Thread by @AlexThomp

NEW in Transition Playbook was @theodoricmeyer

Impeachment threatens the derail Biden transition, confirmation, early legislation.

A Senate trial (which prob won’t start til Jan. 20) will likely stall confirmations etc. for weeks, per rule experts.

politico.com/newsletters/tr…

you can change the rules on impeachment trials w/ a majority but
Unc’s Michael Gerhardt says: “If it got streamlined further I think some people would begin to question whether it’s a credible trial, and some of those people might be in the U.S. Senate”

the main purpose of continuing the impeachment process after Trump leaves office would be to disqualify him from running for president in 2024 or any federal office in the future.

That requires a separate vote by the Senate BUT only after a conviction with two-thirds majority.

Also @IsabelCGuzman has a great profile on why the SBA administrator is gonna have one of the hardest jobs in the admin. (Subscribers only)

subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2021/0…

Also, finally we know the Biden cabinet nominations are over since the Biden team is reversing Trump’s decision to make CIA director a cabinet post.
More on that here.

We also have a VERY important update on Janet Yellen’s 15k-50k stamp collection. Honestly still really want to see this thing

Also, which cabinet nominee once wrote this in a published music review: “I remember in agonizing detail a crush I had my second year of high school. After class, I would go home and release the pent-up frustration of unrequited love with my stereo.”
Read to find out!