# 2020 Presidential Transition Discussion **URL:** \ **Category:** Political Topics\ **Created:** [November 13, 2020, 10:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056 "2020-11-13T22:42:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 14
**Author:** ![The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/the_president/32/70075_2.png) [@The\_President](https://community.goactuary.com/u/The_President)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/262 "2021-01-20T17:42:41Z")
Profile Updated ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/263 "2021-01-20T17:52:09Z")
> [@NormalDan](#): > > we’re listening to a priest atm. I paused the ceremony to make some lunch so I took this at face value, but now that I watched the rest of the ceremony, the guy who delivered the benediction was not a priest. It was a good benediction too, IMO. (Not surprising as obviously you’ll bring your A-game to a Presidential inauguration.) ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/264 "2021-01-20T18:05:30Z")
> [@The\_President](#): > > Profile Updated Nicely done. ---
**Author:** ![daaaave](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@daaaave](https://community.goactuary.com/u/daaaave)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/265 "2021-01-20T19:27:54Z")
> [@Celalta](#): > > I cried at “a nation that isn’t broken, but unfinished” I loved that line too. She totally killed it, most all of the poem was great ---
**Author:** ![Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Indy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:05am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/266 "2021-01-21T03:05:49Z")
I think the impeachment did us some good here. Someone told him that if he pardoned the insurrectionists he would lose the Senate 100-0. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:27am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/267 "2021-01-21T04:27:01Z")
> [@daaaave](#): > > > [@Celalta](#): > > > > I cried at “a nation that isn’t broken, but unfinished” > > I loved that line too. She totally killed it, most all of the poem was great Yeah, I rarely like poetry, especially poetry written on demand for some occasion. But I really like that. She was great. ---
**Author:** ![djdadude](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/djdadude/32/1876_2.png) [@djdadude](https://community.goactuary.com/u/djdadude)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/268 "2021-01-21T04:32:26Z")
Wonder what win diesel and 2pac were feeling today ---
**Author:** ![twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/twig93/32/527_2.png) [@twig93](https://community.goactuary.com/u/twig93)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 4:32am UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/269 "2021-01-21T04:32:56Z")
> [@Indy](#): > > I think the impeachment did us some good here. Someone told him that if he pardoned the insurrectionists he would lose the Senate 100-0. I’m sure Ted Cruz would still vote for acquittal. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/270 "2021-01-21T13:02:42Z")
And Ito. ---
**Author:** ![Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Indy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/271 "2021-01-21T14:37:37Z")
Yeah, unfortunately you’re right. Maybe 90-10? At least 67-33? But, I still think the impeachment constrained Trump in the last couple weeks to some extent. ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/272 "2021-01-21T15:02:34Z")
> [@djdadude](#): > > Wonder what win diesel and 2pac were feeling today 2pac is probably still waiting for the space force to swoop in, arrest Biden and all the Dems, and declare Trump the president. win diesel is too focused on gym, tan, laundry to worry about the inauguration. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 2:58pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/273 "2021-01-22T14:58:32Z")
Huh, I was thinking that 2pac probably believes that trump still IS the president, and the whole inauguration thing is a massive conspiracy to hide the truth. But that windy is pissed that the vote was stolen. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nick_papagiorgio/32/451_2.png) [@Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Nick_Papagiorgio)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/274 "2021-01-22T16:55:56Z")
> [@twig93](#): > > I suspect Biden is playing up the Christian stuff in part because he’s only the second Catholic POTUS ever (and only Catholic VPOTUS) but mostly to try to send a message of unity / reassurance to the “religious right” Biden’s faith is important to him. He went to mass right before this. Any person of faith that became President would definitely want to consider being responsible for 330,000,000 members of God’s creation. ---
**Author:** ![Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/lucy/32/8802_2.png) [@Lucy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Lucy)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 5:03pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/275 "2021-01-22T17:03:20Z")
Yeah, I think Biden is genuinely religious, and he’s “playing up” the Christian stuff because it matters to him. I think he’s trying to include members of other faiths in the religious stuff to give a message of unity, but I think the Christian stuff is for him. ---
**Author:** ![soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/soyleche/32/42_2.png) [@soyleche](https://community.goactuary.com/u/soyleche)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/276 "2021-01-22T17:44:37Z")
I don’t know - I’ll only believe he’s religious if he goes across the street and gets his picture taken holding up a bible. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/arthuritas/32/63_2.png) [@ArthurItas](https://community.goactuary.com/u/ArthurItas)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/277 "2021-01-22T20:12:44Z")
If he doesn’t gas a few priests to make this happen, it’s a sign of a lack of faith ---
**Author:** ![John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/john.s.mill/32/9771_2.png) [@John.S.Mill](https://community.goactuary.com/u/John.S.Mill)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/278 "2021-01-27T15:55:46Z")
I feel like religiosity rarely comes up nowadays. It’s weird and awkward to hear someone mentions God on TV nowadays, from either side of the aisle. ---
**Author:** ![Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/nick_papagiorgio/32/451_2.png) [@Nick\_Papagiorgio](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Nick_Papagiorgio)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:16pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/279 "2021-01-27T21:16:26Z")
You don’t have to mention God anymore. If you vote Republican your soul is saved. ---
**Author:** ![Celalta](https://community.goactuary.com/user_avatar/community.goactuary.com/celalta/32/302_2.png) [@Celalta](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Celalta)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/280 "2021-01-27T21:25:25Z")
🤮 ---
**Author:** ![Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@Indy](https://community.goactuary.com/u/Indy)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056/281 "2021-01-27T21:29:41Z")
[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/biden-government.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/us/politics/biden-government.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage) > it looked like the country’s biggest Zoom call. In fact, Mr. Biden was installing roughly **1,000 high-level officials** in about a quarter of all of the available political appointee jobs in the federal government. My uninformed idea of filling federal “political appointment” jobs was that the president gets cabinet members, who need to be confirmed by the Senate. Then they jointly name the next level, who also need Senate confirmation. And so on, until they eventually get to the people who don’t need to wait for the Senate to go to work. It appears that Biden, knowing how gov’t works, kicked out the Trumpkins at the lower levels and immediately replaced them with appointee who didn’t need the Senate. Then, they could step into “acting” positions to move Biden’s agenda forward, while the upper levels were waiting on the Senate. Many of the appointees were Obama or agency alumni. They could start working on day one. [Previous page](https://community.goactuary.com/t/2020-presidential-transition-discussion/1056.md?page=13)