Well, it certainly took long enough.
Courtesy of CNN:
The General Services Administration has informed President-elect Joe Biden that the Trump administration is ready to begin the formal transition process, according to a letter from Administrator Emily Murphy sent Monday afternoon and obtained by CNN.
The letter is the first step the administration has taken to acknowledge President Donald Trump’s defeat, more than two weeks after Biden was declared the winner in the election.
Murphy said she had not been pressured by the White House to delay the formal transition and did not make a decision “out of fear or favoritism.”
“Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts,” Murphy wrote. “I was never directly or indirectly pressured by any Executive Branch official — including those who work at the White House or GSA — with regard to the substance or timing of my decision. To be clear, I did not receive any direction to delay my determination.”
The letter signals that Murphy has formally signed off on Biden’s victory, a normally perfunctory process known as ascertainment. The move will allow the transition to officially begin, permitting current administration agency officials to coordinate with the incoming Biden team, and providing millions in government funding for the transition.
The move toward ascertainment comes after Michigan formally certified its election results on Monday and Georgia certified its razor-thin presidential results on Friday. Pennsylvania is nearing certification of its election results, too.
If you do not think this lady was pressured by the Trump Administration to delay this thing I have some swampland I would like to sell you.
Trump himself also seemed to admit defeat though he of course had to make it sound like he still had a chance to stay in his job.
…fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols, and have told my team to do the same.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2020
How this guy is still so convinced that we do not see through his bullshit will forever elude me.
But who gives a shit what this guy says anymore?
We have a new leader in this country and this one actually knows how to do his fucking job.
Biden Transition Live Updates:
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/23/us/joe-biden-trump
I have decided, well good for YOU, Emily Murphy. I’m sure it was quite lucrative no matter what you say.
Biden’s first 7 cabinet picks: ‘all-star’ ‘dream team’ of experienced policymakers and ‘genuinely good people’
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/bidens-first-7-cabinet-picks-all-star-dream-team-of-experienced-policymakers-and-genuinely-good-people/
Janet Yellen Will Be Joe Biden’s Pick For Treasury Secretary: Reports
The former Federal Reserve chair would be the first woman to hold the influential Cabinet position.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/janet-yellen-treasury-biden-cabinet_n_5fbc173ec5b66bb88c6096c2
Biden Announces More Cabinet Picks, Including First Latino Homeland Security Chief
The president-elect also nominated Avril Haines to serve as the director of national intelligence. She would be the first woman to do so if confirmed.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden-cabinet-alejandro-mayorkas_n_5fbbedcdc5b6e4b1ea44dcd7
Biden picks Cuba-born immigrant to lead Homeland Security
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/biden-picks-cuba-born-immigrant-to-lead-homeland-securitybiden-picks-cuba-born-immigrant-to-lead-homeland-security/
Courteous and refined and with a side passion for rock guitar, Antony Blinken, named Monday to be US secretary of state, embodies the role of a diplomat both in image and mission coupled with a deep-rooted passion for human rights.
A longtime aide to President-elect Joe Biden, Blinken is a fluent French speaker and devoted believer in international cooperation who has vowed to work to repair US alliances badly frayed by Donald Trump’s in-your-face approach.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/tony-blinken-courtly-guitar-aficionado-with-interventionist-streak/
John Kerry, who signed Paris accord for US, is Biden’s climate envoy
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/john-kerry-who-signed-paris-accord-for-us-is-bidens-climate-envoy/
After Weeks Of Trying To Overturn Election, Trump Takes Credit For Approving Biden Transition
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/11/23/after-weeks-of-trying-to-overturn-election-trump-takes-credit-for-approving-biden-transition.html
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-undermined-his-own-official-after-his-administration-finally-began-the-biden-transition/
And he did!
‘He knows I’ll beat him like a drum’: Biden accuses Trump of abusing power to smear him
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/he-knows-ill-beat-him-like-a-drum-biden-accuses-trump-of-abusing-power-to-smear-him/2019/09/21/49bf62de-dc93-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html?outputType=amp
WATCH: Political Cockroach Steve Bannon Rips Bill Barr for Not Intervening in the Election on Behalf of Trump
https://www.politicususa.com/2020/11/23/watch-steve-bannon-rips-bill-barr-for-not-intervening-in-the-election-on-behalf-of-trump.html
I found Bannon’s rant to be inappropriate.
Joe Biden picks former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to be first female Treasury Secretary and brings back John Kerry as climate czar as Democrats’ cabinet takes shape
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8979515/Joe-Biden-picks-former-Federal-Reserve-chair-Janet-Yellen-female-Treasury-Secretary.html
Apart from the environment and covid, the most urgent concern is education. 100% of everything devi’s has done must be immediately trashed, she was never FOR education. Our kids must have a start in life from which to springboard. No fucking god or church in any school.
“Now it’s without the slightest doubt, that Joe Biden is the president-elect,” said Tribe. “He will be the president of the United States. He’s forming his cabinet. He’s governing more from outside the government than our pathetic president is from within the government. And it’s very clear that there are no options left. And I do want to say that we shouldn’t simply focus on the ineptitude of his lawyers. It’s not as though if he had a better legal team, he could have done anything. When you don’t have a case, no facts, no law, even get the best lawyers in the world, you’re not going to win. The reason he’s lost 39 out of 40 cases isn’t just that Giuliani and Sidney Powell were so stupid. Tt’s because they had no hands to play.”
Watch below:
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/no-hands-to-play-harvard-law-professor-says-even-competent-lawyers-wouldnt-have-saved-trumps-case/
I was never directly or indirectly pressured by any Executive Branch official — including those who work at the White House or GSA
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The fact that she even mentions this means trump called her.
She’s a lying c***.
Indeed. Don’t pee down my leg and tell me it’s raining.
“Our case STRONGLY continues,”
So Emily collapsed in a corner and cried. Gotcha.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-undermined-his-own-official-after-his-administration-finally-began-the-biden-transition/
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/trump-has-used-bullying-to-cultivate-an-illusion-of-winning-but-losing-is-a-defining-feature-of-his-life-biographer/
“At the end of the day, Trump at his core is who Trump has always been — a vaudevillian bully,”
While I’m glad this occurred, I still do not trust Trump one iota. I have no doubt he will do anything he can to hamper the Biden team or even worse. I won’t rest easy until Boden is sworn in.
We never had a 45. We went from 44 to 46.
I don’t either.
It all seems too “convenient.”
Analyst on Biden’s administration picks: ‘This is a record amount of diversity’
https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/analyst-bidens-administration-picks-record-202943213.html?guccounter=1
https://crooksandliars.com/2020/11/foxs-kilmeade-hysterical-bidens-foreign
Steve Doocy smacked down Kilmeade by summing it all up for him: “Well, that’s what happens when a new administration comes in.”
seems some one had a moment of clarity. about time. he can play all the golf he wants-up to time he goes to jail.
I will not miss Trump’s divisiveness, unhinged tweets and him spewing poisonous lies. Our country has deteriorated and now we know how rampant racism is, anger and hatred has morphed to common threats of violence, cheers for violence encouraged by lies to bait people to treat persons inhumanely.
Ricky Schroeder hadn’t been contacted by Biden for a job. Surely biden will call.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-admin-to-execute-only-woman-on-federal-death-row-8-days-before-biden-inauguration_n_5fbd134ec5b6e4b1ea45fb68