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LINK Letters From An American 12/18/2020

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, appointed by Trump after he fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper by tweet on November 9, this morning abruptly halted the transition briefings the Pentagon had been providing, as required by law, to the incoming Biden team. Observers were taken aback by this unprecedented halt to the transition process, as well as by the stated excuse: that Defense Department officials were overwhelmed by the number of meetings the transition required. Retired four-star general Barry R. McCaffrey, a military analyst for NBC and MSNBC, tweeted: “Pentagon abruptly halts Biden transition—MAKES NO SENSE. CLAIM THEY ARE OVERWHELMED. DOD GOES OPAQUE. TRUMP-MILLER UP TO NO GOOD. DANGER.”

After Axios published the story and outrage was building, Miller issued a statement saying the two sides had decided on a “mutually-agreed upon holiday, which begins tomorrow.” Biden transition director Yohannes Abraham promptly told reporters: “Let me be clear: there was no mutually agreed upon holiday break. In fact, we think it’s important that briefings and other engagements continue during this period as there’s no time to spare, and that’s particularly true in the aftermath of ascertainment delay," a reference to the delay in the administration’s recognition of Biden’s election.

Later, the administration suggested the sudden end to the transition briefings was because Trump was angry that the Washington Post on Wednesday had published a story showing how much Biden could save by stopping the construction of Trump’s border wall. Anger over a story from two days ago seems like a stretch, a justification after the briefings had been cancelled for other reasons. The big story of the day, and the week, and the month, and the year, and probably of this administration, is the sweeping hack of our government by a hostile foreign power. The abrupt end to the briefings might reflect that the administration isn’t keen on giving Biden access to the crime scene.

HippieChick58 9 Dec 19
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EVERY policy trump has made benefited one man - putin. I am sure his supporters in the senate realize this and yet they allow it to continue.
As of today there are 31 days and hours til Biden takes the Oath of Office. trump and his supporters are going for the scorched earth approach. Americans are in real danger.

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Trump's neck deep in Putins ass..and he went in feet first..🤬👹

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The hired liar of the liar in chief lied. What a surprise.

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The time when all this nonsense will stop is when media discontinues any actions of any kind with Donald Trump. I don't want to be hearing any kind of crap from this man on what he says, believes, or does. Why would I care? Why should you care?

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Biden transition team: "There was no mutually agreed-upon holiday break." "In fact...there is no time to spare"

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