Biden promises "masking requirements, a new strategy for testing," and "accelerated production of protective gear" starting on his administration's first day in office.
"The truth is this — the Trump administration failed to prioritize cybersecurity," @JoeBiden says, speaking about the alleged Russian attack on US networks.
"We can't let this go unanswered," Biden says. "That means making clear and publicly, who is responsible for the attack, and taking meaningful steps to hold them in account."
He adds that AG Barr and others have said it was Russia.
NEW: With a month before @JoeBiden's inauguration, @realDonaldTrump is largely idle but increasingly out of touch with reality in a way that is causing even those loyalists to be alarmed over what could transpire during the month left in his presidency. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-s…
"It's sad and pathetic," one Trump confidant said of the way his obsession with remaining in office has caused him to seek succor in utter crackpots and conspiracy theorists. “You’d be surprised who the ‘adults in the room’ are these days,” they added. independent.co.uk/voices/trump-s…
“He’s not really interested in anything that happens anymore...he’s plotting and scheming to remain in a job that he’s more or less given up because he doesn’t want to go back to being a regular rich guy who'll still be one of the most famous men on Earth.”independent.co.uk/voices/trump-s…
Good morning. Even though I'm not nearly important enough to have been asked to predict journalism things for @NiemanLab, I'd like to offer some. I hope I am proved wrong about all of them.
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1. "Open press" events will remain dead post-vaccine: Because of the pandemic, both the Trump White House and Biden campaign/transition have limited access to in-person events, news conferences, and briefings to a small circle of deep-pocketed news outlets. While these limits...
...are supposed to be temporary, they have also magnified the advantages enjoyed by the participating outlets (and the reporters who work for them) & helped insulate both the White House and campaign/transition from questioning by those with differing backgrounds/ perspectives...
Ok, that I file under "an inability to play well w/ others" (admittedly a broad definition). But you've long had the star power to strike out on your own when desired, which is fine. Yet those of us who haven't had long, celebrated outlet-hopping careers don't have that option...
...and while I have no problem w/ your, or Matt's, or Glenn's choices, I am vexed by the irresponsible, irrationally exuberant & breathless way media & tech reporters are presenting substack as a magic solution to the hellish landscape that I and far too many others are stuck in.
Your issues with "the msm" aside, you, @sullydish, can walk in and out of it as you wish, while those of us w/o your (or Matt's, or Glenn's) connections / pedigree are left with our faces pressed against the glass because the best way to get a job is still to already have one...
NEW: As @JoeBiden introduces @PeteButtigieg as his Transportation Secretary-designate, activists grow increasingly vexed at the 46th President's largely conventional picks. But more senior progressives say they need to have more faith in Biden's sincerity. independent.co.uk/voices/biden-d…
One veteran activist warned that progressives are "getting too wrapped up into the personality of it all" instead of focusing on what policies the Biden administration will pursue. independent.co.uk/voices/biden-d…
The former @BernieSanders staffer complained that the angst over Biden's picks are never satisfied, "Like when...the progressives who said he needs people of color see a pick like Cedric Richmond and immediately say: ‘No, not that one!’" independent.co.uk/voices/biden-d…