This morning feels like the very beginnings of a return to normalcy and sanity
I woke up this morning not thinking about grabbing the phone to see what outrageous, silly or illegal thing that orange one has done. Instead, I enjoyed the warmth of being snuggled by our new rescue dog (our first little dog, a Feist type, and the first that shares the bed with my wife and I) - my lab was licking my face, our other dog did his morning jump on to the end of our bed. I thought of the frost on the lawn, of making coffee, of listening to our morning music and my wife and I chat about what we are going to do today.
I turn to DU - and there are posts about Farm ownership, bank evictions due to COVID fall out, about the climate and global warming, about Thanksgiving. Sure, a few orange jerk related things were sprinkled throughout (he is not gone yet) - but there wasn't a full stop blaring siren slate of it's outrageous tweets and lies hijacking the discussions.
Because my wife and I don't watch TV or listen to the radio, trump didn't quite rent as large a space in our brains as many others have had to put up with, but his assholery was always there. Today, I want to focus on the hope of what lies ahead once Jan 20 arrives - on what I am going to cook for our Thursday dinner, about where we will walk the dogs.
There are a heap of broken things and troubles that our new president and vice president will have to tackle. But maybe they - and we - can deal with them one at a time, or at least without the red flashing light pace of a tweeting asshole who never did have any good ideas, plans or concerns for his office or his people.
Happy Tuesday, DU!
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and each day his goal seemed to be to ratchet up the worse
Hope all is well in your neck of the woods - it is certainly different here, 4 hours west of you!
This is the most positive I've been in 4 years, and this is going into the worst part of the pandemic.
Because we will very soon have really competent folks to run this country again, I couldn't be happier. I'm not sure if I will survive all of this, but with Joe and Kamala leading the way, I am certain that my family, friends, and fellow Americans will not only survive but thrive.
We got our country back, folks! Let's get those 2 GA Senate seats, and then we're really on our way!
BTW nice to see that Biden & Harris are bringing in grown ups who believe in science and education.
Reema Dodin
Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Reema Dodin currently serves as a volunteer on the Biden-Harris Transition Team leading legislative engagement for the confirmations process. She also serves as Deputy Chief of Staff and Floor Director to the Senate Democratic Whip, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL). Prior to that, Dodin served as Senator Durbin’s Floor Counsel, Research Director and as an aide to his Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law. Dodin has served as a volunteer voter-protection counsel on a number of campaigns, including the Obama for America campaign. She is a Truman National Security Fellow, a New Leaders Council Fellow, an Aspen Socrates alum, a former term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the Jenkins Hill Society — a consortium of women in politics supporting female politicians. Dodin is the co-author of a primer on House and Senate Floor procedures through Brookings publications. Originally from California, Dodin is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Shuwanza Goff
Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs
Shuwanza Goff served as Floor Director for the House of Representatives under House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer. The first Black woman to hold the position, Goff determined which bills came to the House floor, set the legislative schedule, and helped craft the overall House Democratic agenda. Prior to that, Goff was Director of Legislative Operations for Representative Hoyer when he was minority whip. Goff has also served as Floor Aide, Floor Assistant, and Staff Assistant for Representative Hoyer. Originally from Virginia, Goff is a graduate of the University of Tennessee and American University
A better world is possible again.
