Kalpana Kotagal wants to destroy fossil fuels. By doing so, she wants the United States to be completely neutered and dependent on foreign regimes to supply the U.S. with energy. This not only hurts our national security capabilities, but it places Americans in the hands of the Middle East and China to supply electricity to […]
Research Memorandum Many of the Biden administration’s ambassador nominees have a long history of significant campaign contributions to Biden’s 2020 campaign and other Democratic campaigns and PACs. Six of the pending ambassador nominees going up for confirmation have totaled $12,732,825.10 in campaign contributions throughout their careers. President Biden publicly promised to break from the practice […]
Brainard “Transparency” with Household Employees During Lael Brainard’s 2009 nomination hearing for her appointment as Undersecretary of Treasury for International Affairs, many Senators voiced their concerns over Brainard’s lack of transparency and promptness with handing over tax returns and employment forms. Senator Grassley commented that “the lack of candor, accuracy, and timeliness in addressing these […]
Lael Brainard, Biden’s pick for Vice Chairman at the Federal Reserve, worked against both political parties to alleviate pressure on China for their currency manipulation while working for the Obama administration. Around that time, both Republican and Democrats expressed concern over China undervaluing its currency, which manipulates the markets, and went so far as to […]
Biden nominated the daughter of House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn to be the Federal Chairperson of the Southeast Crescent Regional Commission. Jennifer Clyburn Reed’s nomination to the post comes amidst allegations of nepotism from President Barack Obama’s former Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Many see Clyburn Reed’s appointment as payoff for Rep. Clyburn’s […]
Joe Biden’s summer tranche of nominees to fill positions in the highest levels of the US government is flush with political donors and loyal allies. The American Accountability Foundation reviewed 22 individuals nominated to be Ambassadors for diplomatically critical appointments and found all but a few going to political loyalists, mega donors, defectors, and campaign […]
