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1 Dec, 4 tweets, 1 min read
NEW: The heads of legacy civil rights groups say they haven't been consulted about key cabinet picks and are frustrated they haven't met with Biden since the election. - latest from @spettypi and me

nbcnews.com/politics/white…
NAACP President Derrick Johnson: "We haven’t had a meeting with him ... we have not had direct conversations about key appointments. Civil right leaders in this country should be on par if not more than other constituency groups he has met with."
However, Arisha Hatch -- vice president of Color of Change, which was founded in 2005 -- says her organization is having almost daily calls with various members of the Biden team about issues like racial justice, and policy at major agencies like the Department of Treasury.
The Biden transition notes that half of the cabinet positions announced have been people of color and that the president-elect has announced 24 senior White House positions -- 5 are Black, 1 is Arab American and 5 are Latino.

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2 Dec
BIDEN CABINET NEWS: Joe Biden could announce his health team as soon as next week, which would include HHS Secretary, CDC Director and COVID czar -- for which Jeff Zients remains a favorite, a transition official tells @PeterAlexander.
The leading choices for Biden's HHS Secretary are former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo.

Notably no longer named as a top contender: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, sources tell @HeidiNBC and @PeterAlexander .
For Biden's Education Secretary: Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools, and Linda Darling Hammond, a Stanford education professor, are among the top contenders, per a transition official.

Also on the shortlist: Lily Eskelsen García and Randi Weingarten.
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21 Sep
NEWS: Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will lie in repose at the Supreme Court of the United States on Wednesday, September 23, and Thursday, September 24. - via @PeteWilliamsNBC
A private ceremony will take place in the Great Hall on Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. Following the private ceremony inside, Justice Ginsburg will lie in repose under the Portico at the top of the front steps of the Building to allow for public viewing outdoors.
The public is invited to pay respects to the late Justice Ginsburg in front of the Supreme Court building from approximately 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Wednesday, September 23, and from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Thursday, September 24.
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8 Sep
.@repjimcooper tells me his question during DeJoy's House testimony about reimbursing campaign donations was informed by a tip he got.

He also says “corporate CEOs pressuring employees to contribute to political campaigns” was the focus of his Harvard Law School thesis. #USPS
Rep. Jim Cooper adds: "With these megadonors, the question is always: ‘What did they do to squeeze these people [to contribute]?’ That’s the crux of it. The donations have to be voluntary."
I asked how Democrats would hold DeJoy to account, and Rep. Cooper noted that the committee has “124 former employees” they could subpoena, as well as the HR and payroll records referenced in the Washington Post reporting.
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3 Sep
A worker at Postmaster General Louis DeJoy's former company tells us of sweatshop-like conditions. Lakeisha Nelson says harassment was rampant, some pregnant workers suffered miscarriages, and one worker even died of cardiac arrest.

Part of my #USPS report today with @SRuhle:
Many of these incidents are documented in published reports:

NYT: XPO Logistics Will Close Warehouse Where Some Pregnant Workers Miscarried
nytimes.com/2019/02/14/bus…
TSDMemphis: "This much is known about the death of Linda Neal: She died Oct. 17, 2017 on the warehouse floor of XPO Logistics, where she worked." tri-statedefender.com/dueling-narrat…
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22 Aug
NEWS: I got a tip that someone in town for Robert Trump's White House funeral punched a server tonight at D.C.'s Fig & Olive restaurant. I called and an employee there confirmed it: "Somebody blindsided one of my servers. Clocked him right in the nose."
I'm told some in the group were still carrying funeral programs. The "unruly" group lashed out when the restaurant couldn't accommodate their large party. Employee: "It’s a pandemic, doing the best we can. Totally uncalled for." Employee says no "high-profile" Trump was involved.
The employee says he believes the server's nose is broken.
I asked if police were involved. Employee says they have security at City Center and he thought they were handling it with DC police. But neither security nor police did anything.
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21 Aug
Louis DeJoy told Sen. @GaryPeters today that he has not cut postal workers' overtime.

But this internal #USPS talking points document I obtained show how his policy changes have the same effect: prohibiting "extra"or "late" trips and mandating that carriers "return on time."
The #USPS document was internally circulated in July with the heading: "Pivoting for our Future"
Here's a variation of DeJoy's #USPS talking points as distributed to workers in the Appalachian District:

"Managing costs is critical to our organization and this includes matching workhours to the workload.”
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