Thread by @FoldableHuman

The Biden COVID task force is particularly interesting to me because it suggests that the Biden/Harris transition team are just going to immediately start operating like the Executive branch in any capacity that they can.

And, thing is, they probably can get away with a lot?

And this creates a weird situation because the current executive is 1) dysfunctional, 2) only likely to become more so over the next couple months, and 3) when not dysfunctional actively evil.

So "it's not official yet, but let's just listen to the new guy" is REAL appealing.

But does that then create a precedent for new admins to basically start soft-governing before the EC has even met, or does everyone just go "no, that was a 2020 thing, it was a strange year"?

I guess the solid counterpoint is that a functional administration doesn't have the kind of Swiss cheese holes that make it possible for the new admin to just move in prematurely.

Biden can just take over the COVID response because there isn't a COVID response.