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@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates Lengthy <thread> on former guy's burrowed senior executives in federal gov't. @LongAsUCan2
Jan 24, 2021:
1/ "The practice of shifting employees from appointee to career status, informally called burrowing, occurs at the end of every presidency..." (con't)
washingtonpost.com/politics/biden…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 2/ "An Accountable[.]US review has found that, as of Mar 1, 2021, at least 24 Trump administration independent executive agency leaders who are uniquely positioned to undermine President Biden's agenda have remained in gov't positions..."
77-page PDF:
accountable.us/wp-content/upl…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 3/ Election Assistance Commission Commissioner
Donald Palmer
▸ attempted to promote in-person voting during the COVID-19 pandemic
▸ worked to undermine open and fair elections as a Virginia State election official
▸assisted former guy's 2016 voter fraud commission...

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 4/ Links are provided in accountable[.]us PDF⤴️.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation [FDIC]
FDIC
Jelena McWilliams
▸Sworn in on Jun 5, 2018 (more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 5/ Three FEC Commissioners:
James "Trey" Trainor
▸ rich history of pushing racial gerrymandering
▸ opponent of campaign finance regulation
Allen Dickerson
▸ repeatedly fought against campaign finance regulations
▸ top-paid Koch-funded think tank employee (con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 6/ FEC Commissioners, continued:
(p 60)
Sean Cooksey
▸Nominated Oct 30, 2020
▸Confirmed by Senate on Dec 9 2020
▸General Counsel to Josh Hawley
(more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 7/ 3 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officials
Neil Chatterjee
▸ former #MoscowMitch aide
▸ propped up fossil fuel companies
▸ undermined officials committed to fuel-neutral decision-making
▸ pushed controversial gas pipelines connected to former guy and #MoscowMitch...

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 8/ Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [FERC] officials
James Danly
▸ nominated by the former guy without an accompanying Democrat
▸ allowed his former industry law firm colleagues to act as equal participants in agency's meetings
(con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 9/ FERC official (continued)
(p 62)
Mark Christie*
▸Nominated in Jul 2020
▸Confirmed by US Senate on Nov 30 2020
*West Virginia native, unlikely to be related to Chris Christie (more...)
ferc.gov/about/commissi…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 10/ Federal Housing Finance Authority* Director
*runs Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Mark Calabria
▸former Pence aide
▸ties to a Koch-run think tank that wants to end federal control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 11/ Three National Labor Relations Board [NLRB] members
William Emanuel
▸ worked for a union-busting-firm
▸ flagrantly violated ethics norms
▸ refused to recuse himself where known conflicts of interests existed (con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 12/ NLRB members, continued:
John Ring
▸ reportedly retaliated against the NLRB's Inspector General for trying to enforce ethics agreements
Marvin Kaplan
▸never practiced labor law
▸advocated for weakening worker protections while working at a 'union-busting law firm' (more)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 13/ 2 National Mediation Board members
Gerald Fauth III
▸Senator Richard Burr's brother-in-law, dumped stock the same day Burr did shortly before COVID-related stock market crash
▸proposed a rule to undermine unions
May 6, 2020: (more on Richard Burr...)
propublica.org/article/burr-f…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 14/ Tangent on Richard Burr, and his Next Century Fund leadership PAC:
"NC Sen Richard Burr’s political committees have paid nearly $200,000 over the last 16 years to his in-laws and a firm employing his son for office rent and adm services."
Sep 15, 2016:
mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-wo…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 15/ National Mediation Board member:
(p 70)
Kyle Fortson
▸Confirmed by Senate on Nov 2, 2017
▸Previously served as Chairman from Jul 1, 2018 to Jun 30, 2019 (more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 16/ Postmaster General
Louis DeJoy
▸can only be removed by USPS Board of Governors☹️
Two Postal Regulatory Commission Commissioners
Ann Fisher
▸was principal Senate staffer for sweeping legislation that deeply undermined USPS (con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 17/ Postal Regulatory Commission Commissioner continued:
(p 65)
Ashley Jay Elizabeth Poling
▸Confirmed by Senate Aug 1, 2019
▸Term expires Nov 22, 2024
(more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 18/ (p 70)
Railroad Retirement Board Chairman:
Erhard R Chorlé
▸Confirmed by Senate on Jan 2, 2020
▸Sworn into office on Feb 6, 2020
(more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 19/ Two at Social Security Administration [SSA]:
Commissioner:
Andrew Saul
▸sat on the board of a group that advocated cutting Social Security
▸attempted to bust the SSA Union
▸worked to effectively deny due process to those applying for disability claims (con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 20/ SSA Deputy Commissioner:
David Black
▸attempted to bust the SSA Union
▸worked to effectively deny due process to those applying for disability claims
(more on SSA's Saul and Black...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 21/ Dec 18, 2020:
"Saul is a New Yorker and was Trump’s University of Pennsylvania Wharton School classmate. Appointed SSA commissioner last year [2019] for a 6-year term ending in 2025, he reports directly to the president." (more...)
washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 21/ "Senate Republicans 👉refused to confirm President Barack Obama’s appointee, Carolyn W. Colvin👈. 'As a result, in only 8 of the last 40 years has SSA had Senate-confirmed Democratic leadership,' [Linda] Benesch [communications director of Social Security Works] said. (con't)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 22/ ...'We think it’s time for Democrats to play hardball⤵️.'"
"Unlike lower-level appointees, the commissioner cannot simply be fired, according to a Social Security Works report 👉submitted to Biden’s transition staff👈." (con't)

https://twitter.com/SSWorks/status/1375103932335235074

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 23/ ...Commissioners can be dumped only for neglect of duty or malfeasance."
We need to amplify @SSWorks message for President Biden to fire Saul and Black for malfeasance in delaying coronavirus relief payments to social security/disability recipients.
rawstory.com/social-securit…

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 @SSWorks 24/ US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board [PCLOB]
(p 70)
Edward Felten
Adam Klein
Travis LeBlanc
Jane Nitze
▸member of Federalist Society
▸clerked for Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor
(more...)

@clearing_fog @TeresaCCarter2 @carrybeyond @bywillpollock @YDanasmithdutra @KyHoopFan @Ginger624 @HunterJCullen @CatsChocolates @LongAsUCan2 @SSWorks 25/ "At least 104 individuals were appointed to various boards, commissions, and councils within executive agencies that don't require Senate confirmation."
For more on the 104 people appointed to boards, etc., see accountable[.]us (tweet #2) and⤵️: /end
accountable.us/wp-content/upl…