Thread by @MontyBoa99

Some of Joe Biden's earliest priorities should include:

- Fully staffing & funding the Federal Elections Comm'n, hobbled by the GOP
- Rebalancing the FCC to enforce new regs on 'news' accuracy, labeling of 'opinion' in media
- Empaneling a comm'n into gov't corruption
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- Authorizing sanctions powers for the Office of Gov't Ethics, other toothless watchdog agencies
- Campaign finance and duration reform
- A fast-track for gov't corruption cases in judicial system (SJC governs)
- Expanded funding and staffing for Judiciary

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- Restoring Catch-and-Release under supervision for illegal immigrants
- Winding down of CBP and ICE's Guantanomo for-profit detention centers
- Reviewing no-bid, exorbitantly-priced federal contracts issued under Trump, esp. FBI building and detention centers

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- Response to all subpoenas issued to the Trump admin by Congress and plaintiffs

- Reviews of all:
. criminal referrals to DOJ during Trump admin
. do-not-prosecute decisions made with input
from 1st & 2nd-tier DOJ officials
. NSC lawyers' actions in #Ukrainegate

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Reviews of all:
- Mat'ls classified with NSC, ODNI or WH General Counsel input to identify cover-ups
- Appts made in violation of the Succession Acts, and decisions made by illegally-appointed officials
- Trump judicial appts (SJC & Appeals) for perjury or prior misconduct

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- Review of all agency major deregulation decisions, to confirm conformance with requirements such as the Administrative Procedures Act for adequate consideration of stakeholders' input, and proper impact assessments

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- Investigation into US's sudden support for the Saudi Arabian blockade of Qatar, and its prompt lifting after Qatar reversed their rejection of a loan app from Kushner real estate co Cadre to refinance his 666 5th Ave white elephant

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- Review of disposition of Mueller's referrals of suspicious fin'l txns between Trump associates and Russian-influenced parties, esp. within Treasury's FINCEN group

- Review of Fox New's in-kind campaign donations to Republican candidates, in the form of free media time

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- Review of Trump, Flynn and Barrack's negotiations and actions to arrange the sale of highly-sensitive nuclear power technology to Saudi Arabia

- Review of WH-FEMA interactions, deployments, contract awards, and funds disbursement for Hurricane Maria recovery in Puerto Rico

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- Review of FCC's decision-making process in canceling #NetNeutrality , including the use of sock-puppet public comments filings involving stolen citizens' identities, corporate lobbying, and balanced consideration of opposing viewpoints

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- Push for legislation to prevent the use of gov't shutdowns to extort decisions that the majority of Congress opposes, or pork provisions for members' districts

- Review the Constitutionality of Senate rules that permit the majority leader to ignore the will of the Senate

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- Launch a public awareness program vs common misconceptions promoted by either party about gov't's role in:
. stewarding collective resources
. discharging collective responsibilities, e.g. common defense, insurance vs commonly-shared risks, care of the infirm, etc.

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- Launch a public awareness pgm vs common misconceptions promoted by either party:

. basic economic effects of taxes, tax cuts, subsidies
. the role, impacts and benefits of for-profit & not-for-profit approaches to any enterprise (capitalism vs socialism vs hybrid)

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- Launch a public awareness pgm vs common misconceptions:

. The relationship between opinions & conclusions
. The use of evidence to form conclusions
. Appropriate skepticism vs contrariness
. Assessing the reliability of opinions, conclusions and evidence

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There are a lot of other initiatives that the new administration could take on.

It would be great to see the U.S. gov't make reparations for the Zero Tolerance policy. The world needs to see it. Those immigrants deserve it.

Sponsored citizenship for all split families?

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