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Biden is wasting no time putting together his thoroughly anti-worker, ultra-militarist government. Let's take a look at these cabinet picks. THREAD:

Long-time Biden aide Antony Blinken has secured the position of Secretary of State.

Blinken was Deputy Secretary of State during Barack Obama’s presidency, where he supported the disastrous war on Libya which created the conditions for the enslavement of Black people in Libya.

Earlier in Blinken’s career, when he was a top aide to then-Senator Joe Biden, he supported the invasion of Iraq and advocated the colonial-style partition of Iraq along sectarian lines.

Michele Flournoy is frontrunner to be named Secretary of Defense. She recently wrote an article where she emphasized how important it was that the U.S. military be able to credibly threaten to sink all Chinese vessels in the South China Sea in 72 hours.

Representative Cedric Richmond will lead the White House Office of Public Engagement. Richmond is notorious for his close ties to the oil and gas industry. His district includes 7 of the 10 most air-polluted census tracts in the country, according to the EPA.

The ONLY way to win Medicare for All, cancellation of student debt, and other desperately needed reforms under an administration so thoroughly reactionary is to demand it, and back up those demands with a fighting movement of the working class. Read more:

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Alejandro Mayorkas will lead the Department of Homeland Security.

Mayorkas, whose father was a factory owner in Cuba before moving to the U.S. after the country’s revolution, was Obama's head of Citizenship and Immigration Services and as Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.

He was part of the immigration team that helped Obama earn the nickname “Deporter in Chief” for carrying out an eye-popping number of deportations that spread terror in immigrant communities.

Jake Sullivan's spot as National Security Advisor suggests a Biden admin may seek to reduce tensions with Iran, which almost exploded until all-out war earlier this year.

Sullivan was reportedly part of the team that secretly met with Iranian officials in 2013 to initiate negotiations for the JCPOA nuclear deal, which the foreign policy establishment saw as a tactical retreat to allow U.S. imperialism to focus elsewhere, particularly on China.

All in all, these nominations are aimed at reassuring Wall Street that no major pro-worker reforms are on the table, and making it clear that the Biden administration is fully committed to using the U.S. war machine to dominate the globe. Read more:

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