH just like there's a council of economic advisers.

[UTUSN]

6. So... will MSNBC revert to previous incarnations of being packed with wingnuts?!

Talking the days of Pat BUCHANAN, the Savage WIENER, Joe SCABS - oh, wait, he's right there!1

[BComplex]

21. I have as much trouble watching Joe Scarborough (AND Mika) as I did trying to watch DJT.

There's just something really icky about them.I can't explain it. It's just a reaction.

[UTUSN]

24. Well, I can explain the "icky" part: We start with their first phase of perpetrator-victim

relationship: How he verbally and emotionally abused her in the first few years of their work coupling. Then the onset of their "flirty" stage. Then the blatant sexualization, with her on the desk & him Cheshire Cat. Then the ditching of their spouses. Then the mock distancing on air while something was definitely up. Then the Reveal and marriage. Though I stopped watching them much starting in 2012, the couple of glimpses I've had lately seems to show some tension again.

How's *THAT* for "icky"?!1

[3catwoman3]

30. That picture is disturbing as hell.

I was shocked the first time I saw it.

How could one possibly expect to be taken seriously in one’s chosen profession when posing for a picture like that?

[UTUSN]

32. Yip, but I cringe and retch more with the hundreds of pics of the current prez!1

It's been such a RELIEF since Saturday NOT TO CARE what he says or does every day and I wish NO pics of him were anywhere, especially here at DU!

[dbonds]

25. I can't stand Joe's smarmy bloviating.

He uses any excuse to trash dems.

[Dem4Life1102]

11. What about Claire McCaskill???

Surely she would make a good member of the Cabinet.

[Butterflylady]

13. I have great respect for them all

But especially John Meacham.

[tosh]

15. Yes, I truly admire John Meachum.

[Rhiannon12866]

16. Twitter reply:

Link to tweet

[Cha]

34. Exactly. What a concept! I'm in heaven!

[Rhiannon12866]

35. I know!

Choosing experts and those with experience in their positions?! No more "anti" appointments?! What a wonderful concept!

[Faux pas]

18. Kicketty Kickin'

[DeminPennswoods]

23. You can add Ron Klain to that group, too

He's on MSNBC a lot.

[Hekate]

26. This is fantastic news

[True Blue American]

27. Woah!

I did not know Jon Meacham was leaving. Ezekiel is on his COVID-19 board. An Barbara is one brilliant woman.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Ezekiel (Zeke) is Rahm's brother n/t

[bdamomma]

29. Congrats to

all, we have an experienced team. Thank Goodness, no thugs in our Party.

[jayschool2013]

31. You reminded me of an XTC song

Here's a cover by John Munson, where he references Trump as a "thug" in "our house"

No Thugs in Our House

[bdamomma]

33. I'm going to

listen now.

Love that rock n roll.